Bill No.: SF0022 Drafter: DRN
LSO No.: 08LSO-0153 Effective Date: 7/1/2008
Enrolled Act No.: <enrnum>
Chapter No.: <chptnum>
Prime Sponsor: Select Committee on School Facilities
Catch Title: School facilities-amendments.
Subject: Duties of the school facilities commission in ensuring school district buildings and facilities are adequate for delivery of the required statewide educational program.
Summary/Major Elements:
· This bill:
· Increases commission authority in local facility planning process and plan development, and eliminates required two-year plan amendment cycle;
· Expands allowable expenditures from the major maintenance account by granting additional authority to commission through rule and regulation;
· Grants commission authority to approve construction and renovation agreements for facility projects;
· Expands commission authority for site purchases and acquisitions;
· Eliminates statutory distinction between minor and major capital construction project remedies by removing minor capital construction as a project remedy;
· Eliminates separate account for emergency needs, and carries forward as a separate line item within commission budget. Commission anticipates budget will carry amounts commensurate with previous emergency account levels;
· Requires state payment of school district lease payments by commission for educational space required for provision of state educational program, including lease payment by a charter school in which case the state reimburses the lease payment amount to the district and the district is required to carry forward the reimbursement to the lessee charter school;
· Eliminates superfluous and fully executed provisions and accordingly modifies annual reporting requirements to the Select Committee on School Facilities.