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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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State Allocation Board Meeting Notes: Routine Business Items and Closed Session

Posted on September 27, 2018 by admin

Today the State Allocation Board (Board) met to hear routine business items, including one school district appeal.  The Board also met in closed session at the beginning of the meeting to confer with legal counsel.

Closed Session
The Board met for approximately 75 minutes in closed session to confer with and receive advice from its legal counsel.  After the closed session ended and the regular meeting commenced, Chair Jacqueline Wong-Hernandez stated that the Board discussed the Construction Cost Index (CCI) adjustment for grant funding levels.  She indicated that tomorrow a non-confidential version of the materials will be available on the OPSC website.

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CASH Legislative Update: End of 2018-2019 Legislative Session

Posted on September 7, 2018 by admin

The Legislature concluded its business for 2018 on Friday, August 31. The following is a summary of the status of bills that CASH has engaged on.  Our next legislative update will be after the September 30th deadline for the Governor to sign or veto bills.  The CASH advocacy team will do a comprehensive update on the state budget, key legislation, and regulatory issues at the CASH Fall Conference in Newport Beach.

AB 195 (Obernolte) – Local Bond Ballot Labels

This bill was chaptered into law in 2017, making significant changes to the requirements for local bond ballot labels.  AB 195 requires the ballot label to include the amount of money to be raised annually and the rate and duration of the tax to be levied.  This is misleading and confusing to voters when applied to bonds.

Over the past year, CASH worked with a large coalition pursuing a fix to AB 195, pushing for a resolution before the Legislature adjourned for summer recess on July 6.  We were successful in getting Budget Trailer Bill SB 863 into print, which would have provided a two-year-suspension to the AB 195 provisions for local bonds. However, the Legislature ultimately did not take SB 863 up for a vote, as they were awaiting assurance from the Governor that he was prepared to sign the bill.  That assurance did not come before the August 10 deadline for schools and other public agencies to file local bond resolutions with their counties for the November 2018 election. CASH will continue to work with the coalition of stakeholders to pursue a permanent solution through the legislative process in 2019. (Chapter 105/Statutes of 2017)

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Posted in Legislation

September Facility Planners Update 2018

Posted on September 4, 2018 by admin

The CASH Facility Planners Meeting Update for September 2018 is now available and includes information regarding:

  • OPSC Withdraws Proposal to Stop Accepting Applications Beyond Bond Authority
  • OPSC Holds First Stakeholder Meeting on Full-Day Kindergarten Facilities Grant Program
  • Legislative Update
  • CASH Networking Mixer

Click here to view the update.

~ CASH Staff

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