Delaware Administrative Code
Title 14 - Education
400 - Construction
401 - Major Capital Improvement Program
Section 401-4.0 - Approval of Educational Specifications, Schematic Design Plans, Design Development Plans, and Construction Drawings

4.1 Educational Specifications shall be approved by the local school board and forwarded to the Department of Education for informational purposes. The Department of Education may provide comments on Educational Specifications at its discretion.

4.2 All Schematic Design Plans, Design Development Plans and Final Construction Drawings shall be approved by the local school board and the Department of Education. The Department of Education requires one set of each, including a signed and sealed Final Construction Drawings and specifications.

4.3 The local school district must involve all applicable state, local and municipal regulatory agencies in reviewing Final Construction Drawings before the start of construction. Copies of all applicable state, local and municipal agency approvals shall be maintained in the local school district construction files. Required state agency approvals are noted in the State of Delaware School Construction Technical Assistance Manual, which is available on the Department of Education's website.

4.4 Major Capital Improvement Program projects that do not include structural changes or wall modifications such as, but not limited to, window replacement, HVAC, electrical or plumbing infrastructure upgrades do not require submission of construction specifications or plans to the Department of Education.