Money to rebuild Vancouver's Crestline Elementary School, to build an airplane hangar and a cosmetology building at the Clark County Skills Center, and to start a community garden in West Vancouver are just some local projects in the state's new two-year, $3.6 billion capital budget.
The bill passed the Legislature over the weekend and was signed Monday by Gov. Jay Inslee.
It directs the state's Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction to fast-track any eligible money from its construction assistance program to rebuild Crestline. The school burned down in February, after the deadline to request state assistance. Evergreen Public Schools would have had to wait an extra year to get state money if the provision to expedite funds didn't pass.