BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 1380
Author: Hancock (D)
Amended: 4/28/10
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 7-0, 4/21/10
AYES: Romero, Huff, Alquist, Hancock, Liu, Simitian,
Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Maldonado, Price
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 10-0, 5/17/10
AYES: Kehoe, Cox, Alquist, Corbett, Denham, Leno, Walters,
Wolk, Wyland, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Price
SUBJECT : Career technical education facilities
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill adds new requirements and conditions
to be met by districts that apply for and receive Career
Technical Education Facilities Program (CTEFP) funding, and
requires the California Department of Education to review
and make recommendations on specified elements of the
CTEFP.
ANALYSIS : Existing law establishes the Career Technical
Education Facilities Program (CTEFP) as part of the Leroy
F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 for the purpose of
providing funding to qualifying local educational agencies
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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:
1.Requires 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 years.
2.Requires a school district to provide certification
regarding that use to the Office of Public School
Construction during the first year of occupation and
every five years thereafter.
3.Requires school districts applying for a career technical
grant 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.
4.Authorizes up to 10 percent of the funds provided for
equipment to be used for the purchase of items or
equipment with a life expectancy of at least five years.
5.Requires the School Facilities Planning Division of the
California 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.
Background
Proposition 1D . AB 127 (Nunez and Perata), Chapter 35,
Statutes of 2006, the Kindergarten-University Public
Education Facilities Bond Act of 2006, authorized
Proposition 1D, a statewide general obligation bond
proposal for $10.4 billion. Proposition 1D, approved by
the voters in November 2006, provided $7.3 billion for K-12
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education facilities and allocated specified amounts from
the sale of these bonds for modernization, new
construction, charter schools, career technical education
facilities, joint use projects for new construction on
severely overcrowded schoolsites, and high performance
incentive grants to promote energy efficient designs and
materials. In addition, portions of the amounts allocated
for new construction and modernization were authorized for
purposes of funding smaller learning communities and high
schools and for seismic retrofit projects.
Career Technical Education Facilities Program . Proposition
1D established the CTEFP within the School Facility Program
(SFP) and provided $500 million for school districts and
joint powers authorities to construct or modernize
facilities and to purchase equipment with an average useful
life expectancy of at least 10 years for career technical
education programs at existing high schools. Current law
requires a school district to contribute from local
resources a dollar amount equal to the amount of the state
grant provided and authorizes the contribution to come from
private industry groups, the school district, or a joint
powers authority. Local agencies may enter into a loan
agreement with the Office of Public School Construction to
cover their share of the project costs. Grants are
calculated on a square foot basis, with a maximum of $3
million for each new facility and $1.5 million for each
modernization project purpose.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2010-11 2011-12
2012-13 Fund
25-year minimum use Reduction in bond pressure
Bond*
Reporting $50 to $75,
one time Bond*
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*Proposition 1D
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/19/10)
Beaumont Unified School District
California Business Education Association
California Space Authority
Clovis Unified School District
El Dorado Union High School District
Rialto Unified School District
Rocklin Unified School District
San Dieguito Union High School District
Sierra County Office of Education
Tracy Unified School District
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office,
this bill addresses some of the concerns about the current
career technical education facilities and equipment
program. The author's office believes that "it is
important to help set the stage for future School Facility
Bonds to ensure that we provide for a substantial
facilities and equipment grant for Career Technical
Education. To do so in a thoughtful manner, we must
carefully look at the Proposition 1D program to guide how
we define the parameters for CTE grants in the future."
CPM:cm 5/19/2010 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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