The School Department has been awarded funding for six projects identified in the 2019 school facilities needs assessment.

The state Department of Education on Jan. 28 reported more than $25 million in interest-free loans awarded to 106 building projects throughout the state from the state School Revolving Renovation Fund.

The loans awarded to Cape Elizabeth will address plumbing at the Middle School and Pond Cove School; and plumbing, roofing, indoor air quality and intercom and public address needs at the High School. Total for the six projects comes to $390,492, with 30 percent to be forgiven as a grant.

The School Department applied for the loans last fall, submitting 12 projects considered "Priority One" and "Priority Two" according to the rules of the fund. Two of the projects, for plumbing at the Middle School and High School, were given a rating of 65 and were listed No. 8 and No. 9 out of the 106 projects funded. Emergency projects are rated higher than non-emergency, also factoring percentage of student population impacted; extent or severity of the problem; location within the facility; code violations; and structural condition of the facility.

Awards statewide ranged from $1 million to $7,000. Cape's largest award went for indoor air-quality issues at the High School metal shop, $187,847, and the smallest to the Pond Cove plumbing project, $12,706.

The non-grant portion of the funding is interest-free for five years, with construction to be completed by July 2021.

Here is how the Cape school projects rated: