BILL NUMBER: SB 1421	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 21, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Fuller

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act  to add Section 17070.72 to the Education Code, 
relating to school facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1421, as amended, Fuller. School facilities: schoolsites on
military bases.
   Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and
secondary schools in this state, and provides for the funding of the
construction of new school facilities and the modernization of
existing facilities.  Existing law requires the State Allocation
Board to apportion certain state funds to eligible school districts
for school facilities.  Existing federal law provides for
construction funding assistance for schoolsites that are located on
United States military bases and that meet specified criteria.
   This bill would  express the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation that would provide matching school facilities
funding to schoolsites that are located on United States military
bases and eligible for federal construction funding assistance.
  require the State Allocation Board to give priority to
applications for certain state funds for projects on military
installations that are eligible for specified federal school
construction grants. 
   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.    Section 17070.72 is added to the 
 Education Code  , to read:  
   17070.72.  Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 17070.70 and
Section 17070.71, the board shall give priority to applications for
funding under this chapter for projects on military installations
that are eligible for United States Department of Defense Office of
Economic Adjustment school construction grants.  
  SECTION 1.   It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would provide matching school facilities
funding to schoolsites that are located on United States military
bases and eligible for federal construction funding assistance.