2SSB 5509 -
By Senator Doumit
OUT OF ORDER 03/11/2005
On page 5, after line 19, insert the following:
"(6)(a) The superintendent of public instruction shall assist
Washington school districts, architects, and designers in the planning
and design of high quality school facilities that enhance education and
provide lasting value to the children and citizens of Washington.
(b) The superintendent of public instruction shall encourage the
use of prototypical school design or design components in limited
circumstances and when several school construction projects are planned
in a district or in a limited geographic area of the state. Such
limited use of prototypical designs shall encourage student
performance, staff retention, cost management, reduction of
environmental health risks, and high performance school buildings.
(c) The superintendent of public instruction shall establish a
central clearinghouse for access by local boards of education that may
want to use a prototype design or components of a design in the
construction of school facilities. This system is expected to result
in cost and time savings in school design, provide broader access to
architects that specialize in school design, and increase awareness of
current trends in school design."