EMERGENCY RULES
Date of Adoption: March 30, 2001.
Purpose: To make necessary changes to WAC 180-33-042 Replacement option.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 180-33-042.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.525.020.
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the public interest.
Reasons for this Finding: To adopt changes related to replacement of school buildings contructed after 1992.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: March 30, 2001.
March 30, 2001
Larry Davis
Executive Director
(1) The existing building or space to be replaced will not be used for district instructional purposes; and
(2) The existing building or space will be ineligible for any future state financial assistance.
Further, if the existing building or space is subsequently returned by the district to instructional purposes in whole or in part, the district shall become ineligible for any state construction financial assistance for a period of ten years from the date that the executive director or the chief executive officer of the state board notifies the board during the course of an open public meeting or sends written notice to members of the board of the return of the building in whole or in part to instructional purposes. Districts exercising this election shall be limited in state assistance to the provision of WAC 180-33-040. In the event the district elects to replace a facility and construct a new facility with more space than the facility being replaced, the additional space, in order to be eligible for state assistance shall meet the eligibility requirements for new construction or the new construction component requirement of WAC 180-33-015 (1)(c): Provided, That no new construction in lieu of modernization project may qualify for additional state assistance pursuant to WAC 180-27-115 unless the facility being replaced would have qualified pursuant to such section for additional state assistance as a modernization project.
(3) The state board of education may waive the provisions of this section for a period it determines is appropriate to the particular situation. A waiver request must be submitted in writing to the superintendent of public instruction. The superintendent of public instruction shall review the waiver request and make a written recommendation to the state board of education to approve or deny the request. The waiver request shall include, but not be limited to the following information:
(a) Description of the district's planning process;
(b) Rationale why the need for the waiver request was not anticipated;
(c) The requested length of time of the waiver;
(d) The availability of funding for proposed projects;
(e) List of specific projects and timelines;
(f) List of the specific student groups that will use the facility; and
(g) Rationale why this is the best use of facilities and public funds.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.525.020. 98-19-138, 180-33-042, filed 9/23/98, effective 10/24/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.525.020 and 1993 sp.s. c 22 708(5). 93-20-066, 180-33-042, filed 10/1/93, effective 11/1/93. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.47.830. 85-09-060 (Order 8-85), 180-33-042, filed 4/17/85.]
Reviser's note: RCW 34.05.395 requires the use of underlining and deletion marks to indicate amendments to existing rules. The rule published above varies from its predecessor in certain respects not indicated by the use of these markings.
Reviser's note: The bracketed material preceding the section above was supplied by the code reviser's office.