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 9 - SCHOOL HOUSING AID FOR REHABILITATION AND REPLACEMENT OF STRUCTURALLY INADEQUATE SCHOOL FACILITIES › Article 3 - ELIGIBLE FACILITIES › Section 1863.6 - Allowable School Building Area

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Allowable building area shall be computed
						  as follows:
(1) The amount of new building
						  area for which an apportionment may be made for the purposes of replacing
						  substandard school buildings at an attendance center, shall be based upon the
						  number of units of average daily attendance which were housed in the
						  substandard buildings being replaced and the building area limitations
						  contained in Education Code Sections
						  16047,
						  16052,
						  16053,
						  16054 and
						  16055. For
						  the purposes of this section the average daily attendance housed in substandard
						  buildings shall be considered to be 0.97 of the enrollment assigned to such
						  buildings at the time of the March 1971 or the October 1971 Report to the State
						  Department of Education. In the event a school district has buildings at more
						  than one attendance center to be replaced at a grade level, the enrollment date
						  must be the same for all applications from the district for that grade level.
						  If the substandard building was abandoned between February 1, 1971 and March
						  31, 1971, the enrollment shall be that assigned to such building on the most
						  recent date prior to abandonment. In the event that less than all of the
						  building area of the attendance center is to be replaced, the units of average
						  daily attendance attributable to the substandard buildings shall be deemed to
						  be the units of average daily attendance of the entire attendance center
						  multiplied by a ratio computed by dividing the building area of the substandard
						  buildings by the total building area of the attendance center.
(2) If the substandard building area to be
						  replaced includes exceptional children, hereby defined as physically
						  handicapped, educationally handicapped and mentally retarded minors, the
						  enrollment reported for such children shall be excluded in computing the number
						  of units of average daily attendance and allowable building area in subsection
						  (a)(1) and in lieu thereof, the allowable building area for exceptional
						  children shall be determined as follows:
(A)
						  Divide the number of pupils of each type by the maximum class size established
						  by law for special day classes for the type of pupils and increase the quotient
						  to the next highest integer where a fractional amount is produced.
(B) Multiply the number computed in (A) by
						  the maximum building area allowance shown below when the facility is planned
						  for the following types of exceptional children:
Maximum Class
										Size
Area
										Allowance--Sq. Ft.
Types of
										Pupils
Ages
										3-8
Ages
										9-20
K-8
7-9
9-12
Deaf or
									 Aphasic..........................
6
8
1235
1335
1360
Blind or Severely Hard of
									 Hearing..........................
8
10
1290
1410
1440
Partially
									 Seeing..........................
10
12
1290
1410
1440
Educationally
									 Handicapped..........................
12
12
1080
1080
1080
18
18
1373
1635
1680
Educable Mentally
									 Retarded..........................
See (3)
See (3)
Trainable Mentally
									 Retarded..........................
12
12
1860
1860
1860
12
16
2000
2000
2000
Orthopedic or Cerebral
									 Palsied..........................
See
									 (4)
See (4)
See (4)
(C) When the chronological age span of
						  educable mentally retarded minors is greater than four years, the maximum class
						  size shall be 15 pupils.
(D) When
						  facilities are to be constructed for orthopedically handicapped or cerebral
						  palsy minors, additional building area allowances shall be made for elementary
						  schools to provide adequate space for occupational therapy, physical therapy,
						  and related auxiliary services of up to 5,200 square feet if the facility is
						  designed for one to three classes and up to 7,000 square feet for four to eight
						  classes. Facilities constructed for junior and senior high schools shall be
						  allowed additional building area of up to 600 square feet for auxiliary
						  services.
(E) When facilities are
						  to be provided for minors having speech defects or disorders, 200 square feet
						  of additional building area per school is permitted.
(3) If the units of average daily attendance
						  in grades kindergarten through 6 of an elementary district, computed on the
						  same date and in the same manner specified by Subsection (a)(1), is less than
						  300, computation of units of average daily attendance in Subsection (a)(1)
						  shall be made on the total enrollment of the district. The building area
						  allowed such small schools, in accordance with Education Code 16047, shall be
						  as follows:
(A) In an applicant district
						  maintaining any combination of grades kindergarten through 6 with less than 300
						  units of average daily attendance in such grades:
ADA Units in Kindergarten and
									 Grades 1-6
Maximum Building
									 Area (Sq. Ft.)
6-25
..........................
1,600
26-50
..........................
3,800
51-75
..........................
5,700
76-100
..........................
7,200
101-133
..........................
8,415
134-166
..........................
10,200
167-199
..........................
12,000
200-232
..........................
13,360
233-285
..........................
15,675
286-299
..........................
16,500
(B) In an applicant district maintaining any
						  combination of grades kindergarten through 8 with less than 300 units of
						  average daily attendance in grades kindergarten through 6, there shall be
						  allowed, in addition to the maximum total building area shown above, a maximum
						  area of 75 square feet for each attendance unit in grades 7 and
						  8.
(4) If the substandard
						  building area to be replaced includes high school pupils attending continuation
						  classes, the enrollment reported for such pupils shall be excluded in computing
						  units of average daily attendance and allowable building area in Subsection
						  (a)(1) and in lieu thereof, the computed number of pupil units attending
						  continuation classes shall be submitted therefor as herein provided.
(A) "Pupil Units attending continuation
						  classes" is a figure computed as follows: First determine the average number of
						  pupil hours of high school attendance in continuation classes per school day in
						  the highest three months of the latest 12 months, then divide said average by
						  six. In making this computation, pupil hours during the regular school day in
						  excess of 15 per week shall be included. Pupil hours for evening or Saturday
						  classes shall be excluded. Multiply the final figure obtained in the preceding
						  calculation by a growth factor which is computed by dividing the "projected
						  enrollment" by the applicable March or October graded enrollment for the most
						  recent year. The figure obtained in the number of "Pupil Units attending
						  continuation classes."
(B) In the
						  event the building area to be replaced includes a continuation high school,
						  building area shall be allowed for the continuation high school in accordance
						  with the following schedule:
Pupil Units of Continuation High
									 School
Square Feet of Building Area
21 to
									 40...............................................................
..........................4,800
41 to
									 60...............................................................
..........................4,800
									 + 120 for each pupil unit over 40
61 to
									 90...............................................................
..........................7,200
									 + 115 for each pupil unit over 60
91 to
									 120.............................................................
..........................10,650
									 + 105 for each pupil unit over 90
121 to
									 150...........................................................
..........................13,800
									 + 90 for each pupil unit over 120
Over
									 150.............................................................
..........................16,500
									 + 60 for each pupil unit over 150
For purposes of this section a continuation high
							 school is defined as a continuation high school which is physically and
							 operationally distinguishable from other schools. If the continuation high
							 school shares space with another type of school, it can be considered to be a
							 continuation high school within the meaning of this section only if the
							 district can show conclusively that the continuation facility is in fact a
							 separate institution with its own administration, teaching staff, and course of
							 study, located in a clearly identifiable building
							 area.
(5)
						  Exceptions may be made where the Board finds that the application of this
						  subsection (1863.6(a)) would be inequitable or would result in an undue
						  hardship on the pupils of the district affected.