CHAPTER 7. School Construction Law of 1957

Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2.

§§ 16500–16592 · 37 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 16500–16504 · 5 sections

   • § 16500 This chapter may be cited as the “State Project Area School Construction Law.”
   • § 16501 In recognition of the impact which certain major state construction projects have on local school district building needs in the areas in which the projects…
   • § 16502 As used in this chapter: (a) “State project” means any construction project undertaken by the state, or the state and federal government jointly, which will…
   • § 16503 The Director of General Services shall administer this chapter and shall provide any assistance to the board that it may require.
   • § 16504 A fund in the State Treasury is hereby created, to be known as the State School Construction Fund. All money in the State School Construction Fund, including…
2. ARTICLE 2. Apportionments §§ 16520–16528 · 9 sections

   • § 16520 Apportionment from the State School Construction Fund to school districts shall be made in the manner and subject to the conditions herein provided and in…
   • § 16521 In addition to the purposes for which apportionments may be made to school districts under Section 16520, apportionments may also be made to school districts…
   • § 16522 In making applications for, and in expending, apportionments of funds under this chapter, a district acts as an agent of the state and all sites purchased and…
   • § 16523 The board may require school districts to insure for the benefit of the state all sites, equipment, and buildings which are the property of the state, against…
   • § 16524 A district shall be eligible to an apportionment under this chapter if the estimated number of project children and indirect project children who will be in…
   • § 16525 Any eligible school district may make application for an apportionment for a grade level which it maintains by submitting through the governing board an…
   • § 16526 At the next regular meeting of the board following the submission of the reports and recommendations required by Section 16525, the board shall, subject to…
   • § 16527 No apportionment to a school district under this chapter shall become final, nor shall any agreement authorized by Section 16528 be entered into, unless at an…
   • § 16528 (a) In addition to the powers granted the board under this chapter, the board shall have authority to do each of the following: (1) Make apportionments to…
3. ARTICLE 3. Apportionments, Computation §§ 16540–16543 · 4 sections

   • § 16540 The board shall compute for each applicant school district the amount to which the district is entitled under this chapter in the manner prescribed by this…
   • § 16541 In the computation of the apportionments to applicant school districts, the board may utilize the facilities and services of any department or agency of the…
   • § 16542 The board shall multiply: (a) The estimated number of project children in the district by the current construction cost per pupil in the area of the state…
   • § 16543 (a) The average per pupil cost of constructing complete school facilities in the area of the state project for the purposes of this article shall be determined…
4. ARTICLE 4. Apportionments, Payment §§ 16550–16557 · 8 sections

   • § 16550 Immediately after the result of the election required by Section 16527 has been determined, the county superintendent of schools shall make a certificate in…
   • § 16551 The election by a school district upon the acceptance, expenditure, and repayment of an apportionment prescribed by Section 16527 may be called and held either…
   • § 16552 Payment shall be made in accordance with the terms of a final apportionment, to a school district for expenditures, or commitments therefor, which have been…
   • § 16553 The board shall prescribe in the detail that it deems necessary, the purposes for which moneys apportioned by it to a district under this chapter may be…
   • § 16554 Each apportionment made by the board under this chapter shall be certified by it to the Controller who shall thereupon draw his or her warrant on the State…
   • § 16555 The county treasurer of each county shall pay all moneys received by him or her under this chapter into the county treasury to the credit of the state school…
   • § 16556 The governing board of each school district to which an apportionment has been made under this chapter shall expend the moneys in the state school construction…
   • § 16557 It shall be the duty of the Controller to make any audit or audits of the books and records of counties and school districts receiving apportionments under…
5. ARTICLE 5. Apportionments, Repayment §§ 16570–16577 · 8 sections

   • § 16570 Each school district to which an apportionment is made under this chapter shall repay the principal amount of the apportionment in the manner prescribed by…
   • § 16571 For purposes of computing the repayment, the state project shall be deemed completed on June 30th of the fiscal year in which the state project is completed…
   • § 16572 The principal amount of the apportionment shall be computed and repaid in the manner prescribed in this article. (a) On or before the first day of January…
   • § 16573 If on June 30th of the fiscal year in which the state project is completed there is classroom space constructed with funds apportioned under this chapter, that…
   • § 16574 The Controller shall, during the fiscal year in which he or she determines the annual repayment as provided in Section 16572, and for each subsequent fiscal…
   • § 16575 Upon computing in any fiscal year the amount to be deducted from the apportionments to the district from the State School Fund during the fiscal year, the…
   • § 16576 The board of supervisors of the county, the county superintendent of which has jurisdiction over any district which under this chapter will have moneys…
   • § 16577 Notwithstanding Section 16572 to the contrary, if on or before June 30th of the fiscal year in which the state project is completed the district has received a…
6. ARTICLE 6. Miscellaneous §§ 16590–16592 · 3 sections

   • § 16590 In addition to any other powers and duties as are granted the board by this chapter, the board shall do each of the following: (a) Establish any procedures and…
   • § 16591 The State Allocation Board is continued in existence for the purposes of this chapter. The members of the board and the Members of the Legislature meeting with…
   • § 16592 Whenever the Controller determines that any money apportioned to a school district under this chapter has been expended by the district for purposes not…