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17042.5
. (a) For purposes of determining the area of adequate
school construction existing in an applicant school district pursuant
to Section 17042.7, all portable classrooms, whether owned or
leased, shall be included, except as otherwise provided in paragraphs
(1) to (3), inclusive.
(1) Leased portable classrooms acquired by a school district shall
not be included in the area of existing adequate school construction
until January 1, 1991.
(2) Portable classrooms leased pursuant to Chapter 14 (commencing
with Section 17085) shall be excluded from the area of adequate
school construction. Portable classrooms obtained by an applicant
district pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 17088.5 also shall be
excluded from the area of adequate school construction, except as to
any portable classroom or classrooms for which the district rejected
the board's offer to purchase pursuant to that subdivision.
(3) Portable classrooms that have been leased or owned by the
district for 20 years or more shall be excluded from the area of
adequate school construction.
(4) Leased portable classrooms shall not be included in the area
of adequate school construction for a period of five years from the
date first leased by the district. That exclusion shall be extended
by the board for one additional five-year period where the board
finds that the continued use of the leased portable classrooms for
classroom purposes is justified by additional growth in average daily
attendance pursuant to the standards established by this part. If
the board finds continued use to be no longer justified, it may
extend the exclusion for a period of up to two years as necessary to
maintain the eligibility of the applicant district for project
funding pursuant to this chapter if the board finds that the district
has made a good faith effort to obtain that funding in a timely
manner. The additional five-year exclusion shall not apply to any
portable classroom for which, under the lease agreement, the district
is to take title, or the total consideration paid by the district
for the lease and an option to purchase is determined by the board to
be substantially equivalent to the cost of acquiring title.
(b) For purposes of this section, "portable classroom" means a
classroom building of modular design and construction that meets all
of the following criteria:
(1) Is designed and constructed to be relocatable and
transportable over public streets.
(2) Is designed and constructed for relocation without the
separation of the roof or floor from the building.
(3) When measured at the most exterior walls, has a floor area not
in excess of 2,000 square feet.