Senate Bill sb1940

    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1940

    By Senator Garcia





    39-1235-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to relocatable classroom

  3         facilities; amending s. 235.061, F.S.;

  4         postponing the date after which relocatables

  5         that fail to meet standards established by the

  6         Commissioner of Education may not be used as

  7         classrooms; providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 235.061, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         235.061  Standards for relocatables used as classroom

14  space; inspections.--

15         (1)  The Commissioner of Education shall adopt rules

16  establishing standards for relocatables intended for long-term

17  use as classroom space at a public elementary school, middle

18  school, or high school. "Long-term use" means the use of

19  relocatables at the same educational plant for a period of 4

20  years or more. These rules must be implemented by July 1,

21  1998, and each relocatable acquired by a district school board

22  after the effective date of the rules and intended for

23  long-term use must comply with the standards. The rules shall

24  require that, by July 1, 2003 2001, relocatables that fail to

25  meet the standards may not be used as classrooms. The

26  standards shall protect the health, safety, and welfare of

27  occupants by requiring compliance with the Uniform Building

28  Code for Public Educational Facilities or other locally

29  adopted state minimum building codes to ensure the safety and

30  stability of construction and onsite installation; fire and

31  moisture protection; air quality and ventilation; appropriate

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1940
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  1  wind resistance; and compliance with the requirements of the

  2  Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If appropriate, the

  3  standards must also require relocatables to provide access to

  4  the same technologies available to similar classrooms within

  5  the main school facility and, if appropriate, to be accessible

  6  by adequate covered walkways. By July 1, 2000, the

  7  commissioner shall adopt standards for all relocatables

  8  intended for long-term use as classrooms. A relocatable that

  9  is subject to this section and does not meet the standards

10  shall not be reported as providing satisfactory student

11  stations in the Florida Inventory of School Houses.

12         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

13  law.

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17    Postpones, from July 1, 2001, to July 1, 2003, the date
      after which relocatables that fail to meet standards
18    established by the Commissioner of Education may not be
      used as classrooms.
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