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Update on Assembly Bill 48 (O’Donnell)

A lot has gone on in the past week.  We now have more clarity on the final version of AB 48.  We will provide more detail as we go through the significant number of program amendments that are contained in the September 10 amendments to AB 48. The bill has been set in the Senate Education Committee for tomorrow morning, September 12, 2019, at 8:30 a.m.

For your information, we have a 30,000 foot level summary, a link to the changes to current law, and please click here to view the CASH letter sent to the Senate Education Committee today,  which will also be delivered to the full Legislature.

CASH has never opposed a state school bond but has raised concerns.  We are continuing that precedent of not opposing but raising concerns.

 

~CASH Staff

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Your Urgent Action is Needed Today to Protect the School Facility Program from Radical Changes

The State School Facility Program (SFP) is under attack. We need your immediate action to protect the SFP and state matching funds. Governor Newsom’s Department of Finance (DOF) is proposing amendments to AB 48 which would effectively end the current SFP. The amendments would also:

  • Reduce access to Developer Fees,
  • Create a new untested, unproven allocation system for New Construction and Modernization,
  • Stop accepting new applications for New Construction and Modernization until all Proposition 51 funds have been expended – which means for at least the next two years
  • Make many other changes all of which create uncertainty and no assurance that projects will be funded.

School Districts and County Offices of Education: click here for the call to action scripts.

Associate (private sector) members: click here for the call to action scripts.

Please note: If your district is on these Acknowledged List data runs; for New Construction and Modernization, your project could be at risk if the Department of Finance does not change their proposal.

For more information, click here to view the final AB 48 Coalition Legislative Alert.

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ASSOCIATE MEMBERS: URGENT ACTION NEEDED TODAY TO PROTECT THE SCHOOL FACILITY PROGRAM FROM RADICAL CHANGES

The State School Facility Program (SFP) is under attack.  We need your immediate action to protect the SFP and state matching funds.  Governor Newsom’s Department of Finance (DOF)  is proposing amendments to AB 48 which would effectively end the current SFP. The amendments would also:

  • Reduce access to Developer Fees,
  • Create a new untested, unproven allocation system for New Construction and Modernization,
  • Stop accepting new applications for New Construction and Modernization until all Proposition 51 funds have been expended – which means for at least the next two years
  • Make many other changes all of which create uncertainty and no assurance that projects will be funded.

Please call your State Assembly Members and State Senators (click here to find your representatives) with the following message:

My firm works with public school districts to build and repair schools.  I oppose the DOF proposed amendments to AB 48 that would effectively end the SFP and reduce, if not stop, a number of school facility projects that are needed and will provide work for my firm and my employees.

I support AB 48 by Assembly Member O’Donnell and ask you to contact Speaker Rendon and President pro Tempore Atkins to support the current successful SFP and Assembly Member O’Donnell’s SFP amendments.

Please call Governor Newsom’s Office, (916) 445-2841, with this message:

My firm works with public school districts to build and repair schools.  I oppose the DOF proposed amendments to AB 48 that would effectively end the SFP and reduce, if not stop, a number of school facility projects that are needed and will provide work for my firm and my employees. 

I support AB 48 by Assembly Member O’Donnell to support the current successful SFP and Assembly Member O’Donnell’s amendments.

I urge you not to make radical changes to the successful SFP that has worked for students, teachers and my community.

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SAB MEETING NOTES

The State Allocation Board (Board) met on August 28, 2019, to hear a number of business items, including regulatory changes to the Career Technical Education Facilities Program.

Executive Officer Statement

In her Executive Officer Statement, Lisa Silverman provided the following updates:

  • Upcoming Bond Sale – There will be a General Obligation Bond sale next month. Staff anticipates receiving bond proceeds for the School Facility Program from this sale and will prepare Priority Funding Apportionments commensurate with the funds received, for presentation to the State Allocation Board (SAB) at the September 25, 2019 meeting.
  • Career Technical Education Facilities Program Stakeholder Meeting – OPSC recently held two CTEFP Stakeholder meetings to evaluate the program’s funding order and to determine if regulation changes are necessary. Staff developed and presented multiple funding distribution scenarios to illustrate the impacts of any changes and solicited feedback. The stakeholder input was included as part of the policy discussion on potential change(s) to the regulations.
  • Sixth CTEFP Filing Round – The filing period for the sixth round of CTEFP funding is now open. CTE Grant applications are due to CDE on or before December 2, 2019, and the Application for Career Technical Education Funding (Form SAB 50-10) is due to OPSC on April 6, 2020. For this round, CDE will be providing scores on a flow basis, and OPSC encourages projects with a score of 105 or higher to submit the SAB 50-10 form as soon as possible to ensure applicants can participate in the spring 2020 Priority Funding filing period. Future SAB regulatory amendments to the CTEFP funding order as a result of the Action item in today’s agenda will be applicable to the sixth and future rounds.
  • Priority Funding Apportionments – At the April 24, 2019 meeting, the Board approved $221.9 million in priority funding apportionments for 108 projects representing 54 school districts, including nine Career Technical Education Facilities Program (CTEFP) projects approved as a reservation of funds. A total of 11 projects did not submit the form SAB 50-05 by the required deadlines and were returned to the Unfunded List (Lack of AB 55 Loans).
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2020 State School Bond Polling

The work continues to pass Assembly Bill 48, the Kindergarten through Community Colleges Public Education Facilities Bond Acts of 2020 and 2022.  The bill is currently in the Assembly Appropriations Committee and will likely pass the Committee by the end of May.

Polling

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