BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 1193
Author: Lowenthal (D) and Paveley (D)
Amended: 6/1/10
Vote: 27 - Urgency
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 5-2, 4/14/10
AYES: Romero, Alquist, Hancock, Liu, Simitian
NOES: Huff, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Maldonado, Price
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-3, 5/27/10
AYES: Kehoe, Alquist, Corbett, Leno, Price, Wolk, Yee
NOES: Denham, Walters, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Cox
SUBJECT : Modernization Project Funding
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill increases the amount of a
modernization grant by $250,000 per schoolsite if the
project incorporates the use of high performance design and
materials and can demonstrate that it meets one of a number
of specified objectives.
ANALYSIS :
Existing Law
1. The Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 (the
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Greene Act), requires the State Allocation Board (Board)
to allocate to applicant school districts prescribed
per-unhoused-pupil state funding for construction and
modernization of school facilities, including hardship
funding and supplemental funding for site development
and acquisition and requires the board to adopt rules
and regulations for the administration of the Greene
Act.
2. The Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities
Bond Act of 2006 sets aside $100,000,000 of the proceeds
of the bonds sold under that act for incentive grants
under the Greene Act to promote the use of design and
materials in new construction and modernization projects
that include the attributes of high-performance schools.
3. Authorizes a grant for new construction to be used for:
A. Costs of design and materials athat promote the
efficient use of energy and water.
B. Maximum use of natural lighting and indoor air
quality.
C. Use of recycled materials and materials that
emit a minimum of toxic substances.
D. Use of acoustics conductive to teaching and
learning.
E. Other characteristics of high performance
schools. A school district is required to certify,
as part of its application for funding under the
Greene Act, that it has considered the feasibility
of using these characteristics of high performance
schools.
This bill:
1. Increases the amount of a modernization grant by
$250,000 per schoolsite if the project incorporates the
use of high performance design and materials and can
demonstrate that it meets one of the following
objectives:
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A. Achieves collaborative for High Performance
Schools (CHPS) "verified" status in accordance with
the California Edition of the CHPS criteria.
B. Achieves certification status in accordance with
the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
for Schools (LEEDS).
C. This increase is provided from the $100,000,000
set aside for this purpose in the 2006 bond act
2. Requires the State Allocation Board to provide
additional funding for modernization projects that
exceed the criteria outlined in #1 above.
3. Requires the SAB to adopt emergency regulations to
administer these provisions within 14 calendar days and
the Office of Administrative Law to process the
emergency regulations within 14 calendar days of their
adoption.
4. Requires school districts to provide matching funds for
any funds received under these provisions.
5. Declares that these funds do not constitute a
modernization apportionment and do not reduce
modernization eligibility authorized under the Leroy
Greene Act.
6. Requires that the energy efficiency and renewable energy
savings realized, as specified, be retained by the
school district and prohibits the reduction of state
funding on the basis of these savings.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee analysis:
Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2010-11 2011-12
2012-13 Fund
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Bond pressure
Potentially millions depending on Bond*
increased participation
*Proposition 1D
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/1/10)
California Labor Federation
Small School Districts' Association
County School Facilities Consortium
California's Coalition for Adequate School Housing
California School Boards Association
Collaborative for High Performance Schools
State Building and Construction Trades Council of
California
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office,
the High Performance Schools program has been stalled by a
well-intentioned but onerous process for awarding the
grants. The existing process awarded points to various
environmental and energy-related features of school
construction projects. According to the author's office,
while the number of points determines the amount of funding
a district would receive, the points have no relationship
to the actual cost of the desired features. Some districts
found that the costs associated with the required
certification of these features to earn the points were
almost as high as the percentage grant increase they would
receive as part of the program. This bill, by establishing
a base grant of $250,000 per schoolsite when a district
modernizes buildings and meets high performance criteria
will provide districts with a real incentive to create
green schools.
PQ:do 6/1/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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