School facilities: construction: seismic mitigation.

Existing law requires the Department of General Services, in consultation with the Seismic Safety Commission, to conduct an inventory of public school buildings that are concrete tilt-up school buildings and school buildings with nonwood frame walls that do not meet specified standards. The Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2006 makes available up to $199.5 million for the purposes of seismic repair, reconstruction, or replacement pursuant to the Hardship Assistance Program of the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998. This bill would require the Office of the State Architect, within its existing resources, to update the seismic safety inventory of school buildings and related report to more accurately identify building deficiencies in school facilities currently being used for public school purposes. The bill would require the State Allocation Board to use the information from this updated inventory and report to inform the development of eligibility criteria for the Seismic Mitigation Program, as defined.