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AB-75 Education finance: school facilities: Kindergarten-Community Colleges Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2022.(2021-2022)

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Date Published: 03/29/2021 09:00 PM
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Amended  IN  Assembly  March 29, 2021

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 75

Introduced by Assembly Member O’Donnell

December 07, 2020

An act to amend Sections 17070.25, 17070.50, 17071.75, 17072.30, 17072.35, 17073.15, 17074.16, 17074.25, and 17075.15 17075.15, and 17077.35 of, to add Sections 17070.42, 17070.59, 17073.16, 17074.265, and 17075.20 to, to add Article 10.7 (commencing with Section 17077.60) and Article 11.5 (commencing with Section 17078.40) to Chapter 12.5 of Part 10 of Division 1 of Title 1 of, and to add Part 71 (commencing with Section 101410) to Division 14 of Title 3 of, and to repeal and add Section 17075.10 of, the Education Code, relating to education finance, by providing the funds necessary therefor through an election for the issuance and sale of bonds of the State of California and for the handling and disposition of these funds.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 75, as amended, O’Donnell. Education finance: school facilities: Kindergarten-Community Colleges Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2022.
(1) The Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 provides for the adoption of rules, regulations, and procedures, under the administration of the Director of General Services, for the allocation of state funds by the State Allocation Board for the construction and modernization of public school facilities.
This bill would add provisions to the act to require the Department of General Services to process all applications received under the act on and after an unspecified date and to present those applications to the State Allocation Board within 120 days of receipt. The bill would require applicants for bond funding to supply designated information to the State Department of Education. The bill would authorize school districts to receive a supplemental grant to expand an existing, or construct a new, gymnasium, multipurpose room, library, or school kitchen under specified conditions. The bill would amend the methodology for calculating a school district’s required local contribution, as specified.
The bill would specifically authorize the allocation of state funds for the replacement of school buildings that are at least 75 years old, for specified assistance to school districts with a school facility located on a military installation, as specified, and small school districts, as defined, and for the testing and remediation of lead levels in water fountains and faucets used for drinking or preparing food on schoolsites. The bill would authorize new construction and modernization grants to be used for seismic mitigation purposes, certain health and safety projects, and, among other things, to establish schoolsite-based infrastructure to provide broadband internet access. The bill would also authorize modernization grants to be used for the control, management, or abatement of lead.
The bill would increase the maximum level of total bonding capacity, as defined, that a school district could have in order to be deemed eligible for financial hardship under the act from $5,000,000 to $15,000,000. The bill, commencing in the 2023–24 fiscal year, would increase that $15,000,000 maximum by a specified inflation adjustment. The bill would authorize the State Allocation Board to provide specified assistance to school districts and county offices of education impacted by a natural disaster for which the Governor has declared a state of emergency.
(2) The California Constitution prohibits the Legislature from creating a debt or liability that singly or in the aggregate with any previous debts or liabilities exceeds the sum of $300,000, except by an act that (A) authorizes the debt for a single object or work specified in the act, (B) has been passed by a 2/3 vote of all the Members elected to each house of the Legislature, (C) has been submitted to the people at a statewide general or primary election, and (D) has received a majority of all the votes cast for and against it at that election.
This bill would set forth the Kindergarten-Community Colleges Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2022 as a state general obligation bond act that would provide an unspecified amount of funds to construct and modernize education facilities, as provided. The bond act would become operative only if approved by the voters at an unspecified statewide election in 2022. The bill would require its other provisions to take effect upon voter approval of the bond act.
Vote: 2/3   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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


SECTION 1.

 Section 17070.25 of the Education Code is amended to read:

17070.25.
 The department shall first publish applications for funding under this chapter by November 4, 1998, and shall be prepared to receive and expeditiously act upon applications on and after that date. All applications received on and after ____ under this chapter shall be processed by the department within 90 days of receipt of the application and presented to the board within 120 days of receipt of the application.

SEC. 2.

 Section 17070.42 is added to the Education Code, to read:

17070.42.
 (a) A fund is hereby established in the State Treasury, to be known as the 2022 State School Facilities Fund. All money in the fund, including any money deposited in that fund from any source whatsoever, and notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, is hereby continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years for expenditure pursuant to this chapter.
(b) The board may make apportionments in amounts not exceeding those funds on deposit in the 2022 State School Facilities Fund, and any amount of bonds authorized by the committee, but not yet sold by the Treasurer.
(c) The board may make disbursements pursuant to any apportionment made from any funds in the 2022 State School Facilities Fund, irrespective of whether there exists at the time of the disbursement an amount in the 2022 State School Facilities Fund sufficient to permit payment in full of all apportionments previously made. No disbursement shall be made from any funds required by law to be transferred to the General Fund.

SEC. 3.

 Section 17070.50 of the Education Code is amended to read:

17070.50.
 (a) The board shall not apportion funds to any school district, unless the applicant school district has certified to the board that the services of any architect, structural engineer, or other design professional for any work under the project have been obtained pursuant to a competitive process that is consistent with the requirements of Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 4525) of Division 5 of Title 1 of the Government Code and has obtained the written approval of the State Department of Education that the site selection, and the building plans and specifications, comply with the standards adopted by the department pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c), respectively, of Section 17251.
(b) For projects funded with bonds approved by voters after January 1, 2022, an applicant shall submit the following information to the State Department of Education once for each school in the school district:
(1) The year each building at the school currently used for instructional purposes was constructed.
(2) The square footage of each building that is currently used for instructional purposes.
(3) The year, if any, each building that is currently used for instructional purposes was last modernized.
(4) The pupil capacity of the school.
(5) The age and number of portable buildings at the school.
(6) Whether the school has any of the following:
(A) A cafeteria or multipurpose room.
(B) A library.
(C) A gymnasium.

SEC. 4.

 Section 17070.59 is added to the Education Code, to read:

17070.59.
 For purposes of determining the points used to compute the adjustments applied pursuant to Sections 17072.30 and 17074.16, the department shall compute the sum of the following point computations applicable to each school district:
(a) For each school district, the department shall divide the district’s gross bonding capacity by the district’s total enrollment, as determined for purposes of this chapter.
(1) A school district determined to have a gross bonding capacity per enrollment of between zero dollars ($0) to nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($9,999), inclusive, shall receive four points.
(2) A school district determined to have a gross bonding capacity per enrollment of between ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to nineteen thousand nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($19,999), inclusive, shall receive three points.
(3) A school district determined to have a gross bonding capacity per enrollment of between twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to fifty-four thousand nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($54,999), inclusive, shall receive two points.
(4) A school district determined to have a gross bonding capacity per enrollment of more than fifty-five thousand dollars ($55,000) shall receive one point.
(b) For each school district, the department shall identify each district’s unduplicated pupil percentage as determined for purposes of the local control funding formula pursuant to Section 42238.02.
(1) A school district determined to have an unduplicated pupil percentage of between 75 percent and 100 percent shall receive eight points.
(2) A school district determined to have an unduplicated pupil percentage of between 50 percent and 74.99 percent shall receive six points.
(3) A school district determined to have an unduplicated pupil percentage of between 25 percent and 49.99 percent shall receive four points.
(4) A school district determined to have an unduplicated pupil percentage that is less than 24.99 percent shall receive two points.
(c) A school district that has a pupil enrollment of 200 pupils or fewer shall receive one point.
(d) The department shall draft regulations for consideration by the board to further clarify the requirements of this section.

SEC. 4.SEC. 5.

 Section 17071.75 of the Education Code is amended to read:

17071.75.
 After a one-time initial report of existing school building capacity has been completed, the ongoing eligibility of a school district for new construction funding shall be determined by making all of the following calculations:
(a) A school district that applies to receive funding for new construction shall use the following methods to determine projected enrollment:
(1) A school district that has two or more schoolsites each with a pupil population density that is greater than 115 pupils per acre in kindergarten and grades 1 to 6, inclusive, or a schoolsite pupil population density that is greater than 90 pupils per acre in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, as determined by the Superintendent using enrollment data from the California Basic Educational Data System for the 2004–05 school year, may submit an application for funding for projects that will relieve overcrowded conditions. That school district may also submit an alternative enrollment projection for the fifth year beyond the fiscal year in which the application is made using a methodology other than the cohort survival enrollment projection method, as defined by the board pursuant to paragraph (2), to be reviewed by the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance, in consultation with the department and the Office of Public School Construction. If the Office of Public School Construction and the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance jointly determine that the alternative enrollment projection provides a reasonable estimate of expected enrollment demand, a recommendation shall be forwarded to the board to approve or disapprove the application, in accordance with all of the following:
(A) Total funding for new construction projects using this method shall be limited to five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000), from the Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004.
(B) The eligibility amount for proposed projects that relieve overcrowding is the difference between the alternative enrollment projection method for the year the application is submitted and the cohort survival enrollment projection method, as defined by paragraph (2), for the same year, adjusted by the existing pupil capacity in excess of the projected enrollment according to the cohort survival enrollment projection method.
(C) The Office of Public School Construction shall determine whether each proposed project will relieve overcrowding, including, but not limited to, the elimination of the use of Concept 6 calendars, four track year-round calendars, or busing in excess of 40 minutes, and recommend approval to the board. The number of unhoused pupil grants requested in the application for funding from the eligibility determined pursuant to this paragraph shall be limited to the number of seats necessary to relieve overcrowding, including, but not limited to, the elimination of the use of Concept 6 calendars, four track year-round calendars, or busing in excess of 40 minutes, less the number of unhoused pupil grants attributed to that school as a source school in an approved application pursuant to Section 17078.24.
(D) A school district shall use the same alternative enrollment projection methodology for all applications submitted pursuant to this paragraph and shall calculate those projections in accordance with the same districtwide or high school attendance area used for the enrollment projection made pursuant to paragraph (2).
(2) A school district shall calculate enrollment projections for the fifth year beyond the fiscal year in which the application is made. Projected enrollment shall be determined by using the cohort survival enrollment projection system, as defined and approved by the board. The board may supplement the cohort survival enrollment projection with any of the following:
(A) The number of unhoused pupils that are anticipated as a result of dwelling units proposed pursuant to approved and valid tentative subdivision maps.
(B) Modified weighting mechanisms, if the board determines that they best represent the enrollment trends of the district. Mechanisms pursuant to this subparagraph shall be developed and applied in consultation with the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance.
(C) An adjustment to reflect the effects on kindergarten and first grade enrollment of changes in birth rates within the school district or high school attendance area boundaries.
(3) (A) A school district may submit an enrollment projection for either a 5th year or a 10th year beyond the fiscal year in which the application is made. A school district that bases its enrollment projection calculation on a high school attendance area may use pupil residence in that attendance area to calculate enrollment. A school district that uses pupil residence shall do so for all high school attendance areas within the district. A pupil shall not be included in a high school attendance area enrollment projection based on pupil residence unless that pupil was included in the California Basic Educational Data System (CBEDS) report of the district for the same enrollment year. The board may require a district to provide a reconciliation of the districtwide CBEDS and residency data. The board also may adopt regulations to specify the format and certification requirements for a school district that submits residency data.
(b) (1) Add the number of pupils that may be adequately housed in the existing school building capacity of the applicant school district as determined pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 17071.10) to the number of pupils for whom facilities were provided from any state or local funding source after the existing school building capacity was determined pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 17071.10). For this purpose, the total number of pupils for whom facilities were provided shall be determined using the pupil loading formula set forth in Section 17071.25.
(2) Subtract from the number of pupils calculated in paragraph (1) the number of pupils that were housed in facilities to which the school district or county office of education relinquished title as the result of a transfer of a special education program between a school district and a county office of education or special education local plan area, if applicable. For this purpose, the total number of pupils that were housed in the facilities to which title was relinquished shall be determined using the pupil loading formula adopted by the board pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 17071.25. For purposes of this paragraph, title also includes any lease interest with a duration of greater than five years.
(c) Subtract the number of pupils pursuant to subdivision (b) from the number of pupils determined pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).
(d) The calculations required to establish eligibility under this article shall result in a distinction between the number of existing unhoused pupils and the number of projected unhoused pupils.
(e) Apply the increase or decrease resulting from the difference between the most recent report made pursuant to former Section 42268 as it read on June 30, 2013, and the report used in determining the baseline capacity of the school district pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 17071.25.
(f) For purposes of calculating projected enrollment pursuant to subdivision (a), the board may adopt regulations to ensure that the enrollment calculation of individuals with exceptional needs receiving special education services is adjusted in the enrollment reporting period in which the transfer occurs and three previous school years as a result of a transfer of a special education program between a school district and a county office of education or a special education local plan area. However, the projected enrollment calculation of a county office of education shall only be adjusted if a transfer of title for the special education program facilities has occurred. The regulations, if adopted, shall ensure that if a transfer of title to special education program facilities constructed with state funds occurs within 10 years after initial occupancy of the facility, the receiving school district or school districts shall remit to the state a proportionate share of any financial hardship assistance provided for the project pursuant to Section 17075.10, if applicable.
(g) For a school district with an enrollment of 2,500 or less, an adjustment in enrollment projections shall not result in a loss of ongoing eligibility to that school district for a period of five years from the date of the approval of eligibility by the board.

SEC. 6.

 Section 17072.30 of the Education Code is amended to read:

17072.30.
 (a) Subject to the availability of funds, and to the determination of priority pursuant to Section 17072.25, if applicable, 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 that the required 50 percent matching funds from local sources have been expended by the district for the project, or have been deposited in the county fund, or will be expended by the district by the time the project is completed, in an amount at least equal to the proposed apportionment pursuant to this chapter, prior to before release of the state funds.

(b)This section is operative January 1, 2008.

(b) The board shall adjust a school district’s required local contribution pursuant to this section and the school district’s associated state contribution required pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 17072.10), as follows:
(1) For a school district determined to have a score of between 11 and 13 points pursuant to Section 17070.59, the school district’s required local matching funds pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be reduced to 45 percent and the associated state contribution pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 17072.10) shall be increased to 55 percent.
(2) For a school district determined to have a score of between 9 and 10 points pursuant to Section 17070.59, the school district’s required local matching funds pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be reduced to 47 percent and the associated state contribution pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 17072.10) shall be increased to 53 percent.
(3) For a school district determined to have a score of eight points pursuant to Section 17070.59, the school district’s required local matching funds pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be reduced to 48 percent and the associated state contribution pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 17072.10) shall be increased to 52 percent.
(4) For a school district determined to have a score of between six and seven points pursuant to Section 17070.59, the school district’s required local matching funds pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be reduced to 49 percent and the associated state contribution pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 17072.10) shall be increased to 51 percent.
(5) The required local matching funds pursuant to subdivision (a) and the associated state contribution pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 17072.10) for school districts with less than six points shall not be adjusted pursuant to this subdivision.

SEC. 7.

 Section 17072.35 of the Education Code is amended to read:

17072.35.
 (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 development, evaluation and response action costs relating to hazardous substances at a new or existing schoolsite, demolition, construction, acquisition and installation of portable classrooms, landscaping, necessary utility costs, utility connections and other fees, equipment including telecommunication equipment to increase school security, furnishings, and the upgrading of electrical systems or the wiring or cabling of classrooms in order to accommodate educational technology. technology, including schoolsite-based infrastructure necessary to provide access to broadband internet within the schoolsite. A grant for new construction may also be used to acquire an existing government or privately owned building, or a privately financed school building, and for the necessary costs of converting the government or privately owned building for public school use. A grant for new construction may also be used for the costs of designs and materials that promote the efficient use of energy and water, the maximum use of natural lighting and indoor air quality, the use of recycled materials and materials that emit a minimum of toxic substances, the use of acoustics conducive to teaching and learning, and other characteristics of high performance schools. A grant for new construction may be used for seismic mitigation purposes and for related design, study, and testing costs.
(b) This section shall not preclude a school district from using a grant for new construction to support the construction of a school kitchen, a transitional kindergarten classroom, a facility to support a local educational agency-administered preschool program, including, but not limited to, the California state preschool program set forth in Article 7 (commencing with Section 8235) of Chapter 2 of Part 6, that is operated by a school district and located on a schoolsite operated by the district, or a facility to support school nurses and counselors to increase access to health care and mental health services.
(c) In developing guidelines and regulations for consideration by the board, the State Department of Education shall provide a school district with maximum flexibility in the design and new construction of school facilities.

SEC. 8.

 Section 17073.15 of the Education Code is amended to read:

17073.15.
 (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 modernization of a permanent school building every 25 years after the date of the previous apportionment or a portable classroom every 20 years after the previous apportionment.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a school district that has a school facility located on a military installation that is the recipient of a federal grant for facilities modernization that requires a local matching share is eligible to receive an apportionment for the modernization of a permanent or portable building that is at least 10 years old, or is at least 10 years old after the date of the previous modernization apportionment under this chapter.
(2) Portable buildings modernized pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be replaced with a permanent structure.

SEC. 5.SEC. 9.

 Section 17073.16 is added to the Education Code, to read:

17073.16.
 (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 recommended size needed to serve the enrollment of the school.
(2) Constructing a new gymnasium, multipurpose room, library, or school kitchen if the site is lacking one or more of the specified facilities.
(b) A site may receive a supplemental grant for only one project described in subdivision (a).
(c) The funding provided under this section shall be in addition to any other funding provided pursuant to this article.
(d) The board, in consultation with the Superintendent, shall develop regulations implementing this section.

SEC. 10.

 Section 17074.16 of the Education Code is amended to read:

17074.16.
 (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 60-percent share, and the school district has provided its 40-percent local match. 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, including, but not limited to, a project that complies with the Field Act by complying with Section 17280.5, and evidence that the certification by the school district that the required 40-percent matching funds from local sources have been expended by the district for the project, or have been deposited in the county fund or will be expended by the district by the time of completion of the project, and evidence that the district has entered into a binding contract for the completion of that project. If state funds are insufficient to fund all qualifying school districts, the board shall fund all qualifying school districts in the order in which the application for funding was approved by the board.
(b) This section shall apply only to an application that was filed after April 29, 2002.
(c) The board shall adjust a school district’s required local contribution pursuant to this section and the school district’s associated state contribution required pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 17074.10) as follows:
(1) For a school district determined to have a score of between 11 and 13 points pursuant to Section 17070.59, the school district’s required local matching funds pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be reduced to 35 percent and the associated state contribution pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 17074.10) shall be increased to 65 percent.
(2) For a school district determined to have a score of between 9 and 10 points pursuant to Section 17070.59, the school district’s required local matching funds pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be reduced to 37 percent and the associated state contribution pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 17074.10) shall be increased to 63 percent.
(3) For a school district determined to have a score of eight points pursuant to Section 17070.59, the school district’s required local matching funds pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be reduced to 38 percent and the associated state contribution pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 17074.10) shall be increased to 62 percent.
(4) For a school district determined to have a score of between six and seven points pursuant to Section 17070.59, the school district’s required local matching funds pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be reduced to 39 percent and the associated state contribution pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 17074.10) shall be increased to 61 percent.
(5) The required local matching funds pursuant to subdivision (a) and the associated state contribution pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 17074.10) for school districts with less than six points shall not be adjusted pursuant to this subdivision.

SEC. 6.SEC. 11.

 Section 17074.25 of the Education Code is amended to read:

17074.25.
 (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, demolition, construction, the replacement of portable classrooms, necessary utility costs, utility connection and other fees, the purchase and installation of air-conditioning equipment and insulation materials and related costs, furniture and equipment, including telecommunication equipment to increase school security, fire safety improvements, playground safety improvements, the identification, assessment, or abatement of hazardous asbestos, seismic safety improvements, and the upgrading of electrical systems or the wiring or cabling of classrooms in order to accommodate educational technology. technology, including schoolsite-based infrastructure necessary to provide access to broadband internet within the schoolsite. A modernization grant may not be used for costs associated with acquisition and development of real property or for routine maintenance and repair.
(2) A modernization apportionment may also be used for any of the following:

(b)A modernization apportionment may also be used for the

(A) The cost of designs and materials that promote the efficient use of energy and water, the maximum use of natural lighting and indoor air quality, the use of recycled materials and materials that emit a minimum of toxic substances, the use of acoustics conducive to teaching and learning, and other characteristics of high-performance schools.
(B) Seismic mitigation purposes and related design, study, and testing costs.
(C) To remediate any water outlet used for drinking or preparing food with lead levels in excess of 15 parts per billion.
(D) The control, management, or abatement of lead.
(b) This section shall not preclude a school district from using a grant for modernization to support the modernization of a school kitchen, a transitional kindergarten classroom, a facility to support a local educational agency-administered preschool program, including, but not limited to, the California state preschool program set forth in Article 7 (commencing with Section 8235) of Chapter 2 of Part 6, that is operated by a school district and located on a schoolsite operated by the district, or a facility to support school nurses and counselors to increase access to health care and mental health services.
(c) (1) A modernization apportionment may be used to limit pupil exposure to harmful air pollutants by updating air filtration systems.
(2) (A) This subdivision is declaratory of existing law.
(B) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting the act amending this section in the 2017–18 Regular Session Chapter 714 of the Statutes of 2018 to encourage school districts to add air filtration systems to applications for modernization apportionments when air pollution occasionally or regularly exceeds levels known to be harmful to public health.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a school district that is apportioned funds pursuant to Section 17073.16 shall use the supplemental grant for expanding an existing, or constructing a new, gymnasium, multipurpose room, library, or school kitchen.
(e) In developing guidelines and regulations for consideration by the board, the department, in consultation with the State Department of Education, shall provide a school district with maximum flexibility in the design and modernization of school facilities.

SEC. 7.SEC. 12.

 Section 17074.265 is added to the Education Code, immediately following Section 17074.26, to read:

17074.265.
 (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 or buildings to be replaced are at least 75 years old.
(2) The school district provides a cost-benefit analysis that indicates the total cost to modernize the building or buildings is at least 50 percent of the current replacement cost, as defined by the board, of the building or buildings. The cost-benefit analysis may include applicable site development costs.
(b) A project that meets the requirements of subdivision (a) shall be eligible for a grant equal to the grant provided under Section 17072.10 multiplied by the capacity of the building or buildings calculated pursuant to Section 17071.25.
(c) The board may adopt regulations to implement this section.

SEC. 13.

 Section 17075.10 of the Education Code is repealed.
17075.10.

(a)A school district may apply for hardship assistance in cases of extraordinary circumstances. Extraordinary circumstances may include, but are not limited to, the need to repair, reconstruct, or replace the most vulnerable school facilities that are identified as a Category 2 building, as defined in the report submitted pursuant to Section 17317, determined by the department to pose an unacceptable risk of injury to its occupants in the event of a seismic event.

(b)A school district applying for hardship state funding under this article shall comply with either paragraph (1) or (2).

(1)Demonstrate both of the following:

(A)That due to extreme financial, disaster-related, or other hardship the school district has unmet need for pupil housing.

(B)That the school district is not financially capable of providing the matching funds otherwise required for state participation, that the district has made all reasonable efforts to impose all levels of local debt capacity and development fees, and that the school district is, therefore, unable to participate in the program pursuant to this chapter except as set forth in this article.

(2)Demonstrate that due to unusual circumstances that are beyond the control of the district, excessive costs need to be incurred in the construction of school facilities. Funds for the purpose of seismic mitigation work or facility replacement pursuant to this section shall be allocated by the board on a 50-percent state share basis from funds reserved for that purpose in any bond approved by the voters after January 1, 2006. If the board determines that the seismic mitigation work of a school building would require funding that is greater than 50 percent of the funds required to construct a new facility, the school district shall be eligible for funding to construct a new facility under this chapter.

(c)The board shall review the increased costs that may be uniquely associated with urban construction and shall adjust the per-pupil grant for new construction or modernization hardship applications as necessary to accommodate those costs. The board shall adopt regulations setting forth the standards, methodology, and a schedule of allowable adjustments, for the urban adjustment factor established pursuant to this subdivision.

SEC. 14.

 Section 17075.10 is added to the Education Code, to read:

17075.10.
 (a) (1)   A school district shall demonstrate, for health and safety projects that are determined by the department to pose an unacceptable risk of injury to its occupants in the event of a seismic event, both of the following to the satisfaction of the board:
(A) That due to unusual circumstances that are beyond the control of the school district, excessive costs need to be incurred in the construction of school facilities.
(B) That the facilities are needed to ensure the health and safety of the pupils if the health and safety of the pupils is at risk.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), health and safety projects include projects to replace the most vulnerable school facilities that are identified as a Category 2 building, as defined in the report submitted pursuant to Section 17317.
(b) (1)   A school district is eligible for health and safety funding to replace, reconstruct, or construct new classrooms and related facilities if the school district demonstrates there is a threat to the health and safety of the pupils. In order to determine the applicable grant amounts, a cost-benefit analysis that indicates the minimum cost to remain in the classroom or related facility and mitigate the health and safety problem compared to the current replacement cost, shall be prepared by the district and submitted to the department.
(2) The project qualifies for modernization funding if the minimum cost is less than 50 percent of the current replacement cost of the classroom or related facility.
(3) The project qualifies for replacement facilities if the cost-benefit analysis prepared pursuant to paragraph (1) demonstrates that the cost to remain in the classroom or related facility and mitigate the problem is at least 50 percent of the replacement value.
(c) The department shall develop regulations to define eligible health and safety projects that meet the requirements of subdivisions (a) and (b) for purposes of project approval by the board.

SEC. 8.SEC. 15.

 Section 17075.15 of the Education Code is amended to read:

17075.15.
 (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 17085) to the extent that severe circumstances may require, and may adjust or defer the local financial participation, as pupil health and safety considerations require to the extent that bond act funds are provided for this purpose.
(b) The board shall adopt regulations for determining the amount of funding that may be provided to a district, and the eligibility and prioritization of funding, under this article.
(c) The regulations shall define the amount, and sources, of financing that the school district could reasonably provide for school facilities as follows:
(1) Unencumbered funds available in all facility accounts in the school district district, including, but not limited to, fees on development, redevelopment funds, sale proceeds from surplus property, funds generated by certificates of participation for facility purposes, bond funds, federal grants, and other funds available for school facilities, as the board may determine.
(2) The board may exclude from consideration all funds encumbered for a specific capital outlay purpose, a reasonable amount for interim housing, and other funds that the board may find are not reasonably available for the project.
(d) Further, the regulations shall also specify a method for determining required levels of local effort to obtain matching funds. The regulations shall include consideration of at least all of the following factors:
(1) Whether the school district has passed a bond measure within the two-year period immediately preceding the application for funding under this article, the proceeds of which are substantially available for use in the project to be funded under this chapter, but remains unable to provide the necessary matching share requirement.
(2) Whether the principal amount of the current outstanding bonded indebtedness issued for the purpose of constructing school facilities for the school district and secured by property within the school district or by revenues of, or available to, the school district, which shall include general obligation bonds, Mello-Roos bonds, school facility improvement district bonds, certificates of participation, and other debt instruments issued for the purpose of constructing school facilities for the school district and for which owners of property within the school district or the school district are paying debt service is at least 60 percent of the school district’s total bonding capacity, as determined by the board.
(3) (A) Whether the total bonding capacity, as defined in Section 15102 or 15106, as applicable, is fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) or less, in which case, the school district shall be deemed eligible for financial hardship.
(B) Commencing with the 2023–24 fiscal year, the amount described in subparagraph (A) shall be adjusted by the inflation adjustment computed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 42238.02.
(4) Whether the application for funding under this article is from a county superintendent of schools.
(5) Whether the school district submits other evidence of substantial local effort acceptable to the board.
(6) The value of any unused local general obligation debt capacity, and developer fees added to the needs analysis to reflect the district’s financial hardship, available for the purposes of school facilities financing.

SEC. 9.SEC. 16.

 Section 17075.20 is added to the Education Code, immediately following Section 17075.15, to read:
17075.20.

(a)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 districts and county offices of education impacted by a natural disaster for which the Governor has declared a state of emergency. The allocated funds shall supplement funding from insurance or any other local, state, or federal government disaster assistance.

(b)For purposes of this section, and notwithstanding any other section of this chapter, school districts and county offices of education determined by the board to be impacted by a natural disaster as described in subdivision (a) are determined to meet the requirements set forth in Section 17075.10.

(c)Notwithstanding any other law, school districts and county offices of education that receive assistance under this section shall be entitled to retain savings from a project and use those savings for other high priority capital outlay purposes.

(d)(1)Grants provided pursuant to this section shall not affect the applicant’s eligibility for any other program under this chapter.

(2)Notwithstanding paragraph (1), portable classrooms purchased pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be included in the determination of eligibility for new construction funding pursuant to Section 17071.75.

(e)The board may provide any other assistance to school districts or county offices of education determined by the board to be impacted by a natural disaster as described in subdivision (a).

17075.20.
 (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 districts and county offices of education impacted by a natural disaster for which the Governor has declared a state of emergency. The allocated funds shall supplement funding from insurance or any other local, state, or federal government disaster assistance.
(b) For purposes of this section, and notwithstanding any other section of this chapter, school districts and county offices of education determined by the board to be impacted by a natural disaster as described in subdivision (a) are determined to meet the requirements set forth in Section 17075.10.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, school districts and county offices of education that receive assistance under this section shall be entitled to retain savings from a project and use those savings for other high-priority capital outlay purposes consistent with the requirements of subdivision (c) of Section 17070.63.
(d) (1)   Grants provided pursuant to this section shall not affect the applicant’s eligibility for any other program under this chapter.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), portable classrooms purchased pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be included in the determination of eligibility for new construction funding pursuant to Section 17071.75.
(e) The board may provide any other assistance to school districts or county offices of education determined by the board to be impacted by a natural disaster as described in subdivision (a).

SEC. 17.

 Section 17077.35 of the Education Code is amended to read:

17077.35.
 (a) An applicant school district may is encouraged to include plan design and other project components that seek school facility energy efficiency approaching the ultimate goal of school facility energy self-sufficiency, and may seek a grant adjustment for the state’s share of the increased costs associated with those components.
(b) Energy efficiency components that are eligible for inclusion into a project pursuant to this section include, but are not limited to, conservation, load reduction technologies, peakload shifting, solar water heating technologies as described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 25619 of the Public Resources Code and as rated and certified by the Solar Rating and Certification Corporation, the use of ground source temperatures for heating and cooling, photovoltaics, and technologies that meet the emerging technology eligibility criteria established by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission pursuant to Section 383.5 of the Public Utilities Code. A project that received funding from the renewable energy program administered by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission is not eligible for a grant adjustment under this section.
(c) In order to be eligible for the grant adjustment pursuant to this section, the building proposed for the project, including the energy-efficiency and renewable energy measures utilized used pursuant to this section, shall exceed the nonresidential building energy-efficiency standards specified in Part 6 (commencing with Section 100) of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations by an amount not less than 15 percent for new construction projects and not less than 10 percent for modernization projects, and shall be shown to provide sufficient energy savings to return the cost of the initial investment in the project over a period not to exceed seven years. The applicant shall certify that the cost for the project exceeds the amount of funding otherwise available to the applicant under this chapter.
(d) The board shall provide an applicant for a new construction or modernization project with a grant adjustment to provide an increase not to exceed 5 10 percent of its state grants authorized by Sections 17072.10 and 17074.10 for the state’s share of costs associated with design and other plan components related to school facility energy efficiency as set forth in this article.
(e) A school district shall not be eligible to receive a grant pursuant to subdivision (c) or (d) if the school district incorporates energy efficiency components that individually decrease the overall amount of energy savings that would result from the project.

SEC. 10.SEC. 18.

 Article 10.7 (commencing with Section 17077.60) is added to Chapter 12.5 of Part 10 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read:
Article  10.7. Testing and Remediation of Lead Levels in Water at Schoolsites

17077.60.
 (a) (1) With funds made available for this purpose, the board shall provide a grant to test for lead in water fountains and faucets 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 the remediation of any water fountain or faucet outlets with lead levels in excess of 15 parts per billion.
(2) The board shall release disbursements to school districts with approved applications for purposes of this article, to the extent state funds are available for a 60-percent share, and the school district has provided a 40-percent local match. available, consistent with the applicable school district’s local and state contribution percentages determined pursuant to Section 17074.16. Subject to the availability of funds, the board shall apportion funds to an eligible school district only upon review of evidence that the required 40-percent local matching funds from local sources funds, for the applicable school district determined pursuant to Section 17074.16, have been expended by the school district for the project, have been deposited in the county fund, or will be expended by the school district by the time of completion of the project, and upon review of evidence that the school district has entered into a binding contract for the completion of that project.
(b) (1) A school district that applies for funding to test lead levels in water fountains and faucets outlets used for drinking or preparing food shall be required to test all water fountains and faucets outlets on the schoolsite, except water fountains and faucets outlets that have been tested or replaced since January 1, 2010.
(2) A school district shall provide the test results to the Office of Public School Construction and the school district’s local community water system.
(c) (1) A school district may request a grant for the replacement of a water fountain or faucet outlet used for drinking or preparing food if the test results indicate lead levels for that water fountain or faucet outlet exceed 15 parts per billion.
(2) Additional testing shall be required upon completion of the remediation efforts specified in paragraph (1) to ensure that lead levels have fallen below 15 parts per billion.
(d) The board shall establish funding cycles for allocation of funds. If funds are available at the conclusion of the funding cycles, the board may adopt regulations to provide grants to replace any pipes or fixtures that are contributing to the elevated lead levels if lead levels do not fall below 15 parts per billion after additional testing has been performed as specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c).
(e) The board may consider setting a maximum amount on the grant to be provided for testing and remediation.

SEC. 11.SEC. 19.

 Article 11.5 (commencing with Section 17078.40) is added to Chapter 12.5 of Part 10 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read:
Article  11.5. Assistance to Small School Districts

17078.40.
 As used in this article, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Final apportionment” has the same meaning as “apportionment” as set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 17070.15.
(b) “Preliminary application” means an application for a preliminary apportionment pursuant to this article.
(c) “Preliminary apportionment” means a reservation of bond authority for eligible applicants under this article in advance of full compliance with all of the application requirements otherwise required for an apportionment pursuant to this chapter.
(d) “Project and construction management grant” means a grant for purposes of obtaining the services of a project manager or construction manager, or both, from a county office of education, other local educational agency with applicable school facilities construction expertise, or applicable state department to assist with the planning, site acquisition, preconstruction, construction, and closeout of a project.
(e) “Small school district” is a school district, as defined in Section 17070.15, with an enrollment of fewer than 2,501 pupils.

17078.41.
 (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 small school district that is otherwise eligible under this chapter for a project that meets both of the following:
(1) The project meets the criteria set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 17078.42.
(2) The project is to be funded from proceeds of state bonds approved by the voters at the ____, 2022, statewide ____ election that shall not exceed the amounts made available pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 101422.

17078.42.
 Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 17072.30 and subdivision (a) of Section 17074.16, as applicable:
(a) Applicants for funding pursuant to this article shall do both of the following:
(1) Submit preliminary applications to the board.
(2) Meet the eligibility requirements calculated pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 17071.75) and Article 6 (commencing with Section 17073.10), as applicable.
(b) The board shall do both of the following:
(1) Accept a preliminary application from, and make a preliminary apportionment to, a small school district for new construction grants pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 17072.10) or modernization grants pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 17074.10) in a manner substantially identical to the preliminary apportionment requirements established in Section 17078.24, except that the eligibility of the applicant shall be based on the criteria established in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of this section.
(2) If requested, provide a preliminary apportionment of a project and construction management grant equal to 5 percent of the state share of the preliminary apportionment.

17078.43.
 The board shall adopt regulations setting forth all of the following:
(a) The preliminary application and preliminary apportionment.
(b) The apportionment of design grants, project assistance grants pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 17072.10 and subdivision (e) of Section 17074.10, as applicable, and project and construction management grants to applicants that qualify for financial hardship assistance pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 17075.10, as part of the preliminary apportionment.
(c) The existence of substantial progress requirements on apportionments for design and site grants identical to the requirements set forth in Section 1859.105 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations.
(d) The requirements for a final apportionment for the project in a manner substantially identical to the requirements of subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 17078.25.

SEC. 12.SEC. 20.

 Part 71 (commencing with Section 101410) is added to Division 14 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:

PART 71. KINDERGARTEN-COMMUNITY COLLEGE PUBLIC EDUCATION FACILITIES BOND ACT OF 2022

PART 71. 

CHAPTER  1. General Provisions

101410.
 This part shall be known, and may be cited, as the Kindergarten-Community College Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2022.

101412.
 Bonds in the total amount of ____ dollars ($____), not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with Sections 101440 and 101449, or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold for the purposes set forth in Sections 101430 and 101444. The bonds, when sold, shall be and constitute a valid and binding obligation of the State of California, and the full faith and credit of the State of California is hereby pledged for the punctual payment of the principal of, and interest on, the bonds as the principal and interest become due and payable.

CHAPTER  2. Kindergarten-Grade 12
Article  1. Kindergarten-Grade 12 School Facilities Program Provisions

101420.
 The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the 2022 State School Facilities Fund established in the State Treasury under Section 17070.415, and shall be allocated by the State Allocation Board pursuant to this chapter.

101421.
 All moneys deposited in the 2022 State School Facilities Fund for the purposes of this chapter shall be available to provide aid to school districts, county superintendents of schools, and county boards of education of the state in accordance with the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 (Chapter 12.5 (commencing with Section 17070.10) of Part 10 of Division 1 of Title 1), to provide funds to repay any money advanced or loaned to the 2022 State School Facilities Fund under any act of the Legislature, together with interest provided for in that act, and to reimburse the General Obligation Bond Expense Revolving Fund pursuant to Section 16724.5 of the Government Code.

101422.
 The proceeds from the sale of bonds issued and sold for the purposes of this chapter shall be allocated in accordance with the following schedule:
(a) The amount of ____ dollars ($____) for new construction of school facilities of applicant school districts pursuant to Chapter 12.5 (commencing with Section 17070.10) of Part 10 of Division 1 of Title 1. Of the amount allocated under this subdivision, up to 10 percent shall be available to small school districts pursuant to Article 11.5 (commencing with Section 17078.40) of Chapter 12.5 of Part 10 of Division 1 of Title 1.
(b) The amount of ____ dollars ($____) for the modernization of school facilities pursuant to Chapter 12.5 (commencing with Section 17070.10) of Part 10 of Division 1 of Title 1. Of the amount allocated under this subdivision, up to 10 percent shall be available to small school districts pursuant to Article 11.5 (commencing with Section 17078.40) of Chapter 12.5 of Part 10 of Division 1 of Title 1.
(c) The amount of ____ dollars ($____) for the replacement of facilities older than 75 years pursuant to Section 17074.265.
(d) The amount of ____ dollars ($____) to address the remediation of lead in water pursuant to Article 10.7 (commencing with Section 17077.60) of Chapter 12.5 of Part 10 of Division 1 of Title 1.
(e) The amount of ____ dollars ($____) shall be available for providing school facilities to charter schools pursuant to Article 12 (commencing with Section 17078.52) of Chapter 12.5 of Part 10 of Division 1 of Title 1.
(f) The amount of ____ dollars ($____) for facilities for career technical education programs pursuant to Article 13 (commencing with Section 17078.70) of Chapter 12.5 of Part 10 of Division 1 of Title 1.

Article  2. Kindergarten-Grade 12 School Facilities Fiscal Provisions

101430.
 (a) Of the total amount of bonds authorized to be issued and sold pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 101410), bonds in the amount of ____ dollars ($____) ($____), not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with Section 101440, or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to provide a fund to be used for carrying out the purposes expressed in this chapter and to reimburse the General Obligation Bond Expense Revolving Fund pursuant to Section 16724.5 of the Government Code.
(b) Pursuant to this section, the Treasurer shall sell the bonds authorized by the State School Building Finance Committee established pursuant to Section 15909 at any different times necessary to service expenditures required by the apportionments.

101431.
 The State School Building Finance Committee, established by Section 15909 and composed of the Governor, the Controller, the Treasurer, the Director of Finance, and the Superintendent, or their designated representatives, all of whom shall serve thereon without compensation, and a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum, is continued in existence for the purpose of this chapter. The Treasurer shall serve as chairperson of the committee. Two Members of the Senate appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and two Members of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, shall meet with and provide advice to the committee to the extent that the advisory participation is not incompatible with their respective positions as Members of the Legislature. For purposes of this chapter, the Members of the Legislature shall constitute an interim investigating committee on the subject of this chapter and, as that committee, shall have the powers granted to, and duties imposed upon, those committees by the Joint Rules of the Senate and the Assembly. The Director of Finance shall provide assistance to the committee as it may require. The Attorney General is the legal adviser of the committee.

101432.
 (a) The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), and all acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, are hereby incorporated into this chapter as though set forth in full within this chapter, except that subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 16727 of the Government Code shall not apply to the bonds authorized by this chapter.
(b) For purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law, the State Allocation Board is designated the “board” for purposes of administering the 2022 State School Facilities Fund.

101433.
 (a) Upon request of the State Allocation Board, the State School Building Finance Committee shall determine by resolution whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter in order to fund the related apportionments and, if so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. Successive issues of bonds may be authorized and sold to fund those apportionments progressively, and it is not necessary that all of the bonds authorized to be issued be sold at any one time.
(b) A request of the State Allocation Board pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be supported by a statement of the apportionments made and to be made for the purposes described in Section 101421.

101434.
 There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds each year. It is the duty of all officers charged by law with any duty in regard to the collection of the revenue to do and perform each and every act that is necessary to collect that additional sum.

101435.
 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this chapter, an amount that equals the total of the following:
(a) The sum annually necessary to pay the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter, as the principal and interest become due and payable.
(b) The sum necessary to carry out Section 101438, appropriated without regard to fiscal years.

101436.
 The State Allocation Board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account or any other approved form of interim financing, in accordance with Section 16312 of the Government Code, for the purpose of carrying out this chapter. The amount of the request shall not exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that the committee, by resolution, has authorized to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this chapter excluding any refunding bonds authorized pursuant to Section 101440, less any amount loaned and not yet repaid pursuant to this section and withdrawn from the General Fund pursuant to Section 101438 and not yet returned. The State Allocation Board shall execute any documents required by the Pooled Money Investment Board to obtain and repay the loan. Any amounts loaned shall be deposited in the fund to be allocated by the State Allocation Board in accordance with this chapter.

101437.
 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this chapter that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that the interest on the bonds is excluded from gross income for federal tax purposes under designated conditions or is otherwise entitled to any federal tax advantage, the Treasurer may maintain separate accounts for the investment of bond proceeds and for the investment earnings on those proceeds. The Treasurer may use or direct the use of those proceeds or earnings to pay any rebate, penalty, or other payment required under federal law or take any other action with respect to the investment and use of those bond proceeds required or desirable under federal law to maintain the tax-exempt status of those bonds and to obtain any other advantage under federal law on behalf of the funds of this state.

101438.
 For purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds, excluding any refunding bonds authorized pursuant to Section 101440, less any amount loaned and not yet repaid pursuant to this section and withdrawn from the General Fund pursuant to Section 101436 and not yet returned, that have been authorized by the State School Building Finance Committee to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this chapter. Any amounts withdrawn shall be deposited in the 2022 State School Facilities Fund consistent with this chapter. Any money made available under this section shall be returned to the General Fund, plus an amount equal to the interest that the money would have earned in the Pooled Money Investment Account, from proceeds received from the sale of bonds for purposes of carrying out this chapter.

101439.
 All moneys deposited in the 2022 State School Facilities Fund that are derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold pursuant to this chapter shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest, except those amounts derived from premium may be reserved and used to pay the cost of the bond issuance before any transfer to the General Fund.

101440.
 The bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, which is a part of the State General Obligation Bond Law. Approval by the voters of the state for the issuance of the bonds described in this chapter includes the approval of the issuance of any bonds issued to refund any bonds originally issued under this chapter or any previously issued refunding bonds. Any bond refunded with the proceeds of refunding bonds as authorized by this section may be legally defeased to the extent permitted by law in the manner and to the extent set forth in the resolution, as amended from time to time, authorizing that refunded bond.

101441.
 The proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B XIII B of the California Constitution, and the disbursement of these proceeds is not subject to the limitations imposed by that article.

CHAPTER  3. California Community College Facilities
Article  1. General Provisions

101442.
 (a) The 2022 California Community College Capital Outlay Bond Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury for deposit of funds from the proceeds of bonds issued and sold for the purposes of this chapter.
(b) The Higher Education Facilities Finance Committee established pursuant to Section 67353 is hereby authorized to create a debt or debts, liability or liabilities, of the State of California pursuant to this chapter for the purpose of providing funds to aid the California Community Colleges.

Article  2. California Community College Program Provisions

101443.
 (a) From the proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 101444), the sum of ____ dollars ($____) shall be deposited in the 2022 California Community College Capital Outlay Bond Fund for purposes of this article. When appropriated, these funds shall be available for expenditure for purposes of this article.
(b) The purposes of this article include assisting in meeting the capital outlay financing needs of the California Community Colleges.
(c) Proceeds from the sale of bonds issued and sold for purposes of this article may be used to fund construction on existing campuses, including the construction of buildings and the acquisition of related fixtures, construction of facilities that may be used by more than one segment of public higher education (intersegmental), the renovation and reconstruction of facilities, site acquisition, the equipping of new, renovated, or reconstructed facilities, which equipment shall have an average useful life of 10 years, and to provide funds for the payment of preconstruction costs, including, but not limited to, preliminary plans and working drawings for facilities of the California Community Colleges.

Article  3. California Community College Fiscal Provisions

101444.
 (a) Of the total amount of bonds authorized to be issued and sold pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 101410), bonds in the total amount of ____ dollars ($____), not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with Section 101449, or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to provide a fund to be used for carrying out the purposes expressed in this chapter and to reimburse the General Obligation Bond Expense Revolving Fund pursuant to Section 16724.5 of the Government Code.
(b) Pursuant to this section, the Treasurer shall sell the bonds authorized by the Higher Education Facilities Finance Committee established pursuant to Section 67353 at any different times necessary to service expenditures required by the apportionments.

101444.5.
 (a) The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), and all acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, are hereby incorporated into this chapter as though set forth in full within this chapter, except that subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 16727 of the Government Code shall not apply to the bonds authorized by this chapter.
(b) For purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law, each state agency administering an appropriation of the 2022 Community College Capital Outlay Bond Fund is designated as the “board” for projects funded pursuant to this chapter.
(c) The proceeds of the bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be available for the purpose of funding aid to the California Community Colleges for the construction on existing or new campuses, and their respective off-campus centers and joint use and intersegmental facilities, as set forth in this chapter and subject to the recommendations made pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 82700) of Part 49 of Division 7.

101445.
 The Higher Education Facilities Finance Committee established pursuant to Section 67353 shall authorize the issuance of bonds under this chapter only to the extent necessary to fund the related apportionments for the purposes described in this chapter that are expressly authorized by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, subject to the recommendations made pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 82700) of Part 49 of Division 7. Pursuant to that legislative direction, the committee shall determine by resolution whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter in order to carry out the purposes described in this chapter and, if so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. Successive issues of bonds may be authorized and sold to carry out those actions progressively, and it is not necessary that all of the bonds authorized to be issued be sold at any one time.

101445.5.
 There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds each year. It is the duty of all officers charged by law with any duty in regard to the collection of the revenue to do and perform each and every act that is necessary to collect that additional sum.

101446.
 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this chapter, an amount that equals the total of the following:
(a) The sum annually necessary to pay the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter, as the principal and interest become due and payable.
(b) The sum necessary to carry out Section 101447.5, appropriated without regard to fiscal years.

101446.5.
 The board, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 101444.5, may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account or any other approved form of interim financing, in accordance with Section 16312 of the Government Code, for the purpose of carrying out this chapter. The amount of the request shall not exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that the Higher Education Facilities Finance Committee, by resolution, has authorized to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this chapter excluding any refunding bonds authorized pursuant to Section 101449, less any amount loaned and not yet repaid pursuant to this section and withdrawn from the General Fund pursuant to Section 101447.5 and not yet returned. The board, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 101444.5, shall execute any documents required by the Pooled Money Investment Board to obtain and repay the loan. Any amounts loaned shall be deposited in the fund to be allocated by the board in accordance with this chapter.

101447.
 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this chapter that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that the interest on the bonds is excluded from gross income for federal tax purposes under designated conditions or is otherwise entitled to any federal tax advantage, the Treasurer may maintain separate accounts for the investment of bond proceeds and for the investment earnings on those proceeds. The Treasurer may use or direct the use of those proceeds or earnings to pay any rebate, penalty, or other payment required under federal law or take any other action with respect to the investment and use of those bond proceeds required or desirable under federal law to maintain the tax-exempt status of those bonds and to obtain any other advantage under federal law on behalf of the funds of this state.

101447.5.
 (a) For purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds, excluding any refunding bonds authorized pursuant to Section 101449, less any amount loaned and not yet repaid pursuant to this section and withdrawn from the General Fund pursuant to Section 101446.5 and not yet returned, that have been authorized by the Higher Education Facilities Finance Committee to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this chapter. Any amounts withdrawn shall be deposited in the 2022 California Community College Capital Outlay Bond Fund consistent with this chapter. Any money made available under this section shall be returned to the General Fund, plus an amount equal to the interest that the money would have earned in the Pooled Money Investment Account, from proceeds received from the sale of bonds for purposes of carrying out this chapter.
(b) Any request forwarded to the Legislature and the Department of Finance for funds from this bond issue for expenditure for the purposes described in this chapter by the California Community Colleges shall be accompanied by the five-year capital outlay plan that reflects the needs and priorities of the community college system and is prioritized on a statewide basis. Requests shall include a schedule that prioritizes the seismic retrofitting needed to significantly reduce, in the judgment of the particular college, seismic hazards in buildings identified as high priority by the college.

101448.
 All moneys deposited in the 2022 California Community College Capital Outlay Bond Fund that are derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold pursuant to this chapter shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest, except those amounts derived from premium may be reserved and used to pay the cost of the bond issuance before any transfer to the General Fund.

101449.
 The bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, which is a part of the State General Obligation Bond Law. Approval by the voters of the state for the issuance of the bonds described in this chapter includes the approval of the issuance of any bonds issued to refund any bonds originally issued under this chapter or any previously issued refunding bonds. Any bond refunded with the proceeds of refunding bonds as authorized by this section may be legally defeased to the extent permitted by law in the manner and to the extent set forth in the resolution, as amended from time to time, authorizing that refunded bond.

101449.5.
 The proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B XIII B of the California Constitution, and the disbursement of these proceeds is not subject to the limitations imposed by that article.

SEC. 13.SEC. 21.

 The provisions of this act are severable. If any provision of this act or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.

SEC. 14.SEC. 22.

 Sections 1 to 12, 20, inclusive, of this act shall take effect upon the adoption by the voters of the Kindergarten-Community College Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2022, as set forth in Section 12 20 of this act.

SEC. 15.SEC. 23.

 Section 12 20 of this act shall be submitted to the voters at the ____, 2022, statewide ____ election.