1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; including acoustical
1.3 	performance criteria in school district proposal to
1.4 	construct a facility; amending Minnesota Statutes
1.5 	2004, section 123B.71, subdivision 9.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 123B.71,
1.8 	subdivision 9, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 9.Information required.  A school board proposing
1.10 	to construct a facility described in subdivision 8 shall submit
1.11 	to the commissioner a proposal containing information including
1.12 	at least the following:
1.13 	(1) the geographic area and population to be served,
1.14 	preschool through grade 12 student enrollments for the past five
1.15 	years, and student enrollment projections for the next five
1.16 	years;
1.17 	(2) a list of existing facilities by year constructed,
1.18 	their uses, and an assessment of the extent to which alternate
1.19 	facilities are available within the school district boundaries
1.20 	and in adjacent school districts;
1.21 	(3) a list of the specific deficiencies of the facility
1.22 	that demonstrate the need for a new or renovated facility to be
1.23 	provided, and a list of the specific benefits that the new or
1.24 	renovated facility will provide to the students, teachers, and
1.25 	community users served by the facility;
2.1 	(4) the relationship of the project to any priorities
2.2 	established by the school district, educational cooperatives
2.3 	that provide support services, or other public bodies in the
2.4 	service area;
2.5 	(5) a specification of how the project will increase
2.6 	community use of the facility and whether and how the project
2.7 	will increase collaboration with other governmental or nonprofit
2.8 	entities;
2.9 	(6) a description of the project, including the
2.10 	specification of site and outdoor space acreage and square
2.11 	footage allocations for classrooms, laboratories, and support
2.12 	spaces; estimated expenditures for the major portions of the
2.13 	project; and the dates the project will begin and be completed;
2.14 	(7) a specification of the source of financing the project;
2.15 	the scheduled date for a bond issue or school board action; a
2.16 	schedule of payments, including debt service equalization aid;
2.17 	and the effect of a bond issue on local property taxes by the
2.18 	property class and valuation;
2.19 	(8) an analysis of how the proposed new or remodeled
2.20 	facility will affect school district operational or
2.21 	administrative staffing costs, and how the district's operating
2.22 	budget will cover any increased operational or administrative
2.23 	staffing costs;
2.24 	(9) a description of the consultation with local or state
2.25 	road and transportation officials on school site access and
2.26 	safety issues, and the ways that the project will address those
2.27 	issues;
2.28 	(10) a description of how indoor air quality issues have
2.29 	been considered and a certification that the architects and
2.30 	engineers designing the facility will have professional
2.31 	liability insurance;
2.32 	(11) as required under section 123B.72, for buildings
2.33 	coming into service after July 1, 2002, a certification that the
2.34 	plans and designs for the extensively renovated or new
2.35 	facility's heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems
2.36 	will meet or exceed code standards; will provide for the
3.1 	monitoring of outdoor airflow and total airflow of ventilation
3.2 	systems; and will provide an indoor air quality filtration
3.3 	system that meets ASHRAE standard 52.1;
3.4 	(12) a specification of any desegregation requirements that
3.5 	cannot be met by any other reasonable means; and 
3.6 	(13) a specification, if applicable, of how the facility
3.7 	will utilize environmentally sustainable school facility design
3.8 	concepts; and 
3.9 	(14) a description of how the architects and engineers have
3.10 	considered the American National Standards Institute Acoustical
3.11 	Performance Criteria, Design Requirements and Guidelines for
3.12 	Schools of the maximum background noise level and reverberation
3.13 	times.