California Education Code ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 17070.10.
This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 407, Sec....
Section 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”...
Section 17070.20.
The Director of General Services shall administer this chapter and shall provide assistance to the board as it requires.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 407, Sec....
Section 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...
Section 17070.30.
The State Allocation Board is continued in existence for the purpose of this chapter. The members of the board and the Members of the Legislature...
Section 17070.33.
(a) The board shall adopt guidelines for use by districts by June 30, 1999, to achieve measurable reductions in the costs of school facilities construction.(b) The guidelines...
Section 17070.35.
(a) In addition to all other powers and duties as are granted to the board by this chapter, other statutes, or the California Constitution, the board...
Section 17070.40.
(a) (1) A fund is hereby established in the State Treasury to be known as the 1998 State School Facilities Fund. All money in the fund, including...
Section 17070.41.
Creation of 2016 State School Facilities Fund.(a) A fund is hereby established in the State Treasury, to be known as the 2016 State School Facilities Fund....
Section 17070.43.
(a) A county school facilities fund is hereby established in the county treasury within each county for each school district in the county.(b) The board may from...
Section 17070.45.
This chapter shall not be construed to change the powers and duties of the State Department of Education or the Department of General Services with...
Section 17070.46.
(a) For projects funded under this chapter, the following state agencies are deemed not to be the lead agency for the purposes of the California Environmental...
Section 17070.50.
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...
Section 17070.51.
(a) If any certified eligibility or funding application related information is found to have been falsely certified by school districts, architects or design professionals, hereinafter referred...
Section 17070.52.
(a) The State Department of Education shall include in its application for new construction plan approval developed pursuant to the authority established in Section 17070.50 the...
Section 17070.53.
(a) The Office of Public School Construction shall report to the board and the Legislature by March 1, 2015, on efforts to streamline and speed up...
Section 17070.55.
Upon request of any school district, the State Department of Education shall provide assistance in the evaluation and utilization of existing school facilities and the...
Section 17070.60.
Funding decisions made by the board shall not, in themselves, make the board liable for any tort, breach of contract, or any other action for...
Section 17070.63.
(a) The total funding provided under this chapter shall constitute the state’s full and final contribution to the project and for eligibility for state facilities funding...
Section 17070.65.
From any moneys in one of the funds established pursuant to Section 17070.40, as appropriate, and approved for this purpose in the annual Budget Act,...
Section 17070.70.
(a) Title, including, but not limited to, any leasehold interest as set forth in subdivision (c), to all property acquired, constructed, or improved with funds made...
Section 17070.71.
(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 17070.70, new construction or modernization funded pursuant to this chapter may be upon real property leased to the applicant school...
Section 17070.73.
(a) A school district may claim the entire pupil attendance of a charter school that is physically located within its geographical jurisdiction, within the per-pupil eligibility...
Section 17070.75.
(a) The board shall require the school district to make all necessary repairs, renewals, and replacements to ensure that a project is at all times maintained...
Section 17070.755.
A priority for the use of funds in the restricted account established pursuant to Section 17070.75, shall be to ensure that facilities, including, but not...
Section 17070.76.
Notwithstanding Section 17070.75, for the 2003–04 fiscal year, the board shall only require a school district to deposit into the account established pursuant to paragraph...
Section 17070.766.
Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 17070.75, for the 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, and 2014–15 fiscal years, the board shall require...
Section 17070.77.
(a) For each project funded after January 1, 2002, the board shall require the applicant school district governing board to certify, as part of the school...
Section 17070.80.
(a) All school facilities purchased or newly constructed pursuant to this chapter for use, in whole or in part, by pupils who are individuals with exceptional...
Section 17070.85.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a lien recorded on school district property that has been imposed pursuant to Section 16019 or 17030 shall be...
Section 17070.90.
As a part of its application, a school district shall certify that it has considered the feasibility of the joint use of land and facilities...
Section 17070.95.
As a part of its application for large construction and modernization projects, a school district shall certify, in consultation with the career technical education advisory...
Section 17070.955.
In conjunction with an application of a school district for any construction or modernization project, and as a condition of the district receiving funds for...
Section 17070.96.
As part of its application for funding under this chapter, a school district shall certify that it has considered the feasibility of using designs and...
Section 17070.965.
On or after January 1, 2015, the board shall not approve funding for incentive grants to promote the use of designs and materials in new...
Section 17070.97.
The board shall require the school district to insure against public liability or property damage in connection with any facility constructed or modernized with an...
Section 17070.98.
A school district that does not have employees who possess adequate construction management experience may contract for the provision of construction management, and may use...
Section 17070.99.
(a) The board shall conduct an evaluation on the cost of new construction and modernization of small high schools in conjunction with the pilot program established...

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