(a) Upon
approval of a completed school facilities project application, preliminary
eligible costs for new construction, new construction in lieu of rehabilitation
approved pursuant to
6A:26-3.3, and purchase of an
existing facility to be utilized as a school facility shall be calculated as
follows:
Preliminary eligible costs = AU x C
Where
AU is the approved area for unhoused students; and
C is the area cost allowance.
(b) Preliminary eligible costs for
rehabilitation or new construction in lieu of rehabilitation that is not
approved pursuant to
6A:26-3.3 shall equal reasonable
estimated actual costs as calculated on a form prescribed by the Commissioner,
which shall include, but not be limited to:
1. Specific unit costs and
quantities;
2. Other allowable
costs;
3. The costs to render a
school facility energy efficient;
4. The costs to render a school facility
compliant with the UCC;
5. The
costs to ensure that a school facility meets health and safety standards;
and
6. The costs to ensure that the
school facility meets educational adequacy as determined pursuant to the
facilities efficiency standards and N.J.A.C. 6A:26-5.
(c) The reasonableness of estimated actual
costs under (b) above shall be determined in accordance with industry
standards.
(d) Notwithstanding (a)
and (b) above, preliminary eligible costs for new construction and
rehabilitation of a purchased facility within five years of purchase shall be
determined as follows:
Preliminary eligible costs = (ACP - PC) x (C / CP)
where
ACP is the preliminary eligible costs for the facilities
purchased pursuant to (a) above;
PC is the purchase cost for the facility;
C is the area cost allowance at the time of application for
the school facilities project; and
CP is the area cost allowance at the time of purchase of the
facility.
Preliminary eligible costs so calculated shall not be less
than zero.
(e) For school
facilities projects deemed approved pursuant to
6A:26-3.3(b),
preliminary eligible costs for new construction shall be calculated by using
the proposed square footage of the school facility as the approved area for
unhoused students, and for rehabilitation shall be the reasonable estimated
costs of the rehabilitation.
(f)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, preliminary eligible costs for school
facilities projects of county vocational school districts and of special
services school districts shall equal the amount determined by the board of
school estimate and approved by the board of chosen freeholders pursuant to
18A:46-42 or
18A:54-31, as
appropriate.
(g) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary, preliminary eligible costs for Development Authority
school facilities projects shall equal the amount determined by the Development
Authority pursuant to
18A:7G-5.
Notes
N.J. Admin. Code §
6A:26-3.4
Amended by R.2001
d.367, effective 10/1/2001.
See: 33 N.J.R. 1809(a), 33 N.J.R. 3482(a).
Rewrote
(b) as (b) and (c); recodified former (c) through (e) as (d) through (f); and
updated N.J.A.C. references throughout.
Amended by R.2007 d.81,
effective 3/19/2007.
See: 38 N.J.R. 4533(a), 39 N.J.R. 899(a).
In (f),
inserted "school" preceding "districts" two times.
Amended by
R.2013 d.145, effective 12/16/2013.
See: 45 N.J.R.
1026(a), 45 N.J.R. 2557(a).
In (a), substituted "Upon approval of
a completed school facilities project application, preliminary" for
"Preliminary", and inserted a comma following ""N.J.A.C. 6A:26-3.3"; in the
introductory paragraph of (b), substituted "as" for a comma following "actual
costs"; in (b)4, substituted "UCC" for "Uniform Construction Code"; in (e),
substituted "deemed approved" for " 'deemed approved' "; in (f), substituted
"county vocational" for "vocational education", inserted "of" preceding
"special", and deleted "N.J.S.A." preceding "18A:54-31"; and added
(g).
