Policy 7.131

Coordinated Planning

1. Cooperation - The Superintendent/designee shall exchange data with local governments to coordinate planning in accordance with the Palm Beach County Interlocal Agreement with Municipalities of Palm Beach County and the School District of Palm Beach County to Establish Public School Concurrency, as amended ("Interlocal") for the term of the Interlocal. A copy of the Interlocal can be found on the District's Planning Department website at www. pbcschoolplanning. info.

2. Student Enrollment Projections - Using the Cohort Survivor method as its foundation, the District shall endeavor to improve enrollment projection methodologies pursuant to the adopted Interlocal. The following shall serve as inputs to the projections:

   1. By November 1st of each year, the Superintendent/designee will utilize the Florida Department of Education Student Enrollment Projections together with the local government and Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR) population projections to develop student enrollment projections.

   2. The District shall use annual estimates of new residential housing units as provided by the Palm Beach County Planning, Zoning and Building Department as a basis for public school student enrollment population projections.

   3. The District shall evaluate disaggregated projections of new residential housing units prepared by the Palm Beach County Planning, Zoning, and Building Department, considering the population projections contained in each local government's comprehensive plan and the Florida Department of Education Capital Outlay Full Time Equivalent (COFTE) student enrollment projections.

   4. The District shall endeavor to improve enrollment projection methodologies pursuant to the adopted Interlocal.

3. Student Enrollment Multipliers - The District shall apply student enrollment generation multipliers pursuant to the Interlocal.

4. Publication of Data :

   1. The District shall publish an annual update of the Five Year Capital Plan and Capital Budget.

   2. The District shall annually publish the first Full Time Equivalency (FTE) student enrollment count of all schools of each type in each Concurrency Service Area (CSA) and each individual school.

   3. Each year following the first FTE count, the Superintendent/designee shall publish updated data concerning school capacity that shall include:

      1. Enrollment of each individual school based on the first FTE student count;

      2. Actual capacity of each school;

      3. Number of students that may be housed at a facility given the current educational program; and

      4. Enrollment and capacity for all schools of each type in each CSA.

5. Update of Data. - The District shall specifically update the data regarding the utilization of the schools upon any of the following occurrences when:

   1. New capacity becomes operational; or

   2. School Capacity Study ("SCS") is approved; or

   3. Residential concurrency determinations are issued.

6. Coordinated Information. - On or before October 1 of each year the Superintendent/designee shall provide to each local government the adopted Program showing existing and planned public school facilities and construction.

7. Proposed School Sites

   1. Pursuant to Article VIII, Section G of the Interlocal, the Superintendent/designee shall coordinate planning and site location of educational facilities with each local government.

   2. The District will provide an updated comprehensive map series which shows school site(s) which are proposed for construction and the general location of planned schools in accordance with the adopted Five Year Capital Plan.

8. Infrastructure Requirements - Upon identifying specific sites for schools, the Superintendent/designee shall coordinate with the local government for the infrastructure required to support public school facilities in accordance with Florida Statute Chapters 163 and 1013 and the State Requirements for Educational Facilities ("SREF").