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FACILITIES
PROGRAM –
EXCEPTIONAL
NEEDS PROGRAM
(ENP)
The Exceptional Needs Program (ENO) provides support for districts
with a need for new facilities to protect the health and safety of students.
ENP eligibility does not extend to a district participating in an expedited
local partnership (ELP) project or approved for an ELP project prior to
September 14, 2000.
The Ohio Construction Facilities Commission (OCFC) may set aside up
to 25% of the annual appropriation for the Classroom Facilities
Assistance Program for the ENP.
Within the ENP there is a subprogram, the environmental contamination
program, to assist districts that must relocate or replace a facility due to
environmental conditions. While eligibility is not based on local wealth,
the district must repay to the state any restitution for the contamination
in excess of the district’s share of the cost of the project.
3318.37
3318.371
FACILITIES,
MAINTENANCE OF
As a condition for accepting assistance from the school facilities
commission, a district is required to “adhere” to a maintenance plan
approved by the commission.
3318.08
FACILITIES
PROGRAM – LAPSE
OF PROJECT
FUNDING
Once conditional approval from the School Facilities Commission is
secured, a district has 13 months to gain voter approval for its bond
issue and an accompanying tax levy to pay for the district’s share.
If the project lapses, that district does have priority for funding in the
future once the district secures voter approval.
The board of education of a lapsed district must request that the School
Facilities Commission set a new scope and estimated cost for the
project based on the district’s current wealth percentile and tax
valuation. (However, for districts that participated in the ELPP and are
now eligible for CFAP funding, the state/local percentages will continue
to be based on the percentage specified in the ELP agreement.) The
new scope and estimated costs are valid for one year.
3318.032
3318.05
3318.054
3318.41
FACILITIES
PROGRAM, PROJECT
CLOSE-OUT
Commission must issue a “certificate of completion” when all of the
following have occurred:
1)facilities are complete and district has permanent certificates of
occupancy;
2) Commission has issued certificates of contract completion on all
prime construction contracts;
3) Commission has completed final accounting of project
construction fund and determined that all payments complied
with Commission policies;
4) any litigation has been resolved; and
5) all construction management services provided by the
Commission have been delivered, and no state funds for these
services remain encumbered.
Commission may issue certificate of completion prior to the satisfaction
of these conditions if it determines that circumstances preventing the
satisfaction “are so minor in nature that the project should be
considered complete.” The Commission may specify any of the
following: 1) any incomplete work and manner in which the district must
oversee its completion; 2) terms and conditions for resolving any
pending litigation; and 3) remaining responsibilities of the construction
manager.
3318.12
3318.48