Amended in Senate June 2, 2015

Amended in Senate March 4, 2015

Senate Bill No. 111

Introduced by Senator Fuller

(Principal coauthors: Senators Vidak and Wolk)

(Coauthors: Senators Bates, Huff, Morrell, Nielsen, and Stone)

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Chávez, Grove, Lackey, Maienschein, Mathis, Waldron, and Wilk)

January 9, 2015

An act relating to school begin delete facilities, and making an appropriation therefor. end delete begin insert facilities. end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 111, as amended, Fuller. School facilities: military installations.

Existing federal law provides for construction funding assistance for elementary and secondary public schools that are located on United States military installations and that meet specified criteria.

This bill would begin delete appropriate $61,000,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of Education for end delete begin insert express the intent of the Legislature that assistance be provided to school districts in end insert the 2015-16 fiscal year begin delete for apportionment to school districts end delete to meet the matching share requirement of a school construction grant made by the Office of Economic Adjustment of the federal Department of Defense to construct, renovate, repair, or expand elementary and secondary public schools located on military installations. begin insert The bill would require the Department of Finance to explore options, including, but not necessarily limited to, making low-interest loans available to school districts through the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank, on how best to assist school districts in meeting the matching share requirement of the federal school construction grant referenced in the bill. end insert

Vote: majority. Appropriation:  begin delete yes end delete begin insert no end insert . Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

begin delete Sixty-one million dollars ($61,000,000) is hereby
appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of
Education for the 2015-16 fiscal year for apportionment end delete begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert It is
the intent of the Legislature that assistance be provided end insert to school
districts begin insert in the 2015-16 fiscal year end insert to meet the matching share
requirement of a school construction grant made by the Office of
Economic Adjustment of the federal Department of Defense to
construct, renovate, repair, or expand elementary and secondary
public schools located on military installations.

begin insert

(b) The Department of Finance shall explore options on how
best to assist school districts in meeting the matching share
requirement of the federal school construction grant referenced
in subdivision (a). These options shall include, but not necessarily
be limited to, making low-interest loans available to school districts
through the California Infrastructure and Economic Development
Bank.

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