The Maine Department of Education released a proposed priority list today of school construction projects across the state that are eligible for funding through the department’s major capital improvement program.

The list includes 71 pending school building projects from Sanford to Caribou.

The top 10 projects on the list are: Morison Memorial School in Corinth, Sanford High School, Newport Elementary School, Emerson School in Sanford, Charles Snow School in Fryeburg, Nokomis Regional High School in Newport, Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham, Martel Elementary School in Lewiston, Monmouth Middle School and Teague Park School in Caribou.

Also in Sanford, Lafayette and Willard elementary schools are No. 13 and No. 36, respectively.

Portland has five elementary schools on the list: Hall is No. 12, Longfellow is No. 18, Reiche is No. 21, Presumpscot is No. 33 and Lyseth is No. 43.

In South Portland, Mahoney and Memorial middle schools are No. 14 and No. 55, respectively.

In RSU 21, Kennebunk High School is No. 28, Mildred Day School in Arundel is No. 54 and Kennebunkport Consolidated School is No. 61.

In RSU 6, Bonny Eagle High School in Standish is No. 32 and Hollis School is No. 34.

Windham Middle School is No. 42 and North Yarmouth Memorial School is No. 65.

School districts have 60 days to appeal the placement of their projects on the list, after which a final priority list will be presented to the education commissioner and state Board of Education.

No money is committed to these projects, which the state would fund through borrowing, said David Connerty-Marin, department spokesman. The department and the board of education are tentatively scheduled to approve project concepts in 2012 and 2013.

Every few years, the department seeks applications for state funding, evaluates and scores project proposals based on need and issues a priority list that will be the basis of capital improvement funding decisions for the next few years.

In the 2004-05 funding round, Nathan Clifford Elementary School in Portland topped the list; it was replaced by the Ocean Avenue Elementary School that opened last month. No. 2 on the list that year were the Jewett and Hanson elementary schools in Buxton, which were replaced by the new Buxton Center Elementary School.

Other projects among the top 10 that year were: Winter Harbor Grammar School, Bryant Moore School in Ellsworth, Norridgewock Central School, Pettingill School in Lewiston, Ashland Central School, State Street School in Brewer and Fred Wescott School in Westbrook.

In 2001-02, Lincolnville Central School and Gray Middle School topped the list, followed Paris Middle School, Massebesic Middle School, Mt. View High School, Charleston Elementary School, Hall-Dale Elementary School, Sacopee Valley Middle School, Jack Elementary School in Portland and Farwell Elementary School in Lewiston.