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Legislature & Governor Reach Budget Deal; Update on AB 2429

June 3, 2016

By Rebekah Cearley 

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2016-17 Budget

On Thursday, June 9, 2016, the Legislature and Governor announced the framework for a deal on the FY 2016-17 budget. Some details are still being refined, and the deal still must be approved by both houses of the Legislature. We expect the Legislature to take up the budget bill and related trailer bills in time to meet the June 15 constitutional deadline. The deal reflects one of the Governor’s top priorities, placing an extra $2 billion into the state’s Rainy Day Fund. The deal also addresses one of the Legislature’s top priorities by including $400 million for affordable housing, tied to future regulatory reform.

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State Allocation Board Meeting Notes – August 26, 2015

August 27, 2015

Minutes

The minutes from the June 30, 2015, meeting were approved unanimously.

Executive Officer Statement

  • Lisa Silverman provided updates on the following:Close of 2014 Charter School Facilities Program (CSFP) Funding Round – In November 2014, the State Allocation Board (Board) provided unfunded approvals for Preliminary Charter School Apportionments in the 2014 funding round, which was open until July 24, 2015.  Nine schools with 13 projects worth $157.0 million have been approved, and $0.5 million in bond authority remains for the 2014 round.  Once this is apportioned at a future meeting, the remaining applications will be returned to applicants.
  • Status of Fund Releases for Priority Funding Apportionments – On April 15, 2015, the Board approved $113.6 million in priority funding apportionments for 41 projects representing 22 school districts.  Districts that received an apportionment were required to submit a valid Fund Release Authorization (Form SAB 50-05) containing an original signature by Tuesday, July 14, 2015, to Office of Public School Construction (OPSC).  OPSC received 27 fund release requests totaling $96.7 million.  Twelve Career Technical Education Facilities Program Projects were approved as a reservation of funds.
  • Regulation Update – OPSC anticipates that regulations adopted by the Board in October 2014 will be in effect on October 1, 2015.  These regulations align the Charter School Preliminary Apportionment general site development grant with the one provided in the New Construction program.
  • Upcoming Bond Sale – There will be a General Obligation Bond sale on August 26, 2016.  Staff anticipates receiving bond proceeds for the School Facility Program from this sale.

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C.A.S.H. August Facility Planners Update

July 31, 2015

Facility Planners Meeting
August 2015

Californians for Quality Schools (CQS) Update
With the help of our members and supporters, C.A.S.H. believes we will meet 100% or
greater of our State School Bond initiative signature gathering threshold and will be
qualified by the end of September 2015. Upon qualification, we will begin a campaign for
which we will need to raise $1.5 to $2.5 million. The total campaign cost is expected to be
approximately $10 million, so we will be expanding outreach to other education
organizations and to local school districts and county offices of education for grassroots
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Building Standards Commission Approves Additional Irrigation Efficiency Regulations

July 21, 2015

Today the Building Standards Commission (BSC) unanimously approved additional emergency regulations proposed by the Division of the State Architect (DSA), expanding upon the new water efficiency requirements previously adopted on May 29, 2015, for public schools and community college irrigated landscape areas.  Today’s regulations provide additional implementation detail and supplant the regulations approved in the previous action, which were serving as a placeholder.  Representatives from the Coalition for Adequate School Housing (C.A.S.H.) participated in the DSA stakeholder input process, and our feedback contributed to positive modifications that were incorporated in the final regulations, though the new requirements will still ultimately increase project costs. Continue reading →

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DSA + Architect Forum

06/08/15

Wednesday July 1, 2015 – 10:00 AM

TUSD – Pioneer Middle School

Presented by:

Doug Humphrey – Regional Manager | DSA Los Angeles

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