Washington Administrative Code

Contracts between the school district and the educational specifications consultant, if any, shall stipulate the amount of fee and the consultant's duties, i.e., scope of work, to be performed as required in chapter 392-342 WAC set forth.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.525.020. WSR…

Architects and engineers employed on approved school facility projects involving state school funding assistance shall be licensed to practice in the state of Washington. Contract(s) between the school district and the architects and engineers shall stipulate the maximum amount o…

Contracts between the school district and the energy conservation consultant, if not included in the architect-engineer contract for professional services, shall stipulate the amount of fee and the consultant's duties, i.e., scope of work, to be performed as required by chapter 3…

Value engineering consultants employed on approved school facilities projects shall include a value engineering team coordinator/leader qualified by the Society of American Value Engineers to manage and coordinate a value engineering study. Contracts between the school district a…

Consultants performing constructability reviews on approved school facilities shall utilize an independent multidiscipline team and shall have a minimum of five years of experience providing constructability reviews of equivalent size projects. Contracts between the school distri…

Consultants performing building commissioning on approved school facilities shall incorporate the attributes of the building commissioning association in their commissioning program. Contracts between the school district and the consultant shall stipulate the amount of the fee an…

A school district shall employ or contract for professional construction management pursuant to chapter 392-343 WAC. Construction managers shall have recent demonstrable experience on projects of similar size and type. Construction managers hired as employees of the district shal…

The school district shall submit to the superintendent of public instruction one copy of the following contracts for projects approved by the superintendent of public instruction for state funding assistance:(1) Educational specifications (WAC 392-344-050);(2) Architect-engineer …

The construction documents shall include the following bid and contract provisions:(1) Separate or combined bids. The school district shall determine if the bids for general, mechanical, or electrical are to be separate or combined.(2) Combination projects. For those projects whi…

School district projects with secured funding assistance as of July 2018. (1) For the purpose of determining that the provisions set forth in chapters 392-341 through 392-344 and 392-347 WAC have been complied with prior to the opening of bids of any project to be financed with s…

The construction documents shall be submitted for the approval of the following other governmental agencies:(1) Fire marshal or fire chief having jurisdiction when permitted by the state fire marshal;(2) Department of labor and industries or local jurisdiction when permitted by t…

The construction documents shall provide for compliance by the contractor with pertinent statutory provisions relating to public works including the following:(1) Chapter 39.08 RCW relating to contractor's bond;(2) Chapter 39.12 RCW relating to prevailing wages;(3) Chapter 18.27 …

The architect/engineer shall certify to the superintendent of public instruction that to the best of his knowledge the construction documents are in compliance with the provisions of the state building code, chapter 19.27 RCW, and any and all other pertinent state and local statu…

(1) A school district shall not open bids until receiving written approval of the superintendent of public instruction. Such approval shall not be granted if more than one year has passed since the project received preliminary funding status pursuant to WAC 392-342-050.(2) The su…

When a district is granted approval to open bids pursuant to WAC 392-344-107, the superintendent of public instruction is committed as provided at WAC 392-344-107 as well as to all other state funding assistance determinations including but not limited to additional state funding…

Any project for which the superintendent of public instruction authorizes a district to open bids pursuant to WAC 392-344-107 shall request an authorization for contract award pursuant to WAC 392-344-110 within ninety calendar days of receipt of approval pursuant to WAC 392-344-1…

School districts shall demonstrate that they have complied with RCW 28A.335.190 and 43.19.1906 and shall not enter into contract(s) for construction until the following certified copies have been submitted and approved by the superintendent of public instruction:(1) Each advertis…

(1) Upon receipt of the items as per WAC 392-344-110, the superintendent of public instruction shall:(a) Analyze the bids;(b) Determine the amount of state funding assistance; and(c) Make an allocation of state funding assistance for construction and other items as per chapter 39…

The school district shall provide the superintendent of public instruction with the certified signature(s) of district personnel authorized by board resolution for the purposes in this chapter requiring district authorization(s).[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.525.020. WSR 06-16-03…

Upon receipt of authorization to award contract(s) from the superintendent of public instruction, the board of directors of the school district shall award contract(s) for construction of the school facility project no later than the expiration of the time period permitted by the…

The order in which funds shall be disbursed for school facility construction shall be as follows:(1) Prior to payment of state funding assistance, the school district shall make payments on all claims submitted until such time as the total amount of local funds obligated by the d…

Disbursement of moneys shall be in accordance with the following provisions:(1) Payments to contractor(s) by school district. Payments to contractors shall be on the basis of work completed. Contractors shall submit to the school district monthly estimates of work completed which…

At such time as the total amount of local funds obligated by the school district have been expended, a signed statement by an authorized agent of the board of directors comprising a listing of all payments to contractors and others, including retainage, shall be submitted to the …

All school district claims for payment from state funding assistance shall be submitted to the superintendent of public instruction on invoice vouchers provided by the superintendent of public instruction and shall be signed by the authorized agent of the school district. State w…

(1) State funding assistance is conditioned upon a school district's compliance with the cash, or bond in lieu of cash, retained percentage requirements of chapter 60.28 RCW and this section. A school district may elect to administer compliance with all requirements of chapter 60…

The final contract cost shall be determined after inclusion of the net change due to additive and/or deductive change orders. If the final contract cost results in an increase above the original bid amount, the school district shall finance the entire increase. If the final contr…

Upon final completion of the project by contractor(s), the architect/engineer shall inspect the project to determine compliance with the construction documents. The architect/engineer, upon determining that the project has been completed satisfactorily, shall make such recommenda…

The board of directors for a school district shall accept a project as complete or reject a project as incomplete after a review of the building commissioning final report, an inspection of the project, and receipt of certificate(s) of completion signed by the architect/engineer.…

Release of retainage on contracts shall be subject to receipt by the superintendent of public instruction of the following documents:(1) These documents shall be required no later than thirty days after official acceptance:(a) Architect/engineer certificate(s) of completion;(b) S…

In the event that liens are filed with the school district, the provisions of RCW 60.28.010 through 60.28.060 shall apply. If the district holds a cash retainage under WAC 392-344-147 (2)(a), the amount of each lien plus three thousand dollars or twenty-five percent of the claim,…

In addition to applications and forms prescribed in WAC 392-341-200 and 392-342-200, commencing January 1, 1986, applications and forms applicable to the provisions of this chapter for school facility projects shall be as follows:(1) Applications for secured funding status pursua…

This chapter is adopted pursuant to RCW 28A.525.020 relating to authority of the superintendent of public instruction to prescribe rules and regulations governing the administration, control, terms, conditions and disbursements of allotments to school facilities. In accordance wi…

The purpose of this chapter is to set forth provisions applicable to approval of a cooperative financing plan for the construction or modernization of school facilities by two or more school districts.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.525.020. WSR 06-16-031, recodified as § 392-345-0…

The provisions of this chapter may be deemed waived in accordance with WAC 392-341-012.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.525.020. WSR 06-16-031, amended and recodified as § 392-345-012, filed 7/25/06, effective 8/25/06; WSR 01-08-040, § 180-31-012, filed 3/30/01, effective 4/30/01.]

The board of directors of the school district in which the proposed new school facility is to be located or in which the school facility proposed for modernization is located shall be the applicant district and it shall be the responsibility of said board of directors to submit t…

Any interdistrict financial plan for construction or modernization of school facilities utilizing state funding assistance in the financing of the proposed project, shall require approval by the superintendent of public instruction prior to carrying into effect the provisions of …

For projects utilizing state funding assistance, the host district shall submit a written application to the superintendent of public instruction which shall include but not be limited to the following documents and data:(1) A joint resolution by the board of directors of all par…

Interdistrict agreements between applicant and participating districts shall contain and set forth a description of the following elements:(1) Financial terms by which each cooperating district will participate in the cost of construction or modernization and operation of the sch…

Approval by the superintendent of public instruction of the educational program or services to be offered in the proposed new or modernized facility and the proposed administration of such program or services shall be a prerequisite for approval by the superintendent of public in…

(1) Procedures for the dissolution of the operation of school facilities pursuant to an interdistrict cooperative agreement shall not be instituted prior to the expiration of ten years after the date of the superintendent of public instruction approval of the financial plan for t…

A project to be constructed under interdistrict cooperative financing pursuant to provisions of RCW 28A.335.160 shall be subject to approval by the superintendent of public instruction only when state funding assistance is involved in the financing thereof and shall be in conform…

This chapter is adopted pursuant to RCW 28A.525.020 which authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to prescribe rules and regulations governing the administration, control, terms, conditions, and disbursements of moneys to school districts to assist them in providing s…

The purpose of this chapter is to set forth provisions applicable prior to a district's application for state funding assistance in the construction of interdistrict transportation cooperative facilities. Except as otherwise noted in this chapter, the rules and regulations which …

The provisions of this chapter may be deemed waived in accordance with WAC 392-341-012.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.525.020. WSR 06-16-031, amended and recodified as § 392-346-012, filed 7/25/06, effective 8/25/06; WSR 01-08-040, § 180-32-012, filed 3/30/01, effective 4/30/01.]

As used in this chapter:(1) "Participating member" means a district in a cooperative which anticipates making full use of all the services offered by the cooperative and provides its agreed share of local funds required by the superintendent of public instruction. A participating…

Any financial plan for construction of an interdistrict transportation cooperative utilizing state funding assistance in the financing of the proposed project, shall require approval by the superintendent of public instruction prior to implementing the provisions of such plan. Th…

For projects utilizing state funding assistance, the host school district shall submit a written application to the superintendent of public instruction which shall include but not be limited to the following documents and data:(1) A joint resolution by the board of directors of …