Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School in Easton is on the brink of a long-coveted facelift that would bring the aging, 45-year-old facility up to date and up to code.

Included in the $30 million renovation plan are a new gym, new roof, new windows, a modern water sprinkler system, six science labs, and other added spaces to alleviate overcrowding in the school built in 1965.

That’s great news, said school Superintendent Lou Lopes, who with the regional school committee has been working with the Massachusetts School Building Authority on a plan since at least 2007.

What’s better, he said, is that the state agency will reimburse up to 80 percent of the total renovation and expansion cost, with the school picking up the rest of the tab. That means there will be no need for the school’s nine member communities — Brockton, East and West Bridgewater, Easton, Foxborough, Mansfield, Norton, Sharon, and Stoughton — to pay anything other than their annual assessments.

The improvements can’t come soon enough for Lopes, who said he has long set his sights on being able to stay on the cutting edge and provide as many opportunities as possible to the students to help them launch good careers.

“Our goal is to offer programs that are not only of high quality but also in high demand,’’ he said. “For example, we are looking at biotechnology. We know that is a buzz word, but we are taking a hard look at where the employers are.’’

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