Section 15 - Application for Approval of Drawings and Specifications(a) General. Before adopting plans and specifications the school board shall submit an application to the Structural Safety Section of the Office of the State Architect for written approval of said plans and specifications for any of the following:(1) The construction of any "new school building" as defined in Section 14.(2) The reconstruction or alteration of, or addition to, any existing school building if the estimated cost exceeds $20,000. (See Section 8 for optional submittal.)(3) The lease or purchase of any "relocatable structure" except where occupied as a "temporary-use" building.(4) The extension of a lease for a "temporary-use" building for more than three years from the date of first occupancy.(5) The conversion of a non-school building to use as a "school building." (See Section 6.) It is not necessary to secure approval for maintenance work on school buildings.
(b) Filing. A separate application, in triplicate (see Section 52 for exception), shall be filed with the office for each school building or group of school buildings on each school site. In the event that a number of school buildings, on various and separate sites, are to be constructed from the same plans and specifications, only one application shall be required, provided, that all the units are constructed at the same time and in the same school district. The application shall be submitted on Form SSS-1. Application for Approval of Plans and Specifications (see facsimile in the Appendix), which shall be furnished upon request. The application shall contain a definite identifying name for the school building or buildings, the name of the architect or registered engineer in general responsible charge of the work, the names of the architects or registered engineers who have been delegated responsibility for portions of the work (see Section 16), the estimated cost of the project and all such other information as is requested thereon. An architect or registered engineer who is a contracting party or who has any employment relationship with any entity which may be a contracting party for the construction shall not perform the functions prescribed by Sections 39148 and 81138 of the Education Code or be delegated responsibility for any portion of the work.
(c) Delayed Filing. In case the plans and specifications for the reconstruction or alteration of, or addition to, any school building have not been submitted to the office under the assumption that the cost will not exceed $20,000, the school board shall, if the bids which are received indicate that the cost will be in excess of $20,000, delay letting a contract until such time as the plans and specifications have been submitted and the approval of the Department of General Services obtained. The contract or contracts, when made, shall be based upon the duly approved plans and specifications.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 21, § 15
Note: Authority cited: Sections 39152 and 81142, Education Code. Reference: Sections 39143, 39148, 81133 and 81138, Education Code.