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2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 17001.

17001. (a) The Legislature hereby declares that it is in the interest of the state and the people thereof for the state to reconstruct, remodel, or replace existing school buildings that are educationally inadequate or that do not meet present-day structural safety requirements, and to acquire new schoolsites and buildings for the purpose of making them available to local school districts for the pupils of the public school system, that system being a matter of general concern inasmuch as the education of the children of the state is an obligation and function of the state.
(b) In order to expedite the elimination of the use of nonconforming school buildings that are used or designed to be used for instructional purposes or intended to be entered by pupils, the State Allocation Board may establish criteria that considers special circumstances under which funds may be allocated for the reconstruction of nonconforming buildings. The funds allocated in accordance with this section shall not exceed 75 percent of the cost of facility replacement.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that all construction projects be designed and constructed to maximize the use of educational technology, as set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 17002.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 17002.1.

17002.1. As used in this chapter, construction shall include, but not be limited to, reconstruction, modernization, and replacement of facilities, and the performance of deferred maintenance activities on facilities pursuant to rules and regulations regarding those activities as may be adopted by the board. Funding for deferred maintenance activities for a facility may be approved under this chapter without regard to whether project funding for the reconstruction, modernization, or replacement of the facility is prohibited under Section 17021.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 17003.

17003. The Director of General Services shall administer this chapter and shall provide such assistance to the board as it may require.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 17004.

17004. The State Allocation Board is continued in existence for the purpose of this chapter. The members of the board and the Members of the Legislature meeting with the board shall receive no compensation for their services under this chapter but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their duties hereunder, to be paid as an administrative expense referred to herein.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 17005.

17005. In addition to all other powers and duties as are granted the board by this chapter, other statute, or the Constitution, the board shall have power to:
(a) Establish any qualifications not in conflict with other provisions of this chapter, as it deems will best serve the purposes of this chapter, for determining the eligibility of school districts to lease projects under this chapter.
(b) Establish any procedures and policies in connection with the administration of this chapter as it deems necessary.
(c) Adopt any rules and regulations for the administration of this chapter, requiring any procedure, forms, and information, as it may deem necessary.
(d) Construct and control any project.
(e) Fix rates, rents, or other charges for the use of any project acquired, constructed, rehabilitated, equipped, furnished, or for services rendered in connection with that project, and to alter, change, or modify the same at its pleasure, subject to any contractual obligation that may be entered into by the board with respect to the fixing of the rates, rents, or charges.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 17005.1.

17005.1. On or before June 30, 1981, and on or before June 30 of each year thereafter, the board shall approve a plan specifying (a) the amount of funds to be allocated in the forthcoming fiscal year for the purposes of deferred maintenance activities and (b) the manner in which such funds shall be allocated to applicant districts.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 17005.3.

17005.3. (a) Any school district with an average daily attendance of less than 2,501 pupils may apply to the board for a loan to cover the project activities of the first or second phase, as those phases were defined on July 1, 1993, of a project funded under this chapter. The loan shall not be utilized for the purchase of real property and shall be repaid by the school district either through a dedication of fees or charges levied pursuant to Section 17620 until the loan is repaid or upon receiving the project funding at the construction phase, but, in any event, the loan shall be repaid within five years from the date on which the board makes the loan. In addition to the other methods of repayment specified in this subdivision, the board may also notify the Controller if a school district is 90 days late in making loan repayments, in which case the Controller shall reduce the apportionments to which the school district is otherwise entitled under Section 42238 as necessary to recover past due payments and any current payments.
(b) The board may make loans under this section to the extent that the board determines that funds are available for that purpose. The total annual maximum funds that may be loaned under this section is ten million dollars ($10,000,000) per fiscal year.
(c) The board may make loans under this section only for those projects and phases that have met all of the eligibility standards of the board and receive approval for an apportionment, but for which apportionment funds are not available. In any event, the amount of the loan shall not exceed the amount that would have been eligible for apportionment.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 17005.5.

17005.5. The board may provide a loan to any school district from the proceeds of the sale of bonds pursuant to the School Facilities Bond Act of 1992, and the 1992 School Facilities Bond Act, to provide aid for school districts in accordance with this chapter, when those proceeds are available in the State School Building Lease-Purchase Fund. In order to provide a loan, both of the following conditions shall be met:
(a) The amount of the loan shall not exceed the amount set forth in legislation enacted that specifies the loan amount.
(b) The loan shall be repaid pursuant to a schedule set forth in legislation enacted that specifies a loan repayment schedule.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 17006.

17006. (a) The board shall not enter into any lease with respect to an application for replacing inadequate school facilities unless it first has investigated and made a finding, or the governing board of a self-certifying district, as applicable, first certifies that it has investigated and made a finding, consistent with guidelines adopted by the board, that one or both of the following conditions exists:
(1) It would not be economical or good practice to rehabilitate those facilities.
(2) The school facilities are inadequate due to their susceptibility to repeated flooding. The board shall develop and adopt regulations that define inadequacy of school facilities on the basis of susceptibility to repeated flooding. The building area of any facility found to be inadequate pursuant to this subdivision shall be excluded, for the purposes of any application for the replacement of any facility, from the calculation under this chapter of the area of adequate school construction existing in the applicant school district.
(b) The self-certifying district shall maintain documentation of each investigation and finding it conducts pursuant to subdivision (a) as may be required by the board, and the investigation and finding shall be subject to subsequent audit as the board may direct.
(c) For purposes of this chapter, a “self-certifying district” as to any project to be funded under this chapter, is an applicant district that provides 50 percent or more of the cost of the project from funding sources other than any state program administered by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 17007.

17007. The State School Building Finance Committee, created by Section 15909 and composed of the Governor, Controller, Treasurer, Director of Finance, and Director of Education, all of whom shall serve thereon without compensation and a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum, is continued in existence for the purpose of this chapter. Two Members of the Senate appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and two Members of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker, shall meet with and advise the committee to the extent that the advisory participation is not incompatible with their respective positions as Members of the Legislature.
For purposes of this chapter the Members of the Legislature shall constitute an interim investigation committee on the subject of this chapter and as an interim investigating committee shall have the powers and duties imposed upon interim investigating committees by the Joint Rules of the Senate and the Assembly. The Director of General Services shall provide any assistance to the committee that it may require. The Attorney General shall be the legal adviser of the committee.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 17008.

17008. A fund is hereby created in the State Treasury to be known as the State School Building Lease-Purchase Fund. All money in the State School Building Lease-Purchase Fund, including any money deposited in that fund from any source whatsoever, and notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, is hereby continuously appropriated for expenditure pursuant to this chapter.
The State Allocation Board may apportion funds to school districts for the purposes of this chapter from funds transferred to the State School Building Lease-Purchase Fund from any source.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 17008.3.

17008.3. (a) The board may establish a revolving loan account within the State School Building Lease-Purchase Fund, and may allocate from the fund to that account those amounts it determines to be necessary for the purposes of this section.
(b) The board may apportion to any school district that submits to the board a statement of its intent to subsequently file a project application under this chapter, a loan for the purpose of advance planning and related administrative costs pursuant to the preparation of that application. The loan amount shall not exceed 3 percent of the estimated project cost, as determined pursuant to the building cost standards established under this chapter.
(c) If, within a period of 24 months following the receipt of any loan amounts under this section, the project for which those advance planning funds were provided has not been found by the board to be qualified for funding under this chapter, the board shall so notify the Controller, who shall reduce the apportionments to which the district is otherwise entitled under Section 42238 as necessary to repay the amount of all loans provided under this section, over such period of time as the board finds to be reasonable. The Controller shall transfer the amount of all apportionment reductions imposed under this subdivision to the revolving loan account established under this section.
(d) The repayment of loan amounts received under this section by school districts other than those described under subdivision (c) shall be accomplished by the withholding, as determined by the board, of apportionment funds that would be available to the district for purposes of the project for which the district received funding approval under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 17008.5.

17008.5. The board may approve projects and make apportionments in amounts not exceeding those funds on deposit in the State School Building Lease-Purchase Fund plus any amount of bonds authorized by the State School Building Finance Committee but not yet sold by the Treasurer.
Disbursements may be made under any apportionment made from any funds in the State School Building Lease-Purchase Fund, irrespective of whether there exists at the time of the disbursement a sufficient amount in the State School Building Lease-Purchase Fund to permit payment in full of all apportionments previously made. However, no disbursement shall be made from any funds required by law to be transferred to the General Fund.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 17009.

17009. (a) The county superintendent of schools or county office of education shall be eligible to receive any funds from the portion of the proceeds of the sale of any state bonds that are set aside for the construction, reconstruction, or modernization of, or deferred maintenance on facilities to house special education pupils who are defined as severely handicapped and eligible pursuant to Section 17047.
(b) Subdivision (a) is only applicable if the county superintendent of schools or county office of education has filed with the State Allocation Board a regionalized facility plan, as developed and approved by the State Department of Education, that covers the county or special education local planning agency area of responsibility.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
2023 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 17009.3.

17009.3. The board may not approve any projects pursuant to this chapter on and after November 4, 1998.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 407, Sec. 2. Effective August 27, 1998.)
2023 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 17010.

17010. The board may construct any project, and may acquire all property necessary therefor, on any terms and conditions as it may deem advisable. When any part of the work is to be done or performed by any public body or the United States jointly or in conjunction with the board, the portion of the cost of the project to be borne by the board may be turned over to the government of the United States or to any other public body, to be expended by it in the acquisition, construction or completion of the project.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
2023 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 17011.

17011. The board may use for the payment of the costs of acquisition, construction or completion of any project any funds made available to the board by the State of California or any other funds provided by the board from any source, to be expended for accomplishing the purposes set forth in this chapter, together with the proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to the State School Building Lease-Purchase Bond Law of 1976.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
2023 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 17012.

17012. The board has full charge of the acquisition, construction, completion, and control of all projects authorized by them and may proceed with such work forthwith.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
2023 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 17013.

17013. Title to all property acquired, constructed, or improved by the board and the revenues and income therefrom, is in the State of California. All such property, and the income therefrom are exempt from all taxation by the State of California or by any county, city and county, city, district, political subdivision or public corporation thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
2023 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 17015.

17015. The board shall require the school district to insure against public liability or property damage in connection with any project.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
2023 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 17016.

17016. (a) The board, by the adoption of rules, may establish priorities for the construction and leasing of projects to those school districts the pupils of which will benefit most. The board may make exceptions from established priorities when it determines that to do so will benefit the pupils affected.
(b) The board may adopt rules establishing priorities for the acquisition and leasing of portable classrooms to county superintendents of schools that will most benefit pupils needing a county community school. The board shall require each county superintendent of schools who leases portable classrooms pursuant to Section 17017.2 to demonstrate that the portable classrooms are utilized solely for operation of a county community school.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 485, Sec. 45. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 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.

17017. Each school district that desires to lease a project for a grade level maintained by it, shall submit through its governing board an application therefor to the board in the form and number of copies that the board may prescribe. Immediately upon receipt of an application in the prescribed form accompanied by the required estimate of cost, a copy thereof shall be transmitted by the board to the Director of General Services.
Each copy of the application shall be accompanied by a statement of the estimated cost of the project certified by an architect or structural engineer, and by layout plans showing the entire construction project.
Before the board approves an application for a construction project, it shall establish cost standards for all new construction included therein. The cost standards shall not exceed typical comparable new construction by school districts in the same area, or if there has been no new construction by school districts in the area, the cost standards shall not exceed the reasonable current cost of similar construction in the area. The board shall determine such typical current costs or such reasonable current costs. In applying cost standards the board shall take into account the size and type of the construction proposed and may make any deviations that in its judgment are justified. When a standard has been set by the board to cover any individual apportionment, no project shall be approved by the board in excess of the standard, unless the board shall find that in view of a subsequent increase in building costs an adjustment is warranted. No contract shall be let for a construction project which has been approved by the board if the cost exceeds the construction cost standards fixed by the board under this section for the new construction.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)
2023 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 17017.2.

17017.2. (a) The board may own, have maintained, and lease portable classrooms to any county superintendent of schools who provides a county community school program, as defined in Section 1986. These portable classrooms shall be adequately equipped to meet the educational needs of these pupils, including, but not limited to, sinks and restroom facilities.
(b) The board, with the advice of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, may have portable classrooms constructed, furnished, or equipped, and may otherwise require whatever work is necessary to place portable classrooms for county community schools where needed, including the acquisition and preparation of sites. The board shall, in consultation with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, establish standards for the acquisition of land, with land acquisition limited to no more than 10,000 square feet per portable classroom, waivable by the board only as needed to meet local zoning and land use requirements or health and safety considerations.
(c) A county superintendent of schools who desires to lease portable classrooms shall have prepared for the board’s use performance specifications for portable classrooms and bids for their construction that can be solicited from more than one responsible bidder.
(d) No portable classroom shall be made available to a county superintendent of schools unless the county superintendent of schools furnishes evidence, satisfactory to the board, that the county superintendent of schools has no other facility available for rental, lease, or purchase in the geographic service area that is economically or otherwise feasible.
(e) If at any time the board determines that a lessee’s need for particular portable classrooms that were made available to the lessee pursuant to this chapter has ceased, the board may take possession of the portable classrooms and may lease them to other county superintendents of schools or, if there is no longer a need for portable classrooms, the board may dispose of them to public or private parties in the manner it deems to be in the best interest of the state.
(f) This section does not limit the authority of a county superintendent of schools to provide facilities without assistance from the board for pupils who are enrolled in a county community school.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 893, Sec. 84. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)