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CA Educ Code § 17071.30 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 10 - SCHOOL BONDS|CHAPTER 12.5 - Leroy F.Greene School Facilities Act of 1998|ARTICLE 2 - Existing School Building Capacity|Section 17071.30.

17071.30.  For purposes of determining the existing school building capacity, each applicant school district shall include each portable classroom, whether owned or leased, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (a) or (b).(a) Portable classrooms leased pursuant to Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 17085) shall be excluded from the existing school building capacity. Portable classrooms obtained by an applicant district pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 17088.5 shall be excluded from the existing school building capacity, except as to any portable classroom or classrooms for which the district rejected the board’s offer to purchase pursuant to that subdivision. Portable classrooms leased for a period of less than five years prior to the date of application shall not be included in existing school building capacity.(b) The number of portable classrooms, reduced by the number of portable classrooms used as interim housing for modernization projects, that exceed 25 percent of the number of permanent classrooms available to the district shall not be included in the existing building capacity.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 407, Sec. 4. Effective August 27, 1998.)
CA Educ Code § 17071.33 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 10 - SCHOOL BONDS|CHAPTER 12.5 - Leroy F.Greene School Facilities Act of 1998|ARTICLE 2 - Existing School Building Capacity|Section 17071.33.

17071.33.  (a) For the purposes of determining existing school building capacity, the calculation shall be adjusted as required for first priority status pursuant to Section 17017.7 as that calculation would have been made under the policies of the board in effect immediately preceding September 1, 1998.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), with respect to a high school district, the existing school building capacity shall be calculated without regard to multitrack year-round school considerations.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 33, Sec. 9. Effective April 29, 2002.)
CA Educ Code § 17071.35 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 10 - SCHOOL BONDS|CHAPTER 12.5 - Leroy F.Greene School Facilities Act of 1998|ARTICLE 2 - Existing School Building Capacity|Section 17071.35.

17071.35.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the maximum school building capacity for each applicant district shall be increased by the number of pupils reported by the Superintendent of Public Instruction for that grade level pursuant to Section 42268. This adjustment shall be calculated on the basis, at the district’s option, of either the district as a whole or the appropriate attendance area.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 407, Sec. 4. Effective August 27, 1998.)
CA Educ Code § 17071.40 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 10 - SCHOOL BONDS|CHAPTER 12.5 - Leroy F.Greene School Facilities Act of 1998|ARTICLE 2 - Existing School Building Capacity|Section 17071.40.

17071.40.  Each school on a year-round, multitrack calendar that has a density of 200 or more pupils enrolled per acre, that is located in a school district with 40 percent of its pupils attending multitrack, year-round schools shall be exempted from the increase in school building capacity required by Section 17071.35. Nothing in this section shall be construed as exempting the school from the requirements of Section 17071.33.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 407, Sec. 4. Effective August 27, 1998.)
CA Educ Code § 17071.46 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 10 - SCHOOL BONDS|CHAPTER 12.5 - Leroy F.Greene School Facilities Act of 1998|ARTICLE 2 - Existing School Building Capacity|Section 17071.46.

17071.46.  (a) If an applicant school district proposes to demolish a single-story building and replace it with a multistory building on the same site, the State Allocation Board shall provide a supplemental grant for 50 percent of the replacement cost of the single-story building to be demolished, if all of the following conditions are met:(1) The cost of the demolition and construction of a new multistory building on the same site is less than the total cost of providing a new school facility, including land, on a new site for the additional number of pupils housed as a result of the multistory replacement building on the existing site, as determined by the State Allocation Board. For purposes of this subdivision, the method of estimating the site acquisition costs savings shall be based on previous actual site sizes and acquisition costs in the district for equivalent numbers of pupils, or as otherwise determined by the board if actual site acquisition comparisons are not available for the district.(2) The school district will maximize the increase in pupil capacity on the site when it builds the multistory replacement building, subject to the limits imposed on it pursuant to paragraph (3).(3) The State Department of Education has determined that the demolition of an existing single-story building and replacement with a multistory building at the site is the best available alternative and will not create a school with an inappropriate number of pupils in relation to the size of the site, as determined by the State Department of Education.(b) The State Allocation Board shall establish additional requirements it deems necessary to ensure that the economic interests of the state and the educational interests of the children of the state are protected.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 904, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Educ Code § 17071.76 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 10 - SCHOOL BONDS|CHAPTER 12.5 - Leroy F.Greene School Facilities Act of 1998|ARTICLE 3 - New Construction Eligibility Determination|Section 17071.76.

17071.76.  (a) Whenever the existing school building capacity in any high school attendance area prevents another high school attendance area from receiving the maximum per-unhoused-pupil grant specified for the school district as a whole, the eligibility may be computed separately for each high school attendance area.(b) For the purposes of eligibility, a school district may combine two or more adjacent high school attendance areas pursuant to the following conditions:(1) The funding eligibility is for the construction of a high school, junior high school, or elementary school located or to be located in any of those high school attendance areas.(2) The high school, junior high school, or elementary school to be constructed is to serve pupils residing in each of those high school attendance areas.(3) The combined eligibility reflects the eligibility to which each of the high school attendance areas would otherwise be entitled, reflecting the proportion of projected pupil enrollment in the school to be constructed, as calculated under this chapter, from each of those attendance areas.(c) The board may permit an elementary school district that is located within a high school district to utilize this section to determine eligibility for funding if all of the following conditions apply:(1) The elementary school district average daily attendance is greater than 20,000 pupils.(2) The elementary school district maintains at least 37 elementary schools, and the high school district maintains at least 12 high schools.(3) The elementary school district has geographical boundaries encompassing more than 100 square miles.(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 723, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Educ Code § 17072.11 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 10 - SCHOOL BONDS|CHAPTER 12.5 - Leroy F.Greene School Facilities Act of 1998|ARTICLE 4 - New Construction Grant Eligibility Determination|Section 17072.11.

17072.11.  (a) All of the following shall apply on and after July 1, 2006:(1) The per-unhoused-pupil grant eligibility determined under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 17072.10 shall be increased by 7 percent.(2)  The per-unhoused-pupil grant eligibility determined under paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 17072.10 shall be increased by 4 percent.(3) The board shall conduct an analysis of the relationship between the per-unhoused-pupil grant eligibility determined under this article and the per-pupil cost of new school construction for elementary, middle, and high school pupils.(b) On or after January 1, 2008, the board shall increase or decrease the per-unhoused-pupil grant eligibility determined pursuant to subdivision (a) 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.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 730, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Educ Code § 17072.12 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 10 - SCHOOL BONDS|CHAPTER 12.5 - Leroy F.Greene School Facilities Act of 1998|ARTICLE 4 - New Construction Grant Eligibility Determination|Section 17072.12.

17072.12.  (a) In addition to the amount provided in Section 17072.10, the board may provide funding for assistance in site development and acquisition if all of the following are met:(1) The amount of the site acquisition and development assistance does not exceed 50 percent of the cost of site development to the school district, plus the lesser of the following:(A) 50 percent of the site cost to the school district.(B) 50 percent of the appraised value of the site within six months of the time the complete application is submitted.(2) The school district certifies that there is no alternative available site, or that the district plans to sell an available site in order to use the proceeds of the sale for the purchase of the new site.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the board may provide funding for assistance in site development and acquisition to a school district that uses land previously acquired by the school district in an amount equal to 50 percent of the cost of site development to the school district, plus 50 percent of the site’s appraised value at the time the application for site acquisition and development is submitted, provided all of the following are met:(1) The site was acquired no less than five years prior to the date the application is submitted.(2) The site had been productively used by the school district as other than a schoolsite for the five years immediately preceding the date the application is submitted.(3) The board determines that the nonschool function currently taking place on the site must be discontinued or relocated in order to utilize the site as a schoolsite.(c) A school district that receives assistance pursuant to subdivision (b) shall, within one year after the completion of the project, certify in writing to the board that the nonschool function was in fact relocated as set forth in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b).(d) Pursuant to subdivision (b), an applicant school district shall include in its application to the board a cost-benefit analysis performed by the school district demonstrating how utilizing existing nonschoolsite district property pursuant to this section would be a more effective method of solving the school district’s pupil housing problems than any other method of funding under this chapter. The board shall review and approve the analysis if the board agrees with the findings and shall consider the analysis and findings in approving the project pursuant to this section.(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 647, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Educ Code § 17072.14 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 10 - SCHOOL BONDS|CHAPTER 12.5 - Leroy F.Greene School Facilities Act of 1998|ARTICLE 4 - New Construction Grant Eligibility Determination|Section 17072.14.

17072.14.  Notwithstanding Section 17070.63, the board may allow adjustments to a new construction grant if, as a result of additional requirements imposed by the Department of Toxic Substances Control, the actual amount paid by a school district for allowable costs of hazardous materials evaluation and removal, including associated fees, exceeds the amount of the grant apportionment for those purposes. The combined amount of the initial apportionment for these purposes and the adjustment pursuant to this section may not exceed the amount permitted pursuant to Section 17072.13.(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 570, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Educ Code § 17072.15 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 10 - SCHOOL BONDS|CHAPTER 12.5 - Leroy F.Greene School Facilities Act of 1998|ARTICLE 4 - New Construction Grant Eligibility Determination|Section 17072.15.

17072.15.  In conjunction with the State Department of Education and the Department of Finance, the Legislative Analyst shall review the method of funding the construction and modernization of school facilities for special education pupils and the amount provided per unhoused special education pupil pursuant to Sections 17072.10 and 17074.10. Pursuant to this review, the Legislative Analyst shall recommend modifications to this method that he or she deems to be advisable on or before September 1, 1999.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 407, Sec. 4. Effective August 27, 1998.)
CA Educ Code § 17072.17 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 10 - SCHOOL BONDS|CHAPTER 12.5 - Leroy F.Greene School Facilities Act of 1998|ARTICLE 4 - New Construction Grant Eligibility Determination|Section 17072.17.

17072.17.  In conjunction with the State Department of Education, the Department of Finance, and the Legislative Analyst, the Department of General Services shall review the method of funding the construction and modernization of school facilities for continuation high school, community day school, county community school, and county community day school, teaching stations pursuant to Sections 17072.10 and 17074.10. Pursuant to this review, the Director of General Services shall, by September 1, 2000, recommend modifications to this method that he or she deems to be advisable.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 858, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Educ Code § 17072.18 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 10 - SCHOOL BONDS|CHAPTER 12.5 - Leroy F.Greene School Facilities Act of 1998|ARTICLE 4 - New Construction Grant Eligibility Determination|Section 17072.18.

17072.18.  (a) (1) The board may provide evaluation and response action funding for response costs of the removal of hazardous waste or solid waste, the removal of hazardous substances, or other response action in connection with hazardous substances at an existing schoolsite, in the same manner as provided in Section 17072.13.(2) Funding as set forth in paragraph (1) may be provided to a school district that has not applied for, or received, funds from the board for the acquisition of a new schoolsite, but which has incurred, or will incur, response costs necessary for the development of the existing schoolsite, if the school district is otherwise eligible for funding under this chapter.(b) A school district may apply for funding pursuant to this section prior to having construction plans for that site approved by the Division of the State Architect or by the State Department of Education if the school district is otherwise eligible for funding under this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 935, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Educ Code § 17072.20 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 10 - SCHOOL BONDS|CHAPTER 12.5 - Leroy F.Greene School Facilities Act of 1998|ARTICLE 5 - New Construction Funding Process|Section 17072.20.

17072.20.  (a) An applicant school district that has been determined by the board to meet the eligibility requirements for new construction funding set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section 17071.10) or Article 3 (commencing with Section 17071.75) may submit at any time a request to the board for a project apportionment for all or a portion of the funding for which the school district is eligible.(b) The application shall include, but shall not be limited to, the school district’s determination of the amount of state funding that the district is otherwise eligible for relating to site acquisition, site development, new construction, and hardship funding provided pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 17075.10), if any. The amount shall be reduced by the amount of the alternative fee collected pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 65995.7 of the Government Code if a reimbursement election or agreement pursuant to Section 65995.7 of the Government Code is not in effect.(c) The board shall verify and adjust, as necessary, and approve the district’s application.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 935, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Educ Code § 17072.25 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 10 - SCHOOL BONDS|CHAPTER 12.5 - Leroy F.Greene School Facilities Act of 1998|ARTICLE 5 - New Construction Funding Process|Section 17072.25.

17072.25.  (a) The board shall adopt regulations to develop a mechanism to rank approved applications for new construction funding. This mechanism shall be used to determine the priority of approved applications when either of the following conditions are met:(1) The total state funds necessary for funding all approved projects pursuant to this chapter exceed the total state funds in the fund for allocation pursuant to this chapter.(2) The actual amount of unallocated proceeds of state bonds available on or after July 1, 2000, for new construction for the purposes of this chapter is at three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000).(b) The ranking mechanism shall allocate priority points based upon the percentages of currently and projected unhoused pupils relative to the total population of the applicant district or attendance area and the total number of currently and projected unhoused pupils in an applicant district or attendance area.(c) The board may award priority points based on other factors that in its judgment result in the most equitable distribution of resources among applicants. The additional factors may not constitute greater than a 10-percent weight in the overall priority ranking.(d) This section shall apply only to projects funded with the proceeds of state bonds approved by the voters prior to January 1, 2002.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 33, Sec. 12. Effective April 29, 2002.)
CA Educ Code § 17072.30 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 10 - SCHOOL BONDS|CHAPTER 12.5 - Leroy F.Greene School Facilities Act of 1998|ARTICLE 5 - New Construction Funding Process|Section 17072.30.

17072.30.  (a) Subject to the availability of funds, and to the determination of priority pursuant to Section 17072.25, if applicable, the board shall apportion funds to an eligible school district only upon the approval of the project by the Department of General Services pursuant to the Field Act, as defined in Section 17281, and certification by the school district that the required 50 percent matching funds from local sources have been expended by the district for the project, or have been deposited in the county fund, or will be expended by the district by the time the project is completed, in an amount at least equal to the proposed apportionment pursuant to this chapter, prior to release of the state funds.(b) This section is operative January 1, 2008.(Repealed (in Sec. 6) and added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 894, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2005. Section operative January 1, 2008, by its own provisions.)
CA Educ Code § 17072.32 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 10 - SCHOOL BONDS|CHAPTER 12.5 - Leroy F.Greene School Facilities Act of 1998|ARTICLE 5 - New Construction Funding Process|Section 17072.32.

17072.32.  (a) For any project that has received an apportionment pursuant to Section 17072.30, funding shall be released in amounts equal to the amount of the local match upon certification by the school district that the school district has entered into a binding contract for completion of the approved project.(b) This section is operative January 1, 2008.(Repealed (in Sec. 8) and added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 894, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2005. Section operative January 1, 2008, by its own provisions.)
CA Educ Code § 17072.33 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 10 - SCHOOL BONDS|CHAPTER 12.5 - Leroy F.Greene School Facilities Act of 1998|ARTICLE 5 - New Construction Funding Process|Section 17072.33.

17072.33.  In the case of site acquisition, a district may request that the state’s share of site assistance be provided to the district in amounts equal to the amount of the local match when the district enters escrow for a site included within a project.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 407, Sec. 4. Effective August 27, 1998.)
CA Educ Code § 17072.35 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 10 - SCHOOL BONDS|CHAPTER 12.5 - Leroy F.Greene School Facilities Act of 1998|ARTICLE 5 - New Construction Funding Process|Section 17072.35.

17072.35.  A grant for new construction may be used for any and all costs necessary to adequately house new pupils in any approved project, and those costs may only include the cost of design, engineering, testing, inspection, plan checking, construction management, site acquisition and development, evaluation and response action costs relating to hazardous substances at a new or existing schoolsite, demolition, construction, acquisition and installation of portable classrooms, landscaping, necessary utility costs, utility connections and other fees, equipment including telecommunication equipment to increase school security, furnishings, and the upgrading of electrical systems or the wiring or cabling of classrooms in order to accommodate educational technology. A grant for new construction may also be used to acquire an existing government or privately owned building, or a privately financed school building, and for the necessary costs of converting the government or privately owned building for public school use. A grant for new construction may also be used for the costs of designs and materials that promote the efficient use of energy and water, the maximum use of natural lighting and indoor air quality, the use of recycled materials and materials that emit a minimum of toxic substances, the use of acoustics conducive to teaching and learning, and other characteristics of high performance schools.(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 35, Sec. 4. Effective May 20, 2006. Operative after November 7, 2006, pursuant to Sec. 25 of Ch. 35, and adoption of Prop. 1D.)