4.2

4.12-23

posed site for the facility which shall be approved by the School Survey Section, State Department of Education, to insure that the site meets the minimum standards established by the State Board. No site shall be acquired for an area vocational school unless and until it has been recommended as meeting such minimum standards and approved by the state superintendent and State Board.

Approval of Plans. Procedures shall be the same as those described in Section 235.25 and 235.27, F. S. in the Florida School Laws and Section 130-2.27 of the Rules of the State Board of Education of Florida.

4.13 Clearance with Other State Agencies. Schools having an on-site sewage disposal system and an on-site potable water supply system must have such systems reviewed, inspected, and approved by the State Board of

Health.

Criteria in Determining Relative Priorities of Projects.

The following criteria will be considered by the State Board in establish-
ing project priorities, and projects will be undertaken in the order
determined by the application of such criteria in combination, insofar
as federal, state, and local funds are made available for such projects.

(a)

(b)

(c)

Population concentration of the service area

The number and rate of school dropouts in the county or counties comprising the service area

The number and rate of unemployment among out-of-school youth and adults in the service area

(d) The relative lack of vocational-technical training opportunities in the service area

(e)

(f)

(8)

(h)

The employment opportunities for persons trained in the occupations or occupational fields to be offered in the facility in relation to the total training needs and employment opportunities in the area and elsewhere

Evidence of adequate and continuing financial support by the county
or counties constituting the service area

Adherence to federal regulations that training shall be provided in
a minimum of five occupational fields and persons who have left
high school as well as those who have completed high school shall
be admitted to such training programs as regular students
Potential for increasing the effectiveness of ongoing

programs in the service area which are currently housed
in substandard, scattered, and obsolete facilities

(1) Written evidence that the county superintendent and board of the county or counties comprising the service area desire to have the total adult vocational-technical program administered by the area school.

4.3 Terms and Conditions of Approved Projects

The following terms and conditions must be met before projects will be approved by the State Board:

(a) The provisions and requirements of state building codes as
prescribed by the State Board of Education and the State
Board of Health must be met unless modifications are author-
ized by the State Board of Education, and the architect, duly
registered in Florida, of the project is responsible for see-
ing that the standards are observed

(b) The facility will be functional and meet the needs of the persons and communities to be served and will not be uneconomic or elaborate and extravagent in design

(c) Assurance by the State Board that sufficient funds will be available to meet the state and local share of construction costs

(d) Sufficient state and local funds will be available after
construction for effective use of the facility for the
purposes for which it is being constructed as determined
by the Minimum Foundation Program fund formula

(e) Title to the land on which the facility is located or constructed must be held in fee simple by a participating County board

(f) Representatives of the U. S. Office of Education and such
other persons as the Commissioner may designate will have
access at all reasonable times to the project wherever it
is in preparation or progress, and the contractor shall
provide proper facilities for such access and inspection

(g) All contractors and subcontractors on all construction projects assisted under the Vocational Education Act of 1963 will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act (Act of March 3, 1931, P. L. 798, 71st

4.4

Congress, 46 Stat. 1494 as amended, 40 U. S. C. 276a-276a-5) and 29 CFR Part I (See 29 F.R. 95); and shall receive overtime compensation in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Contract Work Hours Standards Act (P. L. 87581, 76 Stat. 357, 40 U. S. C. 327-332), that such contractors and subcontractors shall comply with the provisions of 29 CFR Part 3 (See 29 F. R. 97), and that all construction contracts and subcontracts shall incorporate the contract clauses required by 29 CFR 5.5(a) and (c) (See 29 F.R. 100, 101).

Inspection and Acceptance of Construction

All new construction to be paid from capital outlay funds derived from state sources shall be inspected by a designated representative of the state superintendent of public instruction for the purpose of insuring that the completed building conforms to approved plans and specifications. The county board of public instruction of any county in which such work is performed shall withhold ten per cent of the contract price until a certificate is issued by the office of the state superintendent stating that all work has been completed in accordance with the approved plans and specifications.

(1) The certificate of the state superintendent will not be
issued until:

(a) A certificate is received from the county board
of public instruction certifying that all work

has been completed in accordance with the approved
plans and specifications.

(b) The completed work has been inspected by a representative of the state superintendent and found to be in accordance with the approved plans and specifications.

(2) In cases where completed construction fails to conform to
the approved plans and specifications, the representative
of the state superintendent shall call such non-conformance
to the attention of the county superintendent and the archi-
tect for the project and request compliance. Failure to
conform to the minimum requirements of State Statutes and
State Board of Education regulations shall result in an
improper expenditure and constitute sufficient cause for
the withholding of state capital outlay funds until the
county shall have reimbursed the state capital outlay funds
in full for the improper expenditure. (Chapter 130-2,
Section 130-2.31, Rules of the State Board of Education)

The same provisions for inspection and acceptance apply
in the case of any alterations or additions to existing
public school structures to be paid from capital outlay
funds derived from state sources.

All facilities pertinent to school plants shall comply with provisions of Chapter 130-2, "School Buildings," Rules of the State Board of Education.

5.11-1 Local Educational Agency. The work-study program will be administered by the local educational agency and made reasonably available (to the extent of available funds) to all qualified youth, in the area served by such agency, who are able to meet the requirements for eligibility described in part 5.12 of this Section.

5.11-2 State Board. Administration of the work-study program shall be the responsibility of the county board as provided above. The program shall be conducted under the supervision of and shall meet all regulations and minimum standards established by the State Board as provided in part 2.1, Section II of this Plan.

5.11-21

Maximum Annual Expenditure for Developing and Administering Work-Study Program. No more than one per cent of the annual federal allocation under this Section or $10,000 (whichever is greater) shall be spent in developing and administering the work-study program.

5.11-22 Allocation for Student Compensation. All federal funds allocated annually under this Section shall be used for compensation of students except for the expenditure described in part 5.11-21 above.

5.11-23

Fiscal Control and Fund Accounting. Accounts
and supporting documents verifying expenditures
of federal, state, and local funds shall be
adequate to permit an accurate and expeditious
audit of the program. An audit of state and
local receipts and expenditures shall be made
by the state auditor and his staff to in-
sure that funds are spent in accordance with
state laws and State Board regulations and to
determine the accuracy of accounting as pro-.
vided in part 6.22, Section VI of this Plan.