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State Budget 2016-17: No School Bond or New School Facilities Proposal

Posted on January 8, 2016 by CASH

January 7, 2015

State Budget 2016-17: No School Bond or New School Facilities Proposal

Today, the Governor released his 2016-17 State Budget, which does not include a proposal for a school bond, and which restates his previous proposals on K-12 school facilities that were included in his last three State Budgets. The Governor also references the Californians for Quality Schools (CQS) initiative, objecting to the fact that it does not make changes to the existing School Facility Program (SFP), and that it would add an additional $500 million in General Fund debt service; however, when asked directly if he supported the CQS initiative in his press conference, he stopped short of opposing it.

Posted in Finance, Legislation California Energy Commission, Californians for Quality Schools, Cap and Trade Expenditure Plan, CEC, CQS, Department of Finance, DOF, Drought, Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy, General Fund, General Fund debt service, GHG, Green House Gas Emissions, initiative, K-12 school facilities, Local Control Funding Formula, One-Time Funds, Proposition 39, Rainy Day Fund, School Facility Program, SFP, State Budget 2016-17, State School Bond Initiative

Facility Planners Meeting – January 2016

Posted on January 4, 2016 by CASH

January 4, 2016

Kindergarten through Community College Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2016

In response to the lack of state funding for school facilities, the Coalition for Adequate School Housing (C.A.S.H.) has qualified a State School Bond for the November 2016 statewide General Election ballot. C.A.S.H. will proceed with its State School Bond on the General Election ballot in November 2016.

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Governor Releases May Revision Budget, Is Silent on the Future of State Facilities Funding

Posted on May 14, 2015 by CASH

05/14/15

Today the Governor released the May Revision budget update. His budget estimates an additional $6.7 billion in revenues above the January proposal, $5.5 billion of which will go to K-12 and community colleges under Proposition 98. This increases the Proposition 98 minimum guarantee by $241 million in 2013-14, $3.1 billion in 2014-15, and $2.7 billion in 2015-16, for revised minimum guarantee levels of $58.9 billion, $66.3 billion, and $68.4 billion respectively. The Proposition 98 maintenance factor is reduced to $722 million.

Posted in Legislation ADA, Cap and Trade, CDE, Clean Energy Jobs Fund, Common Core, Department of Water Resources, DWR, Emergency Repair Program, ERP, Federal Department of Defense, GHG, Governor's Executive Order, greenhouse gas, LEA, May Revision, Proposition 98, U.S. Secretary of Defense