Virginia HB 252: School division maintenance reserve tool; Department of Education to develop or adopt and maintain.

Bill Text

2022SESSION
INTRODUCED
22103899D
1 HOUSEBILLNO.252
2 OfferedJanuary12,2022
3 PrefiledJanuary11,2022
4 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-138.3, relating to the
5 Department of Education; school division maintenance reserve tool.
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Patrons––Simonds,MaldonadoandSewell
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8 ReferredtoCommitteeonEducation
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10 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
11 1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-138.3 as follows:
12 §22.1-138.3. Department; school division maintenance reserve tool.
13 A. The Department, in consultation with the Department of General Services, shall develop or adopt
14 and maintain a data collection tool to assist each school board to determine the relative age of each
15 public school building in the local school division and the amount of maintenance reserve funds that are
16 necessary to restore each such building.
17 B. Each school board shall provide to the Department in a timely fashion the local data that is
18 necessary to ensure that the tool maintained pursuant to subsection A remains relevant and useful for
19 the determination of maintenance reserve needs.
20 2. That the Department of Education shall consider converting or using as a template the
21 Department of General Services' M-R FIX tool to meet the requirements of § 22.1-138.3 of the
22 Code of Virginia, as created by this act.
INTRODUCED
HB252
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