Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 164-3-2 - School Building Authority School Planning and Design Criteria2.1. Building Gross Areas. 2.1.A Allowable gross square foot building areas shall be reflective of the student population and the educational program. The building SBA utilization will be an important factor in determining funding priorities.2.1.B. In order to encourage efficiency yet continue to provide funding for small rural community schools that may be geographically isolated from other schools, those schools funded with enrollments below the SBA enrollment ranges shall be planned on an individual school basis. The actual square footage shall be dictated by prior agreed upon design enrollments and space required to house the number of students and curricular offerings.2.1.C. With exception of the small school design procedure, or as otherwise justified to the SBA by the local education agency, all other schools maximum gross building area allowances shall be computed as the product of the design enrollment times the SBA approved square foot allowance per pupil. The SBA will annually publish on or before the June Quarterly meeting the maximum allowable square footages for elementary, middle/junior and high schools based on the latest requirements of State Board Policy 6200.