HF 962

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to education; including acoustical
performance criteria in school district proposal to
construct a facility; amending Minnesota Statutes
2004, section 123B.71, subdivision 9.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 123B.71,
subdivision 9, is amended to read:

Subd. 9.

Information required.

A school board proposing
to construct a facility described in subdivision 8 shall submit
to the commissioner a proposal containing information including
at least the following:

(1) the geographic area and population to be served,
preschool through grade 12 student enrollments for the past five
years, and student enrollment projections for the next five
years;

(2) a list of existing facilities by year constructed,
their uses, and an assessment of the extent to which alternate
facilities are available within the school district boundaries
and in adjacent school districts;

(3) a list of the specific deficiencies of the facility
that demonstrate the need for a new or renovated facility to be
provided, and a list of the specific benefits that the new or
renovated facility will provide to the students, teachers, and
community users served by the facility;

(4) the relationship of the project to any priorities
established by the school district, educational cooperatives
that provide support services, or other public bodies in the
service area;

(5) a specification of how the project will increase
community use of the facility and whether and how the project
will increase collaboration with other governmental or nonprofit
entities;

(6) a description of the project, including the
specification of site and outdoor space acreage and square
footage allocations for classrooms, laboratories, and support
spaces; estimated expenditures for the major portions of the
project; and the dates the project will begin and be completed;

(7) a specification of the source of financing the project;
the scheduled date for a bond issue or school board action; a
schedule of payments, including debt service equalization aid;
and the effect of a bond issue on local property taxes by the
property class and valuation;

(8) an analysis of how the proposed new or remodeled
facility will affect school district operational or
administrative staffing costs, and how the district's operating
budget will cover any increased operational or administrative
staffing costs;

(9) a description of the consultation with local or state
road and transportation officials on school site access and
safety issues, and the ways that the project will address those
issues;

(10) a description of how indoor air quality issues have
been considered and a certification that the architects and
engineers designing the facility will have professional
liability insurance;

(11) as required under section 123B.72, for buildings
coming into service after July 1, 2002, a certification that the
plans and designs for the extensively renovated or new
facility's heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems
will meet or exceed code standards; will provide for the
monitoring of outdoor airflow and total airflow of ventilation
systems; and will provide an indoor air quality filtration
system that meets ASHRAE standard 52.1;

(12) a specification of any desegregation requirements that
cannot be met by any other reasonable means; deleted text begin and
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(13) a specification, if applicable, of how the facility
will utilize environmentally sustainable school facility design
concepts new text begin ; and
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new text begin (14) a description of how the architects and engineers have
considered the American National Standards Institute Acoustical
Performance Criteria, Design Requirements and Guidelines for
Schools of the maximum background noise level and reverberation
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