RULE NUMBER: Policy 7.21.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To implement the Florida Building Code in this school district, including interpretations of the Code and stop-work orders.

SUMMARY: Revises the Policy in accordance with recent changes in the K-20 Education Code and the Florida Building Code. The revision provides for the District's building official to render interpretations of the building code and issue stop-work orders when work on any District building, structure, or electrical, gas, mechanical, or plumbing system is found to be contrary to the provisions of the Florida Building Code.

SPECIFIC RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: §§ 553.73(4)(a); 1001.41(2); 1001.42(22); and 1001.43(4), Fla. Stat.

LAWS IMPLEMENTED: Art. XII § 9(a), (d), Fla. Constitution; §§ 553.71(5); 553.73(4)(a); 553.80(6); 1001.42(9); 1001.43(4); 1013.12; and 1013.37, 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.SchoolBoardPolicies.com/revisions.htm.

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

PERSON ORIGINATING THE PROPOSED RULE REVISION: Tom Hogarth.

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

DATE PROPOSED RULE WAS APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD: March 24, 2003.

PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED: March 10, 2003, in The Palm Beach Post.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE: Adoption of the proposed Policy is anticipated to be considered at the Board's Special Meeting on Policies on April 28, 2003, anticipated to begin at 2:00 p.m. in the Board Chambers at 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla. The meeting is open to the public.