HB2378

THE CONTEXT: Statute details the responsibilities of SFOB, which include: 1) reviewing and approving student population projections submitted by school districts for the purposes of New School Facilities (NSF) Fund distributions; 2) approving the Division of School Facilities (SFD) to distribute NSF Fund monies; 3) approving or rejecting school district requests to reduce pupil square footage; 4) adopting minimum school facility adequacy guidelines and certifying that plans for new school facilities meet these guidelines; 5) reviewing the policies developed by SFD to administer the Emergency Deficiencies Correction Fund an...

WHAT THE BILL DID: The final vetoed version would alters eligibility requirements for SFOB by adding that the member who is a registered professional architect and the member who is a registered professional engineer may not have business that includes school construction and allow all SFOB members who are serving on the general effective date to continue to serve until the expiration of their normal terms.

WHY IT MATTERED: The practical reason for this bill was to give students, families, and schools a clearer statewide rule for school facilities oversight board. It would alters eligibility requirements for SFOB by adding that the member who is a registered professional architect and the member who is a registered professional engineer may not have business that includes school construction, and would also allow all SFOB members who are serving on the general effective date to continue to serve until the expiration of their normal terms, rather than leave the current rule unchanged.