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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2235
Author: Buchanan (D), et al.
Amended: 8/18/14 in Senate
Vote: 27 - Urgency
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 5-0, 6/18/14
AYES: Liu, Block, Correa, Hancock, Monning
NO VOTE RECORDED: Wyland, Huff
SENATE GOVERNANCE & FINANCE COMMITTEE : 6-0, 6/25/14
AYES: Wolk, Knight, Beall, DeSaulnier, Liu, Walters
NO VOTE RECORDED: Hernandez
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-0, 8/14/14
AYES: De León, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
NO VOTE RECORDED: Walters, Gaines
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 5/28/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities
Bond Act of 2014
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill makes changes to the existing School
Facility Program and authorizes the Kindergarten-University
Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2014 to provide for the
issuance of $4.3 billion in general obligation (GO) bonds for
construction and modernization of education facilities (to
become effective only if approved by voters), and requires its
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submission to voters at the November 4, 2014, statewide general
election.
ANALYSIS : The last statewide GO bond, Proposition 1D was
approved by voters in November 2006. AB 127 (Núñez and Perata,
Chapter 35, Statutes of 2006), the Kindergarten-University
Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2006, authorized the
$10.4 billion bond proposal, which provided $7.3 billion of this
amount for K-12 education facilities and $3.087 billion for
higher education facilities.
Of the $7.3 billion provided for K-12 education facilities
specified amounts from the sale of these bonds were allocated
for modernization, new construction, charter schools, career
technical education facilities, joint use, projects for new
construction on severely overcrowded schoolsites, and high
performance incentive grants to promote energy efficient designs
and materials. In addition, portions of the amounts allocated
for new construction and modernization were authorized for
purposes of funding smaller learning communities and high
schools and for seismic retrofit projects.
Of the amount provided for higher education facilities, $1.5
billion was provided for Community College facilities, $890
million was provided for the University of California (of which
$200 million was provided for capital improvements for medical
education programs, with an emphasis on telemedicine) and $690
million was provided for the California State University.
This bill establishes the Kindergarten-University Public
Education Facilities Bond Act of 2014 to provide for the
issuance of $4.3 billion in GO bonds for construction and
modernization of education facilities, to take effect only if
approved by voters. More specifically it:
1.Requires submission of the Act to voters at the November 4,
2014, statewide general election.
2.Provides for issuance of $4.3 billion as follows:
A. Provides $1.23 billion for new construction projects.
B. Provides $2.47 billion for modernization school facility
projects.
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C. Provides $600 million for purposes of education
facilities for California's public segments of higher
education and of this amount:
(1) Provides $200 million for California Community
Colleges.
(2) Provides $200 million for the California State
University.
(3) Provides $200 million for the University of
California and the Hastings College of Law.
1.Authorizes the State Allocation Board (SAB) to require a
school district that elects to participate in the new
construction or modernization program funded by the proceeds
of the bond established by the provisions of this bill to
reestablish eligibility pursuant to SAB adopted regulations.
These recommendations shall propose revisions to any
regulations that limit the ability of school districts to use
new construction grants to construct instructional space
approved by the Department of Education (CDE), as specified.
2.Requires SAB assign priority for funding under to applicant
school districts that demonstrate participation in a
community-based effort to coordinate educational,
developmental, family, health, and other comprehensive
services by engaging in public and private partnerships with
local public entities and other nonprofit or private community
partners, as specified.
3.Requires the Office of Public School Construction, in
consultation with CDE, to recommend regulations to the SAB
that provide school districts with flexibility in designing
instructional facilities.
4.Requires the SAB to require a school district that elects to
participate in the new construction program to conduct an
inventory of existing facilities and submit this information
to the SAB, as prescribed by the SAB for purposes of
maintaining a statewide school facilities inventory.
5.Requires an applicant who receives a new construction grant
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ensure that the project incorporates 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.
6.Makes various technical changes.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Bonds: $4.3 billion in state GO bond obligations.
Substantial state costs, likely in the high hundreds of
millions to low billions of dollars, in bond interest over 30
years (General Fund).
Administration: Substantial new workload for CDE and the
Department of General Services. The level of new work would
differ in degree depending on whether the current acknowledged
projects remain on the funding list or would have to be
reviewed again, the size of the bond, and whether the bond
administration program mirrors that of Proposition 1D. CDE
estimates that it could need up to four additional personnel
years. The Department of General Services estimates that its
Office of Public School Construction will require 16
additional personnel years in 2014-15 and 87 personnel years
in 2015-16, and its Division of the State Architect will need
up to 10 personnel years. All of these positions will likely
be bond-funded.
Ballot costs: Likely $1.6 million - $2 million (General Fund)
for a 16-page supplemental ballot. That cost may potentially
be reduced if other measures are included in the supplemental
ballot.
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/21/14)
Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson
BSK Associates
Butte County Office of Education
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Cabrillo Community College
California Apartment Association
California Association of School Business Officials
California Association of Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning
Contractors' National Association
California Association of Suburban School Districts
California Building Industry Association
California Chamber of Commerce
California Federation of Teachers
California School Boards Association
California School Employees Association
California State Association of Electrical Workers
California State Pipe Trades Council
California State PTA
California State University
California Teachers Association
California Workforce Association
Central Valley Education Coalition
Central Valley Higher Education Consortium
Chaffey Community College District
Chico Unified School District
Citrus College
City of Dublin
Coalition for Adequate School Housing
College of the Desert
College of the Redwoods
Community College Facility Coalition
Community College League of California
Contra Costa County Office of Education
County School Facilities Consortium
Dougherty + Dougherty Architects LLP
El Dorado County Office of Education
Elk Grove Unified School District
Foothill-De Anza Community College District
Fresno Unified School District
Glendale Community College District
Higgin + Cartozian Architects, Inc.
Imperial County Office of Education
John Swett Unified School District
Kern Community College District
Kern County Superintendent of Schools
KNA Consulting Engineers
Lake Tahoe Community College
Long Beach Community College District
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Los Angeles Community College District
Los Angeles County Office of Education
Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools
Los Angeles Unified School District
Los Rios Community College District
MAAS Companies, Inc.
Madera County Office of Education
Martinez Unified School District
Merced Community College District
Merced County Office of Education
Monterey County Office of Education
Monterey Peninsula Community College District
Napa County Office of Education
Orange County Business Council
Palm Springs Unified School District
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District
Paramount Unified School District
Pasadena City College
Peralta Community College District
PlaceWorks
PMSM Architects
Public Advocates
Rainforth Grau Architects
Rancho Santiago Community College District
Regional Asthma Management and Prevention
RGM and Associates
Rio Hondo Community College District
Riverside Community College District
Riverside County Superintendent of Schools
San Benito County Office of Education
San Bernardino Community College District
San Bernardino County District Advocates for Better Schools
San Diego County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Randy Ward
San Diego Unified School District
San Francisco Unified School District
San Leandro Unified School District
San Luis Obispo County Office of Education
Santa Ana Unified School District
Santa Barbara County Office of Education
Santa Clara County Office of Education
Santa Clarita Community College District
Santa Cruz County Office of Education
Saramark, Inc.
School Air
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School Employers Association of California
School Energy Coalition
Sierra College
Siskiyou Joint Community College District
Small School Districts' Association
Solano Community College District
Sonoma County Office of Education
South Orange County Community College District
St. Helena Unified School District
State Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO
State Center Community College District
Stockton Unified School District
Terraphase Engineering, Inc.
Tracy Unified School District
Twin Rivers Unified School District
University of California
Visalia Unified School District
West Hills Community College District
West Kern Community College District
Western States Council of Sheet Metal Workers
William S. Hart Union High School District
Wiseburn School District
Yosemite Community College District
Yuba Community College District
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author, this bill is
necessary because, despite declining enrollment in some
districts, there is projected future pupil enrollment growth in
many districts and we will need new schools to house those
students. In addition, school districts are working to
rehabilitate aging facilities to ensure they are safe and
updated. Bond funds are not only critical and beneficial to
schools; they are beneficial to the economy, as these
infrastructure dollars will generate thousands of
construction-related jobs. According to the author, while prior
bond authorizations have proposed funding for a number of
special grant programs, this bill, in an effort to keep the
bonds at a low to moderate level, proposes to fund only the
basic programs of new construction, modernization, and charter
schools.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 5/28/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
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Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Beth Gaines,
Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Grove,
Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein,
Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande,
Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez,
Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas,
Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski,
Wilk, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Dahle, Donnelly, Frazier, Mansoor, Vacancy
PQ:e 8/21/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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