Assembly Bill No. 659–Committee on Education

 

March 26, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Education

 

SUMMARY—Revises provisions pertaining to contents of policies adopted by certain larger school districts concerning reconstruction, renovation or replacement of older buildings. (BDR 34‑872)

 

FISCAL NOTE:    Effect on Local Government: No.

                                 Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions pertaining to the contents of policies adopted by certain larger school districts concerning the reconstruction, renovation or replacement of older buildings; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1    Section 1. NRS 393.103 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2    393.103  A school district that has more than 150,000 pupils enrolled

1-3  shall develop and adopt a policy concerning the renovation or

1-4  reconstruction of older buildings for schools or related facilities. As part of

1-5  the policy, consideration must be given to the relative advantages and

1-6  disadvantages of the renovation or reconstruction of older buildings for

1-7  schools or related facilities as compared to the design, construction or

1-8  purchase of new buildings for schools or related facilities.The policy must

1-9  include, without limitation, guidelines for use by the board of trustees in

1-10  determining [whether] :

1-11    1.  Whether older buildings should be renovated or reconstructed or

1-12  whether new buildings to replace those older buildings should be

1-13  constructed or purchased.

1-14    2.  The manner in which the board of trustees will expend or disburse

1-15  money that the board did not otherwise anticipate would be available to

1-16  finance the renovation or reconstruction of older buildings and the

1-17  construction or purchase of new buildings, if such money, in fact,

1-18  becomes available.

1-19    Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

 

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