Assembly Bill No. 659–Committee on Education

 

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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:

 

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

   393.103  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] :

   1.  Whether older buildings should be renovated or reconstructed or

 whether new buildings to replace those older buildings should be

 constructed or purchased.

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

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

 finance the renovation or reconstruction of older buildings and the

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

 becomes available.

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

 

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