The SFB is seeking public comment on several newly proposed policies that were presented to the Board on September 5, 2018 and October 3, 2018. Please put your written comments on company/district letterhead and attach them to your email. Also, please reference in your comments the specific policy, section(s), and subsection(s) for which you are providing feedback. Comments are due by close of business on October 26, 2018. Please send your written comments to [email protected].

Effective August 8, 2018, the Environmental Mitigation School Bus Replacement Program is accepting applications online via eCivis. In June, Governor Doug Ducey released a $38 million plan to purchase more than 280 new school buses in low-income communities across the State utilizing settlement funds from the Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust. Applications are due by September 28, 2018. Visit the Arizona Department of Administration's VW Settlement website for more information and to apply.

On September 5, 2018, the School Facilities Board adopted the Performance Specifications Policy and the Performance Specifications for Roofing. These Performance Specifications shall be used on all SFB-funded Building Renewal Grant and Emergency Deficiencies Correction projects. The SFB recommends that school districts use these Performance Specifications on their locally-funded projects as applicable.

The School Facilities Board, in collaboration with the Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) and the Department of Health Services (ADHS), is working with Arizona school districts to remediate potential sources of lead in drinking water. School districts may apply for Building Renewal Grant (BRG) funding to replace drinking fountains and sink faucets, install in-line filters and conduct post-corrective action testing to ensure the availability of safe drinking water in Arizona schools.

The following schedule has been established for school districts to submit their project paperwork to their SFB Liaison based upon the dates of the upcoming Board meetings. If a school district submits the project paperwork by the submittal deadline, the SFB Liaison will review the submission and determine if it is complete and may be included on the agenda for the next meeting.

The School Facilities Board (SFB) is working to identify schools with urethane rubberized flooring in gymnasiums, multi-purpose rooms, cafeterias and possibly classrooms. The presence of this flooring material does not automatically present a concern.  However, out of an abundance of caution, the SFB has teamed up with the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) and the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) to address health and environmental concerns, develop testing protocols, evaluate the data, and implement any necessary remediation measure