The Board of Regents approved Tuesday a $6 million renovation of Clark Howell Hall, a former University of Georgia dormitory that houses the school’s center for testing and disabled students.

The project will update the interior of the 33,300-square-foot building constructed in 1937. That includes ventilation and safety improvements like sprinklers and handrails.

University reserves will pay $1 million of the cost. The balance will come from the sale of bond by the state, if the governor and General Assembly approve.

The building is named for a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaperman and one-time speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives and later president of the Georgia Senate. A residence hall at Georgia Tech is named for him as well.