The School Facilities Cost Calculator: A Joint-Use Tool for Fair Fees, a free tool that helps school districts and communities determine the costs of owning and operating their facilities and develop a fair and transparent joint-use fee structure, is now available in an interactive web-based format. The Cost Calculator includes rich data from nearly 15,000 school districts across the country—and is also available as a downloadable Excel file. The School Facilities Cost Calculator will enable community organizations interested in utilizing school building space to negotiate appropriate subsidies for fair fees.

The School Facilities Cost Calculator was developed by the 21st Century School Fund, a nonprofit dedicated to modernizing public school facilities, and the Center for Cities & Schools at the University of California, Berkeley. Two national health foundations, Active Living Research and Convergence Partnership, sponsored the Calculator’s development.
The Calculator is FREE to use! Try it today.