BILL NUMBER: SB 1380	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 22, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 28, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 15, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hancock

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Section 17078.73 to the Education Code, relating to
school facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1380, as amended, Hancock. School facilities: construction.
   Existing law establishes the Career Technical Education Facilities
Program as a part of the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of
1998 for the purpose of providing funding to qualifying local
educational agencies for constructing new facilities or reconfiguring
existing facilities, including purchasing equipment with an average
useful life expectancy of at least 10 years, to enhance educational
opportunities for pupils in existing high schools.
   This bill would require school facilities constructed or
modernized with specified bond funds set aside for career technical
education purposes to be used for career technical education purposes
for a minimum of  25   10  years. 
A   The governing board of an applicant  school
district would be required to  adopt a resoluti   on
  stating the intent to use those facilities for career
technical education purposes and  provide certification
regarding that use  to the Office of Public School
Construction  during the first year of occupation 
and every 5 years thereafter  .  The bill would
authorize the governing board of a school district to seek a waiver
of the   career technical education use r   e 
 quirement   from the State Allocation Board if the
facility or educational program of the school district changes during
the initial 10 years of use. 
   The bill would  require   encourage 
school districts applying for a career technical education grant to
include teachers of career technical education and members of the
local career technical education advisory committee in the design and
planning process.
   The bill would authorize up to  10%   25%
 of the funds provided for equipment to be used for the purchase
of items or equipment with a life expectancy of at least 5 years.

   The bill would require the School Facilities Planning Division of
the State Department of Education to review the reservation of funds
aspect of the program, make recommendations to facilitate timely use
of state bond funds, and submit the findings and recommendations to
the State Allocation Board by December 31, 2011. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 17078.73 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   17078.73.  (a) School facilities constructed or modernized using
funds received pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of
Section 101012 shall be used for career technical education purposes
for a minimum of  25   10  years. 
A school district   The governing board of an applicant
school district shall submit a resolution adopted by the governing
board stating the intent to use the facilities built or modernized
with funds   received pursuant to paragraph (4) of
subdivision (a) of Section 101012 for career technical education
purposes and  shall provide certification regarding this use
during the first year of occupation of the school facility 
and every five years thereafter.   . If the facility or
educational program of the school district changes during the initial
10 years of use, the governing board may seek a waiver of the career
technical education use requirement from the board. 
   (b) A school district applying for a career technical education
grant  shall   is encouraged to  include
teachers of career technical education and members of the local
career technical education advisory committee in the design and
planning process leading to the submission of an application that is
a request for full funding or a reservation of funds.
   (c) Qualifying equipment purchased with funds received pursuant to
paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 101012 shall have a life
expectancy of at least 10 years, except that up to  10
  25  percent of the funds provided for equipment
may be used for the purchase of items or equipment with a life
expectancy of at least five years. 
   (d) The School Facilities Planning Division of the State
Department of Education shall review the reservation of funds aspect
of the program established pursuant to this article and shall
identify the number of applications submitted as requests for a
reservation of funds that have resulted in completed projects, the
length of time between when the reservation of funds is made and
space is occupied or equipment is purchased. The School Facilities
Planning Division of the State Department of Education shall make
recommendations to facilitate timely use of state bond funds.
Findings and recommendations shall be submitted to the board by
December 31, 2011.