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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 102 - Transfer of school buildings and property to Commonwealth; exceptions

The school buildings the property of the municipalities of Puerto Rico and of the Government of the Capital now or hereafter devoted by them to schools, as well as all the personal or real property belonging to the municipalities of Puerto Rico and to the Government of the Capital and devoted by them to school purposes, are hereby transferred to the Commonwealth Government.
The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works shall take the necessary steps to execute such transfers. It is provided, however, that the school director shall, together with the school supervisor, be responsible for the inspection and supervision of said school buildings.
The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to the cases of buildings devoted provisionally to schools nor to real property devoted provisionally to school purposes by the municipalities; nor shall said provisions be applicable to such buildings and properties as were originally acquired for school purposes and whose use was desisted from after the buildings were acquired, because they were inadequate therefor.
History —Mar. 19, 1946, No. 76, p. 166, § 4; May 15, 1947, No. 472, p. 1060, § 2; Apr. 24, 1951, No. 115, p. 250, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 103 - Expense of public education in general budget

The appropriation necessary for the Department of Education to attend to and cover the expenses of public education heretofore paid by the municipalities of Puerto Rico, chargeable to their school funds, shall be made annually in the general budget of expenses of the Commonwealth Government.
History —Mar. 19, 1946, No. 76, p. 166, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 104 - Trust funds for immediate local school needs

From the funds annually allocated for public education expenses to each municipality by the Secretary of Education, there shall be set aside the allowances for expenses and needs of the school which, because of their nature, must receive immediate local action and the allowances of funds thus set aside shall be deposited in trust with the treasury of the respective municipalities. Such deposits, as well as any other funds which the municipalities, from their own funds, allocate to cooperate in the improvement of schools, shall be accounted for, used and disbursed, in accordance with the provisions of law and of the regulations applicable to all municipal funds and pursuant to such necessary and additional rules and instructions as the Secretary of Education may therefor issue. The funds to be deposited in the treasury of the municipalities shall be allotted by the Secretary of Education following the recommendations of the school director. The transfer warrants for the transfer in trust of such allowances of funds from the Commonwealth Treasury to the treasury of each municipality shall be authorized by the Secretary of Education and submitted by him to the Secretary of the Treasury for the effectiveness thereof. Such transfers shall not include the funds used for the payment of salaries of personnel and for the meeting of such other expenses and needs as in the judgment of the Secretary of Education must be defrayed directly by the Commonwealth Government. The deposits of trust funds hereby provided may be withdrawn from or stopped to any local government whose mayor reports in writing his preference that said funds not be under the custody of the municipality he administers. In case that the deposit of trust funds is withdrawn from or stopped to any local government, the Secretary of Education shall designate the officers who shall administer the funds allotted to each school district in which said event may occur.
History —Mar. 19, 1946, No. 76, p. 166, added as § 6-A on May 15, 1947, No. 472, p. 1060, § 3; Apr. 26, 1974, No. 19, Part 1, p. 131, eff. July 1, 1974.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 105 - Appointments of personnel; school janitors

Appointment of personnel paid from the funds authorized by §§ 102—105 of this title shall be made by the Secretary of Education, but school janitors shall be appointed by said official on proposal of the mayor. To that end, school janitors are declared excluded, and are hereby expressly excluded, from the classified civil service. The personnel appointed on a wage basis shall be directly chosen by the mayor.
History —Mar. 19, 1946, No. 76, p. 166, added as § 6-B on May 15, 1947, No. 472, p. 1060, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 106 - Reversion to municipalities of temporary school properties

In the case of real properties which have been transferred to the Commonwealth Government pursuant to the provisions of §§ 102—105 of this title, the municipalities may request the reversion of those properties which, upon being conveyed to the Commonwealth government, were temporarily devoted to school purposes, and those properties whose use for school purposes has been desisted from, through the enactment of a resolution adopted by the Municipal Legislature setting forth the following:
(1) Statement of facts showing that the property so desired to be reverted was, when transferred to the Commonwealth Government, provisionally devoted to school purposes by the municipality;
(2) description of the property desired to be recovered;
(3) detailed list of the documents whereby the conveyance to the Commonwealth Government was made;
(4) expression of the volume and page of the registry of property where it is recorded.
History —Apr. 24, 1951, No. 116, p. 252, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 107 - Reversion to municipalities of temporary school properties—Procedure for transfer

The resolution thus adopted shall be submitted to the Governor of Puerto Rico, who shall refer it to the Secretary of Education. If the latter has no objection to the reversion of the property, the Governor may then direct the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works to transfer said property to the corresponding municipality. In cases where discrepancies exist between a municipality and the Secretary of Education, the Governor may make final decision.
History —Apr. 24, 1951, No. 116, p. 252, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 108 - Reversion to municipalities of temporary school properties— Execution of documents

The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works is hereby authorized to execute all the documents necessary to carry out the transfers authorized by §§ 106—108 of this title.
History —Apr. 24, 1951, No. 116, p. 252, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 109 - Extension high school of Vega Baja

The Secretary of Education of Puerto Rico is hereby directed to include the extension high school of Vega Baja which is now operating under the direction of the Bureau of Adults and Extension Activities of the Department of Education of Puerto Rico, among the high schools, and to take charge of the maintenance and improvement of the physical plant of said school.
History —May 3, 1941, No. 86, p. 732, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 110 - Extension high school of Vega Baja—Appropriation for operating school

The amount that, together with funds appropriated by the municipal government of Vega Baja for the same purpose, shall be deemed necessary to be used for general expenses, salaries and maintenance and improvement of the physical plant of the extension high school of Vega Baja, shall be included in the general budget of expenses of the Commonwealth Government, in accordance with the provisions of Act May 12, 1942, No. 213, as amended.
History —May 3, 1941, No. 86, p. 732, § 3; May 12, 1945, No. 248, p. 832, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 111 - Construction of school buildings—Lease

The municipalities are hereby authorized to contract loans, the proceeds from which shall be utilized for constructing, with the previous approval of the Secretary of Education and the Planning Board, such buildings for school uses as may be necessary within their territorial jurisdiction. The buildings so constructed shall be leased to the Commonwealth Government, a contract being, in each case, executed to that effect between the Secretary of Education and the municipality, represented by the mayor. This contract shall be executed before starting the construction works and shall become effective as soon as the buildings are placed at the disposal of the Secretary of Education, upon delivery of the pertinent use permit.
History —July 2, 1953, No. 128, p. 498, § 1; June 4, 1954, No. 48, p. 276, § 2; June 6, 1955, No. 53, p. 192, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 112 - Construction of school buildings—Loans under Municipal Borrowing Law

The loans authorized to be contracted by §§ 111—115 of this title may be evidenced by debentures issued under the provisions of Act Oct. 28, 1954, No. 7.
History —July 2, 1953, No. 128, p. 498, § 2; June 4, 1954, No. 48, p. 276, § 2; June 6, 1955, No. 53, p. 192, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 114 - Construction of school buildings—School sites; approval

The buildings authorized by §§ 111—115 of this title shall be constructed on lands of the Commonwealth Government or of the municipalities. Whenever such lands are municipal property the value thereof, at the assessed valuation fixed ad hoc by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall become a part of the cost of the works. The selection of lands, and the plans, budgets, and specifications relating to such buildings, shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Education and the Planning Board, and to any other approval required by law.
History —July 2, 1953, No. 128, p. 498, § 4; June 6, 1955, No. 53, p. 192, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 115 - Construction of school buildings—Constructions financed with bonds with outstanding balances; deferred transfer

The provisions of § 102 of this title are hereby declared inapplicable to any school building whose construction is hereby authorized, as long as there are outstanding bonds issued for financing the construction of such school buildings, pursuant to the provisions of §§ 111—115 of this title.
History —July 2, 1953, No. 128, p. 498, § 5; June 6, 1955, No. 53, p. 192, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 116 - Acquirement of property for school purposes

It is hereby declared that whenever by virtue of any act, public funds have been appropriated or are hereafter appropriated for the Department of Education or the Secretary of Education to carry out any public works for school purposes, or improvements or additions thereto, the Secretary of Education is hereby empowered to acquire by purchase or condemnation, in the name and on behalf of the Commonwealth, any property or rights therein, which in his judgment may be useful, convenient or necessary for carrying out such works.
History —Apr. 21, 1952, No. 125, p. 244, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 117 - Acquirement of property for school purposes—Declaration of public utility

Whenever by virtue of any act public funds have been appropriated or are hereafter appropriated for the Department of Education or the Secretary of Education to carry out any public works for school purposes, or improvements or additions thereto, all property or rights therein which in the judgment of the Secretary of Education may be useful, convenient or necessary for carrying out the authorized public works or the improvements or additions thereto, are hereby declared of public utility.
History —Apr. 21, 1952, No. 125, p. 244, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 118 - School Building Fund—Creation

The sum of eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) is hereby set aside from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated as a special trust fund to be called the School Building Fund to be expended in accordance with the terms of §§ 118—122 of this title without limitation of fiscal year for the construction of school buildings.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 199, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 119 - School Building Fund—Increase in fund authorized

The School Building Fund shall be subject to increase and replenishment by subsequent appropriations from the Commonwealth Treasury, by repayments from the school directors and by the payment of interest upon advances in accordance with the terms of §§ 118—122.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 199, § 2; May 15, 1931, No. 98, p. 594, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 120 - School Building Fund—Plans, contracts, and payments for buildings

All buildings erected under the provisions of §§ 118—122 of this title shall be from plans approved by the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works. All contracts for the construction of buildings shall be made for the Department of Education by the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works and under his responsibility, and all payments on account of such contracts shall be approved by the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works. The entire cost of erecting all school buildings under the provisions of §§ 118—122 of this title shall be paid in the first instance by the Commonwealth Treasury from the School Building Fund; Provided, however, That one-half (½) of the cost of constructing such building shall be reimbursed to the School Building Fund in the manner hereinafter set forth.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 199, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 121 - School Building Fund—Application for benefit; terms of ordinance

Any school director desiring to avail himself of the benefits of §§ 118—122 of this title shall make application therefor to the Council of Secretaries by proper ordinance which ordinance shall specify the number of schoolhouses and the number of rooms in each which it is proposed to construct, the material to be used in such construction and the maximum cost thereof. Such ordinance shall pledge the school director to acquire a suitable site approved by the Secretary of Education, with title of dominion. The said ordinance shall pledge the school director to the repayment of one-half (½) the cost of constructing the buildings, and shall authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to deduct the sum so pledged in equal annual installments from any moneys collected by the Commonwealth Government and due the school director, such deduction to begin in the fiscal year following the passage of the ordinance. The number of years during which such repayment is to be made shall not exceed ten (10). The ordinance shall also provide for the payment of interest at the rate of three (3) per centum [3%] per annum on all sums advanced upon the construction of the building and which by the terms of the ordinance are to be repaid to the Commonwealth Treasury, and for the retention of such interest by the Treasury of Puerto Rico. Said interest shall be computed on the entire sum to be repaid to the Commonwealth Treasury from the date of the draft representing the first payment on account of the work undertaken and all interest paid by the school director shall accrue to the School Building Fund. Provided, That on making such reimbursements by the school directors, the Secretary of the Treasury shall compute only the interest on the sums pending payment. Upon receipt of the ordinance, the Council of Secretaries shall examine whether the same is in accordance with the terms of the law, and if found defective or unsatisfactory in form shall return the same to the school director for revision and correction.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 199, § 4; May 15, 1931, No. 98, p. 594, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 122 - School Building Fund—Consideration of application

The Council of Secretaries shall consider the applications as they are received, and shall allot the funds available for the purpose among the applicants as far as possible to do so. In case any school director whose application has been approved shall fail to provide, within five (5) months, a suitable site for the erection of the building, the Secretary of Education shall report the fact to the Council of Secretaries and the allotment to said school director shall be declared null and void; Provided, That the cancellation of any allotment for failure to provide a site shall not operate as a bar to any subsequent application of the same school director by appropriate ordinance duly enacted. All applications which may not be acted upon for lack of funds shall be considered in force until the close of each fiscal year when all such applications shall lapse. In such cases renewal of the application may be made by a new ordinance.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 199, § 5; May 15, 1931, No. 98, p. 594, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 123 - School buildings for emergency hospitals

No school building of any kind shall ever be used as an emergency hospital or for the care and aid of the sick without the written consent of the school director in cases of buildings belonging to, leased or otherwise occupied by school directors or without the written consent of the Secretary of Education in cases of buildings belonging to, leased or otherwise occupied by the Commonwealth Government; Provided, however, That the consent of the school directors and of the Secretary of Education in such cases shall only be granted in cases of extreme emergency.
History —June 20, 1919, No. 65, p. 402, § 1; May 15, 1931, No. 98, p. 594, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 126a - School buildings, granting use

(a) The Secretary of Education of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized to grant the free use of public school buildings, whether owned or leased by the Commonwealth, to groups or associations of citizens and to organizations with political purposes for the holding of lawful meetings and activities not for purposes of recreation or festivity or for political proselytism. The activities for which the use of the public school buildings is granted shall not be for profit and the sale of admission tickets to attend said activities shall be prohibited. The use granted shall be of a sporadic nature and shall not constitute a cession of permanent or continuous use. The Secretary of Education shall establish by regulations the requirements that shall be met and the warranties that shall be given by the organizations using the public school buildings to answer for damages to the school property and the didactic material or equipment existing in the classrooms or around the school where such activity is held.
(b) The activities held in school buildings according to this section shall take place outside the regular school hours. In accordance with this section the activities considered of an extraordinary character shall be the following: primaries, assemblies for the organization of parties, instructions to enumerators and poll officials and general elections.
(c) Upon the facilities whose use is hereby authorized no posters, paintings, bills, advertisements or political identification whatsoever may be posted that cannot be removed at the end of the activity.
Any natural or [juridical] person who uses the school facilities herein authorized shall be under obligation to remove all the material carried to or used in the meeting, leaving the facilities in the same conditions in which he received them at the time of beginning the meeting or activity.
(d) Any natural or [juridical] person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(e) The Secretary of Education shall require from the entities using the classrooms of the public schools for their activities to deliver them in the same physical conditions they were at the time of using them and with the equipment and didactic material that existed in the classroom; Provided, That if they fail to do so, the Secretary may deny them the use of the school facilities for other activities for a specific time or until they compensate for or replace the equipment disappeared or damaged and repair the damage caused to the building. He shall be further empowered to prescribe the necessary rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this section.
History —June 30, 1975, No. 94, p. 288, §§ 1—5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 126b - Title

Sections 126b–126j of this title shall be known as the “Eco-friendly Schools Act”.
History —June 7, 2011, No. 89, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 126c - Definitions

For the purposes of §§ 126b–126j of this title, the following terms shall have the meaning stated below:
(a) Administration.— Shall mean the General Services Administration.
(b) Agency.— Shall mean any board, body, examining court, public corporation, commission, independent office, division, administration, bureau, advocate’s office, department, authority, official, person, entity, or any instrumentality of the Government of Puerto Rico.
(c) Collected water or water collection.— Shall mean waters that may be obtained from rain.
(d) Public-private partnership.— For purposes of §§ 126b-126j of this title shall have the same meaning provided under §§ 2601 et seq. of Title 27, known as the “Public-Private Partnerships Act”.
(e) Authority.— Shall mean the Public Building Authority.
(f) Weatherization.— Shall mean the practice of designing, locating, building, outfitting, and operating a building to optimize energy efficiency, and also enable it to generate, in whole or in part, to the extent that technical and financial resources allow, the energy it uses by applying measures and technologies to take advantage of renewable energy sources.
(g) Department.— Shall mean the Department of Education.
(h) Schools.— Shall mean educational institutions including preschool, elementary, middle, and high schools of the public and private education system of Puerto Rico.
(i) State.— Means the Government of Puerto Rico.
(j) Municipality.— Shall mean all the municipal governments of the Government of Puerto Rico.
(k) Person.— Shall mean any natural or juridical person.
(l) Use, cleaning, and maintenance products designed to preserve human health and the environment.— Shall mean use, cleaning, and maintenance products intended for, but not limited to, school surfaces or structures, that work effectively while reducing the negative impact on the public health and the environment.
(m) Secretary.— Means the Secretary of the Department of Education.
History —June 7, 2011, No. 89, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 126d - Construction of new school

The Government of Puerto Rico, through the method or agreement it may employ, shall build every new school applying the concept of weatherization, as this term is defined in subsection (f) of § 126c of this title. In addition, every new school shall have, to the extent that technical and financial resources allow, a water collection and storage system that shall supply the water needed for the restrooms.
History —June 7, 2011, No. 89, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 126e - Regulations

The Department of Education and the Public Building Authority are hereby empowered to adopt regulations as are necessary to implement and enforce the provisions of § 126d of this title within one hundred twenty (120) days after the approval of this act.
History —June 7, 2011, No. 89, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 126f - Purchase of products for use, cleaning and maintenance

The Government of Puerto Rico, through the Administration or the government body concerned, the corresponding municipalities, and private institutions shall procure for schools use, cleaning, and maintenance products designed to preserve human health and the environment that work efficiently, while reducing negative impact on the public health and the environment.
History —June 7, 2011, No. 89, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 126g - List of guides, parameters and specifications

The Government of Puerto Rico, through the Specifications Regulatory Board of the General Services Administration and with the advice and consent of a Committee composed of one (1) representative of the Authority, one (1) representative of the Department, and two (2) representatives of the public interest designated by the Governor of Puerto Rico, shall compile a list including the guidelines, parameters, and specifications for use, cleaning, and maintenance products for schools, which products are designed to preserve human health and the environment, to be revised every two (2) years.
Such list shall include guidelines, parameters, and specifications that:
(a) Meet the purposes of §§ 126b–126j of this title;
(b) In no way favor a brand or product over another;
(c) Establish when products other than those included in the guidelines, parameters, and specifications may be acquired and the procedure therefor.
The Administration shall be responsible for publishing the list in a newspaper of general circulation in Puerto Rico within ninety (90) days after the constitution of the panel, and the acquisition of use, cleaning, and maintenance products designed to preserve human health and the environment shall begin in the school semester following its publication.
The Administration and the Department shall keep the list readily accessible on their websites.
History —June 7, 2011, No. 89, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 126h - Compensation, quorum, empowerment

No member of the Committee shall receive compensation for their services. Committee members who do not hold a public office are exempt from the application of the provisions of Act No. 12 of July 24, 1985, as amended, known as the “Ethics in Government Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,” therefore, they shall not be required to file reports regarding any duties for which they do not receive compensation.
Three (3) members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for purposes of any meeting thereof and all decisions made must be approved by the affirmative vote of at least three (3) members, which shall constitute a majority. However, at least one (1) of the affirmative votes must be cast by a member of the public interest.
The Committee shall be empowered to require information and collaboration of any agency or municipality to achieve its purposes.
The Specifications Regulatory Board shall abide by its bylaws, as approved by the General Services Administration.
History —June 7, 2011, No. 89, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 126i - Disinfectants

The guidelines, parameters, and specifications shall not prohibit the use of disinfectants, sanitizers, or disinfecting cleaning products, as well as of any antibacterial product under federal regulations, in accordance with the Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. Sec. 136 et seq.)
History —June 7, 2011, No. 89, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 126j - Funds and appropriations

(a) The Administration, the Authority and the Department are hereby authorized to request specific and federal funds to promote and achieve the purposes of §§ 126b–126j of this title.
(b) The Administration, the Authority, and the Department are hereby authorized to accept on behalf of the Government of Puerto Rico, monetary contributions or gifts from public or private natural or juridical persons as are necessary and convenient to achieve the purposes of §§ 126b–126j of this title.
History —June 7, 2011, No. 89, §§ 9, 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 128 - Use of loudspeakers in the proximity of schools; prohibition; penalty

(a) Every person who operates, handles or uses loudspeakers or any other device intended to amplify the volume of sounds for all kinds of verbal or musical propaganda, in front of or in places adjacent to a public or private school in Puerto Rico, in such a way that the sounds emitted may disturb or interrupt the normal functioning of the school and upset the peace and calmness to effectively carry out its educational function, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25), nor more than one hundred dollars ($100), or by imprisonment in jail for not less than a month, nor more than three (3) months, or by both penalties, in the discretion of the court. Subsequent violations for the same offense shall be punished by imprisonment in jail for not less than a month nor more than six (6) months, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by both penalties in the discretion of the court.
(b) The prohibition referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall be applicable during school hours.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 211, Part 2, p. 119, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 129 - Adolfo Dones Rosario Elementary School

(a) Las Virtudes Elementary School of Río Piedras is hereby designated with the name of “Adolfo Dones Rosario”.
(b) The Department of Education shall take the necessary steps to carry out the purposes of this section.
History —June 4, 1983, No. 94, p. 234, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 129a - Severo E. Colberg Ramírez Elementary School

The New Urban Elementary School, located on Highway PR-102 at the entrance to the urban zone of the town of Cabo Rojo, is designated as the Severo E. Colberg Ramírez Elementary School.
History —Mar. 8, 1991, No. 2, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 129b - Esteban Rosado Báez Junior High School

(a) The new Sabanetas-Maní junior high school in construction in Barrio [the district of] Maní, of the municipality of Mayagüez, is hereby designated as the Esteban Rosado Báez Junior High School.
(b) The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate of Puerto Rico shall make the corresponding administrative arrangements with the pertinent government agencies, and shall designate a Special Joint Committee to represent both bodies in the acts that, in due time, shall be held to designate the above mentioned school with the name of Esteban Rosado Báez Junior High School.
History —July 23, 1991, No. 24, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 129c - Luis Alfredo Colón Velázquez Elementary School

(a) The new urban elementary school, located on Isabela Street of the municipality of Moca, is hereby designated with the name of [the] Hon. Luis Alfredo Colón Velázquez, a distinguished citizen, illustrious Puerto Rican and excellent public servant and former legislator.
(b) The Buildings and Public Roads Designating Committee, in coordination with the Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, shall take the necessary measures to comply with the provisions of this section and to arrange for an appropriate ceremony to be held to such effects.
History —Oct. 2, 1991, No. 87, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 129d - Luis Santaliz Capestany Elementary School

(a) The new urban elementary school, located on Comercio Street of the municipality of Las Marías, is hereby named after the distinguished citizen and public servant, former Mayor, Representative and Senator, the Honorable Luis Santaliz Capestany.
(b) The Commission for Naming Structures and Public Roads, in coordination with the Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, shall take the necessary steps to enact the provisions of this section and provide for the celebration of a ceremony proper to such effects.
History —Dec. 20, 1991, No. 119, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 129e - Alejandro “Junior” Cruz Elementary School

(a) The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Structures and Highways Naming Commission of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is hereby directed to designate the Elementary School of [the] Galateo [district], Villas del Josco sector in Toa Baja, as the Alejandro “Junior” Cruz Elementary School.
(b) The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Structures and Highways Naming Commission, in coordination with the Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, shall take the necessary measures to enforce the provisions of this section, and shall provide that an appropriate activity be held to honor this distinguished citizen during the present school year.
History —Dec. 9, 1993, No. 115, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 129f - Doña Juana Angeles Méndez Meléndez Elementary School

(a) The Metrópolis Ungraded Elementary School is hereby designated as the “Juana Angeles Méndez Meléndez Ungraded School”.
(b) The Structures and Public Highways Naming Committee of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, shall take the necessary measures to comply with the provisions of [this section, without being subject to the provisions of] §§ 178 et seq. of Title 23.
History —Mar. 20, 1996, No. 15, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 129g - Eugenio Le Compte School

(a) To provide that the school located on Highway No. 132, Km. 24, Hm. 1 (from Ponce to Peñuelas) in La Providencia Urbanization, across from Jardines del Caribe Urbanization in Ponce, be designated as the “Escuela Eugenio Le Compte”.
(b) The Committee for Naming Buildings and Public Roads of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall take the necessary measures to comply with the provisions of this section, without being subject to the provisions of §§ 178 et seq. of Title 23.
History —Apr. 30, 1996, No. 29, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 129h - Luis Felipe “Pipo” Crespo High School

(a) It is hereby provided that the high school of the municipality of Camuy shall be given the name of “Luis Felipe ‘Pipo’ Crespo”.
(b) The Public Structures and Highways Naming Commission of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall take the necessary measures to comply with the provisions of this section, without being subject to the provisions of §§ 178 et seq. of Title 23.
History —Aug. 11, 1996, No. 116, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 129i - Ceferina Cordero Cordero Elementary School

(a) The new elementary school of the municipality of Isabela is hereby given the name of the distinguished educator, Miss Ceferina Cordero-Cordero.
(b) The Department of Education shall take the necessary measures to hold an appropriate activity for the inauguration of said school building.
History —Jan. 6, 1999, No. 6, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 129j - Francisca Chaves Cordero Elementary School

(a) To provide that the elementary school of Barrio Arenales Bajos of the Municipality of Isabela be designated as the “Francisca Chaves Cordero Elementary School”.
(b) The Structures and Highways Naming Commission of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall take the necessary steps to comply with the provisions of this section.
History —Mar. 10, 2000, No. 58, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 129k - Rafael Esparra Cartagena School

(a) The rural school of the Parcelas Vázquez of the Municipality of Salinas is hereby designated as the Rafael Esparra Cartagena School.
(b) The Structures and Public Highways Denominating Commission of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in coordination with the Department of Education, shall take the steps needed to comply with the provisions set forth by this section, without being subject to the provisions set forth by §§ 178 et seq. of Title 23.
History —Aug. 31, 2000, No. 256, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 129l - José M. Espada Zayas Elementary School

(a) The new elementary school of the municipality of Coamo is hereby designated as the “ Escuela Elemental de la Comunidad José M. Espada Zayas ”.
(b) The Structures and Public Highways Naming Commission of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall take the necessary measures to ensure compliance with the provisions of this section, without being subject to the provisions of § 179 of Title 23.
History —Dec. 28, 2000, No. 451, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 129m - Tomás “Maso” Rivera Morales Junior High School

The new Junior High School in Road 861 of Barrio Piñas of Toa Alta is hereby named after Tomás “Maso” Rivera Morales, our master of the Puerto Rican cuatro.
History —Sept. 27, 2001, No. 135, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 129n - Ramón Quiñones Medina High School

(a) The new urban high school located in the Municipality of Yabucoa is hereby named “Ramón Quiñones Medina High School” in recognition of this man’s fruitful career as an educator and his valuable contribution to his town.
(b) The Public Structures and Highways Naming Commission of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall take the necessary steps to comply with the provisions of this section, without being subject to the provisions of §§ 178 et seq. of Title 23.
History —June 22, 2002, No. 93, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 129o - Don Félix Garay-Ortiz School

(a) To direct the Public Structures and Highways Naming Committee of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture to give the “Parcelas Coco” School, located in the municipality of Salinas, the name of the deceased distinguished educator, Don Félix Garay-Ortiz.
(b) The Public Structures and Highways Naming Committee of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall take all necessary measures to faithfully comply with the provisions of this section, without being subject to §§ 178 et seq. of Title 23.
History —Aug. 8, 2002, No. 128, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 129p - Doña Felisa Rincón Community School

(a) The School of Parcelas Canjas Community, located [on] State Highway No. 842 of Barrio Caimito Bajo, in Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, is hereby designated after “ Doña Felisa Rincón, Widow of Gautier” in recognition of her distinguished and productive career as a consummate public servant, an example of honesty in public administration.
(b) The day that the Parcelas Canjas Community School, located [on] State Highway No. 842 of Barrio Caimito Bajo, Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, is effectively given the name of “ Doña Felisa Rincón, Widow of Gautier”, a special activity shall take place, coordinated by the Department of Education and the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, for the purpose of adequately publicizing and providing notice of this designation.
(c) The Buildings and Public Roads Designating Committee of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall take the necessary measures for compliance with the provisions of this section, without regard to what is established in §§ 178 et seq. of Title 23.
History —Oct. 28, 2002, No. 252, §§ 1—3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 129q - Abelardo Díaz Alfaro School

(a) The “Morcelo” elementary community school, located at State Road No. 842, Km. 6.4, Morcelo sector, of Barrio Caimito Alto in Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico is hereby named after Abelardo Díaz Alfaro, in recognition of his renowned and productive career as one of our most prestigious and valuable writers, a mainstay of the Puerto Rican literary art.
(b) On the day in which the “Morcelo” elementary community school, located at State Road No. 842, Km. 6.4, Morcelo sector, of Barrio Caimito Alto in Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico is named after Abelardo Díaz Alfaro, a special activity shall be held, coordinated by the Department of Education and the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture in order to adequately disclose and communicate this designation.
(c) The Buildings and Public Roads Designating Committee of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall take all the necessary steps to comply with the provisions of this section, without being subject to the provisions of §§ 178 et seq. of Title 23.
History —Oct. 28, 2002, No. 253, §§ 1—3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 129r - Luis Muñoz Marín Elementary School

To name the new second unit elementary school of the Municipality of Ceiba as Luis Muñoz Marín, after the former Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
History —Nov. 13, 2002, No. 258, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 7 - School Buildings, Property and Funds (§§ 100 — 129vv) › § 129s - Don José Eligio Vélez Middle-High School

(a) The new middle-high school to be located in the facilities of the former Our Lady of Pillar Catholic School, situated in Lomas Verdes Avenue, PR-177, in lands contiguous to the Metropolitan Campus of the Inter American University of Puerto Rico, in San Juan, is hereby denominated with the name of the illustrious educator and magisterial leader, Don José Eligio Vélez, in recognition of his distinguished and fruitful career as a public servant.
(b) On the day that the above-mentioned new middle-high school is denominated with the name of the illustrious educator and magisterial leader Don José Eligio Vélez, a special activity shall be held, to be coordinated by the Department of Education and the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, with the purpose of providing the adequate diffusion for people to know about this designation.
(c) The Public Structure and Highway Naming Commission of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall take the measures needed to comply with the provisions of this section, without being subject to the provisions of §§ 178 et seq. of Title 23.
History —June 23, 2004, No. 157, §§ 1—3.