R392-200-8. Construction and Maintenance of Physical Facilities

  (1) Floors, Walls, and Ceilings.

  All school building floors, walls, and ceilings shall be constructed with materials that are durable and easily cleanable. Floors, walls, and ceilings shall be clean and in good condition.

  (2) Lighting.

  (a) Lighting in all parts of the school building shall have the capability to provide at least the minimum required illumination levels listed in Table I when the building is in use. Permanently fixed artificial light sources must be provided.

TABLE 1

MINIMUM REQUIRED ILLUMINATION LEVELS

Task or Area Footcandle Level/Lux

General instructional

areas: Study halls,art rooms, lecture rooms,

libraries, and other areas 50/538

Special instructional

areas: Drafting rooms,

laboratories, shops,

and other rooms where

some fine detail work

is done 100/1076

Special instruction

areas: Sewing and

other rooms where fine

detail work is done 100/1076

Gymnasiums: Auxiliary

spaces, shower rooms

and locker rooms 30/323

Gymnasiums: Main

recreation spaces 50/538

Auditoriums, faculty

and staff lunchrooms,

assembly and multi-

purpose rooms, andsimilar areas not

used for classrooms 30/323

Corridors, stairs,

hallways, passageways,

storerooms, and

similar areas 10/108

Toilet rooms 10/108

Offices 50/538

  (b) All light fixtures located in shops, life skills, cafeterias, kitchens, food preparation areas, toilet rooms, shower areas, locker rooms, and gymnasiums shall have protective shields to contain broken glass if the bulb or tube is broken or shattered.

  (c) School personnel or contracted persons shall clean and repair light fixtures and replace burned out bulbs or lamps as often as necessary in order to maintain the illumination levels required in this section.

  (3) Ventilation.

  (a) Ventilation throughout the school must be in accordance with the requirements of the mechanical code adopted by the Utah Legislature under Section 15A-2-103.

  (b) Air ducts shall be maintained to prevent the entrance of dust, dirt, and other contaminating materials. Vehicles must be prohibited from parking in areas adjacent to and close enough to building air intakes to create a vehicle exhaust hazard and nuisance inside the structure.

  (4) Heating and Cooling.

  (a) Heating facilities must be installed, vented and maintained in a safe working condition. Portable combustion type space heaters are prohibited.

  (b) During cold weather, the governing body shall maintain the occupied areas of the school building at a temperature between 68 and 74 degrees Fahrenheit (20 and 26.3 degrees Celsius. Occupied areas of school buildings used for school activities which because of the nature of the activities require a temperature different from that of a classroom such as ice skating, aerobics, and swimming shall be maintained at the appropriate temperature for the activity. Temperatures shall also be maintained at an appropriate range for any students who qualify under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

  (c) During periods of hot weather when the outside temperature is 90 degrees Fahrenheit or higher when school is in session, the governing body shall employ either an automatic temperature monitoring system or a written plan executed by assigned staff to monitor the temperature of each occupied classroom, occupied auditorium, and occupied gymnasium in a school building. The equipment used for temperature monitoring must have a full range accuracy of plus or minus two degrees Fahrenheit (1.1 degrees Celsius). The frequency of temperature measurement may vary in the programming of the automatic system or in the staff executed temperature monitoring plan based on outside temperatures but must be often enough to assure that occupied areas don't exceed temperature maximums.

  (i) If the temperature readings taken in the classrooms, auditorium, or gymnasium are above 90 degrees Fahrenheit (36.3 degrees Celsius), the time shall be recorded and the temperature continuously monitored by the automatic system or the person measuring the temperature. If the temperature remains above 90 degrees Fahrenheit (36.3 degrees Celsius) for 90 consecutive minutes, the automatic system or person performing the monitoring shall alert the person in charge of the school and the person in charge shall order the removal of all students from the affected areas of the school. The governing body shall not allow students to return to affected areas until the temperature is at or below 79 degrees Fahrenheit (26.1 degrees Celsius). If there are insufficient areas of the school to accommodate students at temperatures below 90 degrees Fahrenheit (36.3 degrees Celsius), then school officials shall provide an alternative environment that meets the above temperature requirement such as providing alternative instructional activities or employing portable cooling equipment. School officials shall notify parents of children with special health care needs.

  (ii) The governing body shall have a written plan that identifies any groups of students that are unusually vulnerable to elevated temperatures and describes actions that will be taken when the recorded temperature in occupied classrooms, auditoriums or gymnasiums reaches 80 degrees Fahrenheit (26.7 degrees Celsius) and above. The written plan may be part of the school's emergency response plan.

  (5) Maintenance of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Equipment.

  (a) The governing body shall have qualified in-house or contracted service technicians conduct a heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning system inspection and necessary maintenance activities according to manufacturer recommendations at proper time intervals.

  (b) If the school has a boiler or other mechanical units required to be inspected and certified for use, the governing body shall make sure that the most recent boiler inspection certificate is posted in the boiler room. The certificate must be issued by the Utah Division of Boiler and Elevator Safety or an inspector who has been approved and deputized by the Division of Boiler and Elevator Safety.

  (6) Cleaning Physical Facilities.

  (a) The governing body shall make sure that floors, walls, ceilings, and attached equipment are kept clean.

  (b) In new or extensively remodeled schools, at least one utility sink or curbed floor sink shall be located on each floor. The governing body shall make sure personnel who perform cleaning tasks use this area for the cleaning of mops or similar wet floor cleaning tools and for the disposal of mop water or similar liquid wastes. The use of handwashing sinks for this purpose is prohibited.

  (7) Custodian Closets.

  (a) Custodial closets, equipment and supply storage rooms shall be kept clean and orderly and shall be kept locked if toxic supplies are present.

  (b) Storerooms or cabinets shall be provided for cleaning materials, pesticides, paints, flammables, or other hazardous or toxic chemicals, and for tools and maintenance equipment. Materials incompatible due to potential contamination or potential chemical reactions shall be separated from one another. These areas shall be kept locked and not used for any other purpose that is incompatible with the materials stored and shall comply with the fire code and any state amendments to the fire code that have been adopted by the Utah State Legislature.

  (c) Oiled mops, dust cloths, rags, and other materials subject to spontaneous combustion shall be properly stored in approved fire resistant containers as required by the fire code and any state amendments to the fire code that have been adopted by the Utah State Legislature.