Section 16319 Of Article 9. School Housing Aid For Rehabilitation And Replacement Of Structurally Inadequate School Facilities From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 10. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 9.
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. Apportionments under this article from the State School
Building Aid Fund shall be made for the sole purpose of
reconstructing or replacing existing substandard buildings that
present a potential threat to the safety of schoolchildren and which
do not comply with the requirements of Article 3 (commencing with
Section 17280) of Chapter 2 of Part 10.5 or for the purpose of
restoring facilities damaged by an earthquake after February 1, 1971,
and for which there are no other state or federal funds available
for the restoration. The apportionments shall be made in the manner
and subject to the conditions herein provided and in accordance with
policies adopted by the board for the following purposes, all of
which purposes are declared to be, and are, public works:
(a) The reconstruction, renovation, or remodeling of existing
school buildings and facilities.
(b) The construction of permanent or temporary school buildings
and facilities for replacement purposes.
(c) The acquisition, by purchase or lease, and the installation of
classrooms for replacement purposes.
(d) The acquisition and development of schoolsites necessary for
construction of buildings approved under this article.
(e) The construction, repair, attachment, or development of
offsite facilities, utilities or improvements which the board
determines are necessary to the proper operation or functioning of
the school facilities for which apportionments are made.
(f) The acquisition of additional furniture and equipment as is
deemed necessary by the board to make the rehabilitated or replaced
facilities properly function.
(g) Any combination of the above.
Except as is provided in Section 16320, apportionments shall not
be made under this article for the purpose of reconstructing or
replacing existing substandard buildings which have already been
reconstructed or replaced using funds made available under Chapter
1575 of the Statutes of 1947, as amended, or Chapter 7 (commencing
with Section 16500), Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 15700), and
Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 16000) of this part.
As a part of the purposes, where a district is required by a
contract entered into between itself and a contractor, to obtain at
its own expense insurance covering risks incurred during any
construction, reconstruction, or alteration for which an
apportionment has been made, the cost thereof may be paid either
directly, or by way of reimbursement, to the district out of the
apportionment, or out of any apportionment made specifically covering
the insurance. However, in other respects the apportionments are
eligible for payment under this chapter.