California Assembly Bill 247
Session 20232024
Education finance: school facilities: Kindergarten Through Grade 12 Schools and Local Community College Public Education Facilities Modernization, Repair, and Safety Bond Act of 2024.
Became Law
Became Law on Jul 3, 2024
Sponsors
5 Sponsors
Al Muratsuchi
Mike Fong
Lori D. Wilson
Steven M. Glazer
Josh Newman
First Action
Jan 18, 2023
Latest Action
Jul 3, 2024
Origin Chamber
Assembly
Type
Bill
Bill Number
247
State
California
Session
20232024
Limón
Coauthor
Soria
Coauthor
Motion Text
AB 247 MURATSUCHI Concurrence - Urgency Added
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Summary
(1) The California Constitution prohibits the Legislature from creating a debt or liability that singly or in the aggregate with any previous debts or liabilities exceeds the sum of $300,000, except by an act that (1) authorizes the debt for a single object or work specified in the act, (2) has been passed by a 23 vote of all the Members elected to each house of the Legislature, (3) has been submitted to the people at a statewide general or primary election, and (4) has received a majority of all the votes cast for and against it at that election.
This bill would set forth the Kindergarten Through Grade 12 Schools and Local Community College Public Education Facilities Modernization, Repair, and Safety Bond Act of 2024 as a state general obligation bond act that would provide $10,000,000,000 to construct and modernize education facilities, including $8,500,000,000 for elementary and secondary educational facilities and $1,500,000,000 for community college facilities, as specified. This bond act would become operative only if approved by the voters.
(2) The Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 provides for the adoption of rules, regulations, and procedures, under the administration of the Director of General Services, for the allocation of state funds by the State Allocation Board for the construction and modernization of public school facilities.
This bill would require a school district to submit to the Department of General Services a 5-year school facilities master plan as a condition of participating in the school facilities program under the act. The bill would amend the methodology for calculating the local contribution a school district is required to make in order to be eligible to receive state funding under the act, as specified. The bill would require a school district that seeks new construction or modernization funding under the act after November 5, 2024, to submit an updated report of the school district's existing school building capacity to the State Allocation Board.
The bill would authorize the allocation of state funds under the act for the replacement of school buildings that are at least 75 years old, for specified assistance to school districts with a school facility located on a military installation, as specified, and small school districts, as defined, and for the testing and remediation of lead levels in water fountains and faucets used for drinking or preparing food on schoolsites, as provided. The bill would authorize new construction and modernization grants to be used for seismic mitigation purposes, certain health and safety projects, and, among other things, to establish schoolsite-based infrastructure to provide broadband internet access. The bill would also authorize modernization grants to be used for the control, management, or abatement of lead.
The bill would increase the maximum level of total bonding capacity, as defined, that a school district could have and still be eligible for financial hardship assistance under the act from $5,000,000 to $15,000,000. The bill, commencing with the 2026–27 fiscal year, would increase that $15,000,000 maximum by a specified inflation adjustment each fiscal year. The bill would authorize the State Allocation Board to provide assistance for purposes of procuring interim housing to school districts and county offices of education impacted by a natural disaster for which the Governor has declared a state of emergency. The bill would also make conforming changes.
The bill would make these provisions effective upon the adoption by the voters of the Kindergarten Through Grade 12 Schools and Local Community College Public Education Facilities Modernization, Repair, and Safety Bond Act of 2024.
(3) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
01/18/23 - Introduced
January 18, 2023
04/03/23 - Amended Assembly
April 3, 2023
05/18/23 - Amended Assembly
May 18, 2023
06/15/23 - Amended Senate
June 15, 2023
07/13/23 - Amended Senate
July 13, 2023
06/29/24 - Amended Senate
June 29, 2024
07/03/24 - Enrolled
July 3, 2024
07/03/24 - Chaptered
July 3, 2024
04/10/23- Assembly Education
April 10, 2023
04/24/23- Assembly Higher Education
April 24, 2023
05/08/23- Assembly Appropriations
May 8, 2023
05/24/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
May 24, 2023
06/13/23- Senate Education
June 13, 2023
07/07/23- Senate Governance and Finance
July 7, 2023
08/18/23- Senate Appropriations
August 18, 2023
07/01/24- Senate Education
July 1, 2024
07/02/24- Sen. Floor Analyses
July 2, 2024
07/03/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
July 3, 2024
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07/03/2024
California State Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 81, Statutes of 2024.
07/03/2024
California State Legislature
Approved by the Governor.
07/03/2024
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 7:30 p.m.
07/03/2024
Assembly
Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
07/03/2024
Assembly
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
07/03/2024
Assembly
Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
07/03/2024
Assembly
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
07/03/2024
Senate
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 3.).
07/02/2024
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
07/01/2024
Senate
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1).
07/01/2024
Senate
Joint Rule 10.5 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 8.)
06/29/2024
Senate
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.
06/27/2024
Senate
Re-referred to Com. on ED.
06/27/2024
Senate
Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 8.)
06/24/2024
Senate
Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
06/24/2024
Senate
Withdrawn from committee.
09/01/2023
Senate
In committee: Held under submission.
08/21/2023
Senate
In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file.
07/13/2023
Senate
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
07/13/2023
Senate
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 12).
06/15/2023
Senate
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
06/14/2023
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
06/07/2023
Senate
Referred to Coms. on ED. and GOV. & F.
05/26/2023
Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
05/25/2023
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 1791.)
05/22/2023
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
05/18/2023
Assembly
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
05/18/2023
Assembly
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 18).
05/10/2023
Assembly
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
04/26/2023
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
04/13/2023
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
04/04/2023
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on ED.
04/03/2023
Assembly
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.
02/02/2023
Assembly
Referred to Coms. on ED. and HIGHER ED.
01/19/2023
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
01/18/2023
Assembly
Read first time. To print.
Sources
Record Created
Jan 19, 2023 12:02:18 PM
Record Updated
Jul 6, 2024 12:27:57 PM