Sec. 13a.01.02.04. Facilities Assessment Survey

A. The State Superintendent of Schools shall report to the State Board of Education the:

(1) Condition of existing public school buildings;

(2) Adequacy of existing public school buildings to support educational programs; and

(3) Cost to upgrade facilities to specified criteria.

B. Contingent on a State appropriation funding the survey, local school systems shall conduct a facilities assessment survey beginning in fiscal year 2008 and at least every 4 years thereafter.

C. Contingent on State funding, the Department shall:

(1) Identify minimum criteria based on the most recent editions of federal, State, and local facilities guidelines, standards, and codes addressing building, site, student capacity, educational programs, and supporting services factors;

(2) Identify current construction cost estimate parameters using data from the Interagency Committee on School Construction; and

(3) Consult with representatives of local school systems prior to issuing the assessment criteria, construction cost parameters, and survey instrument.

D. Local School Systems.

(1) Subject to §D(2) of this regulation and contingent on State funding, local school systems shall:

(a) Assess the adequacy of public school facilities by applying specific minimum criteria to specified building elements in individual schools and report individual school data to the Department; and

(b) Estimate the construction cost to remedy facilities deficiencies in individual schools and report individual school data to the Department.

(2) Local school systems may exempt school buildings proposed for closing within the next 4-year period from the survey.

E. The Department shall compile the assessment and cost data into composite findings for the school system and the State and compare these findings to the Final Report of the Task Force to Study Public School Facilities, dated February 2004.

F. The Department may not release any individual school data.