SB 451 - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
04/09
SENATE BILL 451
AN ACT relative to site size standards for new school building construction.
SPONSORS: Sen. Russman, Dist 19; Sen. McCarley, Dist 6; Sen. J. King, Dist 18; Rep. Welch, Rock 18; Rep. J. Flanders, Rock 18; Rep. Gleason, Rock 13; Rep. Whittier, Rock 18; Rep. Langone, Rock 13
This bill provides that site size standards relative to the construction of new school buildings which may be adopted by the state board of education shall not be mandatory but may be considered as a factor in approving or disapproving a plan requesting building aid for new school construction.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2785
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to site size standards for new school building construction.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 School Building Aid; Approval of Plans, Specifications, and Costs of Construction; Minimum Site Size. Amend RSA 189:15-c to read as follows:
198:15-c Approval of Plans, Specifications and Costs of Construction or Purchase.
I. A school district maintaining approved schools, desiring to avail itself of the grants herein provided shall have the plans, specifications, and cost estimates for school plant construction or proposals for the purchase of school buildings, or both, and the costs for them approved by the state board prior to the start of construction. For this purpose the district shall submit its plans, specifications, cost and purchase estimates in writing to the state board on such forms as the board prescribes. Application for school building aid shall be submitted before January 1 of each year in order to be eligible for school building aid in the fiscal year following the year of submittal.
II. The state board shall not approve the plans, specifications, cost or purchase estimates, if in the board's judgment the facilities planned will not adequately meet the educational requirements, or if its cost estimates are excessive or unreasonable[. The state board shall not approve the plans, specifications, cost or purchase estimates if in the board's judgment], or if the proposed construction or purchase is in conflict with effective statewide planning. Necessary costs of the purchase of school buildings may be determined by any recognized method of real estate appraisal with appropriate adjustments for remodeling or other expenditures. Upon approval of the construction or purchase, or both, by the state board of education, the school district shall be entitled to receive an annual grant as provided herein.
III. The state board of education shall adopt no rule establishing minimum mandatory size requirements for building sites for new school construction. Any rule adopted by the state board of education, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to building site sizes shall be advisory only and may be considered as a factor in approving or disapproving a plan requesting building aid for new school construction.
2 Applicability. The provisions of this act shall apply only to those applications for school building aid submitted after the effective date of this act.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.