Bills / H.B. 298
H.B. 298 School Design Amendments
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote (stopped here)
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill would ask the state school board to gather school building designs into a library that school districts may use as a starting point, though districts would not be required to use it. The bill would also have the board track school construction costs and post them on its website.
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Official description
- establishes a school building design library maintained by the state board
- requires the state board to develop standard designs for elementary, middle, high, and multi-level schools
- requires school districts to own and submit building designs developed using public funds
- authorizes school districts and charter schools to select designs from the library
- establishes periodic review and update requirements for the design library
- requires competitive bidding for architectural and engineering design fees
- mandates life-cycle cost analysis in building designs
- establishes public cost reporting and transparency requirements for school construction projects
- authorizes design-build as an alternative project delivery method
- makes technical changes
What it costs you
- State spending from tax funds goes up by $65,700 in FY2027.
From the bill's latest official fiscal note, counting the state's tax funds (General, Income Tax, Education, Uniform School, and Transportation) in the first full budget year after the session. Some bills take effect partway through that year, so later years can be larger; the note shows each year. Household count: U.S. Census Bureau. An average is a starting point, not your bill.
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Every vote
- 12 yes, 0 no, 3 absentHouse Education Committee: Amendment Recommendation · Feb 4, 2026Who voted how
- 4 yes, 8 no, 3 absentHouse Education Committee: House vote, which failed · Feb 4, 2026Who voted how
Hearings and debates
- Feb 4, 2026 House Education Committee▶ WatchRead the transcript (41 turns) →