Section 17280 Of Article 3. Approvals From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 10.5. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 3.
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. (a) (1) The Department of General Services under the police
power of the state shall supervise the design and construction of any
school building or the reconstruction or alteration of or addition
to any school building, if not exempted under Section 17295, to
ensure that plans and specifications comply with the rules and
regulations adopted pursuant to this article and building standards
published in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, and to
ensure that the work of construction has been performed in accordance
with the approved plans and specifications, for the protection of
life and property. Nothing in this section shall be construed to
allow a school district to perform work with its own forces in excess
of the limitations set forth in Sections 17595 and 17599. In
calculating the cost of any project of reconstruction or alteration
of, or addition to, any school building for the purpose of
determining the applicability of the rules and regulations adopted
pursuant to this article and building standards published in Title 24
of the California Code of Regulations, the Department of General
Services shall not include, as an element of that cost, any expenses
of air-conditioning equipment or insulation materials for that
building, or of installing the equipment or materials.
(2) In the alternative, for a leased or purchased building, a
school district may comply with this section by complying with
Section 17280.5.
(b) Whenever repairs due to fire damage, not including any damage
caused by wind or earthquake, must be made to any school building
previously approved by the Department of General Services, the
approved plans and specifications used in the original work under
then existing rules, regulations, and building standards may be used
without modification, providing all other provisions of this article
are carried out.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no school district
shall be authorized to construct or reconstruct any school building,
regardless of the source of funding, unless and until the governing
board of the district, by resolution, has indicated the agreement of
the district that any school building construction or reconstruction
that exceeds those construction costs and allowable area standards or
any allowable building area computed for an attendance area pursuant
to Section 17041 shall, in the event of the district's subsequent
application for state funding for school facility construction, be
deducted from the allowable building area for which the district
would otherwise have been eligible, which restriction shall not be
subject to waiver or exception as otherwise may be provided by law.
(d) If it is determined that, for any reason, a school district
failed to comply with the requirement of this section, the district
shall not be eligible for any additional building area pursuant to
Section 17049 and may be denied any time priority established for the
particular project pursuant to Section 17016.