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Senate Bill 6, Chapter 899, Statutes of 2004 (Alpert), as a part of the Williams Settlement, established the School Facilities Needs Assessment Grant Program (SFNAGP). The funding is available to schools identified by the California Department of Education (CDE) as ranked in deciles one, two, or three based on the 2003 Academic Performance Index (API), and that were newly constructed prior to January 1, 2000. The list of schools meeting the API criteria has been published by the CDE and is available on the CDE Website.
Under the provisions of the SFNAGP, each eligible school will be provided with funding to complete a one-time assessment of facilities. The program requires Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) to perform a one-time comprehensive assessment of the facilities for each eligible school site and provides $10 per pupil, or a minimum of $7500 to accomplish this. The assessment will include:
- Facility inventory
- Estimated costs for 5-years to maintain functionality of the school buildings
- Remaining life of major building systems by building
- List of any necessary repairs
Although some of the required data may be provided by LEA staff , the LEA must obtain the services of qualified individual(s) to obtain a large portion of the assessment data. Qualified individual(s) may not be employee(s) of the LEA, and must have or be supervised by individual(s) with the general knowledge of school facility construction, maintenance, and operations, and either:
- An architect, engineer or general contractor licensed under California law; or
- Three years experience with cost estimation and life-cycle analysis
Inspectors may use the Needs Assessment Report Worksheet that is available on the OPSC Web site to collect data. However, the assessment information will ultimately be compiled and submitted to OPSC via the On-Line Needs Assessment Submittal Program. The On-Line Needs Assessment Submittal Program consists of three components. The web-based Needs Assessment Report (Form SAB 61-01) component defines what the assessment must contain at minimum. LEAs must complete the assessment for each eligible school and submit the information to OPSC via the Web by January 1, 2006.
If any funds remain after the Needs Assessment Report (Form SAB 61-01) has been completed, the funds may be used toward the cost of completing any of the repairs identified in Part V of the assessment. By January 1, 2007, the LEA must report on the use of SFNAGP funds by completing and submitting an Expenditure Report (Form SAB 61-02). This report will be LEA-wide.
Please keep in mind the key dates above for the SFNAGP and refer to Regulation Sections 1859.310 through 1859.319 for additional information.
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