West Virginia HB 2123: Making the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind eligible to participate in any and all funding administered or distributed by the West Virginia School Building Authority

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WEST virginia Legislature

2017 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2123

By Delegates Rowan, Cooper, Cowles 
and Romine, R.

[Introduced February 
8, 2017; Referred

to the Committee on Education then Finance.]

A BILL to amend and 
reenact §18-9D-2, §18-9D-3, §18-9D-4c and §18-9D-16 of the Code of West 
Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new 
section, designated §18-9D-22, all relating to making the West Virginia Schools 
for the Deaf and Blind eligible to participate in any and all funding 
administered or distributed by the West Virginia School Building Authority.

Be it enacted by the 
Legislature of West Virginia:

That §18-9D-2, §18-9D-3, 
§18-9D-4c and §18-9D-16 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be 
amended and reenacted; and that said code be amended by adding thereto a new 
section, designated §18-9D-22, all to read as follows:

ARTICLE 9D. SCHOOL 
BUILDING AUTHORITY.

§18-9D-2. Definitions.

For the purposes of this 
article, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

(1) "Authority" 
means the School Building Authority of West Virginia;

(2) "Bonds" 
means bonds issued by the authority pursuant to this article;

(3) "Construction 
project" means a project in the furtherance of a facilities plan with a 
cost greater than $1 million for the new construction, expansion or major 
renovation of facilities, buildings and structures for school purposes, 
including:

(A) The acquisition of 
land for current or future use in connection with the construction project;

(B) New or substantial 
upgrading of existing equipment, machinery and furnishings;

(C) Installation of 
utilities and other similar items related to making the construction project 
operational.

(D) Construction project 
does not include such items as books, computers or equipment used for 
instructional purposes; fuel; supplies; routine utility services fees; routine 
maintenance costs; ordinary course of business improvements; other items which 
are customarily considered to result in a current or ordinary course of 
business operating charge or a major improvement project;

(4) "Cost of 
project" means the cost of construction, expansion, renovation, repair and 
safety upgrading of facilities, buildings and structures for school purposes; 
the cost of land, equipment, machinery, furnishings, installation of utilities 
and other similar items related to making the project operational; and the cost 
of financing, interest during construction, professional service fees and all 
other charges or expenses necessary, appurtenant or incidental to the 
foregoing, including the cost of administration of this article;

(5) "County 
board" or "county" means a county board of education as provided 
in article five of this chapter and includes the West Virginia Schools for the 
Deaf and the Blind as provided in article seventeen of this chapter when acting 
with the approval of the West Virginia Board of Education to submit, request 
and receive an award of funds or services for projects under the provisions of 
this article.

(5) (6) "Facilities 
plan" means the ten-year countywide comprehensive educational facilities 
plan established by a county board in accordance with guidelines adopted by the 
authority to meet the goals and objectives of this article, or a facilities 
plan established by the administration of the West Virginia Schools for the 
Deaf and Blind that:

(A) Addresses the 
existing school facilities and facility needs of the county, or the Schools 
for the Deaf and Blind, to provide a thorough and efficient education in 
accordance with the provisions of this code and policies of the state board;

(B) Best serves the needs 
of individual students, the