§ 16715 New Construction Area Limit

• •If a school replaces old, unsafe buildings with new ones, the new buildings can't be bigger than the old ones.
• •The size of school buildings must be measured the same way for all schools, using rules set by the school board.
• •This rule started in 1997 and became active in 1998.

A school wants to tear down a small, old building that is falling apart and build a new one.

The new building can't be bigger than the old one. If the old building was 5,000 square feet, the new one can't be 6,000 square feet. The school must also measure the size of the building the same way other schools do.