Education: school finance.

Existing law, the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998, provides the funding for the new construction and modernization of school facilities. A procedure is provided for school districts to apply for funding school construction or modernization pursuant to this act. Existing law provides that if any certified eligibility or funding application containing a material inaccuracy is found to have been falsely certified by specified entities, the Office of Public School Construction is required to notify the State Allocation Board of the inaccuracy. Existing law requires the board to prohibit a school district from self-certifying certain project information for any subsequent applications for project funding for a period of up to 5 years following the date of the finding of a material inaccuracy, or until the district's repayment of the entire amount owed the fund. This bill would require the Office of Public School Construction to notify the board if certified eligibility or funding application information is found to contain a material inaccuracy and would delete the exception from the prohibition for the district's repayment. The bill would require the board to set forth the reasons for its decision regarding both the prohibition on self-certification and the term of the prohibition, if applicable, in a regularly scheduled public meeting. This bill would make other technical changes.