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SB-1421 School facilities: schoolsites on military bases.(2013-2014)

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Amended  IN  Assembly  July 01, 2014
Amended  IN  Senate  May 27, 2014
Amended  IN  Senate  April 21, 2014

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2013–2014 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 1421

Introduced by Senator Fuller
(Coauthor: Senator Vidak)

February 21, 2014

An act to add Section 17070.72 to the Education Code, relating to school facilities.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 1421, as amended, Fuller. School facilities: schoolsites on military bases.
Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state, and provides for the funding of the construction of new school facilities and the modernization of existing facilities. Existing law requires the State Allocation Board to apportion certain state funds to eligible school districts for school facilities. Existing federal law provides for construction funding assistance for schoolsites that are located on United States military bases and that meet specified criteria.
This bill would authorize the State Allocation Board, if requested by an applicant, to give priority on its Applications Received Beyond Bond Unfunded Approval-Lack of Authority List to applications submitted before May 1, 2014, for certain state funds for projects schools located on military installations that are eligible for specified federal school construction grants, except as specified. The bill would provide that a school district that requests this priority for an application shall not apply for school facilities state bond funds for the 3 years after the date the board grants priority for an application, as described above.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 17070.72 is added to the Education Code, to read:

17070.72.
 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 17070.70 and Section 17070.71, if If requested by an applicant, the board may give priority on its Applications Received Beyond Bond Unfunded Approval-Lack of Authority List to applications submitted before May 1, 2014, for funding under this chapter for projects schools located on military installations that are eligible for United States Department of Defense Office of Economic Adjustment school construction grants. The authority provided pursuant to this section shall be for priority over all other projects on the Unfunded Approval-Lack of Authority List except for facility hardship projects.
(b) A school district that requests priority pursuant to subdivision (a) for an application shall not apply for school facilities state bond funds for the three years after the date the board grants priority for an application pursuant to subdivision (a).