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Committee recommends bill to create optional state-accessible library of school designs to lower facility costs
Summary
Representative Kristofferson’s amendment directs the State Board of Education to explore creating a voluntary library of school facility designs and cost benchmarks to help districts reduce design and construction costs; the committee adopted the amendment and recommended the bill as amended (roll call recorded 8–4).
Representative Kristofferson told the committee HB298 would ask the State Board of Education to coordinate a voluntary library of school-design plans and to pursue contractual opportunities to acquire and share design plans to reduce costs. He said the change is optional for local education agencies and intended to encourage reuse of successful…
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