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AB-39 School facilities: charter schools.(1999-2000)

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 1999–2000 1st Ext.

Assembly Bill
No. 39

Introduced  by  Assembly Member Kaloogian

February 25, 1999

An act to amend Section 17070.15 of the Education Code, relating to school facilities.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 39, as introduced, Kaloogian. School facilities: charter schools.
Existing law, the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 (hereafter the Greene Act), authorizes the State Allocation Board to apportion per-pupil state funding to applicant school districts for designated school facilities, including site acquisition assistance.
Existing law authorizes the petition for, and the establishment of, charter schools to provide opportunities for teachers, parents, pupils, and community members to establish and maintain schools independently from the existing school district structure, as a method to accomplish, in part, improved pupil learning.
This bill would authorize charter schools to apply for apportionments for per-pupil school facilities funding pursuant to the Greene Act.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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


SECTION 1.

 Section 17070.15 of the Education Code is amended to read:

17070.15.
 The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless a different meaning appears from the context:
(a) “Apportionment” means a reservation of funds for the purpose of eligible new construction, modernization, or hardship approved by the board for an applicant school district.
(b) “Attendance area” means the geographical area serving an existing or proposed high school and those junior high schools and elementary schools included therein.
(c) “Board” means the State Allocation Board as established by Section 15490 of the Government Code.
(d) “Department” means the Department of General Services.
(e) “Committee” means the State School Building Finance Committee established pursuant to Section 15909.
(f) “Modernization” means any modification of a permanent structure that is at least 25 years old, or in the case of a portable classroom, that is at least 20 years old, that will enhance the ability of the structure to achieve educational purposes.
(g) “Property” includes all property, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein necessary or desirable for carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
(h) “School district” means a school district, a charter school, or a county office of education. For purposes of determining eligibility under this chapter, “school district” may also mean a high school attendance area.
(i) “Fund” means the 1998 State School Facilities Fund established pursuant to Section 17070.40.
(j) “County fund” means a county school facilities fund established pursuant to Section 17070.43.
(k) “Portable classroom” means a classroom building that is designed and constructed to be relocatable and transportable over public streets, and with respect to a single story portable classroom, is designed and constructed for relocation without the separation of the roof or floor from the building and when measured at the most exterior walls, has a floor area not in excess of 2,000 square feet.
(l) “School building capacity” means the capacity of a school building to house students.