BILL NUMBER: SB 1421	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 27, 2014
	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 require   would  
authorize  the State Allocation Board  , if requested by an
applicant,  to give priority  on its Applications Received
Beyond Bond Authority List  to applications  submitted
before May 1, 2014,  for certain state funds for projects on
military installations that are eligible for specified federal school
construction grants.  The bill would provide that a school
district that requests   this priority for an application
shall not apply for school facilities state bond funds for the 3
years after the date the board grants priority for an application, as
described above. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: 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.   (a)    Notwithstanding subdivision
(a) of Section 17070.70 and Section 17070.71,  if requested by an
applicant,  the board  shall   may 
give priority  on its Applications Received Beyond Bond Authority
List  to applications  submitted before May 1, 2014, 
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. 
   (b) A school district that requests priority pursuant to
subdivision (a) for an application shall not apply for school
facilities state bond funds for the three years after the date the
board grants priority for an application pursuant to subdivision (a).