New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 6A - EDUCATION › Chapter 26 - EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES › Subchapter 3 - CAPITAL PROJECT REVIEW › Section 6A:26-3.2 - School facilities projects

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Any school
				district seeking to initiate a school facilities project shall apply to the
				Division on a Commissioner-provided form for approval of the school facilities
				project. School facilities projects include:
1. New construction;
2. Rehabilitation, provided that the
				rehabilitation or capital maintenance consists of the entire building system in
				the same school facility building section, as building section is defined in
				the approved LRFP, unless one or more of the components of a mechanical,
				electrical, or plumbing building system is required for the continued operation
				of such system;
3. Acquisition of
				existing buildings to accommodate unhoused students;
4. Furnishings, fixtures, and equipment, but
				they shall be eligible for State support only as follows:
i. Furnishings with a useful life of 10 years
				or greater when part of a school facilities project is either new construction
				or rehabilitation and also qualified as reconstruction. The cost of furnishings
				shall not exceed the cost of the item if purchased through a State contract, if
				applicable. For purposes of this subsection, reconstruction is to be defined in
				accordance with the UCC,
				5:23-6.3;
ii. Fixtures when part of a school facilities
				project;
iii. Equipment with a
				useful life of 10 years or greater either consisting of a school facilities
				project when it is an integral and substantial part of a building system in a
				school facility or when part of a school facilities project. The cost of
				equipment shall not exceed the cost of the item if purchased through a State
				contract, if applicable. Operating equipment such as vacuums, snowblowers, and
				floor polishers, along with repairs to such items shall be ineligible for State
				support;
iv. Air conditioning
				equipment with a useful life of 10 years or greater either consisting of a
				school facilities project when it is an integral and substantial part of a
				building system or when part of a school facilities project. If the school
				facilities project consists of new construction, the air conditioning system
				shall be eligible for State support to the extent that it is included in the
				area cost allowance. If the school facilities project consists of
				rehabilitation that includes the replacement of an existing air conditioning
				system, the replacement shall be eligible for State support provided that it is
				for the entire building air conditioning system in the same school facility
				building section, as building section is defined in the approved LRFP, unless
				one or more of the components of that building system are required for the
				continued operation of such system. If the school facilities project consists
				of rehabilitation that includes the installation of a new air conditioning
				system, the new system shall be eligible for State support if it is for the
				entire building air conditioning system in the same school facility building
				section and for instructional spaces (excluding industrial shops) and/or for
				occupied non-instructional spaces (excluding kitchens and locker rooms). To the
				extent that a new air conditioning system is for unoccupied non-instructional
				spaces, such as utility rooms and storage rooms, except for spaces that
				accommodate heat- and humidity-sensitive equipment, it will not be eligible for
				State support; and
v. Technology
				electronic systems recommended by the "Facilities Standards for Technology in
				New Jersey Schools" and the "Working Toward the Future With Our Children"
				educational technology plan for New Jersey, or subsequent State educational
				technology standards for New Jersey schools, when part of a school facilities
				project which is either new construction or rehabilitation that also qualifies
				as reconstruction as defined in the UCC, N.J.A.C. 5:23-6.3; and
5. The rehabilitation of a
				multi-purpose physical education field(s) and, for
				pre-school-through-grade-five school facilities, a playground with playground
				equipment when required to support the New Jersey Student Learning Standards as
				defined by the number of physical education teaching stations applicable to the
				school facility pursuant to the facilities efficiency standards and the
				approved programmatic model. A new multi-purpose physical education field or
				playground, including playground equipment is eligible for State support,
				within the area cost allowance only when part of a school facilities project
				consisting of new construction for unhoused students.