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.