Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part XVI - Standards › Chapter 349 - SCHOOL BUILDING STANDARDS › Section 349.2 - Substantiated need

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Options.
An applicant school district shall submit a review of
				the building program options it considered, including an analytical
				justification for the selected option.
(b)
Enrollment projections.
Enrollment projections shall be calculated in a manner approved by the
				Department and shall extend for at least 11 years and to a year divisible by
				five.
(c)
Full-time student
				equivalent allowances.
Full-time student equivalent allowances shall
				be as follows:
(1)
Regular elementary
				and secondary students
-1.00 FTE.
(2)
Half-time kindergarten
				students
-.50 FTE.
(3)
Special Education students:
Educable Mentally Retarded-2.00
				FTE; Trainable Mentally Retarded Elementary-2.50 FTE; Trainable Mentally
				Retarded Secondary-2.00 FTE; Severely and Profoundly Retarded-3.50 FTE;
				Socially and Emotionally Disturbed-2.50 FTE; Brain Injured-2.50 FTE; Learning
				Disabled-2.50 FTE; Physically Handicapped-2.50 FTE; Hearing Impaired, Speech
				and Language Impaired, and Visually Handicapped equivalents shall be negotiable
				and based upon program characteristics; if a Resource Room, for itinerant or
				part-time, or both, programs, such as Gifted, is to be included, an additional
				1.00 FTE may be allotted for each 25 students in regular project enrollment-to
				a maximum of 25 FTE.
(4)
Vocational-technical students
while in home school-.60
				FTE.
(5)
Maximum allowances
				for vocational-technical shop/laboratory stations.
Maximum allowances
				for vocational-technical shop/laboratory stations, in half-time student terms,
				shall be:
(i)
Agriculture.
Agricultural Production-44 at 1.08 FTE, Agricultural Supplies-44 at .60 FTE,
				Agricultural Mechanics-44 at 1.08 FTE, Agricultural Products-44 at .60 FTE,
				Agricultural Resources-44 at .60 FTE, Forestry-44 at 1.08 FTE, Horticulture-44
				at .90 FTE, Floriculture-44 at .90 FTE-Agricultural Technology-44 at .90
				FTE.
(ii)
Business
				Education.
Accounting-40 at .48 FTE, Business Data Processing-40 at
				.60 FTE, Clerical-40 at .60 FTE, Stenographic/Secretarial-40 at .72
				FTE.
(iii)
Distributive
				Education.
Distributive Education-40 at .60 FTE, Warehousing-40 at .90
				FTE.
(iv)
Health
				Occupations.
Dental Assistant-40 at .60 FTE, Dental Laboratory
				Technician-40 at .60 FTE, Health Assistant-40 at .60 FTE, Medical Assistant-40
				at .60 FTE, Medical Laboratory Assistant-40 at .60 FTE, Practical Nursing
				(Postsecondary)-40 at .90 FTE, Home Health Management Assistant-40 at .60 FTE,
				Nurses Aide/Nursing Assistant-40 at .60 FTE.
(v)
Home Economics.
Care and
				Guidance of Children-40 at .72 FTE, Clothing Management, Production and
				Service-40 at .60 FTE, Food Management, Production and Service-40 at .60 FTE.
				Dining Room Practice-15 at .60 FTE, Home Furnishing, Equipment and Service-40
				at .60 FTE, Institutional and Home Management-40 at .60 FTE.
(vi)
Technical and Industrial.
Aircraft Maintenance-40 at 1.08 FTE, Air Conditioning and
				Refrigeration-40 at .60 FTE, Architectural Technology-44 at .48 FTE, Appliance
				Repair-40 at .60 FTE, Automotive Body and Fender-40 at 1.08 FTE, Automotive
				Mechanics-40 at 1.08 FTE, Audio-Visual Communications-40 at .60 FTE, Building
				Construction Occupation-40 at .90 FTE, Building Trades Maintenance-40 at .72
				FTE, Business Machine Maintenance-40 at .48 FTE, Cabinetmaking and Millwork-40
				at .90 FTE, Carpentry-40 at .90 FTE, Chemical Technology-40 at .48 FTE, Civil
				Technology-44 at .48 FTE, Commercial Art-44 at .48 FTE, Commercial
				Photography-44 at .48 FTE, Cosmetology-40 at .90 FTE, Diesel Mechanic-40 at
				1.08 FTE. Drafting, Occupations and Technology-44 at .48 FTE, Dressmaking-40 at
				.48 FTE, Electricity Construction and/or Maintenance-40 at .90 FTE, Electrical
				Technology-44 at .72 FTE, Electronics Technology-44 at .48 FTE, Fabric
				Maintenance Service-40 at .72 FTE, Foundry-40 at .90 FTE, Graphic Arts-44 at
				.72 FTE, Heating-40 at .72 FTE, Industrial Electrician-40 at .72 FTE,
				Industrial Maintenance Mechanic-40 at .72 FTE, Instruments Maintenance and
				Repair-40 at .48 FTE, Instrumentation Technology-44 at .48 FTE, Interior
				Decorating-40 at .72 FTE, Machine Shop-40 at .90 FTE, Masonry/Bricklaying-40 at
				.90 FTE, Mechanical Production Technology-44 at .48 FTE, Metal Fabrication-40
				at .90 FTE, Metallurgical Technology-44 at .48 FTE, Painting and Decorating-40
				at .72 FTE, Patternmaking-40 at .72 FTE, Plastics-40 at .60 FTE, Plumbing-40 at
				.72 FTE, Quantity Food Occupations-40 at .60 FTE, Radio and Television-40 at
				.48 FTE, Scientific Data Processing-40 at .60 FTE, Sheet Metal-40 at .60 FTE,
				Shoe Manufacturing and Repair-40 at .48 FTE, Small Engine Repair-40 at .60 FTE,
				Tailoring-40 at .48 FTE, Textile Production and Fabrication-40 at .60 FTE, Tool
				and Die Technology-40 at .90 FTE, Upholstering-40 at .60 FTE, Waiters and
				Waitresses-15 at .60 FTE, Welding-40 at .72 FTE. In all instances, the maximum
				student allowance for large two teacher station shop/laboratories shall be 1.75
				times the allowance for a single station. Student allowance for any
				shop/laboratory shall be related to proposed size and shall be approved as a
				part of program approval by the Department.
(6)
District administration.
If district administration offices are to be included in the project,
				an allowance of 1.2 FTE secondary students may be assigned for each position
				justified for housing therein.
(7)
Natatorium.
If a district-wide natatorium is included in the
				project, the maximum allowance shall be 31 FTE secondary students.