(1) Eligible area for STEM pilot projects is one thousand four hundred forty square feet per science lab or classroom combination, or both; and one thousand forty square feet per science classroom. The total eligible area per STEM project must not exceed fifteen thousand eight hundred forty.

(2) Additional square footage funded through the STEM grant program will be excluded from the school district's inventory of instructional space as defined in WAC 392-343-019 for determining eligibility for state assistance until the date of the final review of the latest study and survey of the affected school district following acceptance of the project by the school district board of directors, or for a period of five years, whichever is earliest.

(3) Permanent additional square footage funded through the K-3 class size reduction grant program becomes part of a school district's inventory of instructional space for determining eligibility as defined in WAC 392-343-019 and shall be ineligible for state funding assistance for modernization for thirty years as described in WAC 392-347-015(4).

(4) Districts receiving funding through K-3 class size reduction grants may modernize facilities that were previously closed pursuant to WAC 392-347-042. Upon board acceptance of completion of the modernization project, the facility will be returned to the district's instructional inventory.