AR HB1257

Requires each public school district to employ at least one school district employee who has completed or will complete the Certified Facilities Director certification program within three years

The certification program must be offered by the Arkansas School Plant Management Association or a similar program approved by the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation

Modifies reporting requirements under the Academic Facilities Master Plan Program to require reports by February 1 of each year identifying unused or underutilized public school facilities

Allows the state division to identify facilities as unused or underutilized if school districts fail to report them, with school districts able to appeal such identifications to the commission

Requires reporting on unused facilities designated in the district's facilities master plan for reuse, renovation, or demolition as part of committed or planned construction projects