School facilities: construction: bond act.

(1) The Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2006 (bond act) , approved by the voters at the November 7, 2006, statewide general election, among other things, authorizes the issuance and sale of state general obligation bonds, and requires the proceeds to be allocated for specified purposes, including construction and modernization of elementary and secondary school facilities. Existing law states that the Legislature is authorized to adjust the funding amounts set aside for specific purposes related to elementary and secondary school facilities by a statute passed in each house of the Legislature by a 23 vote if the statute is consistent with, and furthers the purposes of, provisions of the bond act. The bond act, among other things, provides for the allocation of $100,000,000 for incentive grants to promote the use of designs and materials in new construction and modernization projects that include attributes of high-performance schools, as specified. This bill would prohibit the State Allocation Board from approving funding for the incentive grants specified above on and after January 1, 2015, and would provide for the reallocation of the amounts not yet approved by the board for other specified purposes, including new construction and modernization of school facilities, and seismic repair, reconstruction, or replacement, as specified. (2) Existing law establishes the Career Technical Education Facilities Program to provide funding for qualified local educational agencies for purposes of constructing new facilities or reconfiguring existing facilities for career technical education, as specified. The bond act provides for the allocation of $500,000,000 for purposes of the Career Technical Education Facilities Program. This bill would prohibit the State Allocation Board from approving an allocation for any projects pursuant to the Career Technical Education Facilities Program on and after January 1, 2015, and would provide for the allocation of the amounts not yet approved by the board by that date for other specified purposes, including new construction and modernization of school facilities and seismic repair, reconstruction, or replacement, as specified. (3) The bill would require the Office of Public School Construction to report to the State Allocation Board and the Legislature by March 1, 2015, on efforts to streamline and speed up the award of seismic mitigation funds. (4) The bill includes a legislative finding and declaration that this act is consistent with, and furthers the purposes of, provisions of the bond act related to elementary and secondary school facilities. (5) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.