BILL NUMBER: AB 405INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Solorio FEBRUARY 14, 2011 An act to amend Section 17077.40 of the Education Code, relating to joint-use facilities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 405, as introduced, Solorio. Public postsecondary education: joint-use facilities. Existing law, the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998, establishes a program for allocation by the State Allocation Board of state per-pupil funding to school districts for new construction and modernization of school facilities, including joint use-projects to construct facilities on kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, schoolsites. This bill, in addition, would authorize the board to fund joint-use projects to construct facilities on community college campuses. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 17077.40 of the Education Code is amended to read: 17077.40. (a) With funds made available for the purposes of this article, the board may provide a grant to fund joint-use projects to construct facilities on kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, schoolsites , or community college campuses . (b) A school district or community college district may apply to the board for funding under this article for a project that meets any of the following criteria: (1) The joint-use project is part of an application for new construction funding under this chapter, and will increase the size or extra cost associated with the joint use of the proposed multipurpose room, gymnasium, child care facility, library, or teacher education facility beyond that necessary for school use. (2) The joint-use project proposes to either reconfigure existing school buildings or construct new school buildings, or both, to provide for a multipurpose room, a gymnasium, a library, a child care facility, or a teacher education facility and the project will be located at a school that does not have the type of facility for which funds are requested or the existing facility is inadequate. (3) The joint-use project proposes to either reconfigure existing school buildings or construct new school buildings, or both, to provide for facilities to improve pupil academic achievement, and the plans for the facility were accepted for review and approval by the department prior to January 1, 2004. (c) The board shall consult with the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges with respect to the application of this section to the California Community Colleges.