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Bill Text - AB-127 Education facilities: Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2006.
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AB-127 Education facilities: Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2006.(2005-2006)
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An act to amend Sections 17070.40, 17072.35, 17075.10, 17078.52, 17078.53, 17078.54, 17078.56, 17078.58, 17261, and 81130.3 of, to add Sections 17070.96, 17072.11, and 81052 to, to add Article 13 (commencing with Section 17078.70) and Article 14 (commencing with Section 17079) to Chapter 12.5 of Part 10 of, and to add Part 69 (commencing with Section 101000) to, the Education Code, to amend Section 65997 of the Government Code, to amend Section 4 of Chapter 421 of the Statutes of 2001, and to amend Section 4 of Chapter 637 of the Statutes of 2002, relating to education facilities, by providing the funds necessary therefor through an election for the issuance and sale of bonds of the State of California and for the handling and disposition of those funds, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
[ Approved by Governor May 20, 2006. Filed with Secretary of State May 20, 2006. ]
AB 127, Nunez. Education facilities: Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2006.
Existing law, the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998, requires the State Allocation Board to allocate to applicant school districts, prescribed per-unhoused-pupil state funding for construction and modernization of school facilities, including hardship funding, and supplemental funding for site development and acquisition.
This bill would enact the Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2006 to authorize $10,416,000,000 of state general obligation bonds to provide aid to school districts, county superintendents of schools, county boards of education, the California Community Colleges, the University of California, the Hastings College of the Law, and the California State University to construct and modernize education facilities.
The bond act would become operative only if approved by the voters at the November 7, 2006, statewide general election, and would provide for its submission to the voters at that election.
The bill would also submit to the voters for approval an authorization to use the proceeds of any bond act, approved on or before January 1, 2006, that are designated for joint-use facilities to be used for other related school facilities projects.
(2) This bill would specify that certain provisions of the bill shall become operative only if the Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2006 is approved by the voters at the November 7, 2006, statewide general election.
(3) The bill would make conforming, technical changes in related provisions of existing law.
Section 17070.96 is added to the Education Code, to read:
Section 17072.11 is added to the Education Code, to read:
(a) All of the following shall apply on and after July 1, 2006, until January 1, 2008:
(b) On or after January 1, 2008, the board shall increase or decrease the per-unhoused-pupil grant eligibility by amounts it deems necessary to cause the grants to correspond to costs of new school construction, provided that the increase in any fiscal year pursuant to this section shall not exceed 6 percent.
Section 17075.10 of the Education Code is amended to read:
(a) A school district may apply for hardship assistance in cases of extraordinary circumstances. Extraordinary circumstances may include, but are not limited to, the need to repair, reconstruct, or replace the most vulnerable school facilities that are a Category 2 building, as defined in the report submitted pursuant to Section 17317, determined by the department to pose an unacceptable risk of injury to its occupants in the event of a seismic event.
(2) Demonstrate that due to unusual circumstances that are beyond the control of the district, excessive costs need to be incurred in the construction of school facilities. Funds for the purpose of seismic mitigation work or facility replacement pursuant to this section shall be allocated by the board on a 50 percent state share basis from any funds reserved for that purpose in any bond approved by the voters after January 1, 2006. If the board determines that the seismic mitigation work of a school building would require funding that is greater than 50 percent of the funds required to construct a new facility, the school district shall be eligible for funding to construct a new facility under this chapter.
Section 17078.52 of the Education Code is amended to read:
Section 17078.53 of the Education Code is amended to read:
(a) The initial preliminary applications for projects to be funded pursuant to this article shall be submitted to the board by March 31, 2003.Thereafter, the board may establish subsequent application periods as needed.
Section 17078.54 of the Education Code is amended to read:
Section 17078.56 of the Education Code is amended to read:
Section 17078.58 of the Education Code is amended to read:
Article 13 (commencing with Section 17078.70) is added to Chapter 12.5 of Part 10 of the Education Code, to read:
Article 13. Career Technical Education Facilities Program
(a) The Career Technical Education Facilities Program is hereby established to provide funding to qualifying local educational agencies for the purpose of constructing new facilities or reconfiguring existing facilities, including, but not limited to, purchasing equipment with an average useful life expectancy of at least 10 years, to enhance educational opportunities for pupils in existing high schools in order to provide them with the skills and knowledge necessary for the high‑demand technical careers of today and tomorrow.
(b) The State Department of Education, in cooperation with the Chancellor’s Office of the Community Colleges, the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, and industry groups, shall develop criteria and pupil outcome measures to evaluate the program. The criteria shall ensure equity, program relevance to industry needs, and articulation with more advanced coursework at the partnering community colleges or private institutions.
(d) Grants shall be allocated on a per‑square‑foot basis for the applicable type of construction proposed or deemed necessary by the board consistent with the approved application for the project.
(g) (1) A school district shall contribute from local resources a dollar amount that is equal to the amount of the grant of state funds awarded under subdivisions (d), (e), and (f). The local contribution may be provided by private industry groups, the school district, or a joint powers authority.
(h) The program shall allow the local contribution to be paid over time should sufficient local funds not be immediately available. The board may provide for a repayment schedule consistent with subparagraphs (C) and (D) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 17078.57. The board shall not waive the local contribution on the basis of financial hardship or on any other basis.
Article 14 (commencing with Section 17079) is added to Chapter 12.5 of Part 10 of the Education Code, to read:
Article 14. Overcrowding Relief Grants
(a) For purposes of this article, an eligible school is a school for which the schoolsite pupil population density is equal to or greater than 175 percent of the schoolsite pupil population density recommended by the Superintendent as of January 1, 2006, adjusted by the following factors:
(1) The density calculation shall be reduced to take into account the additional pupil capacity created by multistory construction.
(2) The schoolsite pupil population density shall be reduced to take into account approved new construction projects, including projects approved pursuant to Article 11 (commencing with Section 17078.10).
(b) The board shall adopt regulations to determine the adjustments set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a).
17079.10.
(a) For purposes of this article, an eligible pupil is a pupil who is housed in a portable classroom, except portable classrooms used for purposes of the Class Size Reduction Program set forth in Chapter 6.10 (commencing with Section 52120) of Part 28, at an eligible school.
(b) The board shall apportion an overcrowding relief grant to districts on behalf of each eligible pupil equal to the appropriate per-unhoused-pupil grant amount pursuant to Section 17072.10. The number of overcrowding relief grants apportioned shall be subject to the following limitations:
(1) The number of grants apportioned on behalf of an eligible school shall not exceed the number of pupils whose removal from the pupil density calculation would reduce the density of the eligible schoolsite to 150 percent of the schoolsite pupil population density recommended by the Superintendent as of January 1, 2006.
(2) A district shall not receive more grants than the number of pupils housed in portable classrooms that were included in the initial new construction eligibility determination of the district pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 17071.75).
17079.20.
(a) The board shall require that applications for funding pursuant to this article be used for an equivalent number of permanent new school construction classrooms to replace the portable classrooms upon which the determination of the number of eligible pupils is based. The board shall also require the application to describe how the project will relieve overcrowding at the eligible school.
(b) The board shall create a list of projects eligible for funding and shall approve applications semiannually on a schedule determined by the board.
(c) The board shall require that applicant school districts comply with all of the same conditions otherwise required for new construction funding pursuant to this chapter with the exception of subdivision (b) of Section 17071.75.
(d) The board shall not apportion funds for a project pursuant to this article any portion of which involves the construction, acquisition, or transportation of portable classrooms for any school in the school district.
(e) In the event the funding available to the board for purposes of this article is less than the amount necessary to fund all eligible applications, the board shall prioritize and fund the projects on the basis of the pupil density of the eligible schools.
17079.30.
Section 17261 of the Education Code is amended to read:
Section 81052 is added to the Education Code, to read:
Section 81130.3 of the Education Code is amended to read:
Part 69 (commencing with Section 101000) is added to the Education Code, to read:
This part shall be known and may be cited as the Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2006.
(a) Bonds in the total amount of ten billion four hundred sixteen million dollars ($10,416,000,000), not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with Sections 101030, 101039, and 101059, or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to provide a fund to be used for carrying out the purposes expressed in this part and to reimburse the General Obligation Bond Expense Revolving Fund pursuant to Section 16724.5 of the Government Code. The bonds, when sold, shall be and constitute a valid and binding obligation of the State of California, and the full faith and credit of the State of California is hereby pledged for the punctual payment of the principal of, and interest on, the bonds as the principal and interest become due and payable.
(7) The amount of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) shall be available for providing new construction funding to severely overcrowded schoolsites pursuant to Article 14 (commencing with Section 17079) of Chapter 12.5 of Part 10.
(b) School districts may use funds allocated pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) only for one or more of the following purposes in accordance with Chapter 12.5 (commencing with Section 17070.10) of Part 10:
101032.
(a) The 2006 California Community College Capital Outlay Bond Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury for deposit of funds from the proceeds of bonds issued and sold for the purposes of this chapter.
101033.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the University of California and the California State University annually consider, as part of their annual capital outlay planning process, the inclusion of facilities that may be used by more than one segment of public higher education (intersegmental), and, that on or before May 15th of each year, those entities report their findings to the budget committees of each house of the Legislature.
Section 65997 of the Government Code is amended to read:
Section 4 of Chapter 421 of the Statutes of 2001 is amended to read:
This act shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2010, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2010, deletes or extends that date.
Section 4 of Chapter 637 of the Statutes of 2002 is amended to read:
This act shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2011, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2011, deletes or extends that date.
The Secretary of State shall submit Sections 16 and 20 of this act to the voters at the November 7, 2006, statewide general election.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to the Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2006, as set forth in Section 16 of this act, all ballots of the November 7, 2006, statewide general election shall have printed thereon and in a square thereof, exclusively the words: “Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2006” and in the same square under those words, the following in 8‑point type:
“This ten billion four hundred sixteen million dollar ($10,416,000,000) bond issue will provide needed funding to relieve public school overcrowding and to repair older schools. It will improve earthquake safety and fund vocational educational facilities in public schools. Bond funds must be spent according to strict accountability measures. Funds will also be used to repair and upgrade existing public college and university buildings and to build new classrooms to accommodate the growing student enrollment in the California Community Colleges, the University of California, and the California State University.”
Notwithstanding Sections 13247 and 13281 of the Elections Code, the language in Section 22 shall be the only language included in the ballot label for the condensed statement of the ballot title, and the Attorney General shall not supplement, subtract from, or revise that language, except that the Attorney General may include the financial impact summary prepared pursuant to Section 9087 of the Elections Code and Section 88003 of the Government Code. The ballot label is the condensed statement of the ballot title and the financial impact summary.
Sections 1 to 15, inclusive, and Sections 18 and 19 of this act shall become operative only if the voters approve the Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2006, as set forth in Section 16 of this act.
In order to ensure, at the earliest possible time, that the electorate is provided with the opportunity to vote on the financing of necessary educational facilities at the November 7, 2006, statewide general election, including related statutory changes, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.