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USA Statutes : new_jersey
Title : TITLE 18A EDUCATION
Chapter : 18A:7G-3.
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18A:7G-3. Definitions relative to construction, financing of public school facilities.
3. As used in sections 1 through 30 and 57 through 71 of this act, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:
~Abbott district~ means an Abbott district as defined in section 3 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-3);
~Area cost allowance~ means $138 per square foot for the school year 2000-2001 and shall be inflated by an appropriate cost index for the 2001-2002 school year. For the 2002-2003 school year and subsequent school years, the area cost allowance shall be as established in the biennial Report on the Cost of Providing a Thorough and Efficient Education and inflated by an appropriate cost index for the second year to which the report applies. The area cost allowance used in determining preliminary eligible costs of school facilities projects shall be that of the year of application for approval of the project;
~Authority~ means the New Jersey Economic Development Authority established pursuant to P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-1 et seq.);
~Community provider~ means a private entity which has contracted to provide early childhood education programs for an ECPA district and which (a) is licensed by the Department of Human Services to provide day care services pursuant to P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.); and (b) is a tax exempt nonprofit organization;
~Community early childhood education facilities project~ means a school facilities project consisting of facilities in which early childhood education programs are provided to 3 or 4-year old children under contract with the ECPA district but which are owned and operated by a community provider;
~Commissioner~ means the Commissioner of Education;
~Core curriculum content standards~ means the standards established pursuant to the provisions of subsection a. of section 4 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-4);
~Cost index~ means the average annual increase, expressed as a decimal, in actual construction cost factors for the New York City and Philadelphia areas during the second fiscal year preceding the budget year as determined pursuant to regulations promulgated by the authority pursuant to section 26 of this act;
~Debt service~ means and includes payments of principal and interest upon school bonds issued to finance the acquisition of school sites and the purchase or construction of school facilities, additions to school facilities, or the reconstruction, remodeling, alteration, modernization, renovation or repair of school facilities, including furnishings, equipment, architect fees and the costs of issuance of such obligations and shall include payments of principal and interest upon school bonds heretofore issued to fund or refund such obligations, and upon municipal bonds and other obligations which the commissioner approves as having been issued for such purposes. Debt service pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1978, c.74 (C.18A:58-33.22 et seq.), P.L.1971, c.10 (C.18A:58-33.6 et seq.) and P.L.1968, c.177 (C.18A:58-33.2 et seq.) is excluded;
~Demonstration project~ means a school facilities project selected by the State Treasurer for construction by a redevelopment entity pursuant to section 6 of this act;
~District~ means a local or regional school district established pursuant to chapter 8 or chapter 13 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, a county special services school district established pursuant to article 8 of chapter 46 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, a county vocational school district established pursuant to article 3 of chapter 54 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, and a State-operated school district established pursuant to P.L.1987, c.399 (C.18A:7A-34 et seq.);
~District aid percentage~ means the number expressed as a percentage derived from dividing the district@s core curriculum standards aid calculated pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-15) as of the date of the commissioner@s determination of preliminary eligible costs by the district@s T & E budget calculated pursuant to subsection d. of section 13 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-13) as of the date of the commissioner@s determination of preliminary eligible costs;
~ECPA district~ means a district that qualifies for early childhood program aid pursuant to section 16 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-16);
~Excess costs~ means the additional costs, if any, which shall be borne by the district, of a school facilities project which result from design factors that are not required to meet the facilities efficiency standards and not approved pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection g. of section 5 of this act or are not authorized as community design features included in final eligible costs pursuant to subsection c. of section 6 of this act;
~Facilities efficiency standards~ means the standards developed by the commissioner pursuant to subsection h. of section 4 of this act;
~Final eligible costs~ means for school facilities projects to be constructed by the authority, the final eligible costs of the school facilities project as determined by the commissioner, in consultation with the authority, pursuant to section 5 of this act; for demonstration projects, the final eligible costs of the project as determined by the commissioner and reviewed by the authority which may include the cost of community design features determined by the commissioner to be an integral part of the school facility and which do not exceed the facilities efficiency standards, and which were reviewed by the authority and approved by the State Treasurer pursuant to section 6 of this act; and for districts whose district aid percentage is less than 55% and which elect not to have the authority construct a school facilities project, final eligible costs as determined pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection h. of section 5 of this act;
~FTE~ means a full-time equivalent student which shall be calculated as follows: in districts that qualify for early childhood program aid pursuant to section 16 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-16), each student in grades kindergarten through 12 shall be counted at 100% of the actual count of students, and each preschool student approved by the commissioner to be served in the district shall be counted at 50% or 100% of the actual count of preschool students for an approved half-day or full-day program, respectively; in districts that do not qualify for early childhood program aid pursuant to section 16 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-16), each student in grades 1 through 12 shall be counted at 100% of the actual count of students, in the case of districts which operate a half-day kindergarten program each kindergarten student shall be counted at 50% of the actual count of kindergarten students, in the case of districts which operate a full-day kindergarten program or which currently operate a half-day kindergarten program but propose to build facilities to house a full-day kindergarten program each kindergarten student shall be counted at 100% of the actual count of kindergarten students, and preschool students shall not be counted. In addition, each preschool handicapped child who is entitled to receive a full-time program pursuant to N.J.S.18A:46-6 shall be counted at 100% of the actual count of these students in the district;
~Functional capacity~ means the number of students that can be housed in a building in order to have sufficient space for it to be educationally adequate for the delivery of programs and services necessary for student achievement of the core curriculum content standards. Functional capacity is determined by dividing the existing gross square footage of a school building by the minimum area allowance per FTE student pursuant to subsection b. of section 8 of this act for the grade level students contained therein. The difference between the projected enrollment determined pursuant to subsection a. of section 8 of this act and the functional capacity is the unhoused students that are the basis upon which the additional costs of space to provide educationally adequate facilities for the entire projected enrollment are determined. The existing gross square footage for the purposes of defining functional capacity is exclusive of existing spaces that are not contained in the facilities efficiency standards but which are used to deliver programs and services aligned to the core curriculum content standards, used to provide support services directly to students, or other existing spaces that the district can demonstrate would be structurally or fiscally impractical to convert to other uses contained in the facilities efficiency standards;
~Lease purchase payment~ means and includes payment of principal and interest for lease purchase agreements in excess of five years approved pursuant to subsection f. of N.J.S.18A:20-4.2 prior to the effective date of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-1 et al.) to finance the purchase or construction of school facilities, additions to school facilities, or the reconstruction, remodeling, alteration, modernization, renovation or repair of school facilities, including furnishings, equipment, architect fees and issuance costs. Approved lease purchase agreements in excess of five years shall be accorded the same accounting treatment as school bonds;
~Local share~ means, in the case of a school facilities project to be constructed by the authority, the total costs less the State share as determined pursuant to section 5 of this act; in the case of a demonstration project, the total costs less the State share as determined pursuant to sections 5 and 6 of this act; and in the case of a school facilities project not to be constructed by the authority, but which shall be financed pursuant to section 15 of this act, the total costs less the State share as determined pursuant to that section;
~Local unit~ means a county, municipality, board of education or any other political subdivision or instrumentality authorized to construct, operate and maintain a school facilities project and to borrow money for those purposes pursuant to law;
~Local unit obligations~ means bonds, notes, refunding bonds, refunding notes, lease obligations and all other obligations of a local unit which are issued or entered into for the purpose of paying for all or a portion of the costs of a school facilities project, including moneys payable to the authority;
~Long-range facilities plan~ means the plan required to be submitted to the commissioner by a district pursuant to section 4 of this act;
~Maintenance~ means expenditures which are approved for repairs and replacements for the purpose of keeping a school facility open and safe for use or in its original condition, including repairs and replacements to a school facility@s heating, lighting, ventilation, security and other fixtures to keep the facility or fixtures in effective working condition. Maintenance shall not include contracted custodial or janitorial services, expenditures for the cleaning of a school facility or its fixtures, the care and upkeep of grounds or parking lots, and the cleaning of, or repairs and replacements to, movable furnishings or equipment, or other expenditures which are not required to maintain the original condition over the school facility@s useful life. Approved maintenance expenditures shall be as determined by the commissioner pursuant to regulations to be adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 26 of this act;
~Other allowable costs~ means the costs of site development, acquisition of land or other real property interests necessary to effectuate the school facilities project, fees for the services of design professionals, including architects, engineers, construction managers and other design professionals, legal fees, financing costs and the administrative costs of the authority or the district incurred in connection with the school facilities project;
~Preliminary eligible costs~ means the initial eligible costs of a school facilities project as calculated pursuant to the formulas set forth in section 7 of this act which shall be deemed to include the costs of construction and other allowable costs;
~Redevelopment entity~ means a redevelopment entity authorized by a municipal governing body to implement plans and carry out redevelopment projects in the municipality pursuant to the ~Local Redevelopment and Housing Law,~ P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-1 et seq.);
~Report on the Cost of Providing a Thorough and Efficient Education~ or ~Report~ means the report issued by the commissioner pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-4);
~School bonds~ means, in the case of a school facilities project which is to be constructed by the authority, a redevelopment entity, or a district under section 15 of this act, bonds, notes or other obligations issued by a district to finance the local share; and, in the case of a school facilities project which is not to be constructed by the authority or a redevelopment entity, or financed under section 15 of this act, bonds, notes or other obligations issued by a district to finance the total costs;
~School enrollment~ means the number of FTE students other than evening school students, including post-graduate students and post-secondary vocational students, who, on the last school day prior to October 16 of the current school year, are recorded in the registers of the school;
~School facility~ means and includes any structure, building or facility used wholly or in part for academic purposes by a district, but shall exclude athletic stadiums, grandstands, and any structure, building or facility used solely for school administration;
~School facilities project~ means the acquisition, demolition, construction, improvement, repair, alteration, modernization, renovation, reconstruction or maintenance of all or any part of a school facility or of any other personal property necessary for, or ancillary to, any school facility, and shall include fixtures, furnishings and equipment, and shall also include, but is not limited to, site acquisition, site development, the services of design professionals, such as engineers and architects, construction management, legal services, financing costs and administrative costs and expenses incurred in connection with the project;
~Special education services pupil~ means a pupil receiving specific services pursuant to chapter 46 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes;
~State aid~ means State municipal aid and State school aid;
~State debt service aid~ means for school bonds issued for school facilities projects approved by the commissioner after the effective date of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-1 et al.) of districts which elect not to have the authority or a redevelopment entity construct the project or which elect not to finance the project under section 15 of this act, the amount of State aid determined pursuant to section 9 of this act; and for school bonds or certificates of participation issued for school facilities projects approved by the commissioner prior to the effective date of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-1 et al.) the amount of State aid determined pursuant to section 10 of this act;
~State municipal aid~ means business personal property tax replacement revenues, State urban aid and State revenue sharing, as these terms are defined in section 2 of P.L.1976, c.38 (C.40A:3-3), or other similar forms of State aid payable to the local unit and to the extent permitted by federal law, federal moneys appropriated or apportioned to the municipality or county by the State;
~State school aid~ means the funds made available to school districts pursuant to sections 15 and 17 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-15 and 17);
~State share~ means the State@s proportionate share of the final eligible costs of a school facilities project to be constructed by the authority as determined pursuant to section 5 of this act; in the case of a demonstration project, the State@s proportionate share of the final eligible costs of the project as determined pursuant to sections 5 and 6 of this act; and in the case of a school facilities project to be financed pursuant to section 15 of this act, the State share as determined pursuant to that section;
~Total costs~ means, in the case of a school facilities project which is to be constructed by the authority or a redevelopment entity or financed pursuant to section 15 of this act, the final eligible costs plus excess costs if any; and in the case of a school facilities project which is not to be constructed by the authority or a redevelopment entity or financed pursuant to section 15 of this act, the total cost of the project as determined by the district.
L.2000,c.72,s.3; amended 2005, c.235, s.31.
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