The following terms wherever used or referred to in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless a different meaning appears from the context: (a) âApportionmentâ means a reservation of funds necessary to finance the cost of any project approved by the board for lease to an applicant school district. (b) âBoardâ means the State Allocation Board. (c) âCost of projectâ includes, but is not limited to, the cost of all real estate property rights, and easements acquired, and the cost of developing the site and streets and utilities immediately adjacent thereto, the cost of construction, reconstruction, or modernization of buildings and the furnishing and equipping, including the purchase of educational technology hardware, of those buildings, the supporting wiring and cabling, and the technological modernization of existing buildings to support that hardware, the cost of plans, specifications, surveys, and estimates of costs, and other expenses that are necessary or incidental to the financing of the project. For purposes of this section, âeducational technology hardwareâ includes, but is not limited to, computers, telephones, televisions, and video recording equipment. (d) (1) âGood repairâ means the facility is maintained in a manner that assures that it is clean, safe, and functional as determined pursuant to a school facility inspection and evaluation instrument developed by the Office of Public School Construction and approved by the board or a local evaluation instrument that meets the same criteria. Until the school facility inspection and evaluation instrument is approved by the board, âgood repairâ means the facility is maintained in a manner that assures that it is clean, safe, and functional as determined by the interim evaluation instrument developed by the Office of Public School Construction or a local evaluation instrument that meets the same criteria as the interim evaluation instrument. The school facility inspection and evaluation instrument and local evaluation instruments that meet the minimum criteria of this subdivision shall not require capital enhancements beyond the standards to which the facility was designed and constructed. In order to provide that school facilities are reviewed to be clean, safe, and functional, the school facility inspection and evaluation instrument and local evaluation instruments shall include at least the following criteria: (A) Gas systems and pipes appear and smell safe, functional, and free of leaks. (B) Mechanical systems, including heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems, satisfy the following: (i) Are functional and unobstructed. (ii) Appear to supply adequate amount of air to all classrooms, work spaces, and facilities. (iii) Maintain interior temperatures within normally acceptable ranges. (C) Doors and windows are intact, functional, and open, close, and lock as designed, unless there is a valid reason they should not function as designed. (D) Fences and gates are intact, functional, and free of holes and other conditions that could present a safety hazard to pupils, staff, or others. Locks and other security hardware function as designed. (E) Interior surfaces, including walls, floors, and ceilings, are free of safety hazards from tears, holes, missing floor and ceiling tiles, torn carpet, water damage, or other cause. Ceiling tiles are intact. Surfaces display no evidence of mold or mildew. (F) Hazardous and flammable materials are stored properly. No evidence of peeling, chipping, or cracking paint is apparent. No indicators of mold, mildew, or asbestos exposure are evident. There is no apparent evidence of hazardous materials that may pose a threat to the health and safety of pupils or staff. (G) Structures, including posts, beams, supports for portable classrooms and ramps, and other structural building members appear intact, secure, and functional as designed. Ceilings and floors are not sloping or sagging
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