BILL NUMBER: AB 882	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 6, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wilk
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Gallagher)

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to  amend Section 15144 of, and to  add Section
15267  to   to,  the Education Code,
relating to school bonds.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 882, as amended, Wilk. School bonds: portable electronic
 devices and instructional materials.   devices.
 
   (1) Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school
district or community college district to issue bonds for specified
purposes, and sets forth requirements in that regard, including,
among other things, specifying that the term of a bond shall not
exceed 25 years from the date of the bond or bond series.  
   This bill would specify that the term of a bond used for purposes
of furnishing and equipping classrooms shall not exceed 120% of the
average reasonably expected economic life of the furnishings and
equipment.  
   The 
    (2)     The  California Constitution
limits the maximum amount of any ad valorem tax on real property to
1% of the full cash value of the property except for ad valorem taxes
or special assessments that pay the interest and redemption charges
on certain bonded indebtedness, including bonded indebtedness
incurred by a school district, community college district, or county
office of education for the construction, reconstruction,
rehabilitation, or replacement of school facilities, including the
furnishing and equipping of school facilities, or the acquisition or
lease of real property for school facilities, approved by 55% of the
voters if the proposition includes specified accountability
requirements.
   This bill would  prohibit   specify that
 proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized and issued 
after January 1, 2016,  pursuant to the exception described
above  to   may  be used to purchase
portable electronic  devices, including, but not limited to,
laptop computers and tablet computers, that are not closely connected
to classroom instruction, are assigned to individual pupils, or are
permitted to leave the schoolsite for more than one schoolday, or to
purchase basic or supplemental instructional materials. 
 devices only for furnishing and equipping classrooms and school
facilities,   and that the portable electronic devices shall
only be used for instruction-related purposes in school facilities
and shall not be assigned to individual pupils or removed from the
schoolsite on a daily basis. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 15144 of the  
Education Code   is amended to read: 
   15144.   (a)    The number of years the whole or
any part of the bonds are to run shall not exceed 25 years, from the
date of the bonds or the date of any series thereof. 
   (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the term of a bond used for
the purposes of furnishing and equipping classrooms, including, but
not limited to, purchasing electronic equipment, shall not exceed 120
percent of the average reasonably expected economic life of the
furnishings and equipment. 
   SEC. 2.    Section 15267 is added to the  
Education Code   , to read:  
   15267.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this
section to do the following:
   (1) Ensure that the use of proceeds of bond funds issued pursuant
to Proposition 39, approved by the voters at the November 7, 2000, is
consistent with the intent and requirements of Proposition 39.
   (2) Clarify that portable electronic devices, including, but not
limited to, laptops and tablets, may be purchased with Proposition 39
bond funds only for the equipping of school facilities and be used
for instruction-related purposes in school facilities.
   (b) Proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized and issued pursuant
to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 1 of Article XIII A
of, and subdivision (b) of Section 18 of Article XVI of, the
California Constitution may be used to purchase portable electronic
devices only for furnishing and equipping classrooms and school
facilities. Portable electronic devices purchased with proceeds from
the sale of bonds pursuant to this section shall only be used for
instruction-related purposes in school facilities and shall not be
assigned to individual pupils or removed from the schoolsite on a
daily basis.
   (c) This section shall apply to bonds approved by voters after
January 1, 2016.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 15267 is added to the
Education Code, to read:
   15267.  Proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized and issued
pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 1 of Article
XIII A and subdivision (b) of Section 18 of Article XVI of the
California Constitution shall not be used to purchase either of the
following:
   (a) Portable electronic devices, including, but not limited to,
laptop computers and tablet computers, that are any of the following:

   (1) Not closely connected to classroom instruction.
   (2) Assigned to individual pupils.
   (3) Permitted to leave the schoolsite for more than one schoolday.

   (b) Basic or supplemental instructional materials.