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CA Educ Code § 17017.5 (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 - State School Building Lease-Purchase Law of 1976|ARTICLE 2 - Projects|Section 17017.5.

17017.5.  (a) The board may approve, in whole or in part, an application submitted by a school district under Section 17017 or 17020 in an amount not exceeding the amount applied for as the board may deem appropriate.(b) The board may, upon approval of the application, in whole or in part, and subsequently from time to time, make apportionments of project funding not exceeding in the aggregate the total amount determined by the board under subdivision (a) for the portion or portions of the project for which the board determines the district is ready to proceed. Subsequent to the board’s approval of a project, any requirement imposed by the board that the compliance of the project with building cost or area standards and related guidelines adopted by the board be established as a condition of the apportionment of funds under this chapter shall be satisfied, as to a project for a self-certifying district, by the certification by the district of that compliance. In addition, the board shall not require that estimates of average daily attendance be updated as to that project more often than once every 12 months subsequent to the board’s approval of the project. The self-certifying district shall maintain documentation of the compliance certified pursuant to this subdivision as may be required by the board, and that compliance shall be subject to subsequent audit as the board may direct.(c) Whenever a district files an application, the board shall require the district to submit to the board and the State Department of Education a five-year plan for construction and rehabilitation of school facilities, and to obtain the written approval of the department that the plan complies with standards that are established by the department for this purpose to ensure that the applicant district has adequately anticipated its school facilities needs and identified funding sources as necessary to meet those needs. The plan may be adjusted to reflect adjusted growth targets. (d) The board shall not approve any application under this chapter after January 1, 1990, unless accompanied by a study examining the feasibility of implementing in the district a year-round multitrack educational program that is designed to increase pupil capacity in the district or in overcrowded high school attendance areas by at least 20 percent. (e) The board may waive subdivision (d) or the requirements of Section 17017.7, or both, if a school district demonstrates that these requirements will result in a particular educational or financial hardship to the district. Further, the board shall waive subdivision (d), if it finds that there is clear hardship to a district due to declining enrollment or no growth.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
CA Educ Code § 17017.6 (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 - State School Building Lease-Purchase Law of 1976|ARTICLE 2 - Projects|Section 17017.6.

17017.6.  Notwithstanding Section 17017.7, the definition of “substantial enrollment” set forth in that section shall apply only to elementary and unified school districts. For a high school district, “substantial enrollment in multitrack year-round schools,” for the purposes of Section 17017.7, means that at least 30 percent of the pupils enrolled in the high school district are enrolled in multitrack year-round schools, or that 40 percent of the pupils enrolled in public school in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, within the boundaries of the high school attendance area for which the school district is applying for new facilities are enrolled in multitrack year-round schools. In addition, a high school district shall be deemed to have a substantial enrollment in multitrack year-round schools for purposes of Section 17017.7 if, at the option of the district, the entire high school to be constructed is to operate on a multitrack year-round basis.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
CA Educ Code § 17017.9 (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 - State School Building Lease-Purchase Law of 1976|ARTICLE 2 - Projects|Section 17017.9.

17017.9.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a project shall be accorded, subject to subdivision (b), the priority status that otherwise is accorded under Section 17017.7 to a project for which state funding is requested for only 50 percent of the cost, if all of the following conditions are met:(1) The applicant district documents to the satisfaction of the board that it has incurred bonded indebtedness in an amount not less than 95 percent of the bonding capacity of the district. “Bonded indebtedness” for the purposes of this section includes, but is not limited to, funding provided pursuant to Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.(2) The applicant district agrees that up to 95 percent of the unexpended bonding capacity of the district, existing on or after the date of the district’s first application for project funding pursuant to this section, shall apply toward the cost of projects.(3) Either of the following apply:(A) The applicant district agrees that developer fees imposed pursuant to Section 17620 shall apply toward the cost of projects for which the district requests state funding pursuant to this chapter, not to exceed 50 percent of the cost of any project. Fees needed for interim housing for capital outlay purposes for modernization and new construction projects, school district administration capital outlay projects, and capital outlay projects for transportation needs, are exempt from this requirement.(B) The applicant is a school district with an average daily attendance of 2,500 or less.(b) An applicant district qualifying for the priority status described in subdivision (a) as to any project shall continue to be accorded that status for all subsequent projects under this chapter until the time that the bonding capacity of the district determined for purposes of that subdivision increases by 20 percent.(c) The condition set forth in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) shall apply until either the applicant district’s eligibility under this section terminates pursuant to subdivision (b), or funding for the district is approved and apportioned under this chapter for a project for which 50 percent or more of the cost is provided by the district from funding sources other than any state program administered by the board, whichever occurs first.(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, as to any project for which priority status is accorded pursuant to subdivision (a), the estimate of average daily attendance for the applicant district may be calculated, upon request of the district, in the manner set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 17040.3.(e) The board may recalculate program allowances and apportionments pursuant to this section.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 957, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Educ Code § 17018 (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 - State School Building Lease-Purchase Law of 1976|ARTICLE 2 - Projects|Section 17018.

17018.  In approving applications pursuant to this chapter, the board shall encourage the design and construction of facilities which will conserve unreplenishable energy resources by consideration of alternate design and insulation concepts as well as unconventional energy sources. In so doing, the board may increase cost allowances to reflect the difference between conventional and unconventional concepts when the board is satisfied that the life cycle cost of the project is not expected to exceed the life cycle cost of a conventionally designed project.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
CA Educ Code § 17018.5 (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 - State School Building Lease-Purchase Law of 1976|ARTICLE 2 - Projects|Section 17018.5.

17018.5.  (a) The Legislature intends for the board to encourage school districts to utilize alternative methods to fund school facilities.(b) The board shall approve applications pursuant to the requirements of this section that request the board to share a portion of the cost of projects constructed pursuant to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, as set forth by Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. The board shall disregard the fact that structures have been constructed in accordance with that act, and neither consider nor approve any application for cost sharing until the time that the applicant school district would have become eligible for approval of its application during the normal process established for considering and approving applications.(c) The board shall approve applications for cost sharing based on both of the following factors:(1) Estimates of average daily attendance at the time the application is considered.(2) The amount of cost sharing requested.(d) The costs shared by the board shall be an amount equal to the cost that would have been allowed for the project had it been originally approved pursuant to this chapter less 5 percent per year depreciation, exclusive of land, for each year that the project was constructed in advance of the application approval, but no more than the lesser of an amount equal to 75 percent of the allowable cost of the project or the principal amount of any outstanding callable bonds and other debts incurred to finance the project under the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982.(e) If the board utilizes a point system to prioritize applications for funding, the computation of priorities for an application pursuant to this section shall be increased by 4 percent for each year from the date of construction of the project to the date of approval of the cost-sharing application.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
CA Educ Code § 17018.7 (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 - State School Building Lease-Purchase Law of 1976|ARTICLE 2 - Projects|Section 17018.7.

17018.7.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a school district that has, within the previous 24-month period, constructed or otherwise acquired school facilities with 100 percent local funding, may apply for funding for the construction of a gymnasium or multipurpose room on the site where it constructed or otherwise acquired school facilities with 100 percent local funding.(b) If the State Allocation Board determines that the schoolsite does not have adequate gymnasium or multipurpose room facilities, the board may approve the application pursuant to this section.(c) For an application approved pursuant to this section, the board shall grant the school district a credit against its local matching share requirement of up to 50 percent of the costs of the project or the total local funds expended by the school district on any school facilities funded by 100 percent local funds within the immediately preceding 24-month period, whichever is less.(d) For an application approved under this section, the project shall be accorded the priority status that is otherwise accorded under Section 17017.7 to a project for which state funding is requested for only 50 percent of the costs.(e) As used in this section “100 percent local funding” includes construction or acquisition of a school facility with 40 percent funding from the general fund of the school district and with the remainder of the local funding from the sale of surplus school property.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 941, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Educ Code § 17019 (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 - State School Building Lease-Purchase Law of 1976|ARTICLE 2 - Projects|Section 17019.

17019.  Before the board approves any project that includes the acquisition of furniture or equipment, it shall establish current cost and quality standards for furniture and equipment, including, but not limited to, educational technology hardware. The standards shall not exceed the cost and quality of furniture and equipment for comparable facilities purchased by school districts in the same area. The standards shall consist of furniture and equipment costs for each type of classroom or pupil station having different cost criteria. The standards shall be reviewed quarterly by the board and adjustments made in accordance with actual current costs. When cost and quality standards have been adopted by the board, the standards shall not be exceeded unless a subsequent increase in actual current costs warrants an adjustment.Before the board approves a project for the replacement, reconstruction, or alteration of, or addition to, a school building, full consideration shall be given to all usable furniture and equipment existing in the applicant district. The board may approve all or a portion of the amount applied for.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
CA Educ Code § 17019.3 (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 - State School Building Lease-Purchase Law of 1976|ARTICLE 2 - Projects|Section 17019.3.

17019.3.  (a) Any applicant school district may contract with a firm, as defined in Section 4525 of the Government Code, for construction project management services to assist in the development or implementation of a project for which the district has applied for funding under this chapter, subject to the requirement that a performance bond be required from all building contractors hired to construct the project in order to ensure the completion of performance under the contract.(b) That portion of any contract, as described in subdivision (a), concerning the final phase of construction of the project, shall be submitted by the applicant district to the board for approval. If the board does not approve, reject, or recommend modifications to, that contract portion within 15 business days after receiving that contract information, that portion of the contract shall be deemed to be approved by the board.(c) From the amount of funding approved by the board under this chapter for any project, the board shall authorize the expenditure of funds for the costs of construction project management services provided to the project, as described in subdivision (a), where the board finds that the contracting for those services was necessary and appropriate to the school district’s development or implementation of that project.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
CA Educ Code § 17019.5 (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 - State School Building Lease-Purchase Law of 1976|ARTICLE 2 - Projects|Section 17019.5.

17019.5.  For a school district having an average daily attendance of 2,500 or less for the prior fiscal year, the board may approve, subject to the building cost standards established under this chapter, a supplemental apportionment up to five thousand five hundred dollars ($5,500) for any new construction project, and up to one thousand three hundred twenty dollars ($1,320) for any other project approved under this chapter, as reimbursement for administrative expenses incurred by the district in filing the application for the project. The amount of the supplemental apportionments shall be adjusted in 1990, and every two years thereafter, by the board at its January meeting, which adjustment shall be in an amount equal to the amount of the adjustment for inflation set forth in the statewide cost index for class D construction.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
CA Educ Code § 17020 (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 - State School Building Lease-Purchase Law of 1976|ARTICLE 2 - Projects|Section 17020.

17020.  (a) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, in order to expedite a total school facility a school district may first apply for a project which includes only the advance purchase of the land and preparation of plans and specifications. The acquisition of the site and the plans preparation shall be based on the justification documents for the total school facility. The school district may apply for a subsequent project or projects to complete the total school facility.(b) Any application filed pursuant to this section shall be subject to all provisions of this chapter generally applicable to project applications, to the extent not in conflict with this section.(c) Any estimate of average daily attendance made by an applicant district for the purpose of justifying an application pursuant to this section may be made for up to and including two years longer than the period of time permitted by Section 17040.(d) Beginning in the fifth fiscal year following the fiscal year in which any apportionment is made to a school district pursuant to this section, the district shall repay the apportionment, with interest, in 10 equal annual installments, unless and until the district has qualified for an apportionment pursuant to an application for utilization of the site under this chapter. These repayments shall constitute rent, and shall be in addition to any other rents or fees for which the district is obligated under Section 17032. The board may waive any obligation of repayment under this subdivision to the extent that the board finds that the obligation will result in an extreme hardship upon the district.(e) The school district may apply for a subsequent project or projects to complete the total school facility.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
CA Educ Code § 17021 (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 - State School Building Lease-Purchase Law of 1976|ARTICLE 2 - Projects|Section 17021.

17021.  No project shall be approved for the reconstruction, modernization, or replacement of any school building that was constructed or reconstructed less than 30 years, or, in the case of any portable classroom, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 17042.5, less than 20 years, prior to the date of approval of the project applied for under this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
CA Educ Code § 17021.3 (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 - State School Building Lease-Purchase Law of 1976|ARTICLE 2 - Projects|Section 17021.3.

17021.3.  (a) For purposes of this chapter, “modernization” or “renovation” means any modification of an existing structure, the costs of which do not exceed 25 percent of the replacement cost of that structure. (b) No project shall be approved for the modernization of any school facility unless and until both of the following are demonstrated to the satisfaction of the board:(1) The project will enhance the capacity of the facility to achieve one or more educational purposes. (2) The resulting pupil capacity of the facility, as measured in units of average daily attendance, will equal or exceed 80 percent of the facility’s maximum capacity as determined under the board standards established under this chapter. (c) No project shall be approved for the modernization of any school facility that was constructed less than 30 years prior to the date of the approval of the project applied for under this chapter. (d) The State Allocation Board may waive the requirement in subdivision (c) if the building has been declared by the Office of the State Architect to be, or is in imminent danger of becoming, a health or safety hazard to the pupils. This determination may only be made in the case of a natural disaster, for example, fire, flood, or earthquakes, or as a result of a determination by a qualified engineer, and agreed to in writing by the Office of the State Architect.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
CA Educ Code § 17021.4 (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 - State School Building Lease-Purchase Law of 1976|ARTICLE 2 - Projects|Section 17021.4.

17021.4.  Notwithstanding the limitation set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 17021.3, the costs of a modernization or renovation project funded under this chapter may exceed 25 percent of the replacement cost of an existing structure where the costs in excess of that amount are funded by the district exclusively from sources other than any state program administered by the board. For each project, the total costs of the modernization or renovation project, as supplemented pursuant to this section, may not exceed 50 percent of the replacement cost of the existing structure except to the extent of those costs funded by the district, from sources other than any state program administered by the board, that are expended to conform that structure to current building standards, in which event the total costs of the project may not exceed 75 percent of the replacement cost of the structure.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
CA Educ Code § 17022 (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 - State School Building Lease-Purchase Law of 1976|ARTICLE 2 - Projects|Section 17022.

17022.  Except as provided in Section 17041, the board shall not approve any new school facilities for any applicant school district or county superintendent of schools until it first has made a determination that the applicant will utilize all existing facilities and sites to the extent economically and practically feasible. The board may also require the applicant to explore cooperative efforts with adjacent districts or, in the case of county superintendents of schools, with adjacent county superintendents of schools, in order that all existing or planned facilities in the general area of need shall be utilized.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)