BILL NUMBER: SB 788	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 22, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lowenthal

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act relating to school facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 788, as amended, Lowenthal. School facilities.
   Existing law, the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998
(the Greene Act), requires the State Allocation Board to allocate to
applicant school districts prescribed per-unhoused-pupil state
funding for construction and modernization of school facilities,
including hardship funding and supplemental funding for site
development and acquisition, and requires the board to adopt rules
and regulations for the administration of the Greene Act. 
   This bill would require the State Allocation Board, in
consultation with the State Department of Education and the
Department of Finance, to report, on or before March 1, 2012, to the
Legislature and the Governor regarding the status of the school
facility program, including funds remaining, future eligibility for
programs, and when funds are estimated to be depleted.  

   Existing law, the Field Act, requires the Department of General
Services under the police power of the state to supervise the design
and construction of a school building or the reconstruction or
alteration of, or addition to, a school building, if not exempted
under specified law, to ensure that plans and specifications comply
with adopted rules and regulations and building standards published
in regulations, and to ensure that the work of construction is
performed in accordance with the approved plans and specifications
for the protection of life and property.  
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to help improve and enhance elementary and secondary
school facilities. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
 yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    On or before March 1, 2012, the State
Allocation Board, in consultation with the State Department of
Education and the Department of Finance, shall report, in conformity
with Section 9795 of the Government Code, to the Legislature and the
Governor regarding the status of the school facility program. The
report shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
 
   (a) Remaining funding levels for the new construction program and
the modernization program.  
   (b) An analysis of future eligibility for school facility
programs.  
   (c) An estimated timeline for the depletion of school facility
funds.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation to help improve and enhance elementary and
secondary school facilities.