Bill Text: VA SB238 | 2022 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: School division maintenance reserve tool; DOE, et. at., shall develop, etc., to assist school boards

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0650) [SB238 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2022-SB238-Comm_Sub.html
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SENATE BILL NO. 238
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations
on January 26, 2022)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator McPike)
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-138.3, relating to the Department of Education; school division maintenance reserve tool.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-138.3 as follows:

§22.1-138.3. Department; school division maintenance reserve tool.

A. The Department, in consultation with the Department of General Services, shall develop or adopt and maintain a data collection tool to assist each school board to determine the relative age of each public school building in the local school division and the amount of maintenance reserve funds that are necessary to restore each such building.

B. Each school board shall provide to the Department in a timely fashion the local data that is necessary to ensure that the tool maintained pursuant to subsection A remains relevant and useful for the determination of maintenance reserve needs.

2. That the Department of Education shall consider using the Department of General Services' Real Estate and Assets Management system for tracking buildings and infrastructure maintenance status to meet the requirements of §22.1-138.3 of the Code of Virginia, as created by this act.

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