California Senate Bill SB111 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 111AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 2, 2015 AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 4, 2015 INTRODUCED BY Senator Fuller (Principal coauthors: Senators Vidak and Wolk) (Coauthors: Senators Bates, Huff, Morrell, Nielsen, and Stone) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Chvez, Grove, Lackey, Maienschein, Mathis, Waldron, and Wilk) JANUARY 9, 2015 An act relating to school  facilities, and making an appropriation therefor.   facilities.  LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 111, as amended, Fuller. School facilities: military installations. Existing federal law provides for construction funding assistance for elementary and secondary public schools that are located on United States military installations and that meet specified criteria. This bill would  appropriate $61,000,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of Education for  express the intent of the Legislature that assistance be provided to school districts in  the 2015-16 fiscal year  for apportionment to school districts  to meet the matching share requirement of a school construction grant made by the Office of Economic Adjustment of the federal Department of Defense to construct, renovate, repair, or expand elementary and secondary public schools located on military installations.  The bill would require the Department of Finance to explore options, including, but not necessarily limited to, making low-interest loans available to school districts through the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank,   on how best to assist school districts in meeting the matching share requirement of the federal school construction grant referenced in the bill.  Vote: majority. Appropriation:  yes   no  . Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1.  Sixty-one million dollars ($61,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of Education for the 2015-16 fiscal year for apportionment   (a)     It is the intent of the Legislature that assistance be provided  to school districts  in the 2015-16 fiscal year  to meet the matching share requirement of a school construction grant made by the Office of Economic Adjustment of the federal Department of Defense to construct, renovate, repair, or expand elementary and secondary public schools located on military installations.  (b) The Department of Finance shall explore options on how best to assist school districts in meeting the matching share requirement of the federal school construction grant referenced in subdivision (a). These options shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, making low-interest loans available to school districts through the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank.