1. (a) Educational specifications shall be established by the school district or charter school with input from the community, educators, the facility manager, school board or board of trustees members, and school administration.

2. (b) Educational specifications shall include the following:

   1. (1) The goals and objectives of the project;
   2. (2) Policies that relate to space needs such as class size limits, grade configurations, and multi-age classrooms;
   3. (3) The number of people to be housed and how that number was determined;
   4. (4) A description of the programs to be housed; and

   5. (5) A description of the general facility needs to meet the goals and objectives of the project, including:

      1. a. The individual spaces needed in the building and the desired characteristics of each space in general terms;
      2. b. The desired adjacencies between spaces;
      3. c. Clear objectives and priorities for design elements such as minimum requirements for acoustics, daylighting, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, thermal and visual comfort, use of environmentally preferable materials, siting considerations, and any other factors which the school district or charter school considers important;
      4. d. Other facility characteristics such as limits on exterior glass or glass in high-capacity areas, space needs for check-in procedures, and space needs for voting use or other community uses; and
      5. e. The necessary site considerations.
3. (c) Educational specifications submitted as part of the building aid application shall be approved by the local school board or board of trustees prior to submitting the application.

Source. #8265, eff 1-22-05; ss by #10363, eff 6-15-13; ss by #13054, eff 6-12-20; ss by #14023, eff 7-12-24; ss by #14215, eff 3-14-25