79S10158 ESH-F

By:  Lucio                                                        S.B. No. 42 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a study regarding instructional facilities.                       
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 46, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 46.014 to read as follows:
	Sec. 46.014.  STUDY REGARDING INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES.  (a)  
The comptroller in cooperation with the agency shall study:
		(1)  existing instructional facilities in this state; 
and            
		(2)  the projected need for instructional facilities in 
the next 10 to 20 years.
	(b)  The study of instructional facilities must include an 
examination of the following objectives and any other objectives 
determined appropriate by the comptroller and the agency:
		(1)  a determination as to which of the following needs 
of school districts in this state relating to instructional 
facilities are the most pressing:
			(A)  the need for new instructional facilities;                       
			(B)  the need for repairs to existing 
instructional facilities;     
			(C)  the need for renovations of existing 
instructional facilities; and
			(D)  other needs relating to instructional 
facilities;              
		(2)  an estimate of the total cost of necessary 
construction, repair, or renovation of instructional facilities in 
the next 10 to 20 years;
		(3)  a determination of the number of school districts 
and campuses that have student populations that exceed the maximum 
capacity of the districts' or campuses' classrooms, cafeterias, or 
gymnasiums, including if appropriate a determination of:
			(A)  the number of portable buildings in use by 
each school district and campus;
			(B)  the square footage of instructional facility 
space per student; and
			(C)  the number of instructional facilities that 
are serving a number of students that exceeds the maximum capacity 
of the facility; and
		(4)  a determination of the extent to which 
instructional facilities in this state are energy and water use 
efficient.
	(c)  In projecting the need for instructional facilities in 
the next 10 to 20 years, the study must determine the facilities 
that will need to be constructed, repaired, or renovated in this 
state.  The study may include:
		(1)  projections as to the date new instructional 
facilities will be needed or the date existing instructional 
facilities will need to be repaired or renovated;
		(2)  information relating to the date of construction 
or age of existing instructional facilities; and
		(3)  information relating to the dates of the most 
recent major renovations of existing instructional facilities.
	(d)  The comptroller and the agency shall determine the 
appropriate methodology for use in conducting the study required by 
this section.
	(e)  Not later than December 1, 2006, the comptroller and the 
agency shall submit to the legislature a report based on the study 
required by this section.  This section expires January 15, 2007.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the 
legislative session.