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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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New PPIC Poll Puts Proposition 51 Below 50% – Join the Social Media Campaign!

Posted on September 21, 2016 by CASH

September 21, 2016

The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) has issued new poll results showing support for Proposition 51 below 50%.  Click here to view.

We need 50% plus one vote for Proposition 51 to pass on November 8, 2016.  The poll shows Proposition 51 at 47% likely voters in support and 43% opposed. This is in stark contrast to the April 2016 PPIC poll, which showed 63% of likely voters supporting the measure.

Direct, targeted voter contact is critical to the success of Proposition 51.  We can still win, but we need to get the message out to voters. This has been clear since we qualified for the ballot: voters will support Proposition 51 if they know about it and hear positive messages about it. Absent that education, which is dependent on a robust campaign, they will sadly vote no.

The Californians for Quality Schools (CQS) campaign is below its minimum budget for voter contact by 30%. CQS needs another $3 million to appropriately fund the campaign or the $9 billion (including $2 billion for community college projects) will be lost.

Please join with the Yes on 51 Social Media campaign!

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Posted in Finance, General, Legal, Legislation, Maintenance & Operations, Planning & Architecture 2016 School Facilities Bond Initiative, 2016 State School Bond Initiative, Californians for Quality Schools, Coalition for Adequate School Housing, CQS, Governor, Kindergarten Through Community College Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2016, November 2016 ballot, November 2016 General Election, November 2016 State School Bond Initiative, Prop 51, Proposition 51, school finance, State School Bond, State School Bond Initiative, statewide school bond, Yes on Proposition 51

Legislative Update: Governor’s Actions 2015

Posted on October 13, 2015 by CASH

October 13, 2015

The Legislature completed its business and went into interim recess on September 11, and the Governor had until midnight on Sunday, October 11 to sign or veto bills on his desk.   Legislators will return to Sacramento on January 4, 2016, to kick off the second year of the 2015-16 legislative session, at which time bill introductions will begin again in earnest. 

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Posted in Legislation 2015-16 legislative session, AB 1347, AB 1358, AB 219, AB 552, AB 566, AB 715, Assessable Space, Automatic Liens, Claims Process, Climate Change, Department of defense, Design-Build Contracts, drinking water, Governor, Governor Brown, Lease-Leaseback, public works, SB 111, SB 222, SB 334, SB 350

Governor Signs Budget, Changes RRMA Contribution Requirements

Posted on June 25, 2015 by CASH

06/25/15

On Wednesday, June 24, 2015, the Governor signed the 2015-16 Budget Act and accompanying trailer bills to implement the budget with very little fanfare.  A negotiated deal between legislative leadership and the Governor was announced last Tuesday, June 16, one day after the Legislature approved its initial budget package.  The Legislature passed modifications to the first budget bill and most of the accompanying trailer bills on Friday, June 19.  The main budget bills are AB 93 and SB 97, and education trailer bills include AB 104, the K-12 omnibus bill, and SB 78, which makes mainly technical adjustments to the Local Control Funding Formula.

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Posted in Legislation 2014 Budget Act, AB 104, AB 93, BIIG, Broadband Infrastructure Improvement Grant, Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program, CEQA, Charter School Facility Grant Program, Common Core Standards, Department of Finance, Department of Water Resources, Drought Response, Emergency Repair Program, FY 2015-16 Budget Act, General Fund, Governor, K-12 omnibus bill, LCFF, Local Control Funding Formula, office of public school construction, One-Time Funds, OPSC, Proposition 39, Proposition 98, Routine Restricted Maintenance, Routine Restricted Maintenance Account, RRMA, SB 78, SB 97, School Facility Program, SFP, Technology Infrastructure, Water Board, Water Conservation, Williams Settlement

Legislature Passes Budget – Implications for School Facilities

Posted on June 15, 2015 by CASH

06/15/15

Today the Legislature passed the FY 2015-16 Budget Act and a handful of accompanying trailer bills in order to meet the June 15 constitutional deadline.  Negotiations continue between the Governor and the Legislature to finalize a deal on the budget.  Today, the Legislature voted to approve the main budget bill, AB 93, as well as four trailer bills to implement various provisions of the budget.  Further action will be required for the Legislature to approve additional budget legislation, including the education trailer bill.

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Posted in Legislation AB 93, BIIG, Broadband Infrastructure Improvement Grant, Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program, Charter School Facility Grant Program, Common Core, CTE Program, Department of Finance, Emergency Repair Program, Federal Department of Defense, FY 2015-16 Budget Act, General Fund, Governor, Governor's May Revision, Military Base Schools, office of public school construction, One-Time Funds, Proposition 39, Proposition 98, Routine Restricted Maintenance Account, RRM, RRMA, School Facility Program, SFP, Technology Infrastructure, Water and Climate Change, Williams Settlement

Budget Subcommittees Approve Plan to Delay the Return of Full Maintenance Funding

Posted on May 22, 2015 by CASH

05/22/15

Under existing law, school districts that participate in New Construction and Modernization programs are required to set aside at least 3% of their annual general fund budget for routine maintenance, for 20 years after receiving state funds.  Under Budget Flexibility commencing in 2008-09, this requirement was suspended, but is set to return in 2015-16.  Predictably, the result was that school maintenance budgets were the first to be cut and the last to be restored, if they have been restored at all.  The Governor’s 2015-16 January State Budget and Proposed May Revision both include the return of the RRMA contribution in 2015-16.

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Posted in Legislation Assembly Budget Subcommittee, Assembly Budget Subcommittee #2 on Education Finance, Governor, Governor May Revision, M&O, May Revision, New Construction and Modernization, Routine Restricted Maintenance Account, RRMA, Senate Budget Subcommittee #1

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