Educational Specifications

Code No.: 809.3
EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS
Purpose: To insure the use of and provide guidelines for educational specifications in
architectural designs.
Policy: The Board and Superintendent, with the assistance of personnel, citizen advisory
groups, and consultants, shall prepare educational specifications which shall be used by
the architect in planning the building elements in such a way that they will aid and abet
the teaching and learning activities that will take place in the building that is planned.
The educational specifications shall provide the architect with an inventory of program
requirements, a statement of functional program relationships, a definition of the number
and character of classrooms, a description of needed specialized instructional facilities,
the educational requirements for such areas as library, outside activity sites, gymnasium,
cafeteria, auditorium, administrative suite, personnel and student service facilities, public
service or community service facilities and any other pertinent information which will be
of significance to the architect in visualizing what is expected of the proposed new
building, building addition, or renovation.
Approved 1/16/89
Reviewed 3/20/00
Reviewed 12/19/05
Reviewed 10/3/2011
Reviewed 4/3/17