SB 243, as introduced, Wyland. School facilities.
Existing law, the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998, requires the State Allocation Board to allocate to applicant school districts, prescribed per-unhoused-pupil state funding for construction and modernization of school facilities, and defines various terms for purposes of those provisions.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 17070.15 of the Education Code is
2amended to read:
The following terms, wherever used or referred to
4in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, respectively,
5unless a different meaningbegin delete appearsend deletebegin insert is apparentend insert from the context:
6(a) “Apportionment” means a reservation of funds for the
7purpose of eligible new construction, modernization, or hardship
8approved by the board for an applicant school district.
9(b) “Attendance area” means the geographical area serving an
10existing high school and those junior high schools and elementary
11schools
included therein.
P2 1(c) “Board” means the State Allocation Board as established by
2Section 15490 of the Government Code.
3(d) “Committee” means the State School Building Finance
4Committee established pursuant to Section 15909.
5(e) “County fund” means a county school facilities fund
6established pursuant to Section 17070.43.
7(f) “Department” means the Department of General Services.
8(g) “Fund” means the applicable 1998 State School Facilities
9Fund, the 2002 State School Facilities Fund, or the 2004 State
10School Facilities Fund, established pursuant to Section 17070.40.
11(h) “Good repair” has the same meaning as specified in
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subdivision (d) of Section 17002.
13(i) “Modernization” means any modification of a permanent
14structure that is at least 25 years old, or in the case of a portable
15classroom, that is at least 20 years old, that will enhance the ability
16of the structure to achieve educational purposes.
17(j) “Portable classroom” means a classroom building of one or
18more stories that is designed and constructed to be relocatable and
19transportable over public streets, and with respect to a single story
20portable classroom, is designed and constructed for relocation
21without the separation of the roof or floor from the building and
22when measured at the most exterior walls, has a floor area not in
23excess of 2,000 square feet.
24(k) “Property” includes all property, real, personal or mixed,
25tangible or intangible, or any interest therein necessary
or desirable
26for carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
27(l) “School building capacity” means the capacity of a school
28building to house pupils.
29(m) “School district” means a school district or a county office
30of education. For purposes of determining eligibility under this
31chapter, “school district” may also mean a high school attendance
32area.
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