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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="5-312.1" title_number="5" title_name="Financing" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="State Aid for School Construction">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Beginning July 1, 2022, each school district shall adopt or update a school district energy policy.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A school district energy policy must:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Address the purchasing, conservation, and efficiency of energy for the school district;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Provide for the monitoring and reporting of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The amount of electricity used from renewable energy sources;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The percentage of the school district’s annual electricity use that is from renewable energy sources; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The school district’s overall electricity use by source and square foot; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Include current and historical data on the school district’s energy use by square foot.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In adopting or updating a school district energy policy, each school district is encouraged to set targets to increase the school district’s use of renewable energy and reduce the school district’s greenhouse gas emissions.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The school district energy policy shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Posted on the school district’s website; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Updated every 3 years.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>On or before January 1, 2022, the Interagency Commission shall coordinate with the Department of the Environment and the Maryland Energy Administration to develop a standardized reporting template that school districts can use to report on:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The amount of electricity from renewable energy sources that the school district used;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The percentage of the school district’s annual electricity use that is from renewable energy sources; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The school district’s overall electricity use by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Source;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Square foot; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Individual school, if possible.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
