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Posted on August 21, 2020 by Caitlin Carter

Assembly Bill 841 (Ting): School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program

AB 841 (Ting) is important legislation that would help school facility and maintenance departments by providing grants to improve HVAC systems, which is a critical healthy air quality issue to schools reopening in the COVID-19 era, as well as grants to improve drinking water quality.  CASH is in strong support of this legislation (click here to view CASH support letter).  Yesterday, AB 841 was approved and passed off the Senate Appropriations Committee Suspense File.  The following is a brief summary of the primary provisions of the bill, including the August 20, 2020 amendments which add new provisions.

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Posted in Energy, Legislation, Uncategorized

January Facility Planners Update 2018

Posted on January 3, 2018 by CASH

January 3, 2018

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

  • Proposition 51 Update
  • Legislative Update
  • Newly Revised CASH Facility Inspection Tool (FIT) Guidebook Available
  • Upcoming Networking Mixers

Click here to view the update.

~ CASH staff

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Posted in Energy, Finance, General, Legal, Legislation, Maintenance & Operations, Proposition 51, Proposition 51 Implementation

December Facility Planners Update December 2017

Posted on December 1, 2017 by CASH

December 1, 2017

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

  • Proposition 51 Update
  • Legislative Update
  • Newly Revised CASH Facility Inspection Tool (FIT) Guidebook Available
  • CASH 39th Annual Conference
  • CASH Maintenance Management Certification Program
  • School Facilities Leadership Academy

Click here to view the update.

~ CASH staff

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Posted in Construction, Energy, Finance, General, Legal, Legislation, Maintenance & Operations, Planning & Architecture, Proposition 51, Proposition 51 Implementation, State Agency, Uncategorized

Thank You 2017 Fall Conference Sponsors!

Posted on November 17, 2017 by CASH

Thank you to the following sponsors for their support of the 2017 CASH Fall Conference.  The conference would not be as successful without the help of these generous sponsors.

3QC
American Modular Systems/Gen 7 Schools
Balfour Beatty Construction
Colbi Technologies
Cooperative Strategies, LLC
Culver-Newlin School and Office Furnishings
Dannis Woliver Kelley
Davy Architecture
DC Architects
DLR Group
Extron Electronics
ForeFront Power, LLC
Harris & Associates
HMC Architects
Kitchell CEM
Koppel & Gruber Public Finance
Lionakis
LMA
Lundgren Management Corp.
PBK
Pro-Craft Construction, Inc.
Sage Renewable Energy Consulting
School Facility Consultants
STIFEL
SVA Architects, Inc.
Swinerton
WLC Architects, Inc.

Mark your calendars for the 2018 CASH Fall Conference, October 15-17 at the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach.

Please note: This is a new location.

~ CASH staff

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Posted in Construction, Energy, Finance, General, Legislation, Maintenance & Operations, Planning & Architecture

State Allocation Board Update

Posted on June 28, 2017 by CASH

June 28, 2017

On Wednesday, June 28, the State Allocation Board (SAB) met to hear issues related to actions taken at their meeting on June 5, 2017 (approval of “Option 1”).  Specifically, under Action Items, the agenda included “Regulatory Amendments for Increased Program Accountability” and “Regulatory Amendments for the Financial Hardship Program.” Under Informational Items, the agenda included “School Facility Program Application Processing.”  The following is a summary of each agenda item.

Regulatory Amendments for Increased Program Accountability

At its June 5th meeting, the SAB approved a grant agreement template and conforming regulatory amendments. Office of Public School Construction (OPSC) staff indicated that necessary changes would need to be presented to the SAB if the budget trailer bill was enacted (AB 99 was subsequently signed by the Governor). This item seeks SAB approval for the revised template grant agreement. The item was APPROVED with no discussion.

Regulatory Amendments for the Financial Hardship Program

These proposed regulatory amendments would allow districts seeking Financial Hardship assistance to submit a request for funding without a pre-approved Financial Hardship status. This would allow a Financial Hardship approval process by accepting the Form SAB 50-04 when districts are ready to submit, and conducting a Financial Hardship review at the time the application is processed, prior to placement on the Unfunded List. CASH has advocated for this improvement to the Financial Hardship Program for many years and fully supports this proposal. This item was APPROVED with no discussion.

School Facility Program Application Processing

At their June 5th meeting, the SAB directed OPSC staff to begin processing the Applications Received Beyond Bond Authority List, as well as newly submitted applications. In this item, OPSC staff presented information to the SAB on how they will process the projects previously on this list, as well as Approved Applications for new construction and modernization projects received on or after April 1, 2017, that are now on the OPSC workload list. Included in the approval of “Option 1” was the requirement that districts must recalculate their enrollment and SFP eligibility. CASH strongly objects to this action. CASH Vice Chair Julie Arthur (Palm Springs USD) testified that CASH believes that the provisions of “Option 1” are inconsistent with statute, and asked the SAB to revisit the issue. No request to revisit “Option 1” or action was taken on this item because it was not an Action item.

The next SAB meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, August 23, 2017.

~ CASH Staff

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Posted in Construction, Energy, Finance, General, Legal, Legislation, Maintenance & Operations, Planning & Architecture, Proposition 51, State Agency, Uncategorized, Water 2016 School Facilities Bond Initiative, 2016 State School Bond Initiative, Californians for Quality Schools, Charter School Facilities Program, Coalition for Adequate School Housing, CQS, Department of Finance, DIR, Division of the State Architect, DSA, Kindergarten Through Community College Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2016, November 2016 ballot, November 2016 General Election, November 2016 State School Bond Initiative, office of public school construction, OPSC, Prop 51, Proposition 51, SAB, School Facility Program, school finance, SFP, state allocation board, State School Bond, State School Bond Initiative, statewide school bond, Yes on 51, Yes on Proposition 51

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