(a) All building plans for new public school facilities may include a tornado shelter or a designated reinforced area designed to withstand tornadoes and high-speed winds.
(b)
(1) School districts shall be required to generate funds to meet the requirements of subsection (a) of this section.
(2) School districts may apply for grant funds to assist in the construction of a tornado shelter or a designated reinforced area in new public school facilities.
(3) In calculating the amount of state financial participation in a facilities project that includes a tornado shelter or designated reinforced area, the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation shall deduct from the project cost the total amount of grant funds received by the school district for the shelter or area.
(c) Facilities constructed under this section will be subject to review under § 6-20-1407.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally
Chapter 21 - School Property and Supplies
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 6-21-101. Authority to permit use of public school buildings for community purposes
§ 6-21-102. Donation of laboratory equipment seized under drug paraphernalia law
§ 6-21-103. Authority to contract for military training equipment — Costs
§ 6-21-104. Distribution of surplus commodities in school lunch program
§ 6-21-105. Braille and large print textbooks
§ 6-21-106. Fire hazards inspection before closing for breaks
§ 6-21-107. Official computer use policy — Definitions
§ 6-21-109. Rules governing public works projects — Definition
§ 6-21-110. Rules governing disposition of school property — Definitions
§ 6-21-111. Appropriate computer usage for minors — Definitions
§ 6-21-112. Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation
§ 6-21-113. Advisory Committee on Public School Academic Facilities
§ 6-21-114. Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation — Created
§ 6-21-115. Name of division — Operation — Director
§ 6-21-116. Tornado shelter construction
§ 6-21-117. Leased academic facilities
§ 6-21-118. Taxation of public school buildings — Definition