Professional Report

newspaper of general circulation within the school district once each week for two consecutive weeks prior to the election.

As an alternative, the board of elections may provide an abbreviated form of the notice for the second notice if the notice includes an address for the web site of the newspaper, the school district, and the state’s public notice web site. Any notice published on one of these web sites shall be published in its entirety. A board of education may borrow money and issue notes in anticipation of the collection of current tax revenue. For current expense levies for a fixed period of time, the tax anticipation notes are limited to 50% of the anticipated proceeds for the remaining life of the levy (less an amount if previous tax anticipation notes were issued.) For continuing levies, the amount is limited to 50% of the estimated proceeds for the first ten years. However, the notes must be issued between Election Day and the date of the first tax collection of the new levy. For levies other than current expenses, the tax anticipation notes can be issued at any time after the election. The boards of education of any two or more school districts may, subject to the approval of the superintendent of public instruction, enter into agreements for the joint or cooperative construction, acquisition, or improvement of any building, structure, or facility benefiting the parties. A board of education shall prescribe rules and regulations for the occupancy of school houses that will secure a fair, reasonable and impartial use. Also, the board shall adopt a policy for the use of “school premises” by the “general public.” Fees may be charged. “School premises” are all indoor and outdoor structures, facilities, and land owned, rented, or leased by a school or school district. The “general public” is defined as members of the community, including students during non-school hours and school employees when not working in their scope of employment. A board of education may rent or lease facilities under its control to any public or nonpublic institution of higher education so long as the rental or lease does not interfere “with the public schools of the district” nor is for any purpose other than what is authorized by law. Boards may build, enlarge, repair, and furnish schoolhouses, purchase or lease sites to be used as playgrounds, or rent suitable schoolrooms either within or without their districts. If the board enters into a lease-purchase agreement, such agreement shall be for a series of one-year renewable leases which together will not exceed thirty years. The agreement shall provide that, at the end of the series of leases, the title to the property shall be vested with the school district or educational service center. The lease agreement may provide the payment of a lump sum payment as a condition for obtaining title to the leased property. A governing board of an educational service center may acquire, lease, lease-purchase, or enter into a contract to purchase, lease or lease- purchase, or sell real and personal property and may construct, enlarge, repair, renovate, furnish, or equip facilities for ESC purposes. A board of county commissioners may issue securities (i.e., raise debt) for an ESC to acquire facilities if the ESC agrees to pay an amount equal to the debt charges.

BORROWING

133.30 5705.194 5705.21

BUILDING PROGRAMS, COOPERATIVE

3327.92

BUILDINGS BY OUTSIDE GROUPS, USE OF

3313.75 through 3313.79

BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTION REPAIR, FURNISHING OF

3313.37 3313.375