Title EDC — California Educ. Code

This chapter may be cited as the “State Project Area School Construction Law.”

In recognition of the impact which certain major state construction projects have on local school district building needs in the areas in which the projects are constructed, the Legislature declares that it is the policy of the state to bear a proportionate share of the construct…

As used in this chapter: (a) “State project” means any construction project undertaken by the state, or the state and federal government jointly, which will cause a sudden influx of people into the area affected and where sufficient housing, schools, and other community facilitie…

The Director of General Services shall administer this chapter and shall provide any assistance to the board that it may require.

A fund in the State Treasury is hereby created, to be known as the State School Construction Fund. All money in the State School Construction Fund, including any money deposited in the fund from any source whatsoever after September 11, 1957, is hereby continuously appropriated w…

Apportionment from the State School Construction Fund to school districts shall be made in the manner and subject to the conditions herein provided and in accordance with policies adopted by the board, for any of the following purposes: (a) The purchase and improvement of schools…

In addition to the purposes for which apportionments may be made to school districts under Section 16520, apportionments may also be made to school districts for the construction, repair, attachment or development of offsite facilities, utilities or improvements which the board d…

In making applications for, and in expending, apportionments of funds under this chapter, a district acts as an agent of the state and all sites purchased and improved, all equipment purchased, and all buildings constructed, reconstructed, altered, or added to through the expendi…

The board may require school districts to insure for the benefit of the state all sites, equipment, and buildings which are the property of the state, against any risks and in any amounts that the board may deem necessary to protect the interests of the state. No state funds appo…

A district shall be eligible to an apportionment under this chapter if the estimated number of project children and indirect project children who will be in average daily attendance in the schools of the district during the period of the state project is at least 25 and is at lea…

Any eligible school district may make application for an apportionment for a grade level which it maintains by submitting through the governing board an application therefor in a form and number that the board shall prescribe. The application shall be addressed to the board and s…

At the next regular meeting of the board following the submission of the reports and recommendations required by Section 16525, the board shall, subject to this chapter, approve or reject the application. If the board approves the application, it shall by resolution adopted by it…

No apportionment to a school district under this chapter shall become final, nor shall any agreement authorized by Section 16528 be entered into, unless at an election called by the governing board of the district, two-thirds of the qualified electors of the district voting there…

(a) In addition to the powers granted the board under this chapter, the board shall have authority to do each of the following: (1) Make apportionments to districts for the purchase of sites only, or for the construction or purchase of temporary or portable buildings, and for the…

The board shall compute for each applicant school district the amount to which the district is entitled under this chapter in the manner prescribed by this article. The amount so computed shall be reduced by the amount received or to be received by the district under Public Law 8…

In the computation of the apportionments to applicant school districts, the board may utilize the facilities and services of any department or agency of the state and may delegate the performance of any duties or functions, except those specifically delegated by this chapter to t…

The board shall multiply: (a) The estimated number of project children in the district by the current construction cost per pupil in the area of the state project. (b) The estimated number of indirect project children in the district by the current construction cost per pupil in …

(a) The average per pupil cost of constructing complete school facilities in the area of the state project for the purposes of this article shall be determined by the board, after consultation with the department and the Department of General Services, on the basis of information…

Immediately after the result of the election required by Section 16527 has been determined, the county superintendent of schools shall make a certificate in duplicate stating whether the district has authorized the acceptance and expenditure of the apportionment. One copy of the …

The election by a school district upon the acceptance, expenditure, and repayment of an apportionment prescribed by Section 16527 may be called and held either before or after the making of an apportionment.

Payment shall be made in accordance with the terms of a final apportionment, to a school district for expenditures, or commitments therefor, which have been made by the district subsequent to the date of the proclamation of the Governor proclaiming a state project in the area inc…

The board shall prescribe in the detail that it deems necessary, the purposes for which moneys apportioned by it to a district under this chapter may be expended and the prescription shall be binding upon the governing board of the district except that it may be, for good cause, …

Each apportionment made by the board under this chapter shall be certified by it to the Controller who shall thereupon draw his or her warrant on the State Treasury in favor of the county treasurer of the county having jurisdiction over the district. The warrant shall be paid by …

The county treasurer of each county shall pay all moneys received by him or her under this chapter into the county treasury to the credit of the state school construction fund of the district, which fund is hereby created, exactly as apportioned by the board.

The governing board of each school district to which an apportionment has been made under this chapter shall expend the moneys in the state school construction fund of the district only for the purposes for which the moneys were apportioned to the district and for no other purpos…

It shall be the duty of the Controller to make any audit or audits of the books and records of counties and school districts receiving apportionments under this chapter, that he or she may deem necessary from time to time, for the purpose of determining that the money received by…

Each school district to which an apportionment is made under this chapter shall repay the principal amount of the apportionment in the manner prescribed by this article.

For purposes of computing the repayment, the state project shall be deemed completed on June 30th of the fiscal year in which the state project is completed and accepted by the state.

The principal amount of the apportionment shall be computed and repaid in the manner prescribed in this article. (a) On or before the first day of January succeeding the completion of the state project, the Controller shall compute the annual repayment of each apportionment for e…

If on June 30th of the fiscal year in which the state project is completed there is classroom space constructed with funds apportioned under this chapter, that is not being used by the district, the board shall, upon application of the district, reduce the total amount to be repa…

The Controller shall, during the fiscal year in which he or she determines the annual repayment as provided in Section 16572, and for each subsequent fiscal year not exceeding 30, deduct the total amount of the annual repayment of each district in equal amounts from each of the F…

Upon computing in any fiscal year the amount to be deducted from the apportionments to the district from the State School Fund during the fiscal year, the Controller shall notify the governing board of the district and the county auditor of the county, the county superintendent o…

The board of supervisors of the county, the county superintendent of which has jurisdiction over any district which under this chapter will have moneys withheld by the Controller from the apportionments to be made to it from the State School Fund during any fiscal year, shall ann…

Notwithstanding Section 16572 to the contrary, if on or before June 30th of the fiscal year in which the state project is completed the district has received a final apportionment under Sections 16000 to 16207, inclusive, or if at any time thereafter the district receives a final…

In addition to any other powers and duties as are granted the board by this chapter, the board shall do each of the following: (a) Establish any procedures and policies in connection with the administration of, and the expenditure of funds made available for the purpose of, this …

The State Allocation Board is continued in existence for the purposes 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 a…

Whenever the Controller determines that any money apportioned to a school district under this chapter has been expended by the district for purposes not authorized by this chapter, or exceeds the final cost of the project which is authorized by this chapter to be paid therefrom, …

The Legislature hereby declares that it is in the interest of the people and of the state that there be a general diffusion of knowledge and intelligence through the establishment and operation of public libraries. Such diffusion is a matter of general concern inasmuch as it is t…

There is in the state government an agency known as the California State Library.

The California State Library is under the control of an executive who shall be a technically trained librarian and shall be known as the “State Librarian.”

The State Librarian shall be appointed by and hold office at the pleasure of the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The State Librarian shall nominate a Deputy State Librarian to be appointed by, and hold office at the pleasure of, the Governor.

As used in this chapter, “public library” means any public library as defined in this code, or any county law library established pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6300) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.

The State Librarian may do all of the following: (a) Make rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the government of the California State Library. (b) Appoint or employ civil service personnel as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (c) Sell or exchan…

The State Librarian may employ consultants to provide technical assistance to public libraries in the development and enhancement of library services.

The State Librarian shall also do all of the following: (a) Purchase books, maps, engravings, paintings, furniture, and other materials and equipment necessary to carry out California State Library programs and services. (b) Number and stamp all books and maps belonging to the li…

The State Librarian may do both of the following: (a) Contract directly with counties, cities, or districts within this state, agencies of the state, and agencies of the United States government for the purpose of providing library services. (b) Establish and operate library serv…

The State Librarian shall make available in the state on a loan basis to blind or print disabled persons, or to persons with a disability that prevents them from reading conventional printed materials, audio recordings of books and other related materials. The materials to be mad…

The State Librarian may consider for rendering into embossed braille any print books and other materials, excluding textbooks, requested by an eligible patron with print disabilities. Consideration of the patron’s request shall be dependent upon available staffing, resources, and…

The State Librarian may provide the following: (a) Toll-free and local telephone services for registered patrons of the federally designated regional libraries for the blind and print disabled, in order to enable those persons to have direct patron access to library services. (b)…