Title EDC — California Educ. Code

(a) Whenever the existing school building capacity in any high school attendance area prevents another high school attendance area from receiving the maximum per-unhoused-pupil grant specified for the school district as a whole, the eligibility may be computed separately for each…

(a) The board shall determine the maximum total new construction grant eligibility of an applicant by multiplying the number of unhoused pupils calculated pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 17071.75) in each school district with an approved application for new constru…

(a) All of the following shall apply on and after July 1, 2006: (1) The per-unhoused-pupil grant eligibility determined under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 17072.10 shall be increased by 7 percent. (2) The per-unhoused-pupil grant eligibility determined und…

(a) In addition to the amount provided in Section 17072.10, the board may provide funding for assistance in site development and acquisition if all of the following are met: (1) The amount of the site acquisition and development assistance does not exceed 50 percent of the cost o…

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.

(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.

(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.

(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.

(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.

(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.

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) On and after July 1, 2002, all new construction projects submitted to the Division of the State Architect pursuant to this chapter, including, but not limited to, hardship applications, that require the approval of the Department of General Services shall include an automatic…

(a) For modernization projects, the automatic fire detection and alarm system required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 17074.50 shall consist of smoke or heat detectors, or a combination thereof, as determined by the State Fire Marshall, installed in the school building. T…

(a) A portable building that is sited with the intent that it be at the site for less than three years and is sited upon a temporary foundation in a manner that is designed to permit easy removal, is exempt from Sections 17074.50 and 17074.52 for a period of three years from the …

(a) The State Allocation Board shall adjust the per-pupil grant amount set forth in Section 17072.10 as necessary to accommodate 50 percent of the increased costs due to the automatic fire detection, alarm, and sprinkler system required pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1707…

(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) On and after July 1, 2011, all new construction projects submitted to the Division of the State Architect pursuant to this chapter shall include locks that allow doors to classrooms and any room with an occupancy of five or more persons to be locked from the inside. (b) The l…

(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…

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 vet…

(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) As part of the requirements for submission of an application to the State Allocation Board for funding pursuant to this chapter for any new construction or modernization project, the applicant school district may, at the time of submission of the final drawings to the Divisio…

(a) An applicant school district may include plan design and other project components that promote school facility energy efficiency approaching the ultimate goal of school facility energy self-sufficiency and pollution reduction, and may seek a grant adjustment for the state’s s…

(a) With funds made available for the purposes of this article, the board may provide a grant to fund joint-use projects to construct facilities on kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, schoolsites. (b) A school district may apply to the board for funding under this article for a …

In order to be approved for a grant under this article, the applicant district shall demonstrate that it has complied with all of the following: (a) The school district has entered into a joint-use agreement with a governmental agency, public community college, public college or …

(a) The board shall establish standards for determining the amount of the supplemental grant funding to be made available for each project under this article. (1) For a project application qualifying for funding under paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 17077.40, the supp…

(a) (1) With funds made available for this purpose, the board shall provide a grant to test for lead in water outlets used for drinking or preparing food on schoolsites serving kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, that were constructed before January 1, 2010, and for…

(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…