BILL · 2023–24 SESSION
SB 5343: School construction costs
Reducing costs and increasing efficiency in school construction.
Summary
- Directs the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish a repository of exemplary, modifiable basic, or standard plans for new school building construction, and make such plans available for review and use by school districts seeking state funding assistance.
- Provides ten additional percentage points of state funding assistance to school districts that use a plan selected from the repository.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 12, 2023
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Mark Schoesler (R-9)
- Introduced
- January 12, 2023 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 8, 2024
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to reducing costs and increasing efficiency in school construction through the use of modifiable standard school construction plans;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Mark Schoesler (R-9)
12 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 10 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.
SB 5343 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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- SB 5343 (2015–16) Transit construction/parking
- SB 5343 (2013–14) Higher ed students/military
- SB 5343 (2011–12) Anaerobic digester emissions
- SB 5343 (2009–10) CPA's and enrolled agents