(a) The Academic Facilities Master Plan Program shall require each school district to:(1) Develop a six-year districtwide facilities master plan that shall be approved by the school district's board of directors for submission to and approval by the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation and the Department of Shared Administrative Services;(2) Base its facilities master plan on:(A) Provisions of the Arkansas Public School Academic Facility Manual as adopted by the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation;(B) Priorities indicated by statewide assessment;(C) Priorities established by the division statewide facility needs priority list;(D) Rules promulgated by the department as they relate to requirements associated with public school district schedules for maintenance, repair, and renovation activities in public school academic facilities and nonacademic facilities; and(E) Other pertinent data specific to the needs of the school district with regard to academic facilities and equipment;(3) Present a draft of the school district's facilities master plan in a public hearing in the same locality as the school district and take public comments;(4) Submit evidence of the school district's insurance coverage to the division and the department, including coverage amounts, types of coverage, identification of buildings covered, policy renewal dates, and all riders;(5) Submit the school district's facilities master plan with a summary of comments made at public hearing to the division and the department by February 1 of each even-numbered year;(6) Submit a report to the division and the department by February 1 of each odd-numbered year that includes a description of all projects completed in the school district since the submission of the school district's most recent facilities master plan, the school district's current enrollment projections, new or continuing needs of the school district with regard to academic facilities and equipment, and an accounting of any changes in the school district's insurance coverage from the most recent submission; and(7) (A) Submit a report to the division and the department by February 1 of each year that identifies:(i) All unused or underutilized public school facilities in the school district; and(ii) The unused or underutilized public school facilities, if any, that are designated in the district's facilities master plan to be reused, renovated, or demolished as part of a specific committed project or planned new construction project.(B) (i) The division shall identify a public school facility or other real property as an unused or underutilized public school facility if the school district fails to identify in the report the public school facility or other real property.(ii) A school district may appeal an identification made by the division under subdivision (a)(7)(B)(i) of this section to the commission.
(1) Develop a six-year districtwide facilities master plan that shall be approved by the school district's board of directors for submission to and approval by the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation and the Department of Shared Administrative Services;
(2) Base its facilities master plan on:(A) Provisions of the Arkansas Public School Academic Facility Manual as adopted by the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation;(B) Priorities indicated by statewide assessment;(C) Priorities established by the division statewide facility needs priority list;(D) Rules promulgated by the department as they relate to requirements associated with public school district schedules for maintenance, repair, and renovation activities in public school academic facilities and nonacademic facilities; and(E) Other pertinent data specific to the needs of the school district with regard to academic facilities and equipment;
(A) Provisions of the Arkansas Public School Academic Facility Manual as adopted by the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation;
(B) Priorities indicated by statewide assessment;
(C) Priorities established by the division statewide facility needs priority list;
(D) Rules promulgated by the department as they relate to requirements associated with public school district schedules for maintenance, repair, and renovation activities in public school academic facilities and nonacademic facilities; and
(E) Other pertinent data specific to the needs of the school district with regard to academic facilities and equipment;
(3) Present a draft of the school district's facilities master plan in a public hearing in the same locality as the school district and take public comments;
(4) Submit evidence of the school district's insurance coverage to the division and the department, including coverage amounts, types of coverage, identification of buildings covered, policy renewal dates, and all riders;
(5) Submit the school district's facilities master plan with a summary of comments made at public hearing to the division and the department by February 1 of each even-numbered year;
(6) Submit a report to the division and the department by February 1 of each odd-numbered year that includes a description of all projects completed in the school district since the submission of the school district's most recent facilities master plan, the school district's current enrollment projections, new or continuing needs of the school district with regard to academic facilities and equipment, and an accounting of any changes in the school district's insurance coverage from the most recent submission; and
(7) (A) Submit a report to the division and the department by February 1 of each year that identifies:(i) All unused or underutilized public school facilities in the school district; and(ii) The unused or underutilized public school facilities, if any, that are designated in the district's facilities master plan to be reused, renovated, or demolished as part of a specific committed project or planned new construction project.(B) (i) The division shall identify a public school facility or other real property as an unused or underutilized public school facility if the school district fails to identify in the report the public school facility or other real property.(ii) A school district may appeal an identification made by the division under subdivision (a)(7)(B)(i) of this section to the commission.
(A) Submit a report to the division and the department by February 1 of each year that identifies:(i) All unused or underutilized public school facilities in the school district; and(ii) The unused or underutilized public school facilities, if any, that are designated in the district's facilities master plan to be reused, renovated, or demolished as part of a specific committed project or planned new construction project.
(i) All unused or underutilized public school facilities in the school district; and
(ii) The unused or underutilized public school facilities, if any, that are designated in the district's facilities master plan to be reused, renovated, or demolished as part of a specific committed project or planned new construction project.
(B) (i) The division shall identify a public school facility or other real property as an unused or underutilized public school facility if the school district fails to identify in the report the public school facility or other real property.(ii) A school district may appeal an identification made by the division under subdivision (a)(7)(B)(i) of this section to the commission.
(i) The division shall identify a public school facility or other real property as an unused or underutilized public school facility if the school district fails to identify in the report the public school facility or other real property.
(ii) A school district may appeal an identification made by the division under subdivision (a)(7)(B)(i) of this section to the commission.
(b) A facilities master plan shall include, at a minimum, the following:(1) A schedule of custodial activities for each public school facility used by a school district;(2) (A) A schedule of maintenance, repair, and renovation activities for each public school facility used by a school district, that shall be based on the rules promulgated by the department.(B) The schedule shall distinguish between work associated with academic facilities and work associated with nonacademic public school facilities;(3) (A) Documentation that describes preventive maintenance work for each public school facility as required by rules promulgated by the department and identifies the completion date of the work.(B) The documentation shall distinguish between preventive maintenance work associated with academic facilities and preventive maintenance work associated with nonacademic public school facilities;(4) (A) Annual expenditures of the school district for all custodial, maintenance, repair, and renovation activities in the school district.(B) The section of the facilities master plan pertaining to the annual expenditures under subdivision (b)(4)(A) of this section shall distinguish between expenditures associated with academic facilities and expenditures associated with nonacademic public school facilities;(5) A projected replacement schedule for major building systems in each public school facility, that shall be based on the rules promulgated by the department;(6) Identification of issues with regard to public school facility and program access to individuals with disabilities and, if necessary, proposed methods for improving access;(7) (A) Identification of committed projects within the school district that includes, as applicable, a breakdown of the portion of each project into maintenance, repair, and renovation activities and new construction activities, that shall be based on the rules promulgated by the department.(B) The portion of a committed project pertaining to maintenance, repair, and renovation activities shall identify, as applicable, maintenance, repair, and renovation activities associated with academic facilities and maintenance, repair, and renovation activities associated with nonacademic public school facilities;(8) Annual expenditures of the school district for capital outlay;(9) A description of planned new construction projects with cost estimates for each public school facility within the school district and needs prioritized as follows:(A) Immediate needs that the school district intends to address within three (3) years following the submission of the facilities master plan; and(B) Long-term needs that the school district intends to address within the four (4) to six (6) years following the submission of the facilities master plan;(10) Evidence of the school district's insurance coverage, including coverage amounts, types of coverage, identification of public school facilities covered, policy renewal dates, and all riders; and(11) An update in a format prescribed by the division of any new public school facilities, as defined in § 6-21-803, constructed since the last facilities master plan submission, including individual room types and sizes.
(1) A schedule of custodial activities for each public school facility used by a school district;
(2) (A) A schedule of maintenance, repair, and renovation activities for each public school facility used by a school district, that shall be based on the rules promulgated by the department.(B) The schedule shall distinguish between work associated with academic facilities and work associated with nonacademic public school facilities;
(A) A schedule of maintenance, repair, and renovation activities for each public school facility used by a school district, that shall be based on the rules promulgated by the department.
(B) The schedule shall distinguish between work associated with academic facilities and work associated with nonacademic public school facilities;
(3) (A) Documentation that describes preventive maintenance work for each public school facility as required by rules promulgated by the department and identifies the completion date of the work.(B) The documentation shall distinguish between preventive maintenance work associated with academic facilities and preventive maintenance work associated with nonacademic public school facilities;
(A) Documentation that describes preventive maintenance work for each public school facility as required by rules promulgated by the department and identifies the completion date of the work.
(B) The documentation shall distinguish between preventive maintenance work associated with academic facilities and preventive maintenance work associated with nonacademic public school facilities;
(4) (A) Annual expenditures of the school district for all custodial, maintenance, repair, and renovation activities in the school district.(B) The section of the facilities master plan pertaining to the annual expenditures under subdivision (b)(4)(A) of this section shall distinguish between expenditures associated with academic facilities and expenditures associated with nonacademic public school facilities;
(A) Annual expenditures of the school district for all custodial, maintenance, repair, and renovation activities in the school district.
(B) The section of the facilities master plan pertaining to the annual expenditures under subdivision (b)(4)(A) of this section shall distinguish between expenditures associated with academic facilities and expenditures associated with nonacademic public school facilities;
(5) A projected replacement schedule for major building systems in each public school facility, that shall be based on the rules promulgated by the department;
(6) Identification of issues with regard to public school facility and program access to individuals with disabilities and, if necessary, proposed methods for improving access;
(7) (A) Identification of committed projects within the school district that includes, as applicable, a breakdown of the portion of each project into maintenance, repair, and renovation activities and new construction activities, that shall be based on the rules promulgated by the department.(B) The portion of a committed project pertaining to maintenance, repair, and renovation activities shall identify, as applicable, maintenance, repair, and renovation activities associated with academic facilities and maintenance, repair, and renovation activities associated with nonacademic public school facilities;
(A) Identification of committed projects within the school district that includes, as applicable, a breakdown of the portion of each project into maintenance, repair, and renovation activities and new construction activities, that shall be based on the rules promulgated by the department.
(B) The portion of a committed project pertaining to maintenance, repair, and renovation activities shall identify, as applicable, maintenance, repair, and renovation activities associated with academic facilities and maintenance, repair, and renovation activities associated with nonacademic public school facilities;
(8) Annual expenditures of the school district for capital outlay;
(9) A description of planned new construction projects with cost estimates for each public school facility within the school district and needs prioritized as follows:(A) Immediate needs that the school district intends to address within three (3) years following the submission of the facilities master plan; and(B) Long-term needs that the school district intends to address within the four (4) to six (6) years following the submission of the facilities master plan;
(A) Immediate needs that the school district intends to address within three (3) years following the submission of the facilities master plan; and
(B) Long-term needs that the school district intends to address within the four (4) to six (6) years following the submission of the facilities master plan;
(10) Evidence of the school district's insurance coverage, including coverage amounts, types of coverage, identification of public school facilities covered, policy renewal dates, and all riders; and
(11) An update in a format prescribed by the division of any new public school facilities, as defined in § 6-21-803, constructed since the last facilities master plan submission, including individual room types and sizes.
(c) A consultation meeting between representatives of the school district and members of the division and the department to discuss the development of the school district's facilities master plan shall be held upon request of the school district.
(d) The division and the department shall review and, upon all requirements being met, approve a school district's facilities master plan no later than September 1 of each even-numbered year and shall notify a school district no later than May 1 of each odd-numbered year whether the school district's application for state financial participation during the upcoming biennium in an eligible new construction project has been approved.
(e) (1) A school district may amend its facilities master plans at any time during the six-year cycle specified in § 6-21-803.(2) An amendment may be submitted to the division and the department out of the regular even-numbered year cycle if the school district:(A) Has encountered:(i) A major enrollment change;(ii) A major curriculum change;(iii) A major disaster; or(iv) An unforeseen occurrence; or(B) (i) Has begun or completed a self-funded construction project over which the division has only review authority.(ii) An amendment submitted under subdivision (e)(2)(B)(i) of this section may be submitted in the form of an appendix to the existing school district facilities master plan.
(1) A school district may amend its facilities master plans at any time during the six-year cycle specified in § 6-21-803.
(2) An amendment may be submitted to the division and the department out of the regular even-numbered year cycle if the school district:(A) Has encountered:(i) A major enrollment change;(ii) A major curriculum change;(iii) A major disaster; or(iv) An unforeseen occurrence; or(B) (i) Has begun or completed a self-funded construction project over which the division has only review authority.(ii) An amendment submitted under subdivision (e)(2)(B)(i) of this section may be submitted in the form of an appendix to the existing school district facilities master plan.
(A) Has encountered:(i) A major enrollment change;(ii) A major curriculum change;(iii) A major disaster; or(iv) An unforeseen occurrence; or
(i) A major enrollment change;
(ii) A major curriculum change;
(iii) A major disaster; or
(iv) An unforeseen occurrence; or
(B) (i) Has begun or completed a self-funded construction project over which the division has only review authority.(ii) An amendment submitted under subdivision (e)(2)(B)(i) of this section may be submitted in the form of an appendix to the existing school district facilities master plan.
(i) Has begun or completed a self-funded construction project over which the division has only review authority.
(ii) An amendment submitted under subdivision (e)(2)(B)(i) of this section may be submitted in the form of an appendix to the existing school district facilities master plan.
(f) In addition to the rules promulgated by the commission as required by § 6-21-804, the department, in consultation with the division, shall promulgate rules regarding the following without limitation:(1) The requirements associated with public school district schedules for maintenance, repair, and renovation activities in public school academic facilities and nonacademic facilities, that shall be included in the Public School Facilities Custodial, Maintenance, Repair, and Renovation Manual required by § 6-21-808;(2) Insurance coverage requirements, including without limitation:(A) Insurance coverage amounts; and(B) Types of insurance coverage;(3) Preventive maintenance work requirements for each public school academic facility and nonacademic facility;(4) Projected replacement schedule requirements for major building systems in each public school academic facility and nonacademic facility; and(5) A depreciation schedule for roofs and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.
(1) The requirements associated with public school district schedules for maintenance, repair, and renovation activities in public school academic facilities and nonacademic facilities, that shall be included in the Public School Facilities Custodial, Maintenance, Repair, and Renovation Manual required by § 6-21-808;
(2) Insurance coverage requirements, including without limitation:(A) Insurance coverage amounts; and(B) Types of insurance coverage;
(A) Insurance coverage amounts; and
(B) Types of insurance coverage;
(3) Preventive maintenance work requirements for each public school academic facility and nonacademic facility;
(4) Projected replacement schedule requirements for major building systems in each public school academic facility and nonacademic facility; and
(5) A depreciation schedule for roofs and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.