.12 Eligible Expenditures.

The following expenditures may be eligible for State funding:

A. Planning, including feasibility studies, programs, educational specifications, equipment specifications, and other planning work that occurs prior to the start of design.

B. Design expenses and other ancillary costs, including architectural and engineering fees, construction management services, geotechnical surveys, and other services necessary to complete the architectural specifications for a school project.

C. New construction, as follows:

(1) Construction of a new school facility, that is, work necessary to construct a new school facility, including building and site development;

(2) Additions to an existing facility, that is, work necessary to increase space at an existing school facility, including:

(a) Building and site development; and

(b) Work to physically integrate the addition into the existing school;

(3) Replacement of a building or building portion, that is, work necessary to reconstruct a school facility that cannot be economically repaired or renovated, including building and site development; and

(4) Modular construction, that is, factory-fabricated structures that have the same quality systems and materials as used for permanent school construction and that meet the standards of the COMAR 05.02.04;

D. Renewal or renovation, that is, the work necessary to restore and modernize an existing school facility or a portion of a facility that is 16 years or older;

E. Capital maintenance projects as set forth in Regulation .16 of this chapter;

F. State-owned relocatable facilities as set forth in Regulation .16 of this chapter;

G. Temporary facilities, including utilities and relocatable facilities, that are necessary on-site during construction of a State-funded project;

H. Equipment and furnishings as defined by the IAC;

I. Real time utilities metering measurement and verification equipment as defined by the IAC;

J. Off-site development costs required by local, State, or federal agencies;

K. Emergency repairs as set forth in Regulation .17 of this chapter;

L. E-rate eligible special construction broadband infrastructure projects, including offsite development costs, for E-rate eligible applicants consistent with 47 C.F.R. 54.505, through the State funding of grants to local boards of education.