00 HOUSE BILL NO. 195 01 "An Act relating to school construction grants and to municipal school 02 construction debt reimbursement." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 14.11.013(a) is amended to read: 05  (a) With regard to projects for which grants are requested under AS 14.11.011, 06 the department shall 07  (1) annually review the six-year plans submitted by each district under 08 AS 14.11.011(b) and recommend to the board a revised and updated six-year capital 09 improvement project grant schedule that serves the best interests of the state and each 10 district; in recommending projects for this schedule, the department shall verify that 11 each proposed project meets the criteria established under AS 14.11.014(b) and 12 qualifies as a project required to 13  (A) avert imminent danger or correct life-threatening situations; 14  (B) house students who would otherwise be unhoused; for 01 purposes of this subparagraph, 02   (i)  students are considered unhoused if the students 03 attend school in temporary facilities;  and 04  (ii) sixth grade students shall receive the space 05 allocation given to secondary students when the sixth grade students 06 are housed in a middle school, junior high school, or high school 07 that includes the sixth grade;  08  (C) protect the structure of existing school facilities; 09  (D) correct building code deficiencies that require major repair 10 or rehabilitation in order for the facility to continue to be used for the 11 educational program; 12  (E) achieve an operating cost savings; 13  (F) modify or rehabilitate facilities for the purpose of improving 14 the instructional program; 15  (G) meet an educational need not specified in (A) - (F) of this 16 paragraph, identified by the department; 17  (2) prepare an estimate of the amount of money needed to finance each 18 project; 19  (3) provide to the governor, by November 1, and to the legislature 20 within the first 10 days of each regular legislative session, a revised and updated six- 21 year capital improvement project grant schedule, together with a proposed schedule of 22 appropriations. 23 * Sec. 2. AS 14.11.100(j) is amended to read: 24  (j) Except as provided in (l) of this section, the state may not allocate money 25 to a municipality for a school construction project under (a)(5), (6), (7), or (9) of this 26 section unless the municipality complies with the requirements of (1) - (4) of this 27 subsection, the project is approved by the commissioner before the local vote on the 28 bond issue for the project or ,  for bonds authorized after March 31, 1990, but on or 29 before April 30, 1993, the bonds are approved by the commissioner before 30 reimbursement by the state, and the local vote occurs before July 1, 1987, or after 31 June 30, 1988. In approving a project under this subsection, and to the extent required 01 under (a)(8) of this section, the commissioner shall require 02  (1) the municipality to include on the ballot for the bond issue, for 03 bonds authorized on or before March 31, 1990, or after April 30, 1993, the estimated 04 total cost of each project including estimated total interest, estimated annual operation 05 and maintenance costs, the estimated amounts that will be paid by the state and by the 06 municipality, and the approximate amount that would be due in annual taxes on 07 $100,000 in assessed value to retire the debt; 08  (2) that the bonds may not be refunded unless the annual debt service 09 on the refunding issue is not greater than the annual debt service on the original issue; 10  (3) that the bonds must be repaid in approximately equal annual 11 principal payments or approximately equal debt service payments over a period of at 12 least 10 years; 13  (4) the municipality to demonstrate need for the project by establishing 14 that the school district has 15  (A) projected long-term student enrollment that indicates the 16 district has inadequate facilities to meet present or projected enrollment  or has 17 unhoused students; for purposes of this subparagraph, 18  (i) students are considered unhoused if the students 19 attend school in temporary facilities; and 20  (ii) sixth grade students shall receive the space 21 allocation given to secondary students when the sixth grade students 22 are housed in a middle school, junior high school, or high school 23 that includes the sixth grade ; 24  (B) facilities that require repair or replacement in order to meet 25 health and safety laws or regulations or building codes; 26  (C) demonstrated that the project will result in a reduction in 27 annual operating costs that economically justifies the cost of the project; or 28  (D) facilities that require modification or rehabilitation for the 29 purpose of improving the instructional program.