(b) The department shall evaluate projects for which retirement of school construction debt is requested. In evaluating projects for bond reimbursement as required under this section, the department shall evaluate all of the following factors, without establishing an absolute priority for any one factor:
- (1) emergency requirements;
- (2) priorities assigned by the district to the projects requested;
- (3) new local elementary and secondary facilities;
- (4) existing regional, community, and school facilities, and their condition; this paragraph does not include administrative facilities;
- (5) the amount of district operating funds expended for maintenance; and
- (6) other program options for accomplishing the project's objectives.