The project will now go to tender.
The government has approved funding for Mountmellick Community School, to fix a leaking roof.
The Department of Education is giving the green light for emergency works to be carried out and the project will now go to tender.
Laois TD and Minister of State for the department of finance Sean Fleming says there's no total cost on the works as of yet:
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