The State of Alaska has issued preventive maintenance guidelines for educational facilities designed to prevent premature failure, or to maximize or extend the useful life of a facility and its components, including roofing inspections, repainting, and door hardware adjustments. The handbook examines preventive maintenance state legislation, and the development and implementation of a preventive maintenance program that includes determining facility conditions and needs, assessing the resources needed, scheduling and assigning work, and developing reporting and feedback systems. Appendices provide a sample of a systems and components inventory list, and definitions of preventive maintenance terms adopted by the Bond Reimbursement and Grant Review Committee.(Contains 11 endnotes.) (GR)