WAC 392-343-605. Emergency repair grant applications—Contents of applications

The superintendent of public instruction may allocate any funds specifically appropriated for this purpose by the legislature to school districts for emergency repair projects for school buildings which present imminent health and safety hazards for building occupants in accordance with the following process and eligibility criteria: (1) A school district board of directors shall approve and present to the superintendent of public instruction a written application for emergency repair funding on a form provided by the superintendent of public instruction. (2) The application and accompanying documentation shall include, but not be limited to: (a) Certification of the unrestricted balance, if any, of the district's general fund and capital projects fund and that all avenues of local funding have been exhausted; (b) A determination and description of available alternative housing options for occupants of the building; (c) A detailed description of the nature of the emergency repair; (d) A detailed description of the nature and extent of the imminent health and safety hazards that exist, and the extent they would be alleviated by the emergency repair; (e) Evidence that the district is aggressively pursuing civil remedies against the responsible party or parties as appropriate; (f) Certification by a health official, fire official, building official, labor and industries official or other independent and competent authority that an imminent health and safety hazard to building occupants of a specified nature and extent exists unless the emergency repairs are made; and (g) The estimated cost of the emergency repairs based upon an estimate made by two or more independent, qualified cost estimators. (h) A plan for repayment of the grant.