New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 6A - EDUCATION › Chapter 26 - EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES › Subchapter 3 - CAPITAL PROJECT REVIEW › Section 6A:26-3.3 - Review and approval of school facilities projects

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) After
				receipt of a school facilities project application, the Division shall assess
				the application and determine whether it is fully and accurately completed and
				all necessary information has been filed by the school district or the
				Development Authority on behalf of the school district. All information in
				6A:26-3.2(b) 
				must be provided to the Division before a school facilities project application
				shall be considered fully and accurately completed and the application shall be
				reviewed to determine whether it conforms to the school district's approved
				LRFP and whether it complies with the applicable programmatic model in the
				approved LRFP, if any, or the facilities efficiency standards. If a school
				facilities project application is determined to be incomplete, the Division
				shall inform the school district by listing in writing all deficiencies in the
				application and missing required information. After all required information is
				received and a school facilities project application is determined complete,
				the Division shall notify in writing the school district that the school
				facilities project application is deemed complete. In the case of a Development
				authority schools facility project, preconstruction activities shall be
				conducted prior to the application being deemed complete.
(b) After approval of the LRFP, within 90
				days of receipt of a complete school facilities project application, or from
				the date of the school district's last revision to the project application,
				whichever is later, the Division shall review each application to determine
				whether the school facilities project is consistent with the school district's
				approved LRFP and whether it complies with the applicable room inventory in the
				approved LRFP, if any, or the facilities efficiency standards. If unable to
				make a decision within the 90 days, the Division shall notify the school
				district, explaining in writing the reason for the delay and indicating the
				date by which a decision shall be made. The decision date shall be no later
				than 60 days from the expiration of the original 90 days. If a decision is not
				made by the subsequent date established, the school facilities project shall be
				deemed approved.
(c) When the
				Division determines that a school facilities project complies with the
				requirements of
				6A:26-5.1 through 5.3, and is
				consistent with the facilities efficiency standards or the applicable room
				inventory in the school district's approved LRFP, if any, and does not exceed
				the standards or the applicable room inventory approved in the LRFP, except for
				spaces for which the school district is not seeking State support, the Division
				shall approve the school facilities project, provide a final determination of
				the preliminary eligible costs pursuant to the formulas set forth in
				18A:7G-1 et seq. and
				N.J.A.C.
				6A:26-3.4, and shall notify in writing the
				school district of the approval and preliminary eligible costs.
(d) The Division shall notify the school
				district if it determines that a school facilities project is inconsistent with
				the facilities efficiency standards or the applicable room inventory in the
				approved LRFP. Within 30 days of the notification, the school district shall
				advise the Division of its determination to do one of the following:
1. Revise its school facilities project and
				re-submit it for review by the Division;
2. Make a request for additional space
				eligible for State support;
3.
				Locally fund any excess costs, or
4. Seek a waiver as set forth in (i)
				below.