Bill No.: SF0105                     Drafter:  TH

 

LSO No.:   12LSO-0304                 Effective Date: March 6, 2012; July 1, 2012; July 1, 2013

 

Enrolled Act No.:    SEA0009

 

Chapter No.:         CH0016

 

Prime Sponsor:       Joint Appropriations Interim Committee

 

Catch Title:         School capital construction.

 

Subject:             Funding for school capital construction projects addressing facility needs during the 2013‑2014 biennium.

 

Summary/Major Elements:

 

·         Appropriates $467,736,862 to the school facilities commission for school construction for the biennium, broken down as follows:

 

o   $10,753,340 effective immediately for completion of capital construction projects previously funded under 2011‑2012 biennial budgets;

o   $870,000 effective immediately for facility planning projects;

o   $6,895,163 effective immediately for design projects, in addition to $52,428,087 effective July 1, 2012.  Design projects for which there is no capital construction funding in this budget will be considered for capital construction project funding in the 2013 supplemental budget, given funding priority over any building capacity issues forwarded by the commission following study and evaluation;

o   $5,796,000 effective immediately for component level project funding;

o   $15,322,301 effective immediately for land acquisitions;

o   $1,412,000 effective immediately for ancillary building projects;

o   $102,240 effective immediately for demolition projects;

o   $450,000 effective immediately for track projects;

o   $10,050,000 effective immediately for capital construction projects, together with an additional $227,508,001 effective July 1, 2012, and $119,238,308.00 effective July 1, 2013;

o   $16,911,422 for unanticipated costs associated with planning, design, capital construction and component projects.

 

·         In addition to amounts appropriated for capital construction in this budget, 5 additional projects are to be considered by the legislature for funding in the 2013 supplemental budget in the priority and for the amounts specified, estimated at $114,358,633;

 

·         Of total appropriations, $51,651,044 is effective immediately, $296,847,510 is effective July 1, 2012, and $119,238,308 is effective July 1, 2013;

 

·         Previous appropriations for the Natrona county school district no. 1 high school projects of $108,440,000, combined with amounts appropriated for design and construction in this budget, forward the following projects in this district:

o   $30,082,554 for the design of 2 high school buildings, a shared facility and an alternative high school building;

o   $88,763,997 for a high school building and $27,938,607 for a shared facility, effective the first year of the 2013‑2014 biennium;

o   $119,238,308 for a second high school building effective the second year of the 2013‑2014 biennium;

o   $16,318,523 estimated for an alternative high school building, to be considered for funding in the 2013 supplemental budget.

 

·         Directs use of the standard enrollment projection approach of the school facilities department, based upon a five (5) year projection period commencing on the date of anticipated completion of project construction, as the basis for developing building square footage numbers used in projects forwarded in this budget, allows for adjustment by the department as necessary to reflect more precise analysis;

 

·         Requires school boards to incorporate a collaborative committee process, advisory to the board, in planning district facility remedies;

 

·         Prevents sweep of excess amounts within capital construction account (including holding account) into the common school permanent land fund on June 30, 2012, maintains excess amounts within capital construction account, prevents deposit of any excess school foundation program account funds on June 30, 2013 into capital construction account, and appropriates from capital construction account as follows:

 

o   Amounts into the school foundation program account as necessary to restore school foundation program account balance at $100,000,000 on June 30, 2014;

o   Amounts within capital construction account in excess of legislative appropriations under this budget, continuously appropriated to a separate holding account through June 30, 2014.