Health & Life Safety Manual - Electronic Resource Center

Annual Building InspectionOverviewThe primary purpose of an annual inspection is to ensure that schools are safe, sanitary, and fitfor occupancy. It may also serve to confirm that school boards are making reasonable progresswith previously issued orders to effect compliance.By law, all public schools must be inspected at least once each year by the Regional Office ofEducation. This includes facilities that are leased or rented by the district and used for schoolpurposes. The extent and detail involved in an inspection depends upon the nature of thefacility to be inspected. Factors such as size, complexity, age, previous conditions, etc., shouldbe taken into consideration in planning and conducting inspections.Districts must maintain their school buildings in continuous compliance with minimum standardsand be inspected annually. During the course of the year, a particular facility may be inspectedat the discretion of the Regional Superintendent. Facilities may be inspected more frequently ifthe Regional Superintendent determines that it is necessary to do so.2-2