SB 5

Abstract

Board of Education; uniform minimum standards for modern public school buildings. Requires the Board of Education to prescribe by regulation uniform minimum standards for the erection of modern public school buildings and the modernization of existing public school buildings for the purpose of promoting positive educational outcomes for each public elementary and secondary school student. The bill requires such regulations to include uniform minimum modern public school building standards that promote (i) the delivery of instruction that complies with the Standards of Learning by addressing enrollment capacity and available space and (ii) the health and safety of each enrolled student. The bill requires each school board, once every three years, to (a) assess and report to the Board the extent to which each public school building in the local school division complies with such uniform minimum standards and (b) submit to the Board a long-range plan for compliance with such uniform minimum standards, including an assessment of the cost of such compliance, in any case in which the school board determines that a public school building in the local school division does not comply with such standards. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

Board of Education; uniform minimum standardsfor modern public school buildings. Requires the Board of Educationto prescribe by regulation uniform minimum standards for the erectionof modern public school buildings and the modernization of existingpublic school buildings for the purpose of promoting positive educationaloutcomes for each public elementary and secondary school student.The bill requires such regulations to include uniform minimum modernpublic school building standards that promote (i) the delivery ofinstruction that complies with the Standards of Learning by addressingenrollment capacity and available space and (ii) the health and safetyof each enrolled student. The bill requires each school board to annually (a) assess and report to the Board the extent to which eachpublic school building in the local school division complies withsuch uniform minimum standards and (b) submit to the Board a long-rangeplan for compliance with such uniform minimum standards, includingan assessment of the cost of such compliance, in any case in whichthe school board determines that a public school building in thelocal school division does not comply with such standards.