Code: FA
Adopted: 6/17/10
Revised/Readopted: 4/18/17
Orig. Code(s): FA

To provide and maintain facilities that offer the best possible physical environment for learning and working, the Board aims specifically toward:

1. Providing buildings and renovations that will accommodate and facilitate those new organizational and instructional patterns that support the Northwest Regional Education Service District (NWRESD)’s educational philosophy and instructional goals;

2. Meeting all safety requirements when remodeling older structures;

3. Providing building renovations as needed to meet state and federal requirements on the accessibility and usability of facilities to persons with disabilities;

4. Building design, construction and renovation that will allow low maintenance costs and the conservation of energy;

5. Gathering and analyzing appropriate data to evaluate the district’s facilities needs on a long-range basis.

END OF POLICY

 Legal Reference(s):

• ORS 334.125
• OAR 437-001-0760
• OAR 437-002-0020 to -0075
• OAR 581-024-0275
• Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2629 (2006); Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986, 15 U.S.C.§§ 2641-2656 (2006).
• Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213; 29 C.F.R. Part 1630 (2006); 28 C.F.R. Part 35 (2006).
• Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008.

Cross Reference(s):

• ACA - Americans with Disabilities Act
  
• EB - Safety Program