ARTICLE 3. Allowances [17040. - 17052.]

Cal. Education Code - EDC 3.

in effect

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17040. Section 17040.

Except as provided in Section 17041, no project shall be approved, the building area of which, when added to the area of adequate school construction existing in the applicant school district at the time of application, will provide a total area of school building construction per unit of estimated average daily attendance in excess of that computed in accordance with Sections 17043, 17044, 17045, and 17046. As used in Sections 17041.5, 17043, 17044, 17045, and 17046, “maximum area” means maximum area of school building construction and “attendance unit” means unit of estimated average daily attendance. As used in this section and Sections 17045 and 17046, “attendance center” means a school maintained or to be maintained at a given location within a district. Enrollment projections shall be made for the third fiscal year beyond the fiscal year in which the application is made for a project for kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 6, inclusive, and for the fourth fiscal year beyond the fiscal year in which the application is made for a junior high school or high school project. Except as otherwise provided by the board, the estimates of average daily attendance shall be based upon the number of family dwellings and mobilehome parks, as defined in Section 18214 of the Health and Safety Code, under construction or newly constructed and never occupied in the district and the number of children residing in the district. In no case shall an estimate be given effect unless approved by the board. For the purposes of this chapter, pupils attending grades 7 and 8 in an elementary district, but residing in a high school district that maintains one or more junior high schools, shall not be considered in determining or estimating the average daily attendance of the elementary district, unless one of the following conditions is met: (a) The elementary district is maintaining and has continuously maintained grades 7 and 8 since a date prior to January 1, 1975. (b) The elementary district, by a vote of the electorate at an election held on June 2, 1981, withdrew its 7th and 8th grade pupils from the high school district. (c) The elementary district, by a vote of the electorate at an election held on November 4, 1980, withdrew its 7th and 8th grade pupils from the high school district and the high school district continues to qualify for a project, other than a project pursuant to Section 17041, on the basis of the remaining 7th and 8th grade pupils. In no event shall a facility be constructed for the withdrawn 7th and 8th grade pupils at a distance less than one and one-half miles from the nearest proposed or existing junior high facility. When these pupils are so considered in determining or estimating the average daily attendance of the elementary district, they shall not be considered in determining or estimating average daily attendance of the high school district for junior high school purposes.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17040.1. Section 17040.1.

(a) The allowable building area of any project, as calculated under this article, may be increased by any applicant school district, where the increase is funded exclusively from sources other than any state programs administered by the State Allocation Board. Any increase in building area pursuant to this section in a project for which construction commenced on or after January 1, 1987, not to exceed 110 percent of the area that would be allowed under applicable state standards, shall be excluded from the calculation of the area of adequate school construction for the purposes of all subsequent project applications by the district under this chapter. (b) The maximum building cost permitted for any project under this article may be increased, by not more than 10 percent, by any applicant school district, where the increase is funded by the district exclusively from the proceeds of a general obligation bond measure approved by the voters of the district or of a special tax pursuant to the formation of a community facilities district under Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, or both. In order to qualify for this purpose, any tax or other charge authorized pursuant to that approval or formation, respectively, shall apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the school district, rather than to a particular class of property or taxpayers, and shall require that the amount of the school facilities fee or other requirement that may be levied by the school district pursuant to Section 17620, in addition to that tax or other charge, not exceed the amount deemed by the governing board to be necessary for the interim school facilities needs of the district.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17040.2. Section 17040.2.

Where 75 percent or more of the total cost of a project approved under this chapter is to be funded by the applicant district from sources other than any state program administered by the board, the area of the allowable new building construction for that project, and the amount of the building cost allowed for that project under this chapter, shall each be increased by 5 percent, plus 1 percent for each 1 percent by which that local contribution exceeds 75 percent.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17040.3. Section 17040.3.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the estimate of average daily attendance for an applicant school district shall be calculated for up to and including two years longer than the period of time permitted by Section 17040, as requested by the district, where 50 percent or more of the cost of the project is provided by the district from funding sources other than any state program administered by the board. For the purposes of any subsequent project application from that district based upon additional growth in pupil enrollment, the estimate of average daily attendance shall be based on enrollment projections for any period of time, as requested by the district, up to and including that permitted by Section 17040. (b) The project shall be “fast tracked.” For purposes of this section, “fast tracking” means that the total amount of project funding eligibility shall be established upon the board’s approval of the project, which shall be subsequently disbursed as necessary for the development and construction of the project without the prerequisite of any additional state certification or other state-conducted review of project eligibility. Based upon the results of an audit to be conducted upon completion of the project, the board or the applicant district, as appropriate, shall pay to the other any amount that is necessary to conform to the allocation of project costs determined upon the board’s approval of the project. In the event that the applicant district has not executed all contractual agreements necessary for the complete construction of the project within a period of 18 months following the board’s approval of the project, this subdivision shall cease to apply to the project with regard to any state funding of the project not yet disbursed. Upon request of the applicant district and approval by the board, this 18-month period may be extended for an additional period of up to six months to account for one or more delays resulting from circumstances beyond the district’s control.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17040.4. Section 17040.4.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the board may use, for purposes of determining the estimate of average daily attendance for an applicant school district, a master plan that has been prepared by a district that includes the additional pupils due to increases in housing units within the boundaries of the district or attendance area. Before a master plan may be used, both of the following conditions shall be satisfied: (a) The city, county, or city and county has obtained approval of a local general obligation bond or has obtained funds pursuant to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, as set forth by Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, to provide local matching funds for school facility projects for which approval is being sought pursuant to this section. (b) At least 60 percent of the total cost of the project for which approval is being sought shall be provided by funding sources other than any state program administered by the board.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17040.5. Section 17040.5.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the board shall exclude the area of enclosed stairs and appropriate landings for each floor level served from the computation of the allowable building area of multistory buildings for any applicant school district.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17040.6. Section 17040.6.

(a) For any school of two or more stories, the project funding provided under this chapter shall include, at the request of the applicant district, the costs of any or all of the following: (1) Compliance with applicable requirements of law for fire safety, and for handicapped access, as a result of the multistory design. (2) Playground apparatus. (3) Duct shafts, utility tunnels, and pipe conduit chases. (4) Security items required as a result of the multistory design. (b) In calculating the maximum project funding that may be allocated for parking, landscaping, and other general schoolsite improvements, which calculation is determined in proportion to the total building cost or area approved for funding under the project, the total building cost or area approved for funding under the project shall be computed by the board to include any increase in project building area, as authorized under Section 17041.8. The applicant district shall provide the board information on how the supplemental project funding will be allocated to relieve the effects resulting from less than the specified land area for the schoolsite. (c) This section shall apply to any application for project funding under this chapter for which the final apportionment for construction of the project had not been made on or prior to December 1, 1987. (d) For any project approved under this chapter, the amount of project funding granted by the board shall include the actual and reasonable costs incurred by any applicant district for the revision of its project application for the purpose of qualifying for supplemental project funding as authorized by this section.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17040.7. Section 17040.7.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the board shall provide that building area for enclosed hallways in the second or higher story of any building shall be counted as two-thirds of the actual area. For purposes of this section “enclosed hallways” includes, but is not limited to, all of the following: (a) Covered passages, arcades, shelters, porches, and planting areas. (b) Enclosed covered areas that provide shelter between buildings that are 20 feet or more apart. (c) Sun control devices designed and located to function in lieu of covered walks or other shelters. (d) Mezzanines used for storage purposes.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17040.8. Section 17040.8.

Where an applicant district that is eligible under this chapter for project funding of new construction of school facilities on an existing schoolsite, which site has less than 50 percent of the land recommended under State Department of Education guidelines, as published in the School Site Analysis and Development Handbook in effect on January 1, 1987, the area of allowable new building construction for that project shall be increased by the square footage of any existing one-story school facility or facilities to be replaced under the project by one or more multistory school facilities.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17040.9. Section 17040.9.

(a) (1) The board shall allocate the amount calculated under subdivision (b), in addition to any other project funding authorized under this chapter, to each project funded under this chapter for which the resulting pupil density will exceed the following: (A) For a project for kindergarten or any of the grades 1 to 6, inclusive, 90 pupils per acre. (B) For a project for a junior high school project, 80 pupils per acre. (C) For a project for a senior high school project, 70 pupils per acre. (2) For any new construction project, pupil density shall be computed, for purposes of paragraph (1), by dividing the number of units of estimated average daily attendance for the project, including those to be served by relocatable structures, by the acreage of the project site. (3) For any project for the construction of additional facility space on an existing schoolsite or on land acquired that is adjacent to an existing schoolsite, pupil density shall be computed, for purposes of paragraph (1), by adding the number of units of estimated average daily attendance for the project to the number of units of average daily attendance for the existing school facilities, and dividing that sum by the total site acreage for the project and the existing school facilities. (b) The supplemental project funding authorized under this section shall be calculated by dividing the actual pupil density for the project, as calculated under subdivision (a), by the threshold pupil density for the project as set forth in that subdivision, and multiplying the resulting fraction by an amount equal to the average cost per acre of the land approved for acquisition by the board under this chapter for the project, or that would have been approved for acquisition if the applicant school district had not had an existing schoolsite available for the project.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17041. Section 17041.

Whenever the area of adequate school construction existing in any attendance area is such as to prevent another attendance area from receiving the maximum area of school construction for each unit of attendance as specified for the district as a whole, the allowable building area may be computed separately for each attendance area. For the purposes of this section and Section 17041.5, an “attendance area” is defined as the geographical area serving an existing or proposed high school and those junior high schools and elementary schools included therein.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17041.1. Section 17041.1.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the following determinations shall be made by a self-certifying district, in the manner specified in this chapter and in accordance with the standards governing those determinations that are adopted by the board, for the purpose of calculating the district’s eligibility for project funding under this chapter: (1) The total allowable building area for which the district is eligible for project funding under this chapter. (2) The district’s area of existing adequate school construction, including, but not limited to, the conducting of field inspections for this purpose. If requested by the applicant district, the board shall provide assistance to the district in preparing the necessary documents for self-certification pursuant to this chapter. (b) The area determinations made by a self-certifying district pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be certified by the district in its application for project funding and shall be used by the board as the basis for project funding eligibility, except to the extent of any information that the board finds is demonstrated, pursuant to the information certified and any other documentation available to the board from prior project funding applications for that district, to be materially inaccurate, regardless of whether the inaccuracy was intended. No later than 30 calendar days after receipt of the determinations certified pursuant to subdivision (a), the board shall notify the district of any inaccuracies identified under this subdivision. (c) Each self-certifying district shall maintain documentation of the determinations described in subdivision (a) as required by the board. Those determinations shall be subject to subsequent audit as the board may direct. (d) All estimates of average daily attendance for a self-certifying district for the purposes of this article shall be made by the district in accordance with the standards governing those estimates that are adopted by the board. Each determination made by a self-certifying district pursuant to this subdivision shall be reviewed for accuracy by the board or by the county office of education in the county in which the district is located. In the event that the review is performed by the board, that review shall be completed no later than 45 calendar days subsequent to the board’s receipt from the district of all documentation necessary for that purpose.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17041.2. Section 17041.2.

(a) The State Allocation Board shall conduct random audits of the information certified by self-certifying districts pursuant to this chapter, except as to any determinations that are made under subdivision (d) of Section 17041.1 or that are subject to audit by the State Department of Education pursuant to Section 17024, using generally accepted auditing principles, at any time to ensure compliance with the law. (b) If any information submitted by a self-certifying district in its certification of funding eligibility for any project is found by the board to contain any material inaccuracy, any building area constructed as a result, in excess of the building area to which the district was entitled for purposes of that project, shall be included in the calculation of the area of adequate school construction for the purposes of all subsequent project applications by the district under this chapter. In addition, the board shall impose both of the following penalties: (1) Pursuant to a repayment schedule approved by the board, the district shall repay to the board of no more than five years, for deposit in the State School Building Lease-Purchase Fund, an amount equal to the amount of project funding allocated under this chapter to construct that excess building area, together with interest at the rate paid on moneys in the Pooled Money Investment Account or at the highest rate of interest for the most recent issue of state general obligation bonds as established pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, whichever is greater. The amount of any repayment owing under this paragraph for any fiscal year, which is not repaid otherwise by the district, shall be withheld by the board from any project funding that otherwise would be allocated to that district under this chapter in that fiscal year. As to any repayment obligation remaining for that fiscal year, the board shall notify the Superintendent of Public Instruction, who shall withhold the amount of that remaining obligation from the apportionments to be made to the district from the State School Fund in that fiscal year. (2) The information that otherwise may be certified under this chapter by a self-certifying district shall be made by the board under any subsequent applications for project funding, rather than by the applicant district, for a period of up to five years following the date of the finding of a material inaccuracy, or until the district’s repayment of the entire amount owing under paragraph (1), whichever occurs later. (c) Any school district against which the board imposes the penalties under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (b) may submit for binding determination by an arbitrator the issue of whether the penalties imposed are disproportionate to the inaccuracy certified by the district. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the procedure governing the arbitration shall be as set forth in Title 9 (commencing with Section 1280) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (d) It is the intent of the Legislature that audits as described in this section not interfere with the application and construction process under this chapter unless one or more violations are discovered.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17041.3. Section 17041.3.

For the purposes of Sections 17041 and 17041.5, allowable building area may be computed, in the alternative to the methods prescribed by Section 17041, for any combination of two or more adjacent high school attendance areas pursuant to the following conditions: (a) The project to be funded is for the construction of a high school, junior high school, or elementary school located or to be located in any of those high school attendance areas. (b) The high school, junior high school, or elementary school to be constructed is to serve pupils residing in each of those high school attendance areas. (c) The combined computation of allowable building area reflects the allowable building area to which each of the high school attendance areas would otherwise be entitled, reflecting the proportion of projected pupil enrollment in the school to be constructed, as calculated under this chapter, from each of those attendance areas.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17041.5. Section 17041.5.

(a) Whenever the area of adequate school construction existing in an attendance area is less than the maximum area computed for that attendance area, any portion of the remaining computed allowable building area may be used for the construction of district administration and maintenance facilities. (b) If the allowable building area is computed separately by attendance area, the board shall include within the computation of the maximum area for that attendance area the proposed building area of a project for the construction of district administration and maintenance facilities.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17041.6. Section 17041.6.

The board shall, in allocating funds for school facilities construction pursuant to this chapter, give first priority to applicant districts proposing additional classrooms within their maximum allowable building area before allocating funds to applicant districts proposing administration and maintenance facilities.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17041.8. Section 17041.8.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any applicant school district that receives supplemental project funding under Sections 17040.6, 17040.7, 17040.8, and 17041.8 shall apply that funding to the purposes of the project funded, in compliance with any requirements set forth in those sections, but need not comply in that regard with the allowable building area of that project as otherwise calculated under this chapter. The expenditure of the supplemental project funds authorized under those sections is exempt from the total building cost standards applicable to the project. In addition, the increase in building area authorized under this subdivision is exempt, for purposes of any subsequent application for project funding under this chapter, from the calculation of existing adequate school construction of the district. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total amount of supplemental project funding that an applicant district is entitled to receive under Sections 17040.6, 17040.7, 17040.8, and 17040.9 may not exceed the lesser of the following: (1) An amount equal to that calculated under subdivision (b) of Section 17040.9. (2) An amount equal to the sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000) for each of the first 500 units of estimated average daily attendance for the project, and two thousand dollars ($2,000) for each additional unit of estimated average daily attendance. The monetary rates set forth in this paragraph shall be increased annually for inflation for the prior calendar year on the basis of the cost index for class B construction as determined in the January meeting of the board.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17042. Section 17042.

(a) The board, by the adoption of rules, shall provide for the manner of determining the area of adequate school construction existing in an applicant school district at the time of application. Those rules shall define and provide for the method of determining building areas that are to be included in, in whole or in part, or to be excluded from, the area of existing adequate school construction. Any building to which Article 3 (commencing with Section 39140) of Chapter 1 of Part 23 of Division 3 of Title 2 does not apply shall not be considered adequate school construction for the purpose of determining the maximum total building area per attendance unit. The board may make exceptions to the provisions of this section, or to the rules adopted pursuant thereto, if it determines that the exception or exceptions will be for the benefit of pupils affected. (b) For the purposes of this chapter, the area of adequate school construction existing in an applicant school district does not include any of the following: (1) Any portable classroom made available to the district under Chapter 25 (commencing with Section 17785). (2) In any school operated on a year-round schedule, any building area that has been in continuous use during the preceding five-year period primarily for the operation of any preschool program or programs. (3) Any building area, not to exceed the area that is equivalent to one classroom per schoolsite, used to provide support services pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 8800) of Part 6 or to provide integrated children’s services pursuant to Section 18986.40 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. A school shall meet the definition of a “qualifying school” under paragraph (1) of subdivision (h) of Section 8802 to qualify for this exemption from the area of adequate school construction. (4) Any classroom acquired or constructed and continuously used by the school district primarily for the purpose of reducing class size in kindergarten or in any of grades 1 to 3, inclusive, pursuant to the school district’s participation in the Class Size Reduction Program contained in Chapter 6.10 (commencing with Section 52120) of Part 28. (5) Any classroom acquired or constructed for the purpose of operating a community day school pursuant to Section 48660, if the classroom is not located on a regular elementary, middle, junior high, or senior high school site. (c) The board may make exceptions to this section, or to the rules adopted pursuant thereto, if it determines that the exception or exceptions will be for the benefit of pupils affected.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17042.5. Section 17042.5.

(a) For purposes of determining the area of adequate school construction existing in an applicant school district pursuant to Section 17042.7, all portable classrooms, whether owned or leased, shall be included, except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive. (1) Leased portable classrooms acquired by a school district shall not be included in the area of existing adequate school construction until January 1, 1991. (2) Portable classrooms leased pursuant to Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 17085) shall be excluded from the area of adequate school construction. Portable classrooms obtained by an applicant district pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 17088.5 also shall be excluded from the area of adequate school construction, except as to any portable classroom or classrooms for which the district rejected the board’s offer to purchase pursuant to that subdivision. (3) Portable classrooms that have been leased or owned by the district for 20 years or more shall be excluded from the area of adequate school construction. (4) Leased portable classrooms shall not be included in the area of adequate school construction for a period of five years from the date first leased by the district. That exclusion shall be extended by the board for one additional five-year period where the board finds that the continued use of the leased portable classrooms for classroom purposes is justified by additional growth in average daily attendance pursuant to the standards established by this part. If the board finds continued use to be no longer justified, it may extend the exclusion for a period of up to two years as necessary to maintain the eligibility of the applicant district for project funding pursuant to this chapter if the board finds that the district has made a good faith effort to obtain that funding in a timely manner. The additional five-year exclusion shall not apply to any portable classroom for which, under the lease agreement, the district is to take title, or the total consideration paid by the district for the lease and an option to purchase is determined by the board to be substantially equivalent to the cost of acquiring title. (b) For purposes of this section, “portable classroom” means a classroom building of modular design and construction that meets all of the following criteria: (1) Is designed and constructed to be relocatable and transportable over public streets. (2) Is designed and constructed for relocation without the separation of the roof or floor from the building. (3) When measured at the most exterior walls, has a floor area not in excess of 2,000 square feet.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17042.7. Section 17042.7.

(a) For any project application filed or amended on or after January 1, 1993, the area of adequate school construction existing in the applicant school district or, where appropriate, in the attendance area, at the time of application shall be calculated pursuant to the following formula: (1) Identify by grade level all teaching stations existing in the school district or, where appropriate, the attendance area, as of January 1, 1993. For the purposes of this section, “teaching station” means any space that was constructed or reconstructed to serve as an area in which to provide pupil instruction. (2) Determine the maximum pupil loading figure for each grade level pursuant to the district pupil loading standards in effect on January 1, 1993. For the purposes of this section, the “district pupil loading standards” are those pupil loading standards in effect in a school district on July 1, 1992, as a result of actions including, but not necessarily limited to, the execution of a collective bargaining agreement or the adoption of a district policy by the governing board of the school district. In no event may this figure be more than the maximum pupil loading standards established by the board, or less than three pupil units lower than those maximum pupil loading standards. (3) Multiply the figure determined under paragraph (2) for each grade level by the number of teaching stations for the particular grade level, as determined under paragraph (1). (4) Multiply the product determined under paragraph (3) by the maximum area allowance established for that grade level under this article. (5) The sum of these computations for each grade level, as determined under paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, shall be the total area of adequate school construction existing in the district or attendance area pursuant to this formula. (b) For purposes of this section, a school district that is participating in a class size reduction program set forth in this code, other than the Class Size Reduction Program (Ch. 6.10 (commencing with Section 52120) of Part 28), shall use the pupil loading standard established pursuant to that program. (c) The area of existing adequate school construction calculated under this section shall not include, in any school operated on a year-round schedule, any teaching station that has been in continuous use during the preceding five-year period primarily for the operation of a preschool program or programs.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17042.9. Section 17042.9.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school district that complies with the requirements of subdivision (b) may replace a portable classroom, as defined in Section 17742.5, that has been leased or owned by the district for 20 years or more, with a permanent building if the resulting area of new building construction is no greater than the area that would be authorized under this chapter for the lease or purchase of a portable classroom. (b) A school district that utilizes subdivision (a) shall fund its expenses incurred thereby through the issuance of general obligation bonds by the district or by the issuance of bonds pursuant to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code) or by any other financing mechanism that does not encumber the school district’s general fund.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17043. Section 17043.

(a) There shall be allowed to each district with attendance units of 300 or more in kindergarten and grades 1 to 6, inclusive, a maximum area of 55 square feet for each attendance unit of the district in kindergarten and grades 1 to 6, inclusive. (b) The maximum total building area per attendance unit allowed to applicant districts with attendance units of less than 300 in kindergarten and grades 1 to 6, inclusive, for such attendance units shall be determined by the board, and shall be building area to provide comparable facilities to those provided by subdivision (a) of this section, and shall be the least building area required to house adequately the estimated average daily attendance and the normal instructional and other services.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17044. Section 17044.

There shall be allowed to each district a maximum area of 75 square feet for each attendance unit of the district in grades 7 and 8.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17045. Section 17045.

The maximum area allowed to a district for attendance units in junior high schools composed of grades 7 to 9, inclusive, or 7 to 10, inclusive, as the case may be, shall be determined pursuant to this section, rather than Sections 17044 and 17046. This section shall not apply to junior high schools composed of grades 7 and 8 only. The maximum area allowed for attendance units in junior high schools shall be determined by computing, in accordance with this section, the number of square feet for the attendance units at each junior high school attendance center of the district, and totaling the number of square feet so determined for all attendance units in all such junior high school attendance centers of the district. There shall be allowed a maximum area of 75 square feet for each attendance unit of the junior high school attendance center in grades 7 and 8. For each attendance unit in grade 9, or grades 9 and 10, as the case may be, at each junior high school attendance center, there shall be allowed a maximum area equal to the number of square feet which would be allowed under Section 17046 for each attendance unit of an attendance center having a total number of attendance units equal to the total number of attendance units in grades 7 to 9, inclusive, or 7 to 10, inclusive, as the case may be, at such junior high school attendance center. The number of square feet which would be allowed under Section 17046 for each attendance unit of an attendance center shall be computed by determining in accordance with that section the total number of square feet which would be allowed at an attendance center and dividing such total number of square feet by the total number of attendance units at such attendance center.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17046. Section 17046.

There shall be allowed to each district a maximum area for the attendance units of the district in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, determined by computing, for the attendance units in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, at each attendance center of the district, a number of square feet for the number of attendance units in such grades at each attendance center, in accordance with the following table, and totaling the number of square feet so determined for all attendance units in such grades of all attendance centers of the district: Attendance units of attendance center Maximum number of square feet of building area 1-50 18,000 51-100 18,000 plus 162 for each attendance unit over 50 101-200 26,100 plus 99 for each attendance unit over 100 201-300 36,000 plus 60 for each attendance unit over 200 301-600 42,000 plus 54 for each attendance unit over 300 601-1,800 58,200 plus 80 for each attendance unit over 600 Over 1,800 154,200 plus 85 for each attendance unit over 1,800

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17046.7. Section 17046.7.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the determination of the area of allowable new building construction for any project for an applicant school district for which original construction commenced on or after January 1, 1987, shall be made on the basis of 107 percent of the area that would otherwise be determined for that purpose under this chapter, calculated to the nearest whole number.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17046.8. Section 17046.8.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the maximum allowable building area for each applicant district shall be reduced by the product of the maximum area per attendance unit calculated for each appropriate grade level and the number of pupils reported by the Superintendent of Public Instruction for that grade level pursuant to Section 42268. This reduction shall be calculated on the basis, at the district’s option, of either the district as a whole or the appropriate attendance area, as defined in Section 17041.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17047. Section 17047.

(a) The allowable new building area for the purpose of providing special day class and Resource Specialist Program facilities for special education pupils shall be negotiated and approved by the board, with any necessary assistance to be provided by the Special Education Division of the State Department of Education. The square footage allowances shall be computed within the maximum square footage set forth in the following schedule: Special Day Class Basic Need Grade Levels Loading* Square Footage Nonsevere Disability —Specific Learning Disability All 12 1080 —Mildly Intellectually Disabled All 12 1080 —Severe Disorder of Language All 10 1080 Severe Disability —Deaf and Hard of Hearing All 10 1080 —Visually Impaired All 10 1330 (1080 + 250 storage) —Orthopedically and Other Health Im- paired All 12 2000 (1080 + 400 toilets + 250 storage + 270 daily living skills + 3000 therapy + 750 therapy per additional classroom) —Autistic All 6 1160 (1080 + 80 toilets) —Severely Emotion- ally Disturbed All 6 1160 (1080 + 80 toilets) —Severely Intellectually Disabled Elem. 12 1750 (1080 + 400 toilets + 270 daily living skills) Secon. 2150 (1080 + 400 toilets + 270 daily living skills + 400 vocational) —Developmentally Disabled All 10 2000 (1080 + 400 toilets + 250 storage + 270 daily living skills + 3000 therapy** + 750 therapy per additional CR) —Deaf-Blind/Multi All 5 1400 (1080 + 200 storage + 150 toilets) Pupils Square Feet Resource Specialist Program for those pupils with disabling conditions whose needs have been identified by the Individualized Education Program (IEP) Team, who require special education for a portion of the day, and who are assigned to a regular classroom for a majority of the schoolday.*** All Maximum caseload for RS is 28, not all served at same time. 1–8 240 9–28 480 29–37 720 38–56 960 57–65 1200 66–85 1440 86–94 1680 95–112 1920 * Special pupils may usually be grouped without accordance to type, especially in smaller districts or where attendance zones may indicate, to maximize loadings per classroom where there are children with similar educational needs (Sec. 56364 or 56364.2, as applicable). ** Therapy add-ons not to be provided if on same site as orthopedically impaired. *** To a maximum of 4 percent of the unhoused average daily attendance of the district, per new school or addition, to a maximum of 1920 square feet. (b) The allowable new building area shall be computed by dividing the number of eligible pupils by the minimum required loading per classroom for special day classes for the type of pupils to be enrolled. No new or additional facility shall be provided for special day classes unless the number of additional eligible pupils equals one-third or more of the minimum required loading.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17047.5. Section 17047.5.

(a) All school facilities purchased or newly constructed pursuant to this chapter for use, in whole or in part, by pupils who are individuals with exceptional needs, as defined in Section 56026, shall be designed and located on the schoolsite so as to maximize interaction between those individuals with exceptional needs and other pupils as appropriate to the needs of both. (b) School district governing boards and county offices of education shall ensure that school facilities for pupils who are individuals with exceptional needs are integrated with other school facilities in applying for the purchase or new construction of school facilities pursuant to this chapter. (c) The State Allocation Board, after consultation with the State Department of Education and representatives from county offices of education, special education services regions, and school districts, shall develop and adopt any regulations necessary to implement this section. (d) Notwithstanding any other law, the requirement set forth in subdivision (a) may be waived, by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, only upon compliance with the following procedure: (1) The applicant school district or county superintendent of schools shall file a written request for waiver that documents the reasons for its inability to comply with the requirement. (2) The State Department of Education shall verify the reasons set forth pursuant to paragraph (1), including the documentation submitted, which verification shall be completed no later than 30 days after the filing of the request for waiver with the Superintendent of Public Instruction. (3) The Advisory Commission on Special Education, as established under Section 33590, at its first scheduled meeting following the verification conducted pursuant to paragraph (2), shall review the request for waiver, accompanying documentation, and the verification findings of the State Department of Education. No later than 15 days following the date of that meeting, the commission shall submit its written comments and recommendations regarding the request for waiver to the Superintendent of Public Instruction. (4) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall review the comments and recommendations submitted by the Advisory Commission on Special Education prior to approving or rejecting the request for waiver. (5) Any request for waiver, submitted in accordance with this section, that is not rejected within 60 days of its receipt by the State Department of Education, shall be deemed approved. (e) This section does not apply to any application for project funding under this chapter that meets one of the following conditions: (1) The application was submitted to the board prior to January 1, 1987, and all of the facilities under the project for use, in whole or in part, by pupils who are individuals with exceptional needs are located on a schoolsite on which facilities for use by other pupils are also located. (2) The application is for any other project, for which, prior to January 1, 1987, the board approved the drawing of final plans and the preparation of final specifications.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17047.6. Section 17047.6.

The board, with the advice of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, may determine the eligibility of county superintendents of schools to lease portable classrooms provided that a county superintendent of schools is eligible to receive one portable classroom pursuant to this section and Section 17717.2 for each 15 units of average daily attendance at county community schools in excess of the amount of average daily attendance claimed by the county superintendent of schools in the prior fiscal year except that, for pupils who are enrolled in a county community school and on independent study, only time spent in the classroom shall be included in the calculation of average daily attendance.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17048. Section 17048.

Whenever an existing building is to be reconstructed, rather than replaced, under an application pursuant to this chapter, there shall be allowed, for those attendance units to be housed in such reconstructed building, an additional five square feet of building area beyond the amounts set forth in Section 17043, 17044, 17045, or 17046.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17049. Section 17049.

(a) The board shall require, as a condition of providing funding for any project under this chapter, that, for any facilities for kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, or for any facilities for special education or continuation high school purposes, at least 30 percent of allowable new building construction for classrooms under the project be utilized for relocatable structures. (b) The board may reduce the percentage requirement set forth in subdivision (a), as to any applicant, in the event that the quantity of relocatable structures necessary to comply with those requirements is unavailable from the manufacturers of those structures. (c) The board may reduce or eliminate the percentage requirements set forth in subdivision (a), as to any applicant, under either of the following circumstances: (1) Where the board finds that special conditions of terrain, climate, or unavailability of space within the attendance area make the use of relocatable structures impractical or inappropriate. (2) Under the condition that, as the result of a future project for which the district receives funding under this chapter, located on the same schoolsite on which the current project is located, at least 30 percent of total building construction for classrooms on that schoolsite will be utilized for relocatable structures. (d) Relocatable structures acquired by an applicant school district up to two years preceding the final approval by the board of the project application submitted by the district shall apply to the percentage requirements set forth in subdivision (a). (e) Notwithstanding subdivision (d), relocatable structures acquired by an applicant school district up to 10 years preceding the final approval by the board of the project application submitted by the district shall apply to the percentage requirements set forth in subdivision (a) if the relocatable structures are to be situated on the site of a new school to be constructed under the project and all of the following conditions are met: (1) The relocatable structures were not previously used to satisfy the 30 percent requirement set forth in subdivision (a) under any other project constructed pursuant to this chapter. (2) The board determines that the relocatable structures are in satisfactory condition upon being moved to the new schoolsite, and are usable for classroom purposes without requiring major repair or renovation for a period of not less than 20 years subsequent to that relocation. (3) Subsequent to moving the relocatable structures to the new schoolsite, at least 30 percent of the classroom space at the schoolsite where the structures were previously located consists of relocatable structures. The cost of moving the relocatable structures to the new schoolsite shall be at the school district’s sole expense. (f) Whenever at least 10 percent of the allowable new building construction contained in an application is to be utilized for relocatable structures, an additional three square feet of building area for each pupil to be housed under the approved project shall be allowed.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17050. Section 17050.

(a) A district may enter into a contract with the county, or other appropriate entity having responsibility for the provision of public library services, in which the district is located for the purpose of operating a joint-use library facility at a schoolsite owned by the district. (b) The district may apply for the lease-purchase of a project which includes a library facility, pursuant to Section 17017, which facility, if constructed, would be of sufficient size to accommodate the requirements of a joint-use library for which the district has entered into a contract, pursuant to subdivision (a). (c) Should the board receive an application for a project which includes space for a joint-use library, the board shall evaluate the application disregarding any space in the proposed library facility which is beyond the needs of the district, provided the application contains a copy of the contract specified in subdivision (a), and provided that the contract contains at least the following: (1) Agreement that the county or other appropriate entity shall deposit in the county school lease-purchase fund, created pursuant to Section 17034, an amount equal to the total cost of any space in the proposed library facility which is beyond the needs of the district, prior to the signing of the construction contract for the project. The deposit shall not be refundable, except to the extent that it may prove subsequently to be in excess of the actual total cost of the space which is beyond the needs of the district. (2) Agreement between the district and the county or other appropriate entity regarding staffing, maintenance, materials acquisition, and other matters related to the administration and operating costs of the joint-use facility. (3) Agreement between the district and the county or other appropriate entity regarding the procedure for amendment or termination of the contract, including the disposition of materials housed in the joint-use facility should termination of the contract occur. (d) Any space in a joint-use library which is beyond the needs of the district shall not be included by the board in any calculations made for any other purposes provided for in this article for the period of time that the contract for that joint-use facility remains in effect. Should the contract be terminated, the board shall include the additional space in any calculations made after the termination for any other purposes provided for in this article.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17051. Section 17051.

(a) A district may enter into an agreement with another governmental entity that includes some or all of the territory of the district for the purpose of the joint use of park and recreation facilities, including an auditorium, or commercial or industrial facilities. (b) If the board receives an application for a project that includes some or all of the territory of the district for the purpose of the joint use of park and recreation facilities or commercial or industrial facilities, the board shall evaluate the application disregarding any space in the proposed joint-use facility that is beyond the needs of the district if the application contains a copy of the agreement specified in subdivision (a) and if the contract contains at least the following: (1) An agreement that the county or other appropriate entity shall deposit in the county school lease-purchase fund, created pursuant to Section 17034, an amount equal to the total cost of any space in the proposed joint-use facility that is beyond the needs of the district, prior to the signing of the construction contract for the project. The deposit shall not be refundable, except to the extent that it may prove subsequently to be in excess of the actual total cost of the space that is beyond the needs of the district. (2) An agreement between the district and the county or other appropriate entity regarding staffing, maintenance, materials acquisition, and other matters related to the administration and operating costs of the joint-use facility. (3) An agreement between the district and the county or other appropriate entity regarding the procedure for amendment or termination of the contract, including the disposition of materials housed in the joint-use facility should termination of the contract occur. (c) Any space in a joint-use facility that is beyond the needs of the district shall not be included by the board in any calculations made for any other purposes provided for in this article for the period of time that the contract for that joint-use facility remains in effect. If the contract is terminated, the board shall include the additional space in any calculations made after the termination for any other purposes provided for in this article.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 17052. Section 17052.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Allocation Board may fund joint-use projects to construct libraries, multipurpose rooms, and gymnasiums, on school campuses where these facilities are used jointly for both school and community purposes. (b) A school district may apply to the State Allocation Board for funding under this section if it meets all of the following requirements: (1) The school does not have the type of facility for which it seeks funding. (2) The school district agrees to provide local matching funds for 50 percent of the eligible cost of the facility as set forth in subdivision (c), and 100 percent local or joint-use funding for all costs that exceed that standard, as required by subdivision (d). (3) The school district has obtained approval of the plans for the facility from the Division of the State Architect and the State Department of Education. (4) The school district has entered into a joint-use agreement with its joint-use partner that specifies the method for sharing capital and operating costs, specifies relative responsibilities for the operation and staffing of the facility, and specifies the manner in which the safety of school pupils will be maintained during school hours. (5) The school district demonstrates that the facility will be used to the maximum extent possible for school and community purposes after regular school hours. (c) The State Allocation Board shall establish standards for the amount of funding to be made available for each project under this section. The funding standards may be expressed as per-square-foot cost limits or per-pupil cost limits or both. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, project costs may exceed the board’s standards set forth in subdivision (c) if the excess is paid completely by local or joint-use partnership sources. (e) On July 1 of each year the board shall apportion to qualifying applicant school districts those funds that it determines are available for the purposes of this section. (f) The board may establish priority standards to govern the order of funding projects. If applications exceed available funding, the board shall give priority to applications where the size of the project is increased by at least 30 percent beyond minimum essential facilities through the use of additional funding from a joint-use partner.

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