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          Date of Hearing:   January 21, 2010

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Kevin De Leon, Chair

                  AB 220 (Brownley) - As Amended:  January 15, 2010 

          Policy Committee:                              Education  
          Vote:9-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill makes the following changes to K-12 education facility  
          programs:  

          1)Authorizes a school district, for the purposes of K-12 new  
            construction funds, to calculate enrollment projections for  
            the 10th year beyond the fiscal year in which the application  
            is made.  

          2)Specifies, for the purposes of calculating K-12 new  
            construction eligibility, school districts to use the number  
            of pupils housed in permanent school facilities, as opposed to  
            portable facilities.  

          3)Requires a school district to demonstrate evidence of a  
            binding contract for professional services or for  
            construction, or both, in order for the SAB to release school  
            facility funds.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  


          1)Potential school facility bond cost pressure, likely between  
            $150,000 and $250,000, to authorize school districts to  
            receive school facility funds for professional services, as  
            specified.  


          2)AB 127 (Nunez), Chapter 35, Statutes of 2006, authorized  
            Proposition 1D: the Kindergarten-University Public Education  
            Facilities Bond Act of 2006 for $10.416 billion. The voters  








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            passed Proposition 1D on November 7, 2006. Of the $10.416  
            billion, $7.329 billion was allocated for K-12 education  
            facilities and $3.087 billion was provided for higher  
            education facilities. 

           
          COMMENTS  

           Purpose  .  The State School Facility program (SSFP), administered  
          by the State Allocation Board (SAB), provides funding primarily  
          to local education agencies to construct or modernize education  
          facilities.  The SSFP receives funding from a variety of  
          sources, including the state GF and proceeds from the sale of  
          general obligation bonds.  Programs under the SSFP include new  
          construction, modernization, career technical education  
          facilities, and charter school facilities.  

          According to the author, "this bill makes technical changes that  
          have arisen before the SAB."  
             
           
           

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Kimberly Rodriguez / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081