To become an adequate educational facility, the school plant must be designed to house, promote, and enhance an educational program. As the community's educational needs change the program changes. Facilities should, therefore, be planned for change as well. While local administrators must be responsible for assessing changes in the community, they often need assistance from state departments of education in adapting their school plants most effectively. North Carolina responded to such needs by providing special funding and requiring that boards of education seeking such funds submit for approval long-range plans for school improvement and construction. A study revealed that the planning procedures prescribed by the state were not followed precisely, though these procedures were considered adequate by the superintendents who submitted plans. The plans themselves proved helpful in designing facilities, and the state's Division of School Planning served as an important tool in the planning process. (Author/PGD)