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Senate
Bill No. 2002 June
Special Session, Public Act No. 05-6 AN
ACT CONCERNING AUTHORIZATION OF STATE GRANT COMMITMENTS FOR SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS
AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Sec.
20. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of
this section, for any school building project authorized by the General Assembly
on or after July 1, 2005, classrooms or libraries shall be constructed or altered
in accordance with American National Standard: Acoustical Performance Criteria,
Design Requirements and Guidelines for Schools, ANSI S12. 60-2002. The provisions
of this section shall not apply to classrooms or libraries where adequate acoustical
modifications cannot be made without compromising health and safety, or the educational
purpose or function of a specific classroom or library. (b)
A local or regional board of education may apply to the Commissioner of Education
for a waiver from the standard required in subsection (a) of this section for
any relocatable classroom that will be used by the same school for a period of
less than thirty-six months and the commissioner shall grant such waiver provided
the application includes evidence that the board, with notice to parents, students
and teachers, held a public hearing on the effects that required acoustical standards
for classrooms may have on a student's ability to learn.
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