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An Act To Include Security Installations and Upgrades in Maine's School Revolving Renovation Fund
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §6006-F, sub-§3, ¶A, as amended by PL 2011, c. 153, §1, is further amended to read:
 
A. To make loans to school administrative units for school repair and renovation.
 
(1) The following repair and renovation needs receive Priority 1 status:
 
(a) Repair or replacement of a roof on a school building;
 
(b) Bringing a school building into compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 United States Code, Section 12101 et seq.;
 
(c) Improving air quality in a school building;
 
(d) Removing or abating hazardous materials in a school building; and
 
(f) Undertaking other health, safety and compliance repairs, including installations or improvements necessary to increase school facility security.
 
(2) Repairs and improvements related to a school building structure, windows and doors and water or septic systems receive Priority 2 status.
 
(3) Repairs and improvements related to energy and water conservation receive Priority 3 status.
 
(4) Upgrades of learning spaces in school buildings receive Priority 4 status.
 
(5) The Commissioner of Education may approve other necessary repairs;
 
SUMMARY
This bill amends the law governing the School Revolving Renovation Fund to specify that Priority 1 status loans made to school administrative units for school repair and renovation include loans for the installations or improvements necessary to increase school facility security.