Requires the legislature, beginning with the 2002-2003 school year, to allocate all moneys appropriated for physical plant operations and maintenance (AGS 807), including moneys for personal services, to the schools on the basis of their respective enrollments.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding two new sections to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§302A- Exemption from Hawaii public procurement code. (a) Beginning with the 2002-2003 school year, chapter 103D shall not apply to the procurement of goods, services, and construction by the department if the procurement is for physical plant operations and maintenance and if the amount of the procurement is less than $50,000; provided that:

§302A- Physical plant operations and maintenance; facilities vice-principals. (a) Beginning with the 2002-2003 school year, the legislature shall allocate all moneys appropriated for physical plant operations and maintenance (AGS 807), including moneys for personal services, to the schools on the basis of their respective enrollments.

(b) Beginning with the 2002-2003 school year, each school may create a facilities vice-principal position to oversee all matters relating to physical plant operations and maintenance, including the provision of personal services; provided that a group of schools within a complex, at the discretion of their respective principals, may share one or more positions if this is practical."

SECTION 2. Section 302A-1503, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b) In the case of fixtures that are to be installed in existing or new school facilities, the department of accounting and general services shall thereafter be responsible for the repair and maintenance of the donated fixtures. In the case of equipment that supports the school's curriculum and programs, the department of education shall thereafter be responsible for the repair and maintenance of the donated equipment.

Beginning with the 2002-2003 school year, the department shall be responsible for the repair and maintenance of all donated fixtures and equipment."

SECTION 3. Section 302A-1504, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§302A-1504[]] School-level minor repairs and maintenance accounts. (a) The department shall establish school-level minor repairs and maintenance accounts for the use of each public school, which shall not exceed $8,000 per school. The accounts shall be comprised of funds appropriated to the department for school-level minor repairs and maintenance and shall not be used for any other purpose, nor shall any other funds be deposited into the accounts.

(b) Funds in this account shall be expended at the direction of the school principal to contract for minor repairs and maintenance. Any funds appropriated for this purpose that are unencumbered at the close of each fiscal year shall lapse into the general fund.

(c) Each school principal, through the superintendent, shall submit a report annually to the department of accounting and general services on expenditures made from this account.

(d) This section shall be repealed on June 30, 2002."

SECTION 4. Section 302A-1505, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§302A-1505[]] Prioritization of repair and maintenance. Each school shall meet with the department of accounting and general services on an annual basis to advise the department of school needs. Before any repair and maintenance projects for the upcoming fiscal year are implemented, each individual school administration shall prioritize and approve its repair and maintenance needs, and approve the scope of the implementation plan for the individual projects. After schools have prioritized their repair and maintenance projects, a statewide list shall be prepared, reviewed, and approved by the department of education; provided that the department may make adjustments among schools and districts. Each school repair and maintenance priority listing shall be approved by the individual school administration and submitted to the department of accounting and general services for implementation. The department of accounting and general services shall implement the school repair and maintenance program in accordance with the priorities set forth by the individual school administration.

This section shall be repealed on June 30, 2002."

SECTION 5. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.