Morris School District
MORRIS SCHOOL DISTRICT
Morristown, New Jersey 07960

Policy
File Code: 7110
Monitored: X
Mandated:
Other Reasons
LONG-RANGE FACILITIES PLANNING

To ensure that district facilities will be able to meet the future needs of the educational program, the board directs the or his/her designee to develop procedures for collecting relevant information, including but not limited to:
  1. The changing educational needs of the district;

  2. Relations with the total community;

  3. Plant and site aesthetics;

  4. Changing makeup of district population as to age distribution, educational levels, etc.;

  5. Community planning and zoning;

  6. Financial ability of the school district;

  7. Safety and welfare of pupils;

  8. True economy reflecting full value for each tax dollar expended;

  9. Optimum access for disabled pupils;

  10. Relationship between projected new facilities and those that already exist.
Planning for major rehabilitation or remodeling will be incorporated into the Morris School District Long Range Facilities and Maintenance Plans on a scheduled basis.

All existing school facilities will be evaluated annually for their suitability to current district needs. Any facilities found to be substandard according to the administrative code shall be corrected as quickly as possible in compliance with law.

Date: April 14, 1986
December 10, 2001 First Reading
January 14, 2002 Approved

Legal References:
N.J.S.A. 18A:7F-7 Appropriation by school district of undesignated fund balance; amounts allowable
N.J.S.A. 18A:7F-26 Distribution of state aid for facilities
N.J.S.A. 18A:7G-1 through -44 et al. Educational Facilities Construction and Financing Act
N.J.S.A. 18A:11-2 Power to sue and be sued; report; census of school children
N.J.S.A. 18A:33-1 District to furnish suitable facilities; adoption of courses of study
N.J.S.A. 18A:33-1.1 Substandard facility; approval; inspection; abandonment
N.J.A.C. 5:23-1.1 et seq. Uniform Construction Code
See particularly:
N.J.A.C. 5:23-1.1, -3.1, -3.11 B
N.J.A.C. 5:23-7.1 et seq. Barrier Free Subcode
N.J.A.C. 6:8-2.1 Reporting requirements
N.J.A.C. 6:8-2.2 School-level planning
N.J.A.C. 6:8-4.1 Review of mandated programs and services
N.J.A.C. 6:19-2.5 Designation of general fund balances
N.J.A.C. 6:20-1.1 through -1.3 Attendance and Pupil Accounting
N.J.A.C. 6:22-1.1 et seq. School Facility Planning Service
N.J.A.C. 6A:24-1.1 et seq. Urban Education Reform in the Abbott Districts
See particularly:
N.J.A.C. 6A:24-3.1, -3.4, -4.1, -4.2, -7.1, -8.1
N.J.A.C. 6A:30-1.4 Evaluation process for the annual review

Manual for the Evaluation of Local School Districts (August 2000)

Cross References:
2240 Research, evaluation and planning
2255 Action planning for T&E certification
3100 Budget planning, preparation and adoption
3220/3230 State funds; federal funds
3260/3270 Sale and disposal of books, equipment and supplies; sale, licensing and rental of property
3360 Rental/long-term leasing
7114.2 Temporary facilities
Key Words
Long-range Facilities Planning, Planning, Facilities
 

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