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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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Findings 4 findings
F1
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The Yuba County Office of Education has very limited responsibility over school construction projects and renovations.
F2
Page 56
The California state school construction and renovation codes are not clearly defined in one document.
F3
Page 56
To safeguard residents and office workers, it is required that buildings undergo rigorous inspections to meet building codes. For similar reasons, the Division of State Architect regulates school construction. The laws under which DSA operates allow certain school construction to escape their examination. If it is a school property, it is outside the jurisdiction of local building authorities. For construction to avoid oversight requires that certain conditions exist, and those conditions existed at 711 Olive Street. Despite the lack of oversight, because of the way that the current laws are written, the construction would have been legal had the school personnel scheduled the required fire inspections.
F4
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According to the Wheatland Fire Department, 711 Olive Street was not fire inspected until November 12, 2007, after the School Committee met with the Wheatland Fire Department.
Recommendations 4
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R1Page 56The Yuba County Office of Education should review and remind school districts of their responsibilities regarding state policies on construction, renovation, and inspections.
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R2Page 56The Yuba County Office of Education needs to create and publish a procedures manual outlining existing codes related to school construction and renovation projects and distribute them to all Yuba County school districts.
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R3Page 56The Yuba County Superintendent of Schools should address this issue of inspection authority with the State Superintendent of Schools and help propose revised school construction legislation that will require inspection for any building that will house children, regardless of whether they are students.
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R4Page 56The school district needs to maintain a log of all fire inspections of all district buildings to record all inspections and corrections. PASSED and ADOPTED by the Yuba County Grand Jury on the 3rd day of June, 2008. Yuba County Grand Jury Final Report June 26, 2008