School facilities: inspections: examination and evaluation.

The Field Act requires the Department of General Services under the police power of the state to supervise the design and construction of any school building or the reconstruction or alteration of or addition to any school building, if not exempted, to ensure that plans and specifications comply with adopted rules and regulations, and building standards published in regulations, and that the work of construction is performed in accordance with the approved plans and specifications for the protection of life and property. The act also requires the department to make inspections of the school buildings and of the work of construction or alteration that, in its judgment, is necessary or proper for the enforcement of these requirements and the protection of the safety of the pupils, the instructors, and the public. The act requires the department, among other things, to require specified examinations and evaluations of those providing inspections. This bill would require the department to revise the inspector examination to be done not later than 36 months after the last revision, revise the inspector competency reevaluation to occur not later than 48 months after the last evaluation, and include in the inspector competency evaluation and reevaluation the meeting of specified education and training requirements as specified by the department.