Thank you for your continuing support of the Coalition for Adequate School Housing (CASH). One of our goals is to provide you with accurate budget and education policy information throughout this pandemic.
As with every aspect of American life, COVID-19 has changed the game for the education community, including the school facilities and maintenance sector. California schools are confronted with questions on procedures and processes about cleaning and disinfecting to ensure learning environments are clean, safe and healthy. The opportunities and challenges presented by the necessity of distance learning, providing food to under-served students who might not otherwise have access to meals, and significant State funding challenges on the horizon. CASH was born in conflict, and we are meeting these challenges as we always do through education and advocacy.
State Allocation Board Increases Grant Amounts and Impact Fees
On January 22, the State Allocation Board (SAB) met to approve an adjustment to School Facility Program (SFP) grants, and to Level I development impact fees.
Today the State Allocation Board (Board) deferred action on a proposed regulation to cease accepting applications once bond authority has been exhausted. Approval of this proposal would essentially eliminate the School Facility Program (SFP) for projects outside of Proposition 51 bond authority. New Construction Proposition 51 bond authority is expected to be exhausted by October 2018, and Modernization bond authority is expected to be exhausted by September 2019.
CASH urged the Board to defer action and to thoroughly vet the proposal and its significant impacts. Chair Jacqueline Wong-Hernandez stated that she would like the proposal to come back before the Board in August 2018, and indicated that she intends to involve stakeholders in the review process.
February 12, 2018
The CASH Facility Planners Meeting Update for February 2018 is now available and includes information regarding:
Click here to view the update.
~ CASH staff