Series 7000: New Construction

7115 Developing Educational Specifications

Where a proposed construction project involves all or a portion of a building where instruction takes place, the Superintendent of Schools will authorize preparation of educational specifications for the project. These specifications may be prepared with the assistance of the  professional staff and the advice of outside consultants. 

Upon completion, the specifications will be presented to the Board of Education for its approval and, upon acceptance, they will be furnished to the Building Committee and its architect for use in preparing and drafting plans. 

Educational specifications should take the following into consideration: 

1. applicable information on school organization and estimated enrollment;

2. description of proposed curriculum and teaching methods and techniques to be used; 

3. space requirements, including a desired layout of special areas and equipment for such area; 

4. any references to standard codes and regulations which may affect planning; and 

5. compliance, beginning July 1, 2014, with the school safety infrastructure standards developed by the School Safety Infrastructure Council. 

These specifications are intended to constitute a written communication to the architect that identifies the nature of the educational programs to be served by the new construction, the  desired relationships among the various major areas of the building, the design objectives and the  various facilities required. 

The educational specifications should enable the architect to exert his/her creative ability, imagination, and technical and artistic skills in designing facilities that best suit the educational  programs, safety and other considerations applicable to new facilities development and construction. 

(cf. 7230 – Design and Process) 

(cf. 7230.1 – Energy Conserving Construction) 

(cf. 7230.2 – Indoor Air Quality) 

(cf. 7410 – Project Bids and Quotations)

Legal Reference:

Connecticut General Statutes 

10-283 Applications for grants for school building projects 

10-284 Receipt and review of applications by Commissioner of Education. 

Approval or disapproval of applications by Commissioner of Construction Services (as amended by Section 81 of P.A. 13-3) 

29-315 Fire extinguishing system required for certain buildings for human occupancy; other occupancies. (as amended by P.A. 01-173) 

Public Act 13-3 An Act Concerning Gun Violence Prevention and Children’s Safety (Sections 80, 81) 

Policy adopted: February 12, 2018 THOMASTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Thomaston, Connecticut