Code Number: 901.5
Educational Specifications
High school, middle school, and elementary school buildings considered for purchase, remodeling, or new construction in which an educational program is to be delivered must comply with the programmatic, functional, spatial, and environmental requirements as defined in the Board-approved educational specifications.
The educational specifications will outline for the architect the educational program to be contained within the building. The educational specifications will be reviewed and updated periodically as changes in the program dictate. Any site chosen for a building remodeling project or new construction must support the structure being designed and its intended use.
Educational specifications shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
- Educational philosophy statement for the grade levels involved
- Educational goals of each instructional program
- Program activities that will occur within the educational spaces
- Space summary by function and square footages
- Functional relationships review among activities
- Present and future student enrollment projections for the building
- New applications of instructional technology planned internal building requirements relating to:
- Heating and air conditioning
- Windows
- Floor coverings
- Water
- Lighting
- Acoustics
- Access for people and vehicles
- Security
- First Adoption:
- 2002-09-10
- Revision Adoption:
- December 14, 2009/ August 13, 2012/ February 27, 2017
- Legal Reference:
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Cedar Rapids Comm. School Distr., Linn County v. City of Cedar Rapids, 106
N.W. 2d 655 (1960), Iowa Code 73A.2, .18; 280.3, .14; 297
Iowa Code ยงยง 26; 544A.