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1	How does the district receive a certificate of need from the Department of Education?
2	Repairing is listed as an exclusion. What about remodeling and reconstruction of existing schoolhouses or purchases of, and additions to, existing schoolhouses?
3	Does the requirement to obtain a certificate of need apply to the remaining local option tax for school infrastructure and supplemental amount as well as the SAVE amount?
4	Is a certificate of need always required before a district can use its SAVE revenues (including LOSST and supplemental amount) for new construction?
5	Would furnishing and equipping new construction be a non-construction expenditure, and therefore, not included in the requirement to obtain a certificate of need?
6	What criteria will the Department of Education consider for issuing or denying a certified of need?
7	If a district's enrollment is less than 250 but its high school enrollment is more than 100, or if enrollment is more than 250 but high school enrollment is less than 100, does the certificate of need requirement still apply? (Hot!)