Healthy, High Performance School Facilities:

Developments in State Policy

 

Maryland

Citation: Maryland Education Code §5-312 (2008 Md. Senate Bill 208); Md. Regs. Code §§ 23.03.02.03(B)
Effective: July 1, 2008
Available: Law, Regulations

This law establishes that a new school receiving state public school construction funds must be constructed as a high performance building. The law defines a high performance building as one that meets the LEED Silver rating or a comparable rating of another nationally-recognized standard approved by the state. The law established that, from 2010-2014, the state would pay 50% of the local share of the increased costs of constructing the school to meet the new standard. The law also directed the Interagency Commission on School Constructiont o adopt regulations to implement the law. The Board has promulgated regulations requiring the Interagency Commission  to include high performance school design as a criterion for evaluating the merits of both school planning approval and funding approval requests.

 

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