California 2025 2025-2026 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB1296 Amended / Bill

Filed 03/28/2025

Amended IN Assembly March 28, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1296Introduced by Assembly Member BontaFebruary 21, 2025 An act to add Sections 50408.6 and 50512.5 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to local educational agencies. housing.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1296, as amended, Bonta. Local educational agencies: reserve funds.Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop and publish specified reports, including, among others, a study of farmworker housing conditions, needs, and solutions. Existing law authorizes the department to provide technical assistance for specified purposes, including in developing housing for students and faculty of universities and colleges, as provided.This bill would require the department, on or before an unspecified date, to make available on its internet website a form that enables a local education agency to notify the department of the agencys interest in using real property that it owns for a housing project. The bill would require the department to review the information submitted via the form and make the information available on its internet website. The bill would also require the department to provide technical assistance to a local education agency for the purpose of pursuing a housing project located on real property owned by the local education agency. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Controller, and the Director of Finance to develop and update standards and criteria to be reviewed and adopted by the State Board of Education, and to be used by local educational agencies in the development of annual budgets and the management of subsequent expenditures from that budget, as provided.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation relating to school district reserve fund restructuring to allow for the building of affordable housing.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 50408.6 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:50408.6. (a) On or before ____, the department shall make available on its internet website a form that enables a local education agency to notify the department of the agencys interest in using real property owned by the local education agency for a housing project.(b) The department shall review the information submitted via the form and make the information available on its internet website.SEC. 2. Section 50512.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:50512.5. The department shall provide technical assistance, including, but not limited to, legal counsel, to a local education agency for the purpose of pursuing a housing project located on real property owned by the local education agency.SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation relating to school district reserve fund restructuring to allow for the building of affordable housing.

Amended IN Assembly March 28, 2025

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1296

Introduced by Assembly Member BontaFebruary 21, 2025

Introduced by Assembly Member Bonta
February 21, 2025

An act to add Sections 50408.6 and 50512.5 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to local educational agencies. housing.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1296, as amended, Bonta. Local educational agencies: reserve funds.

Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop and publish specified reports, including, among others, a study of farmworker housing conditions, needs, and solutions. Existing law authorizes the department to provide technical assistance for specified purposes, including in developing housing for students and faculty of universities and colleges, as provided.This bill would require the department, on or before an unspecified date, to make available on its internet website a form that enables a local education agency to notify the department of the agencys interest in using real property that it owns for a housing project. The bill would require the department to review the information submitted via the form and make the information available on its internet website. The bill would also require the department to provide technical assistance to a local education agency for the purpose of pursuing a housing project located on real property owned by the local education agency. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Controller, and the Director of Finance to develop and update standards and criteria to be reviewed and adopted by the State Board of Education, and to be used by local educational agencies in the development of annual budgets and the management of subsequent expenditures from that budget, as provided.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation relating to school district reserve fund restructuring to allow for the building of affordable housing.

This bill would require the department, on or before an unspecified date, to make available on its internet website a form that enables a local education agency to notify the department of the agencys interest in using real property that it owns for a housing project. The bill would require the department to review the information submitted via the form and make the information available on its internet website. The bill would also require the department to provide technical assistance to a local education agency for the purpose of pursuing a housing project located on real property owned by the local education agency.

Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Controller, and the Director of Finance to develop and update standards and criteria to be reviewed and adopted by the State Board of Education, and to be used by local educational agencies in the development of annual budgets and the management of subsequent expenditures from that budget, as provided.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation relating to school district reserve fund restructuring to allow for the building of affordable housing.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 50408.6 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:50408.6. (a) On or before ____, the department shall make available on its internet website a form that enables a local education agency to notify the department of the agencys interest in using real property owned by the local education agency for a housing project.(b) The department shall review the information submitted via the form and make the information available on its internet website.SEC. 2. Section 50512.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:50512.5. The department shall provide technical assistance, including, but not limited to, legal counsel, to a local education agency for the purpose of pursuing a housing project located on real property owned by the local education agency.SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation relating to school district reserve fund restructuring to allow for the building of affordable housing.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 50408.6 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:50408.6. (a) On or before ____, the department shall make available on its internet website a form that enables a local education agency to notify the department of the agencys interest in using real property owned by the local education agency for a housing project.(b) The department shall review the information submitted via the form and make the information available on its internet website.

SECTION 1. Section 50408.6 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

### SECTION 1.

50408.6. (a) On or before ____, the department shall make available on its internet website a form that enables a local education agency to notify the department of the agencys interest in using real property owned by the local education agency for a housing project.(b) The department shall review the information submitted via the form and make the information available on its internet website.

(b) The department shall review the information submitted via the form and make the information available on its internet website.

SEC. 2. Section 50512.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:50512.5. The department shall provide technical assistance, including, but not limited to, legal counsel, to a local education agency for the purpose of pursuing a housing project located on real property owned by the local education agency.

SEC. 2. Section 50512.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

### SEC. 2.

50512.5. The department shall provide technical assistance, including, but not limited to, legal counsel, to a local education agency for the purpose of pursuing a housing project located on real property owned by the local education agency.

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation relating to school district reserve fund restructuring to allow for the building of affordable housing.