Section 16525 Of Article 2. Apportionments From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 10. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 2.
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. Any eligible school district may make application for an
apportionment for a grade level which it maintains by submitting
through the governing board an application therefor in a form and
number that the board shall prescribe. The application shall be
addressed to the board and shall set forth a project for the
construction of school facilities for the district in accordance with
this section.
(a) Each application and copy thereof shall contain and be
supported by:
(1) A description of the project and the site therefor,
preliminary drawings of the school facilities to be constructed
thereon, and any other information relating to the project that the
board may require.
(2) A statement of the estimated cost of the project certified by
an architect or structural engineer.
(3) Evidence that the district has or will have title to the site
upon which the facilities as specified in the application will be
constructed.
(4) Assurance that the district will cause the work on the project
to be commenced within a reasonable time and prosecuted to
completion with reasonable diligence.
(b) The board shall require any changes in the plans which an
applicant school district submits with its application that the board
determines is necessary or desirable to assure completion of the
project with available funds of the district and the amount of the
apportionment to which the district is entitled under this chapter.
For that purpose the board may delegate to the director or the
Director of General Services, according to whether the subject matter
of the revision of the plans is subject to the jurisdiction and
approval of the director or the Director of General Services, the
authority to require any revision in the plans that the board deems
necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this
subdivision.
(c) Upon submission of an application for an apportionment under
this chapter the Director of General Services shall do each of the
following:
(1) Transmit a copy of the application to the director who shall
as promptly as possible prepare a report and recommendation with
respect thereto. Thereupon the director shall transmit his or her
report and recommendation to the Director of General Services who
shall refer them to the board if he or she finds them in proper form
and otherwise sufficient. If the Director of General Services finds
the documents to be lacking in any respect as to any matter subject
to the jurisdiction of the director or the department, he or she
shall refer them to the director who shall take any action that may
be necessary.
(2) Determine the applicant district's financial ability with
funds apportioned under this chapter and funds devoted by the
district to the project to meet the cost of the project and submit
his or her report thereon as promptly as possible to the board.