ARTICLE 11. Critically Overcrowded School Facilities [17078.10. - 17078.30.]

Cal. Education Code - EDC 11.

in effect

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17078.10. Section 17078.10.

(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 purposes of this article, “preliminary apportionment” means an apportionment made for eligible applicants with critically overcrowded schools in advance of full compliance with all of the application requirements otherwise required for an apportionment pursuant to this chapter. (d) For the purposes of this article, “final apportionment” has the same meaning as “apportionment” as set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 17070.15. (e) There is hereby established the 2002 Critically Overcrowded School Facilities Account within the 2002 State School Facilities Fund, and the 2004 Critically Overcrowded School Facilities Account within the 2004 State School Facilities Fund, for the purposes of this article. Funds reserved for the purposes of this article shall be placed in those accounts, as appropriate, and shall be available exclusively for projects eligible under this article until the funds are made available for other purposes of this chapter pursuant to Section 17078.30.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17078.15. Section 17078.15.

(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 only to the extent that this article expressly conflicts with those provisions. (b) This article shall apply only to a project that is otherwise eligible under this chapter and that meets both of the following criteria: (1) The project meets the criteria set forth in Section 17078.18. (2) The project is to be funded from the proceeds of state bonds approved by the voters at the November 5, 2002, statewide general election, or the 2004 direct primary election or the 2004 statewide general election, as the case may be, that were expressly reserved in the bond act or acts for the purposes set forth in this article. (c) The state share of project costs and the state per-unhoused-pupil new construction apportionments for programs eligible under this article shall be equal to the share and amounts otherwise provided by the board pursuant to this chapter, including, but not limited to, any applicable adjustments or supplements otherwise authorized pursuant to this chapter. (d) A school district that elects to utilize per-unhoused-pupil eligibility pursuant to this chapter to support a project pursuant to this article, shall not simultaneously utilize that same eligibility to support any other application pursuant to this chapter.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17078.18. Section 17078.18.

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 Section 17078.22, of the school or schools that have the conditions and pupils that establish the eligibility pursuant to this article as set forth in subdivision (c). (c) At least 75 percent of the projected pupil occupancy of the project facilities shall come from a source school or source schools that have a site pupil population density greater than 115 pupils per acre in grades kindergarten to six, inclusive, or a site pupil population density greater than 90 pupils per acre in grades seven to 12, inclusive, as determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction using enrollment data from the California Basic Educational Data System for the 2001–02 school year. For source schools with grades that include a combination of kindergarten to six, inclusive, and seven to 12, inclusive, the controlling source schoolsite pupil population density shall be the one applicable to the grade levels in which the majority of the pupils are enrolled at the source school.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17078.20. Section 17078.20.

(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. (c) The preliminary applications shall be submitted by May 1, 2003, for projects to be funded with the proceeds of bonds approved by the voters at the November 5, 2002, statewide general election. (d) Preliminary applications shall be accepted by the board during the period between 60 days before and 120 days after, the 2004 direct primary election, or the 2004 statewide general election, as appropriate for projects to be funded with the proceeds of bonds approved by the voters at the 2004 direct primary election, or the 2004 statewide general election, as appropriate. (e) If funds are insufficient to fully fund all of the preliminary applicants, the board shall apportion first to those projects that would house pupils from source schools with the highest pupil density levels relative to the State Department of Education standards.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17078.22. Section 17078.22.

(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 pupils to be served and the likely source school or schools from which the pupils population will be drawn. (3) Identify the proposed general location of the needed new facilities pursuant to any of the following: (A) Within that portion of the attendance area from which one or more elementary schools that would be a source of the per-pupil eligibility for the proposed facility draws its enrollment, or within a one-mile radius of a source school, or within a one-mile radius of any one of the source schools if there are more than one, whichever is greater. (B) Within the attendance area of a high school, middle school, or junior high school that would be a source of the per-pupil eligibility for the proposed facility or within a three-mile radius of a source school, or within a three-mile radius of any one of the source schools if there are more than one, whichever is greater. (4) Estimate the total facility cost on a per-pupil basis and estimate the total site acquisition and development costs pursuant to the regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 17078.24. (b) The State Department of Education may grant a variance from the distance maximums set forth in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) if the school district demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that the variance is necessary in order to adequately provide facilities for the identified source school pupils.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17078.24. Section 17078.24.

(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 this article. (b) Preliminary apportionments for site development and acquisition included in the preliminary application pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 17078.22 shall be based either on the preliminary appraisal, if available, or on the median costs of appropriately sized parcels within the qualifying area, as determined by the board. (c) Preliminary apportionments shall include the total estimated state costs of the project, including, but not limited to, site acquisition and development costs related to evaluations and elimination of hazardous materials, an inflation factor, any applicable excess cost allowances, and hardship costs, if any. The board shall adopt regulations establishing standards and methods for setting these costs and for making related estimates.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17078.25. Section 17078.25.

(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 extension of the period set forth in subdivision (a). The board shall grant the request for the single one-year extension if it determines that the applicant has made substantial progress towards completing the requirements for filing an application for final apportionment. The board may grant only one one-year extension for the project and may only grant the extension if granting the extension would not, in total, cause the project to exceed the maximum time period set forth in Section 17078.30. (c) The board shall adopt regulations setting forth standards for determining the existence of substantial progress within the meaning of subdivision (b). (d) The governing board of a school district shall report annually to the State Allocation Board regarding the progress made toward completing the requirements for filing an application for final apportionment, and shall annually hold, at a regularly scheduled meeting of the governing board, a public hearing pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code) to discuss, and to receive public comment regarding, the report. (e) In its first annual report the governing board of the school district shall certify that the State Department of Education has determined in writing that there is at least one approvable site within the proposed general location of the proposed facility identified pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 17078.22, or within the variance location authorized pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 17078.22. (f) If the applicant for the one-year extension pursuant to subdivision (b) has not made substantial progress to complete the application process within the allotted time period, the preliminary apportionment shall be rescinded and shall be utilized by the board for funding of other projects that have received a preliminary apportionment pursuant to this article, or at the expiration of the maximum time allowed pursuant to Section 17078.30, the board shall use the funds for any other new construction purpose of this chapter.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17078.27. Section 17078.27.

(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 preliminary apportionment as set forth in subdivision (b) and as necessary to reflect the current eligible grant amounts for final apportionments pursuant to this chapter consistent with regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 17078.24. The board shall then convert the adjusted preliminary apportionment to a final apportionment and proceed to completion of the project in the same manner as for any project funded under provisions of this chapter other than this article. (b) The board may adjust for cost increases only if uncommitted funds reserved expressly for the purposes of this article remain available for those purposes. (c) For purposes of calculating enrollment to determine eligibility for a final apportionment for a project funded from the Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2002, as set forth in Part 68.1 (commencing with Section 100600), and the Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004, as set forth in Part 68.2 (commencing with Section 100800), an applicant may use one of the following methods as an alternative to the method provided in subdivision (a) of Section 17071.75: (1) The current year enrollment as recorded on the cohort survival enrollment projection system described in subdivision (a) of Section 17071.75, for the year in which the application for the final apportionment is submitted. (2) (A) If eligibility for the preliminary apportionment was calculated pursuant to Section 17071.76, the current year or five-year projected enrollment as recorded on a cohort survival enrollment projection system, developed and approved by the board, that uses pupil residence in the high school attendance area, for the year in which the application for the final apportionment is submitted. (B) A school district that uses the method described in this paragraph to calculate enrollment shall also use this method to calculate enrollment for all applications it submits for final apportionments for projects for which preliminary apportionments were approved from the same bond authorization.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17078.30. Section 17078.30.

(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 by the deadline specified in subdivision (c) of Section 17078.20 shall thereafter be available to the board for apportionment for any new construction purpose under any other article of this chapter. (2) The amount of funds that shall be made available to the board for purposes other than this article, pursuant to this subdivision, shall be calculated as follows: (A) Add the total amount preliminarily apportioned to 15 percent of that amount. (B) Take the number calculated pursuant to subparagraph (A) and subtract that number from the amount originally reserved for the purposes of this article. (C) The number calculated pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall thereafter be available to the board for any new construction purpose under any other article of this chapter. (3) All 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 pursuant to a preliminary apportionment that are not included within a final apportionment within the timeframes permitted by Section 17078.25 shall thereafter be available to the board for apportionment for any new construction purpose under any other article of this chapter. (b) (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 2004 direct primary election, or the 2004 statewide general election, as appropriate, that are not included in a preliminary apportionment for an application that is received by the deadline specified in subdivision (d) of Section 17078.20 shall thereafter be available to the board for apportionment for any new construction purpose under any other article of this chapter. (2) The amount of funds that shall be made available to the board for purposes other than this article, pursuant to this subdivision, shall be calculated as follows: (A) Add the total amount preliminarily apportioned to 15 percent of that amount. (B) Take the number calculated pursuant to subparagraph (A) and subtract that number from the amount originally reserved for the purposes of this article. (C) The number calculated pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall thereafter be available to the board for any new construction purpose under any other article of this chapter. (3) All funds reserved for the purposes set forth in this article from the proceeds of state bonds approved by the voters at the 2004 direct primary election, or the 2004 statewide general election, as appropriate, pursuant to a preliminary apportionment that are not included within a final apportionment within the timeframes permitted by Section 17078.25 shall thereafter be available to the board for apportionment for any new construction purpose under any other article of this chapter.

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