1993-01-22                     House Journal                      Page 0132
HB 82                                                                        
"An Act relating to school construction grants and major                      
maintenance grants to school districts; providing for school district          
participation in the cost of school construction and major                     
maintenance; creating a major maintenance grant fund; and                      
providing for an effective date."                                              
                                                                               
was read the first time and referred to the Health, Education & Social         
Services and Finance Committees.                                               
                                                                               
The following fiscal notes apply:                                              
                                                                               
Fiscal note, Dept. of Education, 1/22/93                                       
Zero fiscal note, Dept. of Revenue, 1/22/93                                    
Zero fiscal note, Dept. of Transportation & Public Facilities, 1/22/93         
                                                                               
The Governor's transmittal letter, dated January 22, 1993, appears             
below:                                                                         
                                                                               
"Dear Speaker Barnes:                                                          
                                                                               
Under the authority of art. III, sec. 18, of the Alaska Constitution, I am     
transmitting a bill that changes the existing school construction grant        
program in AS14.11.  During 1992 the facilities committee of Alaska            
2000 discussed the existing method of allocating school construction           
grants.  This bill, if enacted into law, divides grants under the program      
into two categories, provides a separate fund for each of the categories,      
and requires school districts to provide a participating share in order        
to obtain a grant.                                                             
                                                                               
The main thrust of the bill is to separate grants under the existing           
program into two categories -- grants for school construction and              
grants for major maintenance of school facilities -- and to create a           
separate grant fund for the major maintenance projects.  Major                 
maintenance projects are those necessary to protect the structure of           
existing school facilities or to correct building code deficiencies that       
require major repair or rehabilitation in order for the facility to            
continue to be used for the educational program.                               
                                                                               
Existing AS14.11.005 creates the school construction grant fund; this          
bill adds a major maintenance grant fund.  Legislative appropriations          
for the two different types of school facility projects will go into the