Proposition 1D			00.00 10/05
	Summary
	Submitted as: "Education Facilities:  Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2006"
	Type:  In Proposition 1D, Amendments to the Education Code, and in the Act in which it is embedded (AB127), also changes to the Government Code, the Statutes of 2001 and the Statutes of 2002.
	Subject:  $10.416 Billion Bond to provide aid to school districts, county superintendents of schools, county boards of education, the California Community Colleges, the University of California, the Hastings College of the Law and the California State University, to construct and modernize education facilities.
	Submitters:  Nunez, California Legislature, AB 127
		Senate Vote: 29 Yes, 8 No (of 40)
		Assembly Vote: 58 Yes, 12 No (of 80)
	Supporting Organization:
		Name:	The Rebuild California Plan 1127 11th Street, Suite 950 Sacramento, CA 95814
		Email:
		Web Site: www.plan4ourfuture.org
		Phone:  - 916.443.5900
	Opposing Organization:
		Name:	California Taxpayer Protection Committee 9971 Base Line Road Elverta, CA 95626-9411
		Email: info at protecttaxpayers.com
		Web Site: www.protecttaxpayers.com
		Phone: (916) 991-9300
	Measure 1D authorizes the sale of $10.416 billion worth of general obligation bonds.  Proceeds from the bond sale are to go into several funds in the State Treasury, as shown in the table below.
	Measure 1D consists of Sections 16 and 20 of Assembly Bill 127.  AB127 was passed May 20, 2006, and contains several revisions and additions to which Measure A refers.  Because Sections 16 and 20 cover bonds, which must be agreed to by the people, those sections need to be voted on.  Sections 1 to 15, inclusive, and sections 18 and 19 become operative only if Measure 1D passes.  Our full extract for Measure 1D therefore covers the full text of AB127, for reference.
	Section 20 authorizes the Legislature to move any existing joint-use bond money to the State Allocation Board, to be used for general purposes, with the exception of $21 million which must be earmarked for joint-use.
	Section 16 covers the new bond to be voted on.  Details of the bond are shown in the table below.  We provide some highlights of AB127 following the table.
	Fund/Purpose $B Funds Manager Education Level         2006 State School Facilities Fund/Aid to school districts, county superintendents of schools, and county boards of education 7.329 State Allocation Board Kindergarten through 12th Grade           Construction of new school facilities 1.900       Charter Schools Facility Program/School facilities for charter schools 0.500       School facilities Modernization 3.300       Career Technical Education Facilities Program/Facilities for career technical education programs 0.500       Joint use projects 0.029       New construction funding for severely overcrowded school sites 1.000       Incentive grants to motivate the use of energy efficient construction practices 0.100             2006 California Community College Capital Outlay Bond Fund/Meeting the capital outlay financing needs of the California Community Colleges 1.507 Several different agencies, unnamed California Community Colleges         2006 University Capital Outlay Bond Fund/Meeting the capital outlay financing needs of the University of California and the Hastings College of the Law 0.890 Appropriation by the Legislature University of California and Hastings College of the Law         2006 University Capital Outlay Bond Fund/Meeting the capital outlay financing needs of the California State University 0.690 Appropriation by the Legislature California State University
	In AB127, Section 1 creates the 2006 State School Facilities Fund in the Treasury, to which the part of the Bond money intended for K-12 is to be deposited.  This fund is set up for continuous appropriation, rather than being constrained by an annual budget.
	Various modifications and constraints are put on the process of getting funding from the State:
		- School districts must certify that they have at least considered the use of designs and materials that use energy efficiently, and grants may be used to pay for such designs.
		- The per-unhoused-student new construction grant eligibility is increased by 7% for K-12.
		- Earthquake damage is added to the acceptable causes that would require hardship assistance.
		- After July 1, 2006, all work on school buildings must be done according to the various components of the "Field Act", as embedded in the Education Code, or according to the California Building Standards Code.   A specific revision is made to require school buildings that are on the National Register of Historic Places to be renovated.
	Section 6 creates the 2006 Charter School Facilities Account, into which some of the 1D money may be deposited, for continuous appropriation.
	Section 11 creates the Career Technical Education Facilities Program, to direct spending of bond money on technical schools.
	Section 12 sets up a system of overcrowding relief grants, to be funded by the bond money.  Overcrowding is defined as a situation in which the pupil population is at least 175% of the recommended population density.  Grants must replace portable classrooms with new construction; none of it may be used for portable classrooms.
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