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Show 8B The Salt Lake Tribune Wednesday, September T 12, 1984 Study Says State Building Needs Fixing Adult High School Program Approved by State Board Courses in physical education, arts and healthy lifestyles will not be mandatory requirements for adult students seeking high school diplomas, the Utah State Board of Education has decided. Board members recently approved adult basic and adult high school program and program standards for these older students who either missed out on or initially failed to complete high school during their traditional student years. Arts, healthy lifestyles and P.E. courses are mandatory graduation requirements for traditional high school students (ages In approving the adult graduation standards and program, board members asked the Utah State Office of Education to return with adult high school graduation requirements listing the three course areas as optional electives adults can take if they wish to complete the same requirements as younger high school students. This way, board members decided, adult students who dont want to take the three courses won't have to and those who do will be aware of them and can take them as electives. When the state school office staff makes the modifications, the requirements will be taken to board members again for their final approval. The question of whether the three courses were applicable to adults completing high school graduation requirements engendered some disagreement among board members when it was first brought to the state board in a meeting last month. State school office staff recommended that these courses, which represent 3.5 credits of the 24 required for high school graduation, not be mandatory for adult students who return to high school studies to earn their diplomas. Although the board ended up agreeing with the recommendation to shift the three courses to optional electives for adult students, some An independent study says the ing at fers state Agriculture 350 N. Redwood from BuildRoad suf- inadequate air conditioning and heating and questions whether the building meets seismic codes. The study estimates it will cost more than $1 million to correct the problems. The buildings architect argues that the study is filled with inaccuracies and inflated costs. "All the study) did was assemble pictures, statements and letters from the building board and the state Department of Agriculture and make conclusions, said Dan Losee. The information the conclusions were drawn on were inaccurate. However, state school office officials said adult students have families to care for, jobs and other obligations other high school students have yet to experience, and that to force them to take gym and health classes would decrease the number willing and able to obtain a high school diploma. The officials told the board the program would include provisions to keep regular high school students from dropping out before their 18th year and then entering the adult program in order to avoid the three courses. primarily that the air conditioning and heating system is not keeping the temperature and humidity in the building constant. Besides discomfort, the fluctuating conditions can disrupt laboratory work conducted in the building, said Mr. Christopher Nelson, director of the Division of Facilities Construction and Management, said the study is based on accurate data and is basically correct although he also questions some of the cost estimates. "I can say that the costs will be something below $1 million, he said. Next month, the division will recommend solutions and cost estimates to the building board, which is expected to forward them to the Legislature when it convenes in January. The study was requested by the Department of Agriculture. It points out several deficiencies in the building. Nelson. Other deficiencies, characteriby Mr. Nelson as minor, are the need to seal several cracks in the concrete caused when it settled, the need to replace or repair the third-floo- r ceiling to conform with fire codes, the need for a perimeter drainage system to prevent seepage into the building and replacing the emergency battery system, which has not performed zed adequately, with an emergency generator. The blame for the problems, if there is any, should be split between the designer, the Department of Agriculture and the Division of Facilities Construction and Management, he said. Mr. Losee said the problem with the heating and air conditioning system lies with the buildings janitor, whom he said does not have the expertise to operate it. Mr. Nelson agreed that may be a large part of the problem, but said, "From day one, there have been problems. The report also questions whether the building is safe seismically. ). SAVE 36 TO 48 PRINTED PERCALE SHEET SETS COMPARE ROSS PRICE members expressed reservations, saying requirements should be the same for adult students as for others. Auditor to Check Fiscal Policies Of Layton City State Auditor W. Val Oveson said Tuesday he will enter the Layton City fiscal controversy, but as a teacher to help correct procedural deficiencies, and not as an investigator. "The investigating is done, and we will not do our own investigation, Mr. Oveson said at a press conference. "We don't need to be asked to enter . . . state law gives us authority on our own to do that. On Monday, Davis County Attorney Loren D. Martin said he would file criminal charges against a former city aide and he asked the Lay-to- n City Council to promptly ask the state auditor to enter the matter. The controversy, which has divided citizens and officials into bitter camps, swirls around financial operations allegedly not conforming to state law or commonly accepted procedures. Substructure Has Control Mr. Martin had said a substructure of city officials and workers has gained control of city government and thrown up a wall the City Council cannot penetrate. He alleged city funds have been issued illegally, purchasing policies are lax and salaries of certain aides are too high. Mr. Oveson said he would not look into allegations of misuse of city funds, nor would he review salaries. As to the former, Mr. Martin should handle the matter; as to the latter, the question is best left to the voters at election time, Mr. Oveson said. Mr. Oveson said he had been in touch with Mr. Martin during the past several months, and had expected to eventually become directly involved "though not to the extent we re now-seein- . '' The auditor's role will be that of mentor rather than prosecutor. Mr Oveson stressed. He said he intends to set up a meeting with the Layton City Council as soon as possible. He said it appeared that many of the problems alleged wouldn't have occurred had the city been more closely following state law Center on 4 Items He said his office' followup will be centered around (1; making sure that proper approvals are given before city funds are spent and that proper signatures are on checks, (2) making sure that a purchasing procedure is established according to law, (3) making sure that records are kept on file as long as the law allows, and (4) seeing that city credit cards are not used to purchase personal items. 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