Charter schools: school facilities: Charter School Facility Grant Program.

Existing law requires the California School Finance Authority to administer the Charter School Facility Grant Program and provides that the grant program is intended to provide assistance with facilities rent and lease costs for pupils in charter schools. Existing law requires the authority, among other requirements, to inform charter schools of the grant program and to determine grant program eligibility based on specified factors, including, among other factors, a charter school's preference in admissions, the geographic location of the charter schoolsite, and pupil eligibility for free and reduced-price meals, as specified. This bill would require eligibility for the grant program to be expanded, as specified, if funds remain after charter schools that meet the existing free and reduced-price meals threshold are funded. The bill would provide that, with respect to this grant program, charter schools would be subject to the provision that generally imposes the requirement of an annual audit on local educational agencies.