PROPOSED RULES
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 08-20-006.
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: WAC 392-347-023 State assistance in post 1993 facilities.
Hearing Location(s): Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), Old Capitol Building, Brouillet Conference Room, 600 Washington Street, Olympia, WA 98504, on April 7, 2009, at 9:00 a.m.
Date of Intended Adoption: April 8, 2009.
Submit Written Comments to: Scott Black, P.O. Box 47200, Olympia, WA 98504-7200, e-mail Scott.Black@k12.wa.us, by April 6, 2009.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Penny Coker by April 6, 2009, TTY (360) 664-3631 or (360) 725-6133.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: Repeal WAC 392-347-023 language and replace with language that replaces an accounting based system to a performance based system of school facility management by implementing an asset preservation program consisting of school district board policy, maintenance planning, evaluations of buildings to meet a determined building standard and a reporting of the facilities to the school districts and OSPI.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.525.020.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: [OSPI], governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting and Implementation: Scott Black, OSPI, (360) 725-6268; and Enforcement: Gordon Beck, OSPI, (360) 725-6261.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW.
A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW 34.05.328.
February 24, 2009
Randy Dorn
Superintendent of
Public Instruction
OTS-2191.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 08-09-024, filed 4/8/08,
effective 5/9/08)
WAC 392-347-023
State assistance in post 1993
facilities.
((State assistance for modernization of school
facilities accepted by the school district board of directors
after January 1, 1994, shall be limited according to the
following conditions:
(1) A school facility shall be ineligible for state assistance if the total expenditures for maintenance of plant and equipment for that facility during the fifteen-year period immediately preceding the project application was below one-half of one percent of the total of the annually determined building replacement values during the same period;
(2) The allowable cost per square foot used to determine the amount of state assistance in any modernization project where the total expenditures for maintenance of plant and equipment for that facility during the fifteen-year period immediately preceding the project application was at least one-half but less than two percent of the total of the annually determined building replacement values during the same period shall be reduced as follows:
(a) The allowable cost per square foot shall be reduced by twenty-two and one-half percent where the above expenditure is at least one-half but less than one percent;
(b) The allowable cost per square foot shall be reduced by fifteen percent where the above expenditure is at least one but less than one and one-half percent;
(c) The allowable cost per square foot shall be reduced by seven and one-half percent where the above expenditure is at least one and one-half but less than two percent;
(3) No reduction in the allowable cost per square foot shall be applied to any modernization project where the total expenditures for maintenance of plant and equipment for that facility during the fifteen-year period immediately preceding the project application was two percent, or greater, of the total of the annually determined building replacement values during the same period;
(4) A district shall not be allowed to replace a school facility through new construction in lieu of modernization under WAC 392-347-042 where the total expenditures for maintenance of plant and equipment for that facility during the fifteen-year period immediately preceding the project application was below two percent of the total of the annually determined building replacement values during the same period.
(5) For the purpose of this section "maintenance of plant and equipment" shall be general fund expenditures charged to maintenance and operations activities 61-supervision and 64-maintenance and capital projects fund expenditures charged to type code 22-remodeling and 42-capital improvements as defined in the Accounting Manual for Public School Districts.)) As a condition precedent to receiving state assistance for modernization under WAC 392-347-015 or new-in-lieu of modernization under WAC 392-347-042, school districts that received state assistance for new and new-in-lieu school buildings and whose buildings were accepted as complete by school board of directors as of January 1, 1994, and later, shall adopt by board resolution and implement an asset preservation program (APP).
(1) Definitions: For purposes of this chapter:
(a) An asset preservation program is a systematic approach to ensure performance accountability; promote student health and safety; create an encouraging learning environment; and extend building life, thus minimizing future capital needs.
(b) An asset preservation system is a system of tasks or projects that are active, reactive, or proactive in maintaining the day to day health, safety, and instructional quality of the school facility and tasks or projects that are proactive, predictive or preventative in maintaining the school facility over its thirty-year expected life cycle.
(c) A building condition evaluation is an evaluation of the condition of building components and systems using a standardized scoring matrix.
(d) A building condition standard is a numeric scoring table with a scale identifying the expected condition score for each year of the building's expected life cycle.
(2) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall establish and adopt a uniform program of specifications, standards, and requirements for implementing and maintaining the asset preservation program.
(3) School districts with affected buildings under this chapter are required to:
(a) Adopt or implement an asset preservation system;
(b) Annually perform a building condition evaluation and report the condition of such building to the school district's board of directors no later than April 1st of each year;
(c) Thereafter in six year intervals during the thirty-year expected life span of the building, have a certified evaluator, as approved by the office of the superintendent of public instruction, perform a building condition evaluation and report the condition to the school district's board of directors and to the office of the superintendent of public instruction no later than April 1st.
(4) A school district building affected under this chapter and that does not meet the minimum building condition standard score of forty points at the end of the thirty years from the accepted date shall:
(a) Have its allowable cost per square foot used to determine the amount of state assistance in any modernization project reduced at a rate of two percent for each point below forty points, not to exceed a total twenty percent reduction; or
(b) Be ineligible for state assistance when the building condition score is less than thirty points.
(5) The following schedule shall apply to school districts with buildings affected under this chapter, and the requirements set forth shall replace the former requirements of this section:
(a) Buildings accepted by the school board in 1994 must begin an asset preservation program in 2009, and shall fully implement the program within no more than one and one-half years;
(b) Buildings accepted by the school board in 1995 must begin an asset preservation program in 2010, and shall fully implement the program within no more than one year;
(c) Buildings accepted by the school board in 1996 through 2010 must begin an asset preservation program in 2011, and shall fully implement the program within no more than six months;
(d) Buildings accepted by the school board after 2010 must implement APP program upon facility acceptance.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.525.020. 08-09-024, § 392-347-023, filed 4/8/08, effective 5/9/08; 06-16-031, amended and recodified as § 392-347-023, filed 7/25/06, effective 8/25/06; 01-09-012, § 180-33-023, filed 4/6/01, effective 5/7/01; 91-12-058, § 180-33-023, filed 6/5/91, effective 7/6/91.]