25. MINORITY LEADER asked the Secretary of Education, Research and Technology the follwoing question. 

“As it relates to the School Repairs Programme, can the Secretary indicate the following:

(a) The overall cost to date of the programme?

(b) The status of the programme?”

Assemblyman Hackett.

     Thank you, Madam Presiding Officer.

     The overall cost to date of the programme, is forty-one million, one hundred and eighty-eight thousand, seven hundred and ninety-nine dollars and nineteen cents ($41,188,799,19); status of the programme - phase one,seventy-eight percent (78%) complete; phase two - eighty-seven percent (87%) complete and emergency repair works ninety-five percent (95%) complete. 

          Thank you, Madam Presiding Officer.

Minority leader.