Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 160-5-4-.01 - Educational Facilities Construction Plan (Local Facilities Plan)
(1)
Definition.
(a) Educational
Facilities Construction Plan (commonly known as a Local Facilities Plan or
five-year Facilities Plan and referred to in this rule as Facilities Plan) - a
study of a local school system's present educational facilities and a five-year
forecast of facility needs.
(2)
Requirements.
(a) Each local board of education shall
develop and submit to the State Board of Education for approval once every five
years a facilities plan that identifies the system's facility needs for the
ensuing five years.
(b) The local
board of education shall submit the facilities plan in the format used by the
department at the time the plan is developed and the plan shall contain the
following:
1. Inventory data for all existing
and funded school facilities. Each school system shall be responsible for
reviewing and updating the inventory data in the system's facilities plan to
record any changes that have occurred since the inventory was last
updated.
2. Student FTE historical
data.
3. Student FTE projections
for the ensuing five-year period.
4. Present and projected system
organizational patterns.
5. Minimum
and maximum limits on the FTE student size for all elementary, middle, and high
schools.
6. Instructional service
and support programs for each school in the system.
7. Facility needs, including estimated cost,
for:
(i) Renovations.
(ii) Modifications.
(iii) Additions.
(iv) New schools.
8. School facilities to be closed, phased
out, and/or abandoned.
9. A
systemwide list of construction projects, in priority order, by school and
construction activity needed to effectuate the housing of students in
accordance with the organizational pattern and adopted instructional program
contained in the facilities plan. In specifying the order of importance of all
proposed construction projects, each local school system shall give priority to
elementary school construction projects.
10. Proposed financing for effectuating the
plan including state, local, federal, and other fund sources.
(c) Local boards of education
desiring to develop a new facility plan shall adopt and transmit in writing to
the department a resolution requesting technical assistance in the development
of the plan.
(d) An educational
facilities survey team of the appropriate size shall be selected by the
department for the validation of the newly developed facilities plan in
accordance with O.C.G.A. §
20-2-260(c)(2).
1. The survey team will report their findings
to the local board of education and to the State Board of Education.
2. A local board of education may appeal the
survey team's findings to the State Board of Education.
3. Local school systems shall reimburse team
members, other than employees of the department, for travel, lodging and meals
in accordance with state travel regulations.
4. Local units of administration shall use
the following criteria when nominating team members for the state facilities
survey team list.
(i) Each local board of
education shall nominate, in addition to the superintendent, one member for
each 3,300 FTE or major fraction thereof. Each local board of education shall
nominate at least two members.
(ii)
Each RESA board of control shall nominate five individuals at large from the
RESA area.
(iii) Local units of
administration shall make nominations on a form furnished by the
department.
(e) Local boards of education shall abide by
the priorities of projects and construction activities contained in the
approved facilities plan with the following exception.
1. The State Board of Education has approved
a reordering of project priorities based upon a written documentation from the
local board of education.
2. The
school system has met all of the conditions and requirements stated in the law,
including O.C.G.A. §
20-2-260(c)(9),
and rules to amend its facilities plan when the plan to be amended included
projects eligible for incentive advance funding.
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