To extend the authority of the Los Angeles Unified School District to use certain park lands in the city of South Gate, California, which were acquired with amounts provided from the land and water conservation fund, for elementary school purposes.
PL 106-443 (H.R.5083), enacted 11/06/2000

PUBLIC LAW 106-443—NOV. 6, 2000 
114 STAT. 1927 
Public Law 106-443 
106th Congress 
An Act 
To extend the authority of the Los Angeles Unified School District to use certain 
park lands in the City of South Gate, California, which were acquired with 
Nov. 6, 2000 
amounts provided from the land and water conservation fund, for elementary 
[H R 5083] 
school purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) In 1988, the Los Angeles Board of Education voted 
to close Tweedy Elementary School in the City of South Gate, 
California, due to concerns about health risks at the site of 
the school. 
(2) The school was temporarily relocated to South Gate 
Park on park land that was originally acquired with amounts 
provided by the Secretary of the Interior from the land and 
water conservation fund. 
(3) In March 1991, the lease with the city that allowed 
the Los Angeles Unified School District to operate the school 
on park land expired, and no progress had been made in con-
structing new facilities to relocate the school and its students. 
(4) In 1992, Congress enacted Public Law 102-443 (106 
Stat. 2244), which authorized an 8-year extension in the lease 
for the use of the park land pending the construction of the 
new school. 
(5) This 8-year extension is due to expire on October 23, 
2000, and little progress has been made on the part of the 
Los Angeles Unified 
School District to relocate Tweedy 
Elementary School. 
(6) In addition to the long-delayed Tweedy Elementary 
School relocation, recent studies have identified the need for 
additional educational facilities in the City of South Gate, 
including a new high school, junior high, and three primary 
centers in the near future. 
(7) The lack of commitment, oversight, and accountability 
in finding a new site for Tweedy Elementary School must 
be corrected in any further lease extension, and a similar 
situation also must be avoided in addressing the construction 
of other education facilities in the City of South Gate, 
114 STAT. 1928 
PUBLIC LAW 106-443—NOV. 6, 2000 
SEC. 2. CONTINUATION OF TEMPORARY USE OF PARK LANDS FOR 
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PURPOSES, SOUTH GATE, CALI-
FORNIA. 
Notwithstanding section 6(f)(3) of the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601-8(f)(3)), the City of 
South Gate, California, may extend until October 23, 2004, the 
lease between the City of South Gate and the Los Angeles Unified 
School District, dated June 8, 1988, and otherwise subject to expire 
on October 23, 2000, pursuant to Public Law 102-443 (106 Stat. 
2244), regarding the use of approximately three acres of South 
Gate Park as the temporary site for Tweedy Elementary School. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON PROGRESS TO RELOCATE TWEEDY ELEMENTARY 
SCHOOL AND OTHER SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) PERIODIC REPORTS REQUIRED.—As a condition on the exten-
sion of the lease referred to in section 1 beyond October 23, 2000, 
the President of the Board of Education for the Los Angeles Unified 
School District shall require the preparation of periodic reports 
describing— 
(1) the progress being made to relocate Tweedy Elementary 
School from South Gate Park to a permanent location; and 
(2) the School District's construction plans for a new high 
school, middle school, and three primary centers in the City 
of South Gate, California. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—Each report under subsection (a) 
shall describe— 
(1) the progress being made in site selection and acquisi-
tion, facility design, and construction; and 
(2) any factors hindering either the relocation of Tweedy 
Elementary School or progress on the School District's other 
construction plans for the City of South Gate. 
(c) SUBMISSION.—^The reports required by subsection (a) shall 
be submitted to the City Manager of the City of South Gate, 
the Congress, the Los ^ g e l e s Board of Education, and Padres 
Unidos Pro Nuevas Escuelas. The first report shall be submitted 
not later than May 1, 2001, and subsequent reports shall be sub-
mitted every 6 months thereafter during the term of the extended 
lease. 
Approved November 6, 2000. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5083: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000): 
Oct. 12, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 26, considered and passed Senate.