SECTIONS 17055-17058 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 17055-17058

17055. (a) The board shall authorize project funding under this
chapter for the construction, in urban areas in which the
construction of schools would ordinarily require the removal of
residential, commercial, or industrial structures, of four elementary
or junior high schools, or any combination thereof, none of which
serve any of the grades 10 to 12, inclusive.
(b) The construction funded pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be
designed to minimize the need for the relocation of inhabitants of
residential, commercial, or industrial structures. The design
features of the schools may include, but should not be limited to,
the use of below-ground facility construction, multistory
construction, multiuse construction where single-use construction
currently exists, the joint use of facilities that otherwise involve
such uses as a shopping center, office complex, or apartment
building, the joint or dual use of land that otherwise involves park
or other uses, overhead or underground parking, or the use of areas
above or below streets or freeways.

17056. Any school district that is a project applicant under this
chapter may apply for the funding of a school specifically under this
article, pursuant to which it may be approved by the board for
funding only to the extent of its project eligibility under this
chapter. The governing board of each district for which that funding
is approved by the board shall do all of the following, in the order
specified:
(a) Identify an area within the district that it determines to be
appropriate for the construction of a school that meets the purposes
of this article.
(b) Establish criteria for the purpose of identifying the school
design that will most effectively accomplish the purposes of this
article and the needs of the district. The district shall thereupon
issue, in a manner approved by the board, a request for architectural
design proposals incorporating those criteria.

17058. The cost of any project funded under this article shall not
exceed the maximum cost that would otherwise be allowable for a
project funded under this chapter.