Code of Maine Rules › 05 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › 071 - EDUCATION - GENERAL › Chapter 64 - MAINE SCHOOL FACILITIES PROGRAM AND SCHOOL REVOLVING RENOVATION FUND › Section 071-64-1 - DEFINITIONS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. "ADA" means federal
Americans with
				Disabilities Act
.
B.
				"Administrative space" means property used for housing of superintendents,
				principals and school administrative unit-wide eligible administrative
				personnel.
C. "Avoided Costs" means
				savings achieved from reduced energy use as a result of a renovation
				project.
D. "Bank" means the Maine
				Municipal Bond Bank.
E. "BGS" means
				the Bureau of General Services of the Department of Administrative and
				Financial Services.
F. "Capital
				improvement plan" means a plan to replace and repair building systems on a
				building by building basis for each school administrative unit.
G. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
				the Maine Department of Education.
H. "Department" means the Maine Department of
				Education.
I. "Educational Program"
				means the school administrative unit's (SAU's) programs and services adopted by
				the local school board that are aligned with or support the system of Learning
				Results.
J. "Educational
				Specifications" means how a school administrative unit describes its
				educational goals and activities, and the interrelationships between those
				educational goals and activities and their associated facilities.
K. "Energy and Water Conservation Project"
				means a school renovation project that is designed to save energy either from
				reduced heating fuel, reduced electrical consumption, or other conservation
				measures.
L. "Equivalent cost
				basis" means an amount not to exceed the total annual cost currently approved
				for state subsidy on existing leases.
M. "Fund" means the School Revolving
				Renovation Fund.
N. "Hazardous
				material" means any chemical which is a physical hazard or a health hazard as
				defined by the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health
				Administration (OSHA).
O.
				"Instructional space" means property used for regular classrooms, small group
				instruction, libraries, clinics, guidance, and other instructional activities
				as approved by the Department. Instructional space does not include athletic or
				play fields.
P. "Interim
				instructional space" means interim instructional space under
				20-A
				M.R.S.A.
				§15672(2-A)(B)(2).
				Interim instructional space is fixed space that a school administrative unit
				rents for a defined period of time and then vacates at the end of the
				lease.
Q. "Lease" means an
				agreement under which a school administrative unit rents property for a defined
				period of time without acquiring any permanent ownership interest in the
				property.
R. "Lease space" means
				property that a school administrative unit is entitled to use for a defined
				period of time in accordance with the terms of a lease.
S. "Lease-purchase agreement" means an
				agreement under which a school administrative unit leases space for a defined
				period of time at the end of which the school administrative unit has an option
				to purchase the property for one dollar.
T. "Lease-purchase space" means space which a
				school administrative unit occupies and acquires over a defined period of time
				in accordance with the terms of a lease-purchase agreement.
U. "Maintenance plan" means a plan to address
				scheduled and unscheduled repairs, upkeep, and preventative maintenance
				necessary to achieve the designed life expectancy of building systems and
				components.
V. "Permanent small
				instructional space" means permanent small non-administrative space under
				20-A
				M.R.S.A.
				§15672(2-A)(B)(3) that
				is constructed to replace temporary or interim leased space which is
				subsidizable on an equivalent cost basis. Construction may consist of new
				buildings or permanent additions to existing buildings that are secured to a
				permanent foundation.
W.
				"Renovation project" means a school construction project that falls into one of
				the following categories:
1)
Priority
				One
: Health, safety and compliance repairs;
2)
Priority Two
: Repairs and
				improvements not related to health, safety and compliance repairs, that are
				limited to a school building structure, windows and doors of a school building
				and to a school building's water or septic system;
3)
Priority Three
: Repairs and
				improvements related to energy and water conservation;
4)
Priority Four
: Upgrades of
				learning spaces in school buildings; and
5)
Priority Five
: Other
				repairs/projects approved by the Commissioner.