School facilities-adequacy assessment.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE
FILE

NO.
0016

ENROLLED ACT NO. 44, SENATE

SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2011 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to
school facilities; clarifying components of the school facility annual evaluation and needs prioritization process; requiring periodic review and evaluation of the prioritization process by the school facilities commission;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

W.S. 21
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115(c)
and
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117(a)
(intro)
,
(i)
,

(b)
and by creating a new subsection (e)
are amended to read:

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115.

Statewide standards for school building and facility adequacy; adequacy assessment.

(c)

The commission shall not less than once every four (4) years, review and evaluate the building and facility adequacy standards established under subsection (a) of this section. Review and evaluation of the standards shall include the identification of local enhancements to buildings and facilities during this review and evaluation period, and based upon criteria and procedures developed by the commission, a determination as to whether and how any local enhancements should be incorporated into the statewide standards.
The review and evaluation under this subsection shall extend to components of the annual evaluation of school buildings, the facility remediation schedule and the needs prioritization process established by the commission under W.S. 21
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117.

Findings and recommendations pursuant to this subsection shall be reported to the select committee on school facilities before the next convening date of the legislative session immediately following completion of the review and evaluation, and shall specifically address any need to expand the needs assessment
,

or

to conduct a reassessment of building and facility adequacy

or to modify the needs prioritization process
.

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117.

Annual evaluation of school buildings and facilities; remediation schedule; needs prioritization; combining facilities; implementation of remedy.

(a)

Through the identification of school building and facility conditions and needs provided by the assessment conducted and maintained under W.S. 21
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115, and a comparison of the identified conditions and needs with the established statewide building adequacy standards and the district facility plans developed under W.S. 21
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116, the commission shall in coordination and cooperation with the districts, evaluate the adequacy of school buildings and facilities within local school districts, and based upon this evaluation, establish a schedule for building and facility remediation. Remediation shall bring all buildings and facilities to conditions such that over time, only routine maintenance is required to maintain building adequacy. The schedule shall identify and prioritize building and facility remedies on a statewide basis, based upon
a building condition score developed by the commission subject to

the following
:

(i)

Criteria

and measures
for
building capacity,
building condition
,

which

incorporate

educational suitability and technology readiness
,

specifically
taking into consideration
appropriate and
up-to-date
standards for air quality, illumination
and
appropriateness of the student environment
,
as
established by commission rule and regulation

and
compiled under the building systems condition reference guide
, which over

time bring statewide buildings
and facilities
to targeted adequate levels
prescribed
by the commission
, reviewed annually
,
based upon assessment results and findings, broken down by educational and noneducational building category;

(b)

The commission shall for each building and facility remedy scheduled under subsection (a) of this section, determine the most cost effective method of remediation of building and facility needs to
deliver quality educational services and
ensure compliance with the statewide adequacy standards.
The commission shall only request capital outlay for a building with capacity needs identified under paragraph (a)(i
i
i) of this section after
consideration of
all other remedies for that building
.

For any scheduled remedy for which major building and facility repair and replacement payments under W.S. 21
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109 are not sufficient to remedy the scheduled need, as determined by the commission, the commission shall determine if the remedy requires capital outlay.

(e)

For any building subject to paragraph (a)(iii) of this section, and when prioritizing
buildings and facilities based upon condition pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the commission shall
consider
criteria for building capacity established by commission rule and regulation
which include:

(
i
)

A
comparison of the existing
and projected
student population served by each building to square footage guidelines established by the commission under W.S. 21
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115(a) for that building;

(
ii
)

An analysis of the number of classrooms within the building including an examination of the building square footage devoted to classrooms compared to the building total square footage;

(
iii
)

An analysis of the building's square footage per student;

(
iv
)

An examination of loading and utilization factors for that building to encourage the efficient use of classrooms
; and

(
v
)

Total acreage of the site on which the building is situated.

Section 2.

W.S. 21
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117(a)(ii) is repealed.

Section
3
.

This act is effective July 1, 2011.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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