RULE NUMBER: Policy 7.125.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To implement a waiver approved by the State Board of Education on January 21, 2003, for Charter District status, granting an exemption from certain requirements of the Department of Education regarding the Castaldi analysis to validate the Educational Plant Survey or an amendment of the survey.

SUMMARY: This Policy will implement a statutory exemption allowing the Board to consider additional criteria beyond the age of the building and its estimated replacement cost to determine if a building should be replaced, subject to certain stated criteria and oversight by the Construction Oversight Review Committee. If the results of a standard Castaldi analysis indicate that the District should renovate a building, the District may apply additional criteria to make the determination; and if the District decides to replace the building, local funds will be used to pay for the cost of the replacement.

SPECIFIC RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: §§ 1001.41(2); 1001.42(22); 1001.43(4); and 1003.62(2), Fla. Stat.

LAWS IMPLEMENTED: §§ 1001.41(1), (3); 1001.42(4), (9), (10); 1003.62(2) and exemption from aspects of § 1013.03(10)(a), Fla. Stat.

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COST (OPTIONAL, IF ONE HAS BEEN PREPARED): None. Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or to provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative, must do so in writing within 21 days of the publication of this Notice.

TEXT OF PROPOSED RULE: Is available from the District's web at www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/policies/revisions.htm or www.SchoolBoardPolicies.com/revisions.htm.

CONTACT PERSON: Joe Sanches, 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406.

PERSON ORIGINATING THE PROPOSED REVISION: Joe Sanches, et al.

SUPERVISOR OR PERSON WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Dr. Art Johnson.

DATE PROPOSED RULE WAS APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD: February 17, 2003.

PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED: February 3, 2003, in The Palm Beach Post.

HEARING: As approved by the School Board on February 17, 2003, pursuant to Fla. Stat. § 120.54(3), no further public hearing will be held on this proposed rule unless the Clerk of the School Board receives a written request, with copy to the Office of Chief Counsel, from an affected person within 21 days of the Feb. 24th publication date of this notice. Thus, the proposed Policy should be adopted and effective on March 24, 2003 (28 days after publication of this notice).