Case Study: New Mexico Public School Facilities Authority (PSFA) achieves dynamic, objective school funding prioritization with VFA

Facility Condition and Educational Adequacy for Dynamic, Objectively-Determined Funding Priorities at New Mexico’s Public Schools

The New Mexico Public School Facilities Authority (PSFA) manages statewide public school facilities funding for 795 schools across New Mexico, but its aging custom system made it difficult to keep facility condition data current, calculate the weighted New Mexico Condition Index (wNMCI) accurately, and produce clear rankings and reports for stakeholders. PSFA turned to VFA and its facility capital planning and management software to replace the manual, error-prone process with a more dynamic and defensible system.

VFA implemented the new solution in four months, migrated the data, improved executive summary reporting, and added VFA.auditor to streamline workflow and reduce duplicate data entry. As a result, PSFA can generate ranked funding lists in less than five minutes instead of hours or days, run reports in minutes, and share clearer, more actionable information; VFA also delivered the project on time and on budget.

New Mexico Public School Facilities Authority (PSFA)

Martica Casias

Planning and Design Manager