BILL NUMBER: AB 562	CHAPTERED  07/26/99

	CHAPTER   178
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 26, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 26, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   JULY 15, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   MAY 20, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 15, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cardenas

                        FEBRUARY 19, 1999

   An act to amend Section 17072.25 of the Education Code, relating
to school facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 562, Cardenas.  School facilities:  funding priorities.
   Existing law, the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998
(Greene Act), authorizes the State Allocation Board to provide state
per-pupil funding for school facilities.  The Greene Act authorizes
allocation of state funds, matched by local funds, for new
construction and modernization, and authorizes application for
funding in certain hardship cases.  The Greene Act requires the board
to establish and publish any procedures and policies in connection
with the administration of the Greene Act.
   Existing law requires the board to adopt regulations to develop a
mechanism to rank approved applications for new construction funding
to determine the priority of approved applications when state funds
are insufficient.
   This bill would , instead, require the board to adopt the priority
regulations to rank approved applications if either (1) the total
state funds necessary for funding all approved projects exceed the
total state funds actually in the 1998 State School Facilities Fund
for allocation for this purpose, or (2) the actual amount of the
unallocated proceeds of state bonds available  on or after July 1,
2000, for new construction is $300,000,000.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 17072.25 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   17072.25.  (a) The board shall adopt regulations to develop a
mechanism to rank approved applications for new construction funding.
  This mechanism shall be used to determine the priority of approved
applications when either of the following conditions are met:
   (1) The total state funds necessary for funding all approved
projects pursuant to this chapter exceed the total state funds in the
fund for allocation pursuant to this chapter.
   (2) The actual amount of unallocated proceeds of state bonds
available on or after July 1, 2000, for new construction for the
purposes of this chapter is at three hundred million dollars
($300,000,000).
   (b) The ranking mechanism shall allocate priority points based
upon the percentages of currently and projected unhoused pupils
relative to the total population of the applicant district or
attendance area and the total number of currently and projected
unhoused pupils in an applicant district or attendance area.
   (c) The board may award priority points based on other factors
that in its judgment result in the most equitable distribution of
resources among applicants.  The additional factors may not
constitute greater than a 10-percent weight in the overall priority
ranking.