DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DIVISION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE BUILDING EXCELLENT SCHOOLS TODAY GRANT PROGRAM FY 2008-09 1 CCR 303-3 [Editor’s Notes follow the text of the rules at the end of this CCR Document.] Authority § 22-43.7-106(2)(i)(I) C.R.S., the Public School Capital Construction Assistance Board may promulgate rules, in accordance with Article 4 of Title 24, C.R.S., as are necessary and proper for the administration of the BEST Act.

Scope and Purpose This regulation shall govern all Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) Public School Capital Construction Assistance Program pursuant to § 22-43.7-101 C.R.S.

1. Definitions 1.1. “Accounting District” means the School District within whose geographical boundaries an Institute Charter School is located.

1.2. “Applicant” means an entity that submits an Application for Financial Assistance to the Board, including:

1.2.1. A School District;

1.2.2. A District Charter School;

1.2.3. An Institute Charter School;

1.2.4. A Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES); 1.2.5. The Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind.

1.3. “Application” means the Application for Financial Assistance submitted by an Applicant. 1.4. “Assistance Fund” means the public school capital construction assistance fund created in § 22- 43.7-104(1) C.R.S.

1.5. “Authorizer” means the School District that authorized the charter contract of a Charter School or, in the case of an Institute Charter School, as defined in § 22-43.7-106(1) C.R.S., the State Charter School Institute created and existing pursuant to § 22-30.5-503(1)(a) C.R.S. 1.6. “BEST Lease-purchase Funding” means funding from a sublease-purchase agreement entered into between the state and an entity as described in 2.1 pursuant to § 22-43.7-110(2) C.R.S. 1.7. “BEST Cash Grant” means cash funding as a matching grant. 1.8. “BEST Emergency Grant” means a request for Financial Assistance in connection with a Public School Facility Emergency.

1.9. “Board” means the Public School Capital Construction Assistance Board Created in § 22-43.7-106 (1) C.R.S.

1.10. “Board of Cooperative Educational Services or BOCES” means a Board of Cooperative Services created and existing pursuant to § 22-5-104 C.R.S. that is eligible to receive State moneys pursuant to § 22-5-114 C.R.S.

1.11. “Capital Construction” means, pursuant to § 24-75-301 (1) C.R.S.: 1.11.1. Purchase of land, regardless of the value thereof; 1.11.2. Purchase, construction, or demolition of buildings or other physical facilities, including utilities and state highways or remodeling or renovation of existing buildings or other physical facilities, including utilities and state highways to make physical changes necessitated by changes in the program, to meet standards required by applicable codes, to correct other conditions hazardous to the health and safety of persons which are not covered by codes, to effect conservation of energy resources, to effect cost savings for staffing, operations, or maintenance of the facility, or to improve appearance; 1.11.3. Site improvement or development;

1.11.4. Purchase and installation of the fixed and movable equipment necessary for the operation of new, remodeled, or renovated buildings and other physical facilities and for the conduct of programs initially housed therein upon completion of the new construction, remodeling, or renovation;

1.11.5. Purchase of the services of architects, engineers, and other consultants to prepare plans, program documents, life-cycle cost studies, energy analyses, and other studies associated with any Capital Construction project and to supervise construction or execution of such Capital Construction projects;

1.11.6. Any item of instructional or scientific equipment if the cost will exceed fifty thousand dollars.

1.12. “Capital Renewal Reserve" means moneys set aside by an Applicant that has received an award for a project for the specific purpose of replacing major Public School Facility systems with projected life cycles such as, but not limited to, roofs, interior finishes, electrical systems and heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems.

1.13. “Charter School” means a Charter School as described in section § 22-54-124 (1)(f.6)(I)(A) or (1) (f.6)(I)(B) C.R.S., that has been chartered for at least five years on the date its Authorizer forwards an Application for Financial Assistance to the Board on the Charter School’s behalf pursuant to § 22-43.7-103(7) C.R.S.

1.14. “Division” means the Division of Public School Capital Construction Assistance created in § 22- 43.7-105 C.R.S.

1.15. “Financial Assistance” means BEST Cash Grants; BEST Lease-purchase Funding; BEST Emergency Grants; funding provided as matching grants by the Board from the Assistance Fund to an Applicant; or any other expenditure made from the Assistance Fund for the purpose of financing Public School Facility Capital Construction as authorized by § 22-43.7-101 C.R.S. 1.16. “Grantee” means a School District, Charter School, Institute Charter School, BOCES or the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind that has applied for Financial Assistance and received an award.

1.17. “Institute Charter School” means a Charter School chartered by the Colorado State Charter School Institute pursuant to § 22-30.5-507 C.R.S.

1.18. “Matching Moneys” means moneys required to be used directly to pay a portion of the costs of a Public School Facility Capital Construction project by an Applicant as a condition of an award of Financial Assistance to the Applicant pursuant to § 22-43.7-109 (9) C.R.S and/or 22-43.7-110(2) C.R.S.

1.19. “Public School Facility” means a building or portion of a building used for educational purposes by a School District, Charter School, Institute Charter School, a Board of Cooperative Services, the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind created and existing pursuant to § 22-80-102(1)(a) C.R.S., including but not limited to school sites, classrooms, data centers, libraries and media centers, cafeterias and kitchens, auditoriums, multipurpose rooms, and other multi-use spaces; except that “Public School Facility” does not include a learning center, as defined in section § 22-30.7-102(4), that is not used for any other public school purpose and is not part of a building otherwise owned, or leased in its entirety, by a School District, a Board of Cooperative Services, a Charter School, Institute Charter School, or the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind for educational purposes.

1.20. “Public School Facility Construction Guidelines” means Public School Facility Construction Guidelines as established in § 22-43.7-107 C.R.S.

1.21. “Public School Facility Emergency” means an unanticipated event that makes all or a significant portion of a Public School Facility unusable for educational purposes or poses an imminent threat to the health or safety of persons using the Public School Facility. 1.22. “Project” means the Capital Construction Project for which Financial Assistance is being requested. 1.23. “School District” means a School District, other than a junior or community college district, organized and existing pursuant to law in Colorado pursuant to § 22-43.7-103 (14) C.R.S. 1.24. “State Board” means the State Board of Education created and existing pursuant to section 1 of article IX of the State Constitution.

1.25. “Statewide Assessment” means the Financial Assistance priority assessment conducted pursuant to § 22-43.7-108 C.R.S.

2. Eligibility 2.1. The following entities are eligible to apply for Financial Assistance: 2.1.1. A School District;

2.1.2. A District Charter School or individual school of a School District if the school applies through the School District in which the school is located. The School District shall forward the Application from a Charter School or individual school of a School District to the Division with their comments;

2.1.3. An Institute Charter School;

2.1.4. A Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES); 2.1.5. The Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind.

2.2. The Board may only provide Financial Assistance for a Project for a Public School Facility that the Applicant owns or will have the right to own in the future under the terms of a lease-purchase agreement with the owner of the facility or a sublease-purchase agreement with the state entered into pursuant to § 22-43.7-110(2) C.R.S.

2.3. The Board may provide Financial Assistance to a Charter School that first occupies a Public School Facility on or after May 22, 2008 only if the Public School Facility occupied by the Charter School complied with all Public School Facilities Construction Guidelines addressing health and safety issues when the Charter School first occupied the facility. 2.4. For a BEST Emergency Grant, the Applicant must be operating in the Public School Facility for which Financial Assistance is requested.

3. Assistance Board 3.1. Conflict of Interest 3.1.1. In regard to Board members’ providing information to potential BEST Grant Applicants: 3.1.1.1. Board members shall exercise caution when responding to requests for information regarding potential Applications, especially in regard to questions that may increase the chances that the Board would give a favorable recommendation on an Application or project.

3.1.2. Board members, and their firms, are not permitted to present their position on the Board to school districts, charter schools, institute charter schools, BOCES, or the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind as an advantage for using their firm over other firms in a competition.

3.1.3. In regard to Board members’ avoiding potential conflicts of interest in evaluation of and voting on Applications:

3.1.3.1. If a Board member’s firm has no prior contact regarding the project included in an Applicant’s grant request, the Board member can appropriately vote on the Application;

3.1.3.2. No Board members shall participate in the Board’s evaluation process, including voting, for any Application when the Board member’s firm has had prior contact with the applicant regarding the project or Application; 3.1.4. In cases where a Board member or a Board member’s firm has not consulted with an Applicant prior to the evaluation and voting process, and a Board member votes on an Application, if the application is approved by the State Board the Board member or Board member’s firm may respond to a competitive RFP, RFQ or work on a BEST grant funded project, but must exercise caution to avoid conflicts of interest and/or appearance of impropriety, and he or she should inform the Board and Division staff of the situation: 3.1.5. Statewide Assessments 3.1.5.1. The above items apply to the RFP process. Because of the Board’s participation in the RFP process, Board members or their firms shall not bid on the assessment.

3.1.6. At all times Board members must exercise judgment and caution to avoid conflicts of interest and/or appearance of impropriety, and should inform the Board and Division staff of any questionable situation that may arise.

Matching Requirement 3.2. Except as provided below in section 4.2, Financial Assistance may be provided only if the Applicant provides Matching Moneys in an amount equal to a percentage of the total financing for the Project determined by the Board after consideration of the Applicant’s financial capacity, based on the following factors:

3.2.1. With respect to a School District's Application for Financial Assistance: 3.2.1.1. The School District's assessed value per pupil relative to the state average; 3.2.1.2. The School District's median household income relative to the state average; 3.2.1.3. The School District's bond redemption fund mill levy relative to the statewide average;

3.2.1.4. The percentage of pupils enrolled in the School District who are eligible for free or reduced-cost lunch; and 3.2.1.5. The amount of effort put forth by the School District to obtain voter approval for a ballot question for bonded indebtedness, including but not limited to, a ballot question for entry by the district into a sublease-purchase agreement of the type that constitutes an indebtedness of the district pursuant to section § 22-32-127 C.R.S., during the ten years preceding the year in which the district submitted the Application, which factor may be used only to reduce the percentage of Matching Moneys required from a district that has put forth such effort and not to increase the amount of Matching Moneys required from any district; 3.2.1.6. A School District shall not be required to provide any amount of Matching Moneys in excess of the difference between the School District's limit of bonded indebtedness, as calculated pursuant to section § 22-42-104 C.R.S., and the total amount of outstanding bonded indebtedness already incurred by the School District.

3.2.2. With respect to a Board of Cooperative Services' Application for Financial Assistance: 3.2.2.1. The average assessed value per pupil of all members of the Board of Cooperative Services participating in the Project relative to the state average; 3.2.2.2. The average median household income of all members of the Board of Cooperative Services participating in the Project relative to the state average; 3.2.2.3. The average bond redemption fund mill levy of all members of the Board of Cooperative Services participating in the Project relative to the statewide average;

3.2.2.4. The percentage of pupils enrolled in the member schools within the Board of Cooperative Services that are participating in the Project who are eligible for free or reduced-cost lunch; and 3.2.2.5. The amount of effort put forth by the members of the Board of Cooperative Services to obtain voter approval for a ballot question for bonded indebtedness, including but not limited to a ballot question for entry by any member into a sublease-purchase agreement of the type that constitutes an indebtedness of the member pursuant to section § 22-32-127 C.R.S., during the ten years preceding the year in which the Board of Cooperative Services submitted the Application, which factor may be used only to reduce the percentage of Matching Moneys required from a Board of Cooperative Services whose members, or any of them, have put forth such effort and not to increase the amount of Matching Moneys required from any Board of Cooperative Services.

3.2.3. With respect to a Charter School's Application for Financial Assistance: 3.2.3.1. The amount of per pupil operating revenue that the Charter School has budgeted to expend in order to meet its facilities obligations during the fiscal year for which an Application is made relative to other Charter Schools in the state, measured both in terms of total dollars and as a percentage of the Charter School's total per pupil operating revenue;

3.2.3.2. The per pupil revenue received by the Charter School from the state that is required by law to be credited to a Capital Construction reserve; 3.2.3.3. The per pupil revenue received by the Charter School from the state education fund for Capital Construction pursuant to section § 22-30.5-112.3 C.R.S.; 3.2.3.4. The percentage of children enrolled in the Charter School who are eligible for the federal free and reduced lunch program; and 3.2.3.5. The amount of effort put forth by the Charter School during the ten years preceding the year in which the Charter School submitted the Application to meet its facilities needs by accessing vacant School District facilities or obtaining funding for Capital Construction by having the Colorado educational and cultural facilities authority created and existing pursuant to section § 23- 15-104(1)(a), C.R.S., issue bonds on its behalf, seeking voter approval of a ballot question for bonded indebtedness or for a special mill levy authorized by section § 22-30.5- 405 C.R.S., or seeking inclusion of its Capital Construction needs in a School District's ballot question seeking voter approval for bonded indebtedness, which factor may be used only to reduce the percentage of Matching Moneys required from a Charter School that has put forth such effort and not to increase the amount of Matching Moneys required from any Charter School. 3.3. Waiver or reduction of Matching Contribution 3.3.1. An Applicant may apply to the Board for a waiver or reduction of the Matching Moneys requirement. The Board may grant a waiver or reduction if it determines: 3.3.1.1. That the waiver or reduction would significantly enhance educational opportunity and quality within a School District, Board of Cooperative Services, or Applicant school, 3.3.1.2. That the cost of complying with the Matching Moneys requirement would significantly limit educational opportunities within a School District, Board of Cooperative Services, or Applicant school, or 3.3.1.3. That extenuating circumstances deemed significant by the Board make a waiver appropriate.

3.3.2. If a request for waiver for part or all of the matching contribution is submitted, it shall discuss the following items and include additional issues or impacts that are inhibiting the Applicant’s ability to make the financial commitment of a matching contribution to the project:

3.3.2.1. The general fund and capital reserve fund balance and an explanation of why they are at that level (do not include TABOR Reserves); 3.3.2.2. Commitments to the capital reserve fund, showing why the capital reserve fund can not be used to fund the matching contribution;

3.3.2.3. Bond history including an explanation of factors contributing to the decision to pursue or not pursue a bond issue, and factors contributing to past bond issue failures and successes;

3.3.2.4. Changes in insurance costs;

3.3.2.5. Changes in salaries;

3.3.2.6. Other increased expenses;

3.3.2.7. Changes in enrollment;

3.3.2.8. Changes in revenues;

3.3.2.9. Additional projects undertaken or additional projects which are budgeted or are being saved for;

3.3.2.10. Upgrades to technology, textbooks, facilities or other upgrades being contemplated or undertaken beyond the submitted projects; 3.3.2.11. Recent unexpected maintenance to facilities or equipment; 3.3.2.12. Planned maintenance or equipment replacement; 3.3.2.13. Busses and other capital purchases;

3.3.2.14. Additional circumstances that make it financially impractical or impossible to provide the matching contribution.

4. Applications 4.1. Deadline for submission 4.1.1. Except as provided below, Applications shall be filed with the Board on or before a date determined by the Board.

4.1.2. An Application will not be accepted unless it is received in the Board office by 4:30 pm on or before the deadline date determined by the Board. This does not apply to an Application in connection with a Public School Facility Emergency; 4.1.3. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, an Application shall be filed no later than on or before a date determined by the Board;

4.1.4. The Board may, in its sole discretion and upon a showing of good cause in a written request from an Applicant, extend the deadline for filing an Application. 4.2. The Board prefers Applications to be in electronic form but one hard copy to the Board office is acceptable. Each Application shall be in a form prescribed by the Board and shall include, but is not limited to, the following (with supporting documentation): 4.2.1. A description of the scope and nature of the Project; 4.2.2. A description of the architectural, functional, and construction standards that are to be applied to the Project that indicates whether the standards are consistent with the Construction Guidelines and provides an explanation for the use of any standard that is not consistent with the Construction Guidelines;

4.2.3. The estimated amount of Financial Assistance needed for the Project and the form and amount of Matching Moneys that the Applicant will provide for the project; 4.2.4. If the Project involves the construction of a new Public School Facility or a major renovation of an existing Public School Facility, a demonstration of the ability and willingness of the Applicant to maintain the project over time that includes, at a minimum, the establishment of a capital renewal budget and a commitment to make annual contributions to a Capital Renewal Reserve within a School District's capital reserve fund or any functionally similar reserve fund separately maintained by an Applicant that is not a School District;

4.2.5. If the Application is for Financial Assistance for the renovation, reconstruction, expansion, or replacement of an existing Public School Facility, a description of the condition of the Public School Facility at the time the Applicant purchased or completed the construction of the Public School Facility and, if the Public School Facility was not new or was not adequate at that time, the rationale of the Applicant for purchasing the Public School Facility or constructing it in the manner in which it did; 4.2.6. A statement regarding the means by which the Applicant intends to provide Matching Moneys required for the projects, including but not limited to voter-approved multiple- fiscal year debt or other financial obligations, gifts, grants, donations, or any other means of financing permitted by law, or the intent of the Applicant to seek a waiver of the Matching Moneys requirement. If an Applicant that is a School District or a Board of Cooperative Educational Services with a participating School District intends to raise Matching Moneys by obtaining voter approval to enter into a sublease-purchase agreement that constitutes an indebtedness of the district as pursuant to § 22-32-127 C.R.S., it shall indicate whether it has received the required voter approval or, if the election has not already been held, the anticipated date of the election; 4.2.7. A description of any efforts by the Applicant to coordinate Capital Construction projects with local governmental entities or community-based or other organizations that provide facilities or services that benefit the community in order to more efficiently or effectively provide such facilities or services, including but not limited to a description of any financial commitment received from any such entity or organization that will allow better leveraging of any Financial Assistance awarded;

4.2.8. A copy of any existing Master Plan or facility assessment relating to the facility(ies) for which Financial Assistance is sought;

4.2.9. A signed declaration acknowledging the assurances and certifications; and 4.2.10. Any other information that the Board may require for the evaluation of the project; 4.2.11. An Application from a School District must include signatures of the Superintendent and a Board Officer;

4.2.12. An Application from a Charter School must include signatures of the District Superintendent, School Board Officer, and the Charter School Director; 4.2.13. An Application from an Institute Charter School must include signatures of the Charter Schools Institute Director and the Institute Charter School Director; 4.2.14. An Application from a Board of Cooperative Educational Services must include signatures of the BOCES Director and a BOCES Board Officer;

4.2.15. An Application from the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind must include signatures of the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind Director and a Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind Board Officer.

4.3. BEST Lease-purchase Funding 4.3.1. In addition to the information required in Section 4.2 above, the Applicant shall agree to provide any necessary documentation related to securing the lease-purchase agreement. 4.4. BEST Emergency Grants 4.4.1.1. Applicant should contact the Division by phone, fax, or email. Appropriate follow up documentation will be determined based on type and severity of emergency. 4.5. Applications that are incomplete may be rejected without further review. 4.6. The Board may request supplementation of an Application with additional information or supporting documentation.

5. Application Review 5.1. Time for Review 5.1.1. The Board, with the support of the Division, will review the Applications; 5.1.2. The Board will submit the prioritized list of Projects to the State Board for which the Board is recommending Financial Assistance within 75 days of the Application deadline; 5.1.3. The Board may, in its discretion, extend these deadlines; 5.1.4. The Board shall meet within fifteen days of receiving the Application for a BEST Emergency Grant to determine whether to recommend to the State Board that emergency Financial Assistance be provided, the amount of any assistance recommended to be provided, and any recommended conditions that the Applicant must meet to receive the assistance.

5.2. The Board, taking into consideration the Statewide Assessment, shall prioritize and determine the type and amount of the grant or matching grant for Applications for Projects deemed eligible for Financial Assistance based on the following criteria, in descending order of importance: 5.2.1. For FY2008-09 only, priority consideration will be given to the following: 5.2.1.1.1. Previous Applicants that received awards in the previous program and that require supplemental funding;

5.2.1.1.2. New BEST project sublease-purchase agreements for projects that have matching funds not contingent on future elections and for which the Division has worked with the Applicant on project planning prior to submission of the Application.

5.2.2. Projects that will address safety hazards or health concerns at existing Public School Facilities, including concerns relating to Public School Facility security; 5.2.2.1. In prioritizing an Application for a Public School Facility renovation project that will address safety hazards or health concerns, the Board shall consider the condition of the entire Public School Facility for which the project is proposed and determine whether it would be more fiscally prudent to replace the entire facility than to provide Financial Assistance for the renovation project. 5.2.3. Projects that will relieve overcrowding in Public School Facilities, including but not limited to projects that will allow students to move from temporary instructional facilities into permanent facilities.

5.2.4. Projects that are designed to incorporate technology into the educational environment; and 5.2.5. All other projects.

5.2.6. The following additional considerations may be used to review Applications: 5.2.6.1. The amount of the matching contribution being provided in excess or less than the minimum;

5.2.6.2. Whether the Applicant has been placed on financial watch by the Colorado Department of Education;

5.2.6.3. Overall condition of the Applicant’s existing facilities; 5.2.6.4. The project cost per pupil based on number of pupils affected by the proposed Project;

5.2.6.5. The project life cycle.

5.3. For Fiscal Year 08-09 Only 5.3.1. In addition to the factors considered in section 5.2 above, the Board shall consider: 5.3.1.1. So much of the Statewide Assessment as has been completed. 5.4. Additional actions the Board can take when reviewing an Application: 5.4.1. The Board may modify the amount of Financial Assistance requested or modify the amount of matching contribution required by the Applicant as necessary; 5.4.2. The Board may recommend funding a project in its entirety or recommend a partial award to the project;

5.4.2.1. If a project is partially funded a written explanation will be provided. 5.5. The Board shall submit to the State Board the prioritized list of Capital Construction projects. The prioritized list shall include:

5.5.1. The Board’s recommendation to the State Board as to the amount of Financial Assistance to be provided to each Applicant approved by the Board to receive funding and whether the assistance should be in the form of a BEST Cash Grant, BEST Lease-purchase Funding or a BEST Emergency Grant.

5.6. In considering the amount of each recommended award of Financial Assistance, the Board shall seek to be as equitable as practicable by considering the total financial capacity of each Applicant.

6. BEST Lease-purchase Funding 6.1. Subject to the following limitations, the Board may instruct the State Treasurer to enter into lease- purchase agreements on behalf of the state to provide Lease Purchasing Funding for Projects for which the State Board has authorized provision of Financial Assistance. 6.2. Whenever the State Treasurer enters into a lease-purchase agreement pursuant to § 22-43.7-110, C.R.S., the Applicant that will use the facility funded with the Lease-purchase Funding shall enter into a sublease-purchase agreement with the State that includes, but is not limited to, the following requirements:

6.2.1. The Applicant shall perform all the duties of the state to maintain and operate the Public School Facility that are required by the lease-purchase agreement; 6.2.2. The Applicant shall make periodic rental payments to the state, which payments shall be credited to the Assistance Fund as matching moneys of the Applicant; 6.2.3. Ownership of the Public School Facility shall be transferred by the state to the Applicant upon fulfillment of both the state’s obligations under the lease-purchase agreement and the Applicant’s obligations under the sublease-purchase agreement.

7. Payment and Oversight 7.1. Payment.

7.1.1. All Financial Assistance awarded is expressly conditioned on the availability of funds. 7.1.2. Payment of Financial Assistance will be on a draw basis. As a Grantee expends funds on an awarded grant project, the grantee may submit a request for funds to the Division on a fund request form provided by the Division. The fund request must be accompanied by copies of invoices from the vendors for which reimbursement is being requested. 7.1.2.1. The Division will review the fund request and make payment. Payments will only be made for work that is included in the project scope of work defined in the Application.

7.1.2.2. If the Grantee is a School District, request for payment must come from the School District. Requests will not be accepted from individual School District schools.

7.1.2.3. If the Grantee is a District Charter School, request for payment must come from the School District. Payment shall be made to the School District and the School District shall make payment to the charter school. The School District may not retain any portion of the moneys for any reason.

7.1.2.4. If the Grantee is an Institute Charter School, request for payment shall come from the Charter School Institute and the Charter School Institute shall make payment to the Institute Charter School. Payment shall be made directly to the Charter School Institute.

7.1.2.5. If the Grantee if a Board of Cooperative Educational Services, request for payment must come from the Board of Cooperative Educational Services. Requests will not be accepted from individual Board of Cooperative Educational Services schools.

7.1.2.6. If the Grantee is a Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind, request for payment must come from the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind. Requests will not be accepted from individual Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind schools. 7.1.3. Payment of COP grant funds will be determined by the terms of the lease-purchase agreement and any subsequent sublease-purchase agreements. 7.2. Oversight 7.2.1. Grantees shall submit a written progress report to the Division by July 31 of each year on a Division provided form for each grant they have received and have not closed out. 7.2.2. When a Grantee completes a grant project it must submit a final report to the Division in the format required by the Division before final payment will be made. Once the final report is submitted and final payment is made, the grant shall be considered closed. 7.2.3. If the Grantee has not used all of the awarded funding on a closed out grant project, the unused balance will be returned to the fund;

7.2.4. The Division may make site visits to review project progress or to review a completed project;

7.2.5. The Division may require a Grantee receiving a grant to hire additional independent professional construction management to represent the Applicant’s interests, if the Division deems it necessary due to the size of the project, the complexity of the project, or the Grantee’s ability to manage the project with Grantee personnel. 7.2.6. A permanent sign will be fixed to the facility designating that the project was paid for in whole or in part by earnings from the School Land Trust.

8. Technical Consultation 8.1. The Division will provide technical consultation and administrative services to School Districts, Charter Schools, Institute Charter Schools, BOCES and the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind.

_____________________________________________________ Editor’s Notes History Entire Rule emer. rule eff. 11/19/2008; expired 02/19/2009. Entire Rule eff. 03/30/2009.

Entire Rule eff. 12/30/2009.