California

Education Code

11,521 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 15110 — An action to determine the validity of bonds and of the ordering of the improvement or acquisition may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code
• § 15111 — The governing board of each school district or community college district shall, within 30 days after the end of each fiscal year, submit to the county superintendent of schools who has jurisdiction o
• § 15120 — (a) An election held for purposes of this chapter shall be conducted as provided in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5300) of Part 4, except as otherwise provided in Sections 15100 to 15126, inclusi
• § 15121 — Any election called pursuant to Sections 15100 to 15141, inclusive, and Sections 15142 to 15261, inclusive, may be consolidated with any other election pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 1040
• § 15122 — (a) A brief statement of the proposition, setting forth the amount of the bonds to be voted upon, the maximum rate of interest, and the purposes for which the proceeds of the sale of the bonds are to
• § 15122.5 — (a) Whenever an election is called on the question of whether bonds of a school district shall be issued and sold for the purposes specified in Section 15100 and the project to be funded by the bonds
• § 15123 — The form and details of all ballots at school district or community college bond elections shall comply with ballot provisions of this code applicable to governing board member elections with addition
• § 15124 — If it appears from the certificate of election results that two-thirds of the votes cast on the proposition of issuing bonds of the district are in favor of issuing the bonds; or, a majority of the vo
• § 15125 — The proceedings relating to the authorization of bonds of a joint school district of any type need be certified only to the board of supervisors of the county whose superintendent of schools has juris
• § 15126 — No error, irregularity, or omission which does not affect the substantial rights of the taxpayers within the district or the electors voting at any election at which bonds of any district are authoriz
• § 15140 — (a) Bonds of a school district or community college district shall be offered for sale by the board of supervisors of the county, the county superintendent of which has jurisdiction over the district,
• § 15140.5 — For purposes of this article, “bonds” means bonds, notes, warrants, or other evidence of indebtedness payable, both principal and interest, from the proceeds of ad valorem property taxes that may be l
• § 15141 — When authorized by the governing board of a school district or a community college district, bonds of a school district or a community college district may be offered for sale as a group by the board
• § 15142 — The bonds shall be issued in the denomination or denominations as the board of supervisors or governing board of the community college district may prescribe.
• § 15143 — The bonds shall not bear a rate of interest greater than 8 percent per annum, payable annually or semiannually.
• § 15144 — The number of years the whole or any part of the bonds are to run shall not exceed 25 years, from the date of the bonds or the date of any series thereof.
• § 15144.1 — The ratio of total debt service to principal for each bond series shall not exceed four to one.
• § 15144.2 — A bond that allows for the compounding of interest, including, but not limited to, a capital appreciation bond, maturing more than 10 years after its date of issuance shall be subject to redemption be
• § 15144.3 — A school district or community college district with a note issued before December 31, 2013, pursuant to Section 15150 may seek from the state board or the Chancellor of the California Community Colle
• § 15145 — (a) The board of supervisors by an order entered upon its minutes shall prescribe the form of the bonds.
• § 15146 — (a) The bonds shall be issued and sold pursuant to Section 15140, payable out of the interest and sinking fund of the school district or community college district.
• § 15147 — Before selling the bonds, or any part of them, the board of supervisors or community college district, as appropriate, shall give notice as required by Section 53692 of the Government Code.
• § 15148 — If satisfactory bids are received, the bonds offered for sale shall be awarded to the highest responsible bidder or bidders, and the clerk of the board of supervisors shall prepare and certify to all
• § 15149 — The issuing school district or community college district by action of its governing board may prepare, or have prepared, bond brochures to serve as a prospectus for bond buyers to assist in the satis
• § 15150 — (a) When the governing board of a school district or a community college district deems it in the best interests of the district, it may by resolution, upon terms and conditions that it shall prescrib
• § 15180 — Whenever under Sections 15100 and 15102, and Sections 15107 to 15140, inclusive, and Sections 15142 to 15261, inclusive, any bonds are issued, the bonds may be issued either in the form of coupon bond
• § 15181 — If any officer whose signature, countersignature, or attestation appears on any school bonds or coupons ceases to be an officer before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, the signature, counte
• § 15182 — Any bonds executed in the manner provided by the board of supervisors shall be valid, notwithstanding any change in the officers who signed the bonds or the coupons, or in the seal of the board of sup
• § 15190 — Whenever the owner of any coupon bond or of any bond payable to bearer presents the bond to the treasurer or other officer of the county in which the district is located, who by law performs the dutie
• § 15191 — After registration any bond may be transferred by the registered owner in person, or by attorney duly authorized, on presentation of the bond to the treasurer or other officer performing the duties of
• § 15192 — The statement stamped, printed, or written upon the bond may be substantially in the following form: (Date, giving month, day, and year.
• § 15193 — After any bond has been registered as provided in this article, the principal and interest of the bond shall be payable to the registered owner.
• § 15194 — The treasurer or other officer shall keep in his or her office a book or books which shall at all times show what bonds are registered and in whose name respectively.
• § 15200 — If any bonds authorized under the provisions of Sections 15100 and 15102, and Sections 15107 to 15140, inclusive, and Sections 15142 to 15261, inclusive, have not been offered for sale for one year fr
• § 15201 — Upon receiving the petition, signed by a majority of the members of the governing board, the board of supervisors shall fix a time for hearing it, which shall not be more than 30 days after receipt of
• § 15202 — At the time and place designated in the notice, or at any subsequent time to which the hearing may be postponed, the board of supervisors shall hear any reasons that may be submitted for or against th
• § 15203 — If the board of supervisors deem it for the best interests of the school district or community college district named in the petition that the unsold bonds be canceled, it shall make and enter an orde
• § 15204 — The governing board of any school district or community college district may petition the board of supervisors to cancel the remaining authorization of that district to issue and sell bonds resulting
• § 15205 — For any bonds authorized at a school district election on November 5, 1991, and thereafter cancelled pursuant to this article without having been issued, the board of supervisors may order the cancell
• § 15220 — The governing board of a school district or community college district may purchase in the open market bonds issued by the district.
• § 15221 — When any bonds issued by a district have been purchased by the governing board of the district, the bonds shall be deemed canceled and of no further validity.
• § 15230 — The board of supervisors by an order entered upon its minutes shall fix the time when the whole or any part of the principal of the bonds shall be payable, which shall not be more than 25 years from t
• § 15231 — The board of supervisors at the direction of governing board of the district may divide the principal amount of bonds authorized at any election into two or more series and may fix different dates for
• § 15232 — The board of supervisors may make the principal and interest of the bonds payable at the office of the treasurer of the county, or at any other place within the United States, including any office of
• § 15233 — (a) The principal and interest on the bonds shall be paid by the county treasurer of the county, the superintendent of schools of which has jurisdiction of the district in behalf of which the bonds we
• § 15234 — Any money remaining in the interest and sinking fund of any district after the payment of all bonds and coupons payable from the fund, or any money in excess of an amount sufficient to pay all unpaid
• § 15235 — Any money paid into the county treasury of the county and credited to the interest and sinking fund of any district remaining after the payment of all bonds and coupons payable from the fund, or which
• § 15250 — The board of supervisors of the county, the superintendent of schools of which has jurisdiction over any district, shall annually at the time of making the levy of taxes for county purposes, levy a ta
• § 15251 — (a) When collected, all taxes levied shall be paid into the county treasury of the county whose superintendent of schools has jurisdiction over the school district on behalf of which the tax was levie
• § 15252 — The board of supervisors of the county, the superintendent of schools which has jurisdiction over any school district, shall annually at the time of making the levy of taxes for county purposes estima
• § 15253 — If the bonds are declared invalid or are not issued for any reason, the tax levied and collected shall, if the school district or community college district has other bonds outstanding, be retained in
• § 15254 — This article shall apply only to bonds of a school district or community college district which were approved by the electors prior to July 1, 1978, and to bonded indebtedness for the acquisition or i
• § 15260 — In case of a district lying in two or more counties, the assessor of each of the counties in which the district lies, shall annually as soon as the county assessments have been equalized by the State
• § 15261 — The tax shall be entered upon the assessment roll and collected in the same manner as other school taxes.
• § 15262 — This article shall apply only to bonds of a school district which were approved by the electors prior to July 1, 1978, and to bonded indebtedness for the acquisition or improvement of real property ap
• § 15264 — It is the intent of the Legislature that all of the following are realized: (a) Vigorous efforts are undertaken to ensure that the expenditure of bond measures, including those authorized pursuant to
• § 15266 — (a) As an alternative to authorizing and issuing bonds pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 15100) or Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 15300), the governing board of a school district, com
• § 15267 — (a) Two or more small school districts that have had the issuance of bonds authorized by the voters pursuant to this chapter may form a joint powers authority in accordance with the provisions of Arti
• § 15268 — The total amount of bonds issued, including bonds issued pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 15100), shall not exceed 1.
• § 15270 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 15102 and 15268, any unified school district may issue bonds pursuant to this article that, in aggregation with bonds issued pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section
• § 15271 — The governing board of a school district or community college district may proceed pursuant to this chapter on behalf of a school facilities improvement district that is created by and under the exclu
• § 15272 — In addition to the ballot requirements of Section 15122 and the ballot provisions of this code applicable to governing board member elections, for bond measures pursuant to this chapter, the ballot sh
• § 15274 — If it appears from the certificate of election results that 55 percent of the votes cast on the proposition of issuing bonds pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 18 of Article XVI of the California
• § 15276 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county board of education may not order an election to determine whether bonds may be issued under this article to raise funds for a county office of educ
• § 15278 — (a) If a bond measure authorized pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 1 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution and subdivision (b) of Section 18 of Article XVI of the Cali
• § 15280 — (a) (1) The governing board of the district shall, without expending bond funds, provide the citizens’ oversight committee with any necessary technical assistance and shall provide administrative assi
• § 15282 — (a) The citizens’ oversight committee shall consist of at least seven members who shall serve for a minimum term of two years without compensation and for no more than three consecutive terms.
• § 15284 — (a) An action to obtain an order restraining and preventing any expenditure of funds received by a school district or community college district through the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter pu
• § 15286 — Consistent with the provisions contained in subparagraphs (C) and (D) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 1 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, the required annual, independen
• § 15288 — It is the intent of the Legislature that upon receipt of allegations of waste or misuse of bond funds authorized in this chapter, appropriate law enforcement officials shall expeditiously pursue the i
• § 15300 — This chapter provides a method for the formation of school facilities improvement districts consisting of a portion of the territory within a school district or community college district, for the con
• § 15301 — (a) A school district or community college district that has a community facilities district formed pursuant to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, as set forth in Chapter 2.
• § 15302 — (a) Two or more small school districts that have had the issuance of bonds authorized by the voters pursuant to this chapter may form a joint powers authority in accordance with the provisions of Arti
• § 15303 — (a) This chapter shall not be operative in a county or counties until the board of supervisors of the county in which the county superintendent of schools having jurisdiction over the school district
• § 15320 — Whenever the governing board of a school district or community college district meeting the requirements set forth in Section 15301 determines that a school facilities improvement district is necessar
• § 15321 — Notice of the hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution of intention in a newspaper of general circulation published in each affected county, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Govern
• § 15322 — The governing board of the school district or community college district shall hold the hearing provided for by resolution of intention at the time and place fixed by that resolution.
• § 15323 — At the hearing, the governing board of the school district or community college district may adopt a resolution proposing modifications, consistent with Section 15302, of the purpose stated in the res
• § 15324 — The governing board of the school district or community college district shall publish the resolution proposing the modifications to the resolution of intention once in the same newspaper in which the
• § 15325 — The hearing on any proposed modifications may be held at the same time and place as any continued hearing on the resolution of intention and both hearings may be held and conducted concurrently.
• § 15326 — At the conclusion of the hearing on the resolution of intention and of the hearing, if any, upon proposed modifications, the governing board may by resolution order the school facilities improvement d
• § 15326.5 — The governing board may amend a previously adopted resolution ordering the formation of a school facilities improvement district to change or add to the purposes for which the school facilities improv
• § 15327 — The governing board of the school district or community college district in which a school facilities improvement district has been formed shall have the same rights, powers, duties and responsibiliti
• § 15334.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no bonded indebtedness may be incurred pursuant to this part in an amount that would cause the bonded indebtedness of the territory of the school facilities
• § 15340 — (a) After adopting the resolution ordering the formation of the school facilities improvement district, the governing board may provide for and call a special bond election within the school facilitie
• § 15345 — Any qualified elector who is a resident of the territory of the school facilities improvement district may vote on the proposition of issuing bonds of the school facilities improvement district.
• § 15350 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, bonds of a school facilities improvement district shall be authorized, offered for sale, issued and paid, and taxes levied and collected for payments
• § 15352 — The bonds shall be issued in the name of the school facilities improvement district and shall be designated “Bonds of the School Facilities Improvement District of the ____ School District” or “Bonds
• § 15357 — (a) The board of supervisors shall establish within the county treasury a school facilities improvement fund for each school facilities improvement district for the purpose of depositing the proceeds
• § 15359.3 — The governing board of a school district or community college district may proceed pursuant to Chapter 1.
• § 15425 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, it is the intent of the Legislature that the rate of taxes levied annually upon the property in a school facilities improvement district formed pur
• § 15600 — The State School Building Finance Committee or other governmental body empowered to make a determination of whether any or all of the bonds authorized to be issued by the state, under legislation enac
• § 15700 — The Legislature hereby declares that it is in the interest of the state and of the people thereof for the state to aid school districts of the state in providing necessary and adequate school sites an
• § 15701 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Board” means the State Allocation Board.
• § 15702 — The Director of General Services shall administer this chapter and shall provide any assistance to the board that it may require.
• § 15703 — The State Allocation Board is continued in existence for the purposes of this chapter.
• § 15704 — The board by the adoption of rules shall give priority in allocating funds to districts to those districts where the children will benefit most from additional schoolhouse facilities.
• § 15705 — In addition to any other powers and duties as are granted the board by this chapter, the board shall do each of the following: (1) Establish any qualifications not in conflict with other provisions of
• § 15706 — Apportionment from the Public School Building Loan Fund to school districts shall be made in the manner and subject to the conditions herein provided and in accordance with policies adopted by the boa
• § 15707 — In addition to the purposes for which apportionments may be made to school districts under Section 15706, apportionments may also be made to school districts for the construction, repair, attachment o
• § 15708 — In making application for, and in expending, apportionments of funds under this chapter, a school district acts as an agent of the state and all sites purchased and improved, all equipment purchased,
• § 15709 — The board may require school districts to insure for the benefit of the state all sites, equipment, and buildings which are under Section 15708 the property of the state, against any risks and in any
• § 15710 — Where a district is required by a contract entered into between itself and a general construction contractor to obtain, at its own expense, insurance covering risks incurred during any construction fo
• § 15712 — Funds apportioned to a school district under this chapter for a project, remaining unencumbered or unexpended one year from the date the application of the district for the apportionment was approved,
• § 15713 — Each school district which desires an apportionment for a grade level maintained by it, shall submit through its governing board to the board an application therefor in any form and number of copies t
• § 15714 — When an apportionment has been made by the board to a school district the board may, upon application of the governing board of the district, authorize the governing board to transfer funds from other
• § 15715 — The board may approve, in whole or in part, an application submitted by a school district under Section 15713 and in the amount, not exceeding the amount applied for, that the board may deem appropria
• § 15716 — If, after a conditional apportionment has been made to a school district, legal proceedings initiated prior or subsequent to the making of the conditional apportionment prevent the taking, within the
• § 15717 — With respect to any apportionment made to a school district prior to December 26, 1950, the board may, on the application of the governing board of the district make additional apportionments to the s
• § 15718 — The sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) was by Chapter 13 of the Statutes of 1952 (First Extraordinary Session) made available from the Public School Building Loan Fund for apportionment by the bo
• § 15719 — No apportionment shall be made for new construction which when added to the area of adequate school construction existing in the applicant school district at the time of application, will provide a to
• § 15721 — No apportionment to a school district shall become final unless one of the following is satisfied: (a) The total amount of outstanding bonds of the district exceeds 95 percent of the maximum amount of
• § 15722 — Immediately after the result of the election has been determined, the county superintendent of schools shall make a certificate in duplicate stating whether the bonds have been authorized in the amoun
• § 15723 — The election by a school district upon the acceptance, expenditure, and repayment of an apportionment prescribed by Section 15721 may be called and held either before or after the making of an apporti
• § 15724 — Whenever a conditional apportionment has been made, and the county auditor has inadvertently and erroneously included in his certification of the outstanding bonded indebtedness of the school district
• § 15725 — No apportionment shall be made to a school district for any grade level if the estimated cost of the project, as approved by the Director of General Services, is (1) an amount which would result in an
• § 15726 — As used in Section 15725 of the Education Code, the phrase “adjusted to the next highest one-eighth of 1 percent” means “increased by a full one-eighth of 1 percent.
• § 15727 — No apportionment shall be made to a district for the construction, reconstruction, or alteration of, or addition to, school buildings if the requirements prescribed by this code for the construction o
• § 15728 — Each district to which an apportionment has been made under this chapter shall repay the principal amount of the apportionment and the accrued interest thereon in the amount and in the manner hereinaf
• § 15729 — The following definitions apply to the computations and determinations required to be made under Sections 15730, 15732, and 15733, and they apply with respect to each grade level of a district for whi
• § 15730 — On or before the first day of December of each fiscal year, the Director of General Services shall determine for each grade level and certify to the Controller the eligible bonded debt service for the
• § 15731 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a school district otherwise eligible to receive a conditional apportionment under Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 16000) of this part may apply
• § 15732 — On or before the first day of January of each fiscal year, the Controller shall compute for each grade level of a district for which grade level an apportionment has become final during any preceding
• § 15733 — On or before the first day of January of each fiscal year the Controller shall determine the annual repayment, if any, to be due from each district during the next succeeding fiscal year, as follows:
• § 15734 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and regardless of how many apportionments are made to a grade level of a school district under the provisions of this chapter, the total annual rep
• § 15735 — The Controller shall, during the next fiscal year following that in which he or she determines the annual repayment as herein provided, deduct the total amount of the annual repayment of each district
• § 15736 — Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, whenever in any fiscal year, pursuant to Chapter 5, Part 9, Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, a refund is made or a judgment rendered,
• § 15737 — (a) Upon request of the district, the Controller shall use in computing the “40-cent, 30-cent, and 10-cent tax amounts” under Section 15732 the difference between the total assessed valuation of prope
• § 15738 — The Controller shall make the deduction provided by Section 15735 during each fiscal year, as herein provided, until the principal amount of the apportionment made to the district for the grade level,
• § 15739 — The Controller shall certify to the board the cancellation of the unpaid balance of the principal amount of the apportionment.
• § 15740 — The Controller shall determine and maintain a record of the amount due the state in connection with each apportionment made to each grade level of a district under this chapter.
• § 15741 — Upon computing in any fiscal year the amount to be deducted from the apportionments to the district from the State School Fund during the succeeding fiscal year, the Controller shall notify the govern
• § 15742 — The board of supervisors of the county, the county superintendent of which has jurisdiction over any district which under this chapter will have moneys withheld by the Controller from the apportionmen
• § 15743 — The board shall prescribe in the detail that it deems necessary, the purposes for which moneys apportioned by it or which it requires the district to contribute toward, or in reduction of the cost of
• § 15744 — Unless the board has received the certificates of the county superintendent of schools required by Section 15722 within nine months from the date of the conditional apportionment, it shall, at the exp
• § 15745 — A public school building fund is hereby created in the county treasury in each county for each school district in the county.
• § 15746 — The governing board of each school district to which an apportionment is made under this chapter is authorized to, and shall, transfer to the public school building fund of the district from all other
• § 15747 — A fund in the State Treasury is hereby created, to be known as the Public School Building Loan Fund.
• § 15748 — Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the State Allocation Board may from time to time by appropriate resolution order the transfer from the Public School Building Loan Fund to the Sta
• § 15749 — The governing board of each school district to which an apportionment has been made under this chapter shall expend the moneys in the public school building fund of the district exactly as apportioned
• § 15751 — It shall be the duty of the Controller to make the audit or audits of the books and records of counties and school districts receiving apportionments under this chapter, as he or she may deem necessar
• § 15752 — Whenever the Controller determines that any money apportioned to a school district has been expended by the school district for purposes not authorized by this chapter, or exceeds the final cost of th
• § 15753 — Any portion of an apportionment paid to a school district under this chapter shall be available for expenditure by its governing board for not less than one year nor more than three years, as the boar
• § 15754 — Whenever a school district receives an apportionment under this chapter for the purchase or improvement of a school building site and within a period of five years after the date on which the warrant
• § 15780 — (a) As used in this article: (1) “State-aided district” means a district to which a conditional or final apportionment has been made under this chapter.
• § 15781 — When a district has received conditional apportionments which have become final under this chapter, and there is a unification of the district prior to December 31, 1952, within the meaning of Section
• § 15782 — Whenever, prior to the date on which a conditional apportionment is made by the board to an applicant district, (1) if an applicant district is annexed to or otherwise included in whole in another dis
• § 15783 — Whenever, subsequent to the date on which a conditional apportionment is made by the board to an applicant district, but prior to the date on which the conditional apportionment becomes final, (1) if
• § 15784 — Whenever, prior to the date on which conditional apportionments have been made to an applicant district for the full amount of state aid approved for the district under Section 15715, (1) if the appli
• § 15785 — Notwithstanding, and in lieu of, any provisions of this chapter to the contrary, excepting Section 15725 if during the fiscal year 1950–1951, or any subsequent fiscal year, a conditional apportionment
• § 15786 — Whenever, subsequent to the date when a conditional apportionment is made to a district and before the conditional apportionment becomes final the boundaries of the district are changed so that the te
• § 15787 — Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, whenever a conditional apportionment has been made to an elementary school district pursuant to Section 15714 prior to August 1, 1951, and the sch
• § 15788 — Whenever, subsequent to the date on which a conditional apportionment made to a district becomes final, the state-aided district is included in whole in another district, the acquiring district shall,
• § 15789 — Whenever one or more state-aided districts are included in whole in an acquiring district, and the acquiring district applies for and receives an apportionment, then after the effective date of the in
• § 15790 — Whenever, subsequent to the date on which a conditional apportionment made to a state-aided district becomes final, less than all of such district is included in another district, the Director of Gene
• § 15791 — Notwithstanding any change in the boundaries of a state-aided district or the annexation to, or the inclusion in, another district of a state-aided district, the state-aided district as it existed imm
• § 15792 — Whenever, subsequent to the date on which a conditional apportionment becomes final, territory is withdrawn from a state-aided district and no portion of the apportionment was expended for school prop
• § 15793 — Whenever, subsequent to the date on which a conditional apportionment becomes final, any territory is withdrawn from a nonstate-aided district and annexed to the state-aided district, the assessed val
• § 15794 — The Controller shall compute, in accordance with Sections 15791, 15792, and 15793, the amount of the annual repayment due the state on account of the apportionment or apportionments to each state-aide
• § 15795 — (a) When, after any application is filed, the applicant district is annexed to, or, by change of boundaries or otherwise, is included in whole or in part in another district or districts, the superint
• § 15900 — For the purpose of creating a fund to provide aid to school districts of the state, the State School Building Finance Committee, created by Section 15909, shall be and it hereby is authorized and empo
• § 15909 — There is hereby created a State School Building Finance Committee composed of the Governor, Controller, Treasurer, Director of Finance, and Superintendent of Public Instruction, all of whom shall serv
• § 1600 — There is hereby established in the treasury of each county the “county school service fund.
• § 16000 — This chapter may be cited as the State School Building Aid Law of 1952.
• § 16001 — The Legislature hereby declares that it is in the interest of the state and of the people thereof for the state to aid school districts of the state in providing necessary schoolsites and buildings fo
• § 16002 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Board” means the State Allocation Board.
• § 16002.5 — For the purposes of this chapter, the term “basic bond requirement,” means 5 percent of the assessed valuation of taxable property of the district for each grade level maintained by a district, as sho
• § 16003 — With respect to applications filed on and after the effective date of this section by a unified district and any apportionments and repayments made under the applications, “grade level maintained by t
• § 16004 — Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the board shall review each application and shall take action to insure that apportionments are not made that will provide for constructi
• § 16005 — The Director of General Services shall administer this chapter and shall provide any assistance to the board that it may require.
• § 16006 — The State Allocation Board is continued in existence for the purposes of this chapter.
• § 16007 — The board by the adoption of rules shall give priority in allocating funds to districts to those districts where the children will benefit most from additional schoolhouse facilities.
• § 16008 — In allocating funds under this chapter, the board may give first priority to school districts for the replacement and repair of school buildings and necessary facilities appurtenant thereto damaged by
• § 16009 — In addition to any other powers and duties that are granted the board by this chapter, the board shall: (a) Establish any qualifications not in conflict with other provisions of this chapter that it d
• § 1601 — Wherever any of the terms “unapportioned county elementary school fund,” “county elementary school supervision fund,” “unapportioned county high school fund,” and “county school service fund” are used
• § 16010 — The State Department of Education, in addition to any responsibilities or approvals required under Sections 39000 to 39323, inclusive, shall provide the following services to school districts making a
• § 16011 — Each school district which desires an apportionment of funds under this chapter shall, unless specifically exempted by the board, prepare a long-range comprehensive master plan for the district prepar
• § 16012 — The board shall prescribe instructions specifying the manner in which property, real or personal, being replaced through the apportionment, shall be disposed of, and compliance with the instructions s
• § 16013 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the board may grant priority in the apportioning of funds to school districts to those districts which have sold facilities replaced under a previ
• § 16014 — Apportionment from the State School Building Aid Fund to school districts shall be made in the manner and subject to the conditions herein provided and in accordance with policies adopted by the board
• § 16015 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the board may make an apportionment to any school district for the cost of leasing portable classrooms during the period in which additional schoo
• § 16016 — A leasehold or use permit interest held by a school district in land owned in fee simple by the government of the United States may, for all purposes of this chapter, be deemed a purchase of land by t
• § 16017 — The board shall not make any apportionment with respect to an application for replacing inadequate school facilities unless it has first investigated and made a finding that it would not be economical
• § 16018 — In addition to the purposes for which apportionments may be made to school districts under Section 16014, apportionments may also be made to school districts for the construction, repair, attachment o
• § 16019 — In making applications for, and in expending apportionments of funds under this chapter, a school district acts as an agent of the state and all sites purchased and improved, all equipment purchased,
• § 1602 — The county school service fund shall be utilized by the county superintendent of schools to pay the charges against the fund as are provided in this code; and to provide, with the approval of the coun
• § 16020 — The board may require school districts to insure for the benefit of the state all sites, equipment, and buildings which are under Section 16019 the property of the state, against any risk and in any a
• § 16021 — A school district shall not expend money apportioned under this chapter unless the contracts under which the funds are expended have been let after competitive bids thereafter pursuant to this code.
• § 16022 — Funds apportioned to a school district under Section 16024 for a project, remaining unencumbered or unexpended one year from the date the application of the district for apportionment was approved, sh
• § 16023 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a district may apply, on a separate application, for an apportionment for the purchase of laboratory and vocational training equipment, whether or
• § 16024 — Each school district that desires an apportionment for a grade level maintained by it, shall submit through its governing board to the board an application therefor in the form and number of copies as
• § 16025 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a school district otherwise eligible to receive a conditional apportionment under this chapter may apply for an adjustment of annual repayment obl
• § 16026 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, any school district whose governing board has adopted and put into effect a year-round school operation plan or continuous school program, as defi
• § 16027 — In any fiscal year in which the school district is conducting a year-round school operation or continuous school program, as defined in Section 16030, utilizing a facility for which financial assistan
• § 16028 — Any authorization of the proceeds derived from the sale of an unused site pursuant to Section 16026 shall constitute a conversion of the unpaid portion of the apportionment to the application for an a
• § 16028.5 — Whenever a school district has received an increased building cost allowance pursuant to Section 16024 or 16026 for the purpose of providing facilities for year-round school operation as defined in Se
• § 16029 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a school district qualifying for an adjustment of annual repayment obligations under Section 16025 or 15731 may apply for an apportionment under t
• § 16031 — Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, no school district shall be required, except as provided in this section, to contribute toward the cost of a project for which an applica
• § 16032 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, whenever the board makes a finding pursuant to Section 16031 that proceeds from the sale of district bonds have been expended or encumbered by a s
• § 16033 — The expenditure by a school district, prior to the filing of an application for an apportionment under this chapter, of proceeds from the sale of district bonds for the construction of a swimming pool