Section Ed 321.04 - Maximum Standards for School Building Aid for Land Acquisition(a) In accordance with RSA 198:15-b, IV(b)(2) school building aid for land acquisition shall be limited to the cost of: (1) Twenty acres of buildable land plus one acre for every 100 students or fraction thereof for elementary schools;(2) Twenty-five acres of buildable land plus one acre for every 100 students or fraction thereof for middle schools; and(3) Thirty acres of buildable land plus one acre for every 100 students or fraction thereof for high schools.(b) Wetlands, including required setbacks, areas with slopes in excess of 60 percent, areas with extensive amounts of bedrock within 6 feet of the surface, or sites known to be contaminated with hazardous materials shall not be considered buildable land for the purpose of comparing a given site to the minimum or maximum site sizes in Ed 321.03 or Ed 321.04.(c) For the purposes of Ed 321.04, design capacity shall be based upon reasonable enrollment projections developed through a statistically valid process. In approved situations, educational space may be built to one design capacity while core space is built to a larger capacity in anticipation of future expansion.(d) Renovations and substantial renovations shall apply only to buildings and specifically shall not include site improvements or modifications.(e) A school board or board of directors of a charter school may request a waiver under Ed 321.28 for the maximum amount of school building aid to which its district is entitled for land acquisition.(f) For purposes of this section, every acre of land in a contiguous building site shall be assumed to have equal value which shall be determined by dividing the total cost of the land by the number of acres.N.H. Admin. Code § Ed 321.04
#8265, eff 1-22-05; ss by #10363, eff 6-15-13
Amended by Volume XL Number 28, Filed July 9, 2020, Proposed by #13054, Effective 6/12/2020, Expires 6/12/2030.