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Article 4. Loans And Advances of California Education Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 24. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 4.
(a) Loans may be made from moneys in the Public School
District Organization Revolving Fund to newly organized elementary,
high school, or unified school districts upon application of the
governing board of any such school district, certified by the county
superintendent of schools and approved by the Superintendent for use
by the school district during the period from the date the action to
form the school district was completed and the date the school
district becomes effective for all purposes. Money loaned to a school
district pursuant to this section shall be used only to meet one or
more of the following:
(1) The expenses of office rental, office supplies, postage, telephone, and telegraphing.
(2) The expenses of necessary elections required by law or authorized by Section 35532.
(3) The expenses of employing, the salary of, and necessary travel expenses of officers and necessary clerical help for the governing board of the school district.
(b) During each of the two successive fiscal years commencing with the first fiscal year of the existence of the school district for all purposes, the State Controller shall deduct from apportionments made to that school district an amount equal to one-half of the amount loaned to that school district under this section and pay the same amount into the Public School District Organization Revolving Fund in the State Treasury.
(1) The expenses of office rental, office supplies, postage, telephone, and telegraphing.
(2) The expenses of necessary elections required by law or authorized by Section 35532.
(3) The expenses of employing, the salary of, and necessary travel expenses of officers and necessary clerical help for the governing board of the school district.
(b) During each of the two successive fiscal years commencing with the first fiscal year of the existence of the school district for all purposes, the State Controller shall deduct from apportionments made to that school district an amount equal to one-half of the amount loaned to that school district under this section and pay the same amount into the Public School District Organization Revolving Fund in the State Treasury.
(a) The Charter School Revolving Loan Fund is hereby created
in the State Treasury. The Charter School Revolving Loan Fund shall
be composed of federal funds obtained by the state for charter
schools and any other funds appropriated or transferred to the fund
through the annual budget process. Funds appropriated to the Charter
School Revolving Loan Fund shall remain available for purposes of the
fund until reappropriated or reverted by the Legislature through the
annual Budget Act or any other act.
(b) Commencing with the 2013-14 fiscal year, the administration of the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund shall be transferred to the California School Finance Authority.
(c) Loans may be made from moneys in the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund to a chartering authority for charter schools that are not a conversion of an existing school, or directly to a charter school that qualifies to receive funding pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 47630) of Part 26.8 of Division 4 that is not a conversion of an existing school, upon application of a chartering authority or charter school and approval by the California School Finance Authority. Money loaned to a chartering authority for a charter school, or to a charter school, pursuant to this section shall be used only to meet the purposes of the charter granted pursuant to Section 47605. The loan to a chartering authority for a charter school, or to a charter school, pursuant to this subdivision shall not exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) over the lifetime of the charter school. A charter school may receive money obtained from multiple loans made directly to the charter school or to the school's chartering authority from the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund, as long as the total amount received from the fund over the lifetime of the charter school does not exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000). This subdivision does not apply to a charter school that obtains renewal of a charter pursuant to Section 47607.
(d) The California School Finance Authority may consider all of the following when making a determination as to the approval of a charter school's loan application:
(1) Soundness of the financial business plans of the applicant charter school.
(2) Availability of the charter school of other sources of funding.
(3) Geographic distribution of loans made from the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund.
(4) The impact that receipt of funds received pursuant to this section will have on the charter school's receipt of other private and public financing.
(5) Plans for creative uses of the funds received pursuant to this section, such as loan guarantees or other types of credit enhancements.
(6) The financial needs of the charter school.
(e) Priority for loans from the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund shall be given to new charter schools for startup costs.
(f) Commencing with the first fiscal year following the fiscal year the charter school receives the loan, the Controller shall deduct from apportionments made to the chartering authority or charter school, as appropriate, an amount equal to the annual repayment of the amount loaned to the chartering authority or charter school for the charter school under this section and pay the same amount into the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund in the State Treasury. Repayment of the full amount loaned to the chartering authority or charter school shall be deducted by the Controller in equal annual amounts over a number of years agreed upon between the loan recipient and the state agency authorized to administer the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund and the Charter School Security Fund, not to exceed five years for any loan.
(g) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a loan may be made directly to a charter school pursuant to this section only in the case of a charter school that is incorporated.
(2) Notwithstanding any other law, in the case of default of a loan made directly to a charter school pursuant to this section, the charter school shall be solely liable for repayment of the loan.
(h) The California School Finance Authority may adopt any necessary rules and regulations for the implementation of this section and Sections 41366.6 and 41367. Any regulations adopted pursuant to this section may be adopted as emergency regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). The adoption of these regulations shall be deemed to be an emergency and necessary for the immediate preservation of public peace, health and safety, or general welfare.
(b) Commencing with the 2013-14 fiscal year, the administration of the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund shall be transferred to the California School Finance Authority.
(c) Loans may be made from moneys in the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund to a chartering authority for charter schools that are not a conversion of an existing school, or directly to a charter school that qualifies to receive funding pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 47630) of Part 26.8 of Division 4 that is not a conversion of an existing school, upon application of a chartering authority or charter school and approval by the California School Finance Authority. Money loaned to a chartering authority for a charter school, or to a charter school, pursuant to this section shall be used only to meet the purposes of the charter granted pursuant to Section 47605. The loan to a chartering authority for a charter school, or to a charter school, pursuant to this subdivision shall not exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) over the lifetime of the charter school. A charter school may receive money obtained from multiple loans made directly to the charter school or to the school's chartering authority from the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund, as long as the total amount received from the fund over the lifetime of the charter school does not exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000). This subdivision does not apply to a charter school that obtains renewal of a charter pursuant to Section 47607.
(d) The California School Finance Authority may consider all of the following when making a determination as to the approval of a charter school's loan application:
(1) Soundness of the financial business plans of the applicant charter school.
(2) Availability of the charter school of other sources of funding.
(3) Geographic distribution of loans made from the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund.
(4) The impact that receipt of funds received pursuant to this section will have on the charter school's receipt of other private and public financing.
(5) Plans for creative uses of the funds received pursuant to this section, such as loan guarantees or other types of credit enhancements.
(6) The financial needs of the charter school.
(e) Priority for loans from the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund shall be given to new charter schools for startup costs.
(f) Commencing with the first fiscal year following the fiscal year the charter school receives the loan, the Controller shall deduct from apportionments made to the chartering authority or charter school, as appropriate, an amount equal to the annual repayment of the amount loaned to the chartering authority or charter school for the charter school under this section and pay the same amount into the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund in the State Treasury. Repayment of the full amount loaned to the chartering authority or charter school shall be deducted by the Controller in equal annual amounts over a number of years agreed upon between the loan recipient and the state agency authorized to administer the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund and the Charter School Security Fund, not to exceed five years for any loan.
(g) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a loan may be made directly to a charter school pursuant to this section only in the case of a charter school that is incorporated.
(2) Notwithstanding any other law, in the case of default of a loan made directly to a charter school pursuant to this section, the charter school shall be solely liable for repayment of the loan.
(h) The California School Finance Authority may adopt any necessary rules and regulations for the implementation of this section and Sections 41366.6 and 41367. Any regulations adopted pursuant to this section may be adopted as emergency regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). The adoption of these regulations shall be deemed to be an emergency and necessary for the immediate preservation of public peace, health and safety, or general welfare.
(a) Moneys in the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund shall
be loaned at the interest rate earned by the money in the Pooled
Money Investment Account as of the date of disbursement of the funds
to the charter school.
(b) A charter school shall pay the interest on any loan from the fund in regular installments withdrawn from the annual apportionment the charter school receives.
(c) All interest payments shall be paid into the Charter School Security Fund established pursuant to Section 41367.
(b) A charter school shall pay the interest on any loan from the fund in regular installments withdrawn from the annual apportionment the charter school receives.
(c) All interest payments shall be paid into the Charter School Security Fund established pursuant to Section 41367.
(a) The California School Finance Authority shall monitor
the adequacy of the amount of funds in the Charter School Revolving
Loan Fund and report annually to the Department of Finance and the
Controller on the need, if any, to transfer funds from the Charter
School Security Fund to the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund for
the sole purpose of replacing funds lost in the Charter School
Revolving Loan Fund due to loan defaults. Before requesting any
transfer of funds from the Charter School Security Fund, the
California School Finance Authority shall make all reasonable efforts
to recover funds directly from the defaulting loan recipient. To the
extent that the California School Finance Authority determines that
a transfer from the Charter School Security Fund to the Charter
School Revolving Loan Fund is necessary, the California School
Finance Authority shall obtain approval from the Director of Finance
before a transfer of funds is made. Not sooner than 30 days after
notification in writing to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative
Budget Committee, the Director of Finance shall direct the Controller
to transfer the appropriate amount of funds.
(b) By October 1 of each year, the California School Finance Authority shall provide detailed fund condition information for the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund and the Charter School Security Fund to the Department of Finance and the Legislative Analyst's Office. At a minimum, this information shall contain an accounting of actual beginning balances, revenues, itemized expenditures, and ending balances for the prior year, as well as projected beginning balances, revenues, itemized expenditures, and ending balances for the current year and budget year.
(b) By October 1 of each year, the California School Finance Authority shall provide detailed fund condition information for the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund and the Charter School Security Fund to the Department of Finance and the Legislative Analyst's Office. At a minimum, this information shall contain an accounting of actual beginning balances, revenues, itemized expenditures, and ending balances for the prior year, as well as projected beginning balances, revenues, itemized expenditures, and ending balances for the current year and budget year.
The Director of Finance shall monitor the adequacy of the
amount of funds in the Charter School Security Fund and report
annually to the Legislature on the need, if any, to adjust the
interest rate set forth in Section 41366.5 or to revise any other
aspect of the default recovery plan.
(a) The Charter School Security Fund is hereby created in
the State Treasury.
(b) Moneys in the fund shall be available for deposit into the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund in case of default on any loan made from the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund.
(c) Commencing with the 2013-14 fiscal year, the administration of the Charter School Security Fund shall be transferred to the California School Finance Authority.
(b) Moneys in the fund shall be available for deposit into the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund in case of default on any loan made from the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund.
(c) Commencing with the 2013-14 fiscal year, the administration of the Charter School Security Fund shall be transferred to the California School Finance Authority.
