Title EDC, California Educ. Code

In addition to the amounts provided pursuant to Sections 17072.10 and 17072.12, the board may provide site acquisition and hazardous materials evaluation and response action funding for proposed new schoolsites as follows: (a) (1) For 50 percent of the cost of the evaluation of h…

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 e…

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 educat…

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…

(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 m…

(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 t…

(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 nece…

(a) Subject to the availability of funds, 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 th…

(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 o…

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, Se…

(a) 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…

Each school district that desires to receive an apportionment for modernization under this chapter shall submit an application in a form, and in the number of copies, that the board may require. (Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 407, Sec. 4. Effective August 27, 1998.)

(a) A school district is eligible to receive an apportionment for the modernization of a permanent school building that is more than 25 years old or a portable classroom that is at least 20 years old. A school district is eligible to receive an additional apportionment for the mo…

(a) A school district eligible for funding pursuant to this article may receive a supplemental grant for either of the following: (1) Expanding an existing gymnasium, multipurpose room, library, or school kitchen, if the facility is 60 percent or less than the department’s recomm…

Funding may be approved for the modernization of any permanent school building that is more than 25 years old, or any portable classroom that is more than 20 years old, as described in Section 17071.30. (Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 587, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the State Department of Education is eligible for modernization grants pursuant to this article for facilities of the California School for the Deaf (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 59000) of Part 32) and the California…

(a) The board shall determine the total funding eligibility of a school district for modernization funding by multiplying the following amounts by each pupil of that grade level housed in school buildings that satisfy the requirements of Section 17073.15: (1) Two thousand two hun…

(a) The board shall release disbursements to school districts with approved applications for modernization, to the extent state funds are available for the state’s 80-percent share, and the school district has provided its 20-percent local match. Subject to the availability of fu…

(a) The board shall release disbursements to school districts with approved applications for modernization, to the extent state funds are available for the state’s share, and the school district has provided its required local match. Subject to the availability of funds, the boar…

As a condition for the receipt of funds under this article, a school district shall ensure that all buildings modernized comply with Sections 17212, 17212.5, and 17213. (Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 407, Sec. 4. Effective August 27, 1998.)

(a) (1) A modernization apportionment may be used for an improvement to extend the useful life of, or to enhance the physical environment of, the school. The improvement may only include the cost of design, engineering, testing, inspection, plan checking, construction management,…

The board shall adopt regulations to adjust the per-pupil amounts set forth in Section 17074.14 for modernization projects for school buildings that are 50 years old or older based upon the higher costs associated with modernizing older buildings. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 33, S…

(a) Notwithstanding Article 6 (commencing with Section 17073.10), a school district shall be eligible to receive a modernization apportionment to demolish and construct a building or buildings on an existing schoolsite if both of the following conditions are met: (1) The building…

In addition to the uses specified in Section 17074.25, a modernization apportionment may also be used for the control, management, or abatement of lead. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1075, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)

Commencing with applications submitted after January 1, 2004, any school district applying for funding pursuant to this article shall certify that it has considered the potential for the presence of lead-containing materials in the modernization projects and will follow all relev…

(a) (1) For health and safety projects for school facilities that are determined by the department to pose an unacceptable risk of injury to occupants in the event of a seismic event, a school district shall demonstrate both of the following to the satisfaction of the board: (A) …

(a) A school district may apply for hardship assistance in cases of extraordinary circumstances. (b) A school district applying for state funding under this section shall demonstrate that due to unusual circumstances that are beyond the control of the school district, excessive c…

(a) From funds available from any bond act for the purpose of funding facilities for school districts with a financial hardship, the board may provide other construction, modernization, or relocation assistance as set forth in this chapter or Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 1…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may provide assistance under this chapter for purposes of procuring interim housing, including, but not limited to, the leasing or acquisition of portable classrooms and any work associated with placing them on a site, to school distri…

(a) A school district that receives any funds pursuant to this chapter shall submit a summary report of expenditure of state funds and of school district matching funds annually until all state funds and school district matching funds are expended, and shall then submit a final r…

(a) If the board determines that a school district, county office of education, joint powers authority, or charter school is in default, or projected to default, with the requirements of any program administered by the board, the board may withhold any new approvals for that scho…

Any school district using funds allocated pursuant to this chapter for the construction or modernization of a school building shall have a participation goal of at least 3 percent, per year, of the overall dollar amount expended each year by the school district, for disabled vete…

(a) It is a goal of the Legislature to eventually enhance pupil safety by equipping all elementary and secondary school classrooms with a telephone hook connected to a public switched network. (b) The Legislature finds and declares that as of 1999, there are approximately 205,000…

(a) There is hereby established the Critically Overcrowded School Facilities Program to be administered by the board. (b) For the purposes of this article, “preliminary application” means an application for a preliminary apportionment pursuant to this article. (c) For the purpose…

(a) Unless this article expressly provides otherwise, the provisions contained in the other articles of this chapter shall apply with equal force to a project funded under this article. This article shall control over the provisions of this chapter contained in other articles onl…

Projects funded under this article shall meet all of the following criteria: (a) The project is a new construction project to build new pupil capacity to relieve overcrowding. (b) The proposed school facility shall be located in the proposed general location, as set forth in Sect…

(a) The board shall disseminate information to school districts regarding the availability of funding pursuant to this article and the appropriate deadlines for applications. (b) Applicants for funding pursuant to this article shall submit preliminary applications to the board. (…

(a) The preliminary applications shall do all of the following: (1) Establish per-unhoused-pupil eligibility as set forth in Article 3 (commencing with Section 17071.75). (2) Identify the unhoused pupil population that the proposed project will serve by determining the number of …

(a) On the basis of the preliminary application and upon confirmation by the board of the applicant’s eligibility, the board shall in a timely manner make a preliminary apportionment for applicants under this article exclusively from funds reserved expressly for the purposes of t…

(a) Within the maximum time period set forth in Section 17078.30, the applicant shall have a period of up to four years from the date of the preliminary apportionment in which to complete the application for final apportionment. (b) The applicant may request a single one-year ext…

(a) Upon completion of the preliminary process authorized pursuant to this article, and when a preliminary applicant has complied with the conditions set forth in this chapter for a final apportionment, including, but not limited to, Section 17070.50, the board shall adjust the p…

(a) (1) A portion of the funds reserved for the purposes set forth in this article from the proceeds of state bonds approved by the voters at the November 5, 2002, statewide general election that are not included in a preliminary apportionment for an application that is received …

(a) There is hereby established the Charter School Facilities Program to provide funding to qualifying entities for the purpose of establishing school facilities for charter school pupils. (b) (1) The 2002 Charter School Facilities Account is hereby established within the 2002 St…

(a) The initial preliminary applications for projects to be funded pursuant to this article shall be submitted to the board by March 31, 2003. Thereafter, the board may establish subsequent application periods as needed. (b) Preliminary applications may be submitted by eligible a…

(a) An eligible project under this article shall include funding, as permitted by this chapter, for new construction or rehabilitation of a school facility for charter school pupils, as set forth in this article. A project may include, but is not limited to, the cost of retrofitt…

(a) The board, in consultation with the authority, shall approve projects pursuant to this article as otherwise set forth in this chapter, and shall make preliminary apportionments only to financially sound applicants in accordance with all of the following criteria: (1) The boar…