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The Coalition for Adequate School Housing (CASH) was formed in 1978 to promote, develop, and support state and local funding for K-12 construction.

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Opinion: State Must Fulfill Voter Mandate to Fund School Construction

Posted on October 16, 2017 by CASH

As a follow up to our Sell Bonds Press Conference, please see an opinion piece written by former Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan and Lisa Gonzales, President of the Association for California School Administrators for the Bay Area News Group.

~ CASH Staff

Opinion: State Must Fulfill Voter Mandate to Fund School Construction


By JOAN BUCHANAN and LISA GONZALES |

Research shows that school facilities have a significant, positive impact on school culture, academic performance, student attendance, and teacher retention and job satisfaction.

Students need facilities that, for example, have working air-conditioning, upgraded security and electrical systems, and modern classroom infrastructure that supports technology.

For school districts to meet those needs, school districts partner with the state to fund major rehabilitation projects and build new schools where needed. But today there is more than a $2 billion backlog of school construction project applications that have been submitted to the state and are awaiting action.

To understand how the funding works: School districts collect developer fees, pass local school facilities bonds and then apply to the state for matching state grant funds. Periodically, voters choose to replenish the fund that provides the state matching grants through passage of a statewide school bond initiative.

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Posted in Finance, General, Legislation, Proposition 51, Proposition 51 Implementation

State Allocation Board to Meet December 6, 2017; Priority Funding Requests Due December 7, 2017

Posted on October 11, 2017 by CASH

The State Allocation Board (SAB) meeting originally scheduled for Wednesday, October 25, 2017 has been cancelled, and the next SAB meeting will be Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.  The next Priority Funding filing period (Round 14) opens Wednesday, November 8, 2017 and any requests to participate are due by Thursday, December 7, 2017.  Requests must be signed by an authorized District Representative and received by the Office of Public School Construction by 5:00 p.m. December 7, 2017.  Priority Funding requests submitted during Round 14 are eligible for an Apportionment from January 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018.

In order to participate in the Priority Funding round, projects must have already received an Unfunded Approval from the SAB.  Projects that receive an Unfunded Approval at the December 6 meeting are eligible to participate in Round 14 but must meet the December 7, 2017 submittal deadline.

Projects that receive an Unfunded Approval on December 6, 2017, will also be subject to nonparticipation regulations.

Click here for more information on the Priority Funding process.

~ Rebekah Cearley, CASH Legislative Advocate

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Posted in General, State Agency

October Facility Planners Update

Posted on October 2, 2017 by CASH

October 2, 2017

The CASH Facility Planners Meeting Update for October  2017 is now available and includes information regarding:

  • Proposition 51 Update
  • Legislative Update
  • Upcoming Networking Mixers

Click here to download the Update

~ CASH Staff

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Posted in General, Legal, Legislation, Proposition 51, Uncategorized

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