# COMAR Title 14 — Independent Agencies

## Subtitle 39 — Interagency Commission on School Construction

### Chapter 02 — Administration of the Public School Construction Program

#### Regulation .16 Capital Maintenance Projects.

*COMAR 14.39.02.16*

A. This regulation applies to capital maintenance projects approved in the State capital improvement program. Capital maintenance projects may also be referred to as “systemic renovation” projects.

B. A capital maintenance project:

  (1) Extends for at least 15 years the life of a properly maintained school building or component that is 16 years old or older;

  (2) Installs, upgrades, replaces, or renovates one of the following building systems or system components:

    (a) Architectural and structural;

    (b) Mechanical;

    (c) Plumbing;

    (d) Electrical;

    (e) Fire safety;

    (f) Communications; and

    (g) Vertical conveying systems; and

  (3) May include reasonably related components of other building systems as determined by the IAC or its designee.

C. Requests.

  (1) An LEA may submit a request to the IAC to fund a capital maintenance project in the following circumstances:

    (a) The project has not been released for solicitation; or

    (b) The project has been released for solicitation after being deemed eligible but deferred due to fiscal constraints by the IAC in a prior fiscal year and has design development and construction document approvals by the IAC.

  (2) The request may only be for eligible expenditures in a project for which the total estimated construction cost is:

    (a) At least $200,000; or

    (b) Less than $200,000 but more than $100,000 when the LEA does not have any capital maintenance project requests that exceed $200,000 in estimated construction costs.

  (3) A county board may bundle, for approval and procurement purposes:

    (a) Similar capital maintenance projects at different schools; and

    (b) Interrelated capital maintenance projects at a single school.

D. Procedures. The requirements of Regulation .15B, F, and I—M of this chapter and COMAR 14.39.03 apply to capital maintenance projects approved in the State capital improvement program.