House of Representatives

HB 2253

school facilities board; construction projects

Sponsors: Representatives Knaperek, Blendu,

Senators Bennett, Solomon: et al

 

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Committee on Education

 

Committee on Appropriation

 

Caucus and COW

Contains an emergency clause

 

As Passed the House

 

HB 2253 expands the powers of the School Facilities Board (SFB) to allow the SFB to contract for or procure the construction services and materials necessary to correct existing school facilities deficiencies.  HB 2253 also extends the Board’s rule making and procurement exemptions from December 31, 2000 to December 31, 2001.

 

History

Students FIRST (Laws 1998, 5th Special Session, Chapter 1) requires that the School Facilities Board (SFB) review and award monies to correct deficiencies by June 30, 2001 and shall ensure that school districts correct deficiencies by June 30, 2003.  Laws 2000, 5th Special Session, Chapter 1 provides the SFB with the authority to issue up to $800 million in revenue bonds to correct existing deficiencies at the schools. 

 

Under current law, the SFB must distribute the monies to correct the deficiencies to the school districts. HB 2253 allows the SFB to directly contract or procure the services and materials necessary to correct existing deficiencies.  The SFB is given the authority to combine deficiency correction projects for the purposes of procuring construction services if the SFB determines that combining the projects maximizes the purchasing value of the state.

 

Provisions

·                     Expands a school district governing board’s power to sell school sites or enter into leases or lease-purchase agreements for school buildings and grounds as the lessee or lessor without an election for the following:

1.      The buildings and sites are completely funded with monies distributed by the school facilities board (subject to existing requirements under the SFB’s statutes).

2.      The transaction involves the sale of improved or unimproved property pursuant to an agreement with the SFB in which the school district agrees to sell the property and transfer the proceeds of the sale to the SFB in exchange for monies from the SFB for the acquisition of a more suitable school site (subject to existing requirements under the SFB’s statutes).

·                     Expands the SFB authority to allow the SFB to contract for construction services and materials that are necessary to correct existing deficiencies in school facilities.  Provides that the procurement rules do not apply for the construction services and materials required to correct exiting deficiencies. 

·                     Provides that the SFB can provide deficiency correction funding directly to vendors, not just school districts.

·                     Allows SFB to combine deficiency correction projects of one or more school districts for the purpose of procuring construction services if the SFB determines that combining the projects maximizes the purchasing value.

·                     Allows the SFB or a school district to enter into agreements with a public procurement unit for the purpose of procuring materials and services needed to correct deficiencies in school facilities.

·                     Extends the SFB’s exemption from the rule making and procurement code from December 31, 2000 to December 31, 2001.  These provisions are retroactive to December 31, 2000.

·                     Contains an emergency clause.

 

 

 

 

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45th Legislature                       

First Regular Session    2          January 18, 2001

 

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