California Code of Regulations › Title 2 - Administration › Division 2 - Financial Operations › Chapter 3 - Department of General Services › Subchapter 4 - Office of Public School Construction › Group 1 - State Allocation Board › Subgroup 5.5 - Regulations Relating to the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998: (School Facility Program) › Article 10 - Fund Release and Priority Points › Section 1859.90.2 - Priority Funding Process

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The priority funding process allows the Board to
							 distribute available funds to districts or charter schools that request,
							 pursuant to (a) or (b) below, as applicable, an Apportionment or an advance
							 release of funds from a Preliminary Apportionment or Preliminary Charter School
							 Apportionment, during specific 30-calendar day filing periods beginning with
							 July 27, 2011 and continuing with the 2nd Wednesday of January and the 2nd
							 Wednesday of July of 2012. Requests submitted during the filing periods
							 described above are valid until the next filing period begins. The specific
							 30-calendar day filing periods subsequent to 2012 begin with January 9, 2013
							 and continue with the 2nd Wednesday of May and the 2nd Wednesday of November,
							 each calendar year. Requests submitted during the filing period beginning with
							 January 9, 2013 are valid until June 30, 2013. Requests submitted during a
							 filing period beginning with the 2nd Wednesday of May are valid from July 1
							 until December 31 of that year. Requests submitted during a filing period
							 beginning with the 2nd Wednesday in November are valid from January 1 until
							 June 30 of the following year. Requests must be physically received by the OPSC
							 by the 30th calendar day of each filing period to be considered valid.
(a) In order to be considered for an
						  Apportionment, approved advance release of design funds from a Preliminary
						  Charter School Apportionment, or approved advance release of environmental
						  hardship site acquisition funds from a Preliminary Apportionment, the district
						  or charter school must provide a priority funding request in the form of a
						  written statement signed by an authorized representative that includes each of
						  the project Application numbers, and the type of Apportionment request (e.g.,
						  Apportionment, separate Apportionment for design or site acquisition), within
						  the 30-calendar day filing period, and shall contain the following:
(1) Statement that the request is to convert
						  the unfunded approval to an Apportionment or to receive an approved advance
						  release of funds; and
(2)
						  Acknowledgement that a valid, original signature Form SAB 50-05 must be
						  submitted and physically received by the OPSC within 90 calendar days of
						  Apportionment or approved advance release of funds request, except for a Career
						  Technical Education Facilities Project in (a)(5), and that failure to do so
						  will result in the rescission of the Apportionment or approved advance release
						  of funds request without further Board action; and
(3) Acknowledgement that a Grant Agreement
						  must be submitted pursuant to Section
						  1859.90.4 and physically received
						  by the OPSC prior to, or concurrently with, the Form SAB 50-05 referenced in
						  (a)(2); and
(4) Acknowledgement
						  that, if the district submits the Form SAB 50-05 on or after July 1, 2013 and
						  is required to submit an LCP third party report, pursuant to Section
						  1859.97(b), the
						  report will be submitted to the OPSC and the DIR at least 60 days prior to
						  submitting the Form SAB 50-05; and
(5) For those receiving an Apportionment,
						  acknowledgement that by participating in the priority funding process, the
						  district or charter school is waiving its right to the timeline for fund
						  release submittal described in Section
						  1859.90.
(6) For a Career Technical Education
						  Facilities Project that was granted an unfunded approval without the required
						  CDE plan approval and/or required DSA-approved plans and specifications, the
						  applicant's request must include:
(A)
						  Acknowledgement that the applicant must submit the required approval(s) to the
						  OPSC within 12 months from the date of the Apportionment. If the required
						  submittal(s) is not received within 12 months, the Apportionment shall be
						  rescinded without further Board action pursuant to Section
						  1859.197(c)(1);
						  and
(B) Acknowledgement that a
						  valid, original signature Form SAB 50-05 must be submitted and physically
						  received by the OPSC within 90 calendar days of the submittal described in
						  (6)(A) and that failure to do so will result in the rescission of the
						  Apportionment without further Board action; and
(C) Acknowledgement that a Grant Agreement
						  must be submitted pursuant to Section
						  1859.90.4 and physically received
						  by the OPSC prior to, or concurrently with, the Form SAB 50-05 referenced in
						  (a)(6)(B).