Section 17088.7 Of Chapter 14. Emergency School Classroom Law Of 1979 From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 10. >> Chapter 14.
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. (a) Any school district, or, under a joint powers
agreement pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of
Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, any combination of one
or more school districts or county superintendents of schools, may,
to the extent of the eligibility of the school district or of the
parties to the joint powers agreement to lease portable classrooms
under this chapter, purchase portable classrooms as provided in this
section.
(b) The number of portable classrooms which may be purchased
pursuant to this section, on a statewide basis, shall not exceed 200
in any given year, and shall not exceed 600 in total. Portable
classrooms purchased prior to September 22, 1989, are exempt from the
yearly limit of 200, but shall be counted towards the total limit of
600.
(c) The purchase costs of the portable classrooms, which include
costs of site preparation, furniture and equipment, toilet facilities
as described in Section 65980 of the Government Code, and the
transportation of classrooms, may be funded from revenues received by
the school district or districts pursuant to Section 17620. The
purchase shall comply with any procedures and policies established by
the board under this chapter for the purchase of portable
classrooms. All portable classrooms purchased pursuant to this
section are the property of the state.
(d) The board shall lease the portable classrooms purchased
pursuant to the authority granted in this section to the purchaser,
as described in subdivision (a), in accordance with this chapter,
including applicable eligibility standards, and the purchase costs
paid shall be credited toward the rent the purchaser would otherwise
be required to pay under this chapter as a lessee.
(e) In the event that the purchase of portable classrooms under
this section occurs pursuant to a joint powers agreement, as
described in subdivision (a), the agreement shall identify the school
district or districts and county superintendent or superintendents
of schools that are party to the agreement, identify the district or
districts providing the revenues, specify the manner in which the
revenues are to be expended, and specify the distribution of portable
classrooms subsequent to purchase, which distribution shall be in
accordance with the eligibility requirements of this chapter. The
agreement shall be subject to approval of the board, pursuant to
subdivision (b) and any applicable procedures and policies
established by the board under this chapter.