Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 368 First Reprint (BDR 31-179)
Proposed by: Committee on Ways and Means
Amendment Box: Replaces Amendment No. 1183.
Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:
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Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 2, renumbering sec. 3 as sec. 4 and adding new sections designated sections 2 and 3, following section 1, to read as follows:
"Sec. 2. Chapter 393 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
A school district that has more than 150,000 pupils enrolled shall develop and adopt a policy concerning the renovation or reconstruction of older buildings for schools or related facilities. As part of the policy, consideration must be given to the relative advantages and disadvantages of the renovation or reconstruction of older buildings for schools or related facilities as compared to the design, construction or purchase of new buildings for schools or related facilities. The policy must include, without limitation, guidelines for use by the board of trustees in determining whether older buildings should be renovated or reconstructed or whether new buildings to replace those older buildings should be constructed or purchased.
Sec. 3. 1. The legislature hereby finds and declares that:
(a) The deterioration of school facilities has become a grave concern in this state;
(b) The local governments in the various portions of the state are currently faced with unique financial problems resulting from a variety of situations because in some local governments the population is rapidly increasing whereas in others the population is generally declining;
(c) Some local governments are still attempting to rehabilitate schools that were built around the turn of the last century and others cannot build new schools quickly enough to meet the needs of the children in the district; and
(d) Because of the unique variety of problems facing the local governments of this state a general law cannot be made applicable to ensure that children in more densely populated urban areas are provided with a safe environment which encourages learning.
2. The board of trustees of the Clark County School District shall establish a pilot program to replace schools. The school district may use an amount not to exceed $15 million from the proceeds of the bonds issued pursuant to subsection 3 or 4 of NRS 350.020 to:
(a) Evaluate older schools within the district to determine the need for renovation or reconstruction of those schools in furtherance of section 2 of this act; and
(b) Reconstruct one existing elementary school designated by the board of trustees from among the three schools analyzed in 1998 by the board of trustees in the study entitled "Rehab vs. Replacement Study/Phase Analysis." The board of trustees, upon designating the school to be reconstructed, shall with all deliberate speed commence the reconstruction of the designated school with a planned completion date of July 1, 2001.
3. The purpose of this section is to provide authority to expend the proceeds of the bonds issued pursuant to subsection 3 or 4 of NRS 350.020 for reconstruction that is additional to and does not replace, repeal or limit any existing authority to so expend such proceeds.
4. On or before February 1, 2001, the Clark County School District shall submit to the director of the legislative counsel bureau for transmission to the 71st session of the Nevada legislature an interim report regarding the pilot program to replace schools. The report must include, without limitation, the progress of the effort to evaluate the older schools conducted pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of this section and the progress of the reconstruction of the designated elementary school.".
Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:
"AN ACT relating to education; requiring that the annual audit of certain school districts include an audit of expenditures relating to the design, construction, acquisition and renovation of school facilities and grounds; requiring certain school districts to develop and adopt a policy to renovate or reconstruct certain school facilities; requiring a certain school district to establish a pilot program for replacing schools; authorizing the use of certain proceeds of bonds for the pilot program; requiring the submission of an interim report concerning the progress of the pilot program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.".
Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:
"SUMMARY—Requires annual audit of certain expenditures by certain school districts and development of policy to renovate or reconstruct certain school facilities by certain school districts. (BDR 31-179)".