Sec. 655.403. - Definitions.

In this Part 4, the following definitions apply and supersede any contrary or inconsistent definition in this Chapter: Auxiliary Facility means the spaces located at educational plants which are not designated for student occupant stations. Available Capacity means a factor to be used to determine school concurrency that is determined by current permanent FISH capacity plus portables + planned additional permanent seats plus portables over the applicable testing period according to the CIE less current student enrollment (for testing in the current year) or projected enrollment (for testing in year 3) based on State Capital Outlay Full-Time Equivalent (COFTE), adjusted to remove students generated by projected new housing stock. Capacity means the number of students that may be housed in a facility for the testing period based upon the permanent FISH capacity calculations plus portables. Capital Improvements means physical assets constructed or purchased to provide, improve or replace a public facility. The cost of capital improvement is generally nonrecurring and may require multi-year financing. Class Size Reduction means a provision to ensure that by July 1, 2010, there are sufficient number of classrooms in a public school so that (i) the maximum number of students who are assigned to each teacher in the public classrooms for pre-kindergarten through 3rd grade does not exceed 18 students; (ii) the maximum number of students who are assigned to each teacher in the public classrooms for 4th grade through 8th grade does not exceed 22 students; and (iii) the maximum number of students who assigned to each teacher in the public classrooms for 9th grade through 12th grade does not exceed 25 students. Core Facility means the cafeteria, media center, gymnasium, toilet facilities and circulation space of an educational facility. Concurrency Service Areas (CSAs) means the designation of an area within which the level of service will be measured when an application for a residential development order is reviewed. Cost per Student Station includes all costs of providing instructional and core capacity facilities as published in the Educational Specifications, State Requirements for Educational Facilities (SREF), Florida Building Code and designed using the standards listed in the Facilities Services Design Guidelines developed by the School District, including school facility construction cost, hurricane hardening of structures, required on and off-site infrastructure costs, including land, professional fees for architects, engineers, construction managers, design, DCPS athletic costs, buildings, equipment, furniture, and site improvements. Duval County Public Schools (DCPS) means the Duval County Public Schools District Educational Facilities means the public buildings and equipment, structures, and special educational use areas that are built, installed or established to serve educational purposes only. Educational Facilities Work Plan means the listing of capital outlay projects for a five-year period that is adopted by the DCPS as part of the educational facilities plan. The work plan must include a schedule of major repair and renovation projects necessary to maintain the educational and ancillary facilities and a schedule of capital outlay projects necessary to ensure the availability of satisfactory student stations for the projected student enrollment in K-12 programs. Education Plant Survey means a systematic study of educational and ancillary facilities conducted every five years, to evaluate existing facilities, and to plan for future facilities to meet proposed program needs. Financial Feasibility means an assurance that sufficient revenues are currently available or will be available from committed or planned funding sources for the 5-year capital improvements schedule. Five-Year Capital Facilities Plan means the adopted DCPS Five-Year Work Plan and Capital Improvements Budget as authorized by Section 1013.35, Florida Statutes. Florida Inventory of School Houses (FISH) Capacity means the report of the permanent capacity of existing public school facilities. The FISH capacity is the number of students that may be housed in a facility (school) at any given time based on a percentage of the total number of existing student stations and a designated size for each school type, based on the Department of Education (DOE) formulas. Interlocal Agreement Team (ILA Team) means a committee of staff members representing the DCPS, the City, the Office of General Counsel, and the Cities of Atlantic, Neptune and Jacksonville Beaches and the Town of Baldwin. Joint Planning Committee means a committee of elected and citizen members which provides advice to the DCPS, the City Council, and the other municipalities as established to comply with and implement Section 163.31777, Florida Statutes . Maximized Utilization means the use of student capacity at each school to the greatest extent possible, based on the adopted LOS and the total number of permanent student stations according to FISH inventory, taking into consideration core capacity, special programs, transportation costs, geographic impediments, court ordered desegregation, and class size reduction requirements to prevent disparate enrollment levels between schools of the same type and provide equitable distribution of student enrollment district-wide. Mitigation Banking means any system by which a residential developer or a group of developers may advance the cost of contributing land or constructing school facilities and be reimbursed by future residential development. Permanent FISH Capacity means permanent FISH capacity, plus portables, for each school type, based on the utilization rate as established by the State Requirements for Educational Facilities (SREF). Permanent Student Station means an area within a school that provides instructional space for a student, as specified by the FISH inventory. School Type means Elementary, Middle, and/or High School. State Requirements for Educational Facilities (SREF) means the Florida Department of Education's standards regulating the construction of educational facilities. Student Generation Rate shall be calculated for each school type by dividing the total number of public school students actually enrolled in that school type in Duval County by the number of total housing units for the same year. (Ord. 2007-1146-E, § 2)