In 2008, the amount of the regional allocation for educational facilities is set at 661,841,207 euros.
The amount allocated in 2008 to each region exercising the powers defined in article L. 214-6 of the Education Code is obtained by applying a coefficient to the total amount of the regional school equipment grant set for that same year. This coefficient is calculated for each region on the basis of the ratio between the amount of payment appropriations paid to it in 2007 and the total amount of payment appropriations paid by the State to all the regions in respect of the regional education facilities grant in 2007.
From 2009, the amount allocated to each region is equal to that for 2008.
From 1 January 2016, when a region is formed by grouping together several regions, in accordance with Article 1 of Law No. 2015-29 of 16 January 2015 on the delimitation of regions, regional and departmental elections and amending the electoral calendar, the amount of the allocation paid to it corresponds to the sum of the amounts paid to the regions to which it succeeds under the conditions applicable prior to the grouping.
The regional school equipment grant is paid to the regions in a single instalment during the third quarter of the current year.
The grant is entered in the budget of each region, which allocates it to reconstruction, major repairs, equipment and, if these operations appear on the list drawn up pursuant to article L. 211-2 of the Education Code, the extension and construction of lycées, special education establishments, maritime and aquaculture training schools and agricultural education establishments referred to in article L. 811-8 of the rural and maritime fishing code.