Amended in Senate April 6, 2015

Senate BillNo. 572


Introduced by Senator Pan

February 26, 2015


An act to amend Section 17388 of the Education Code, relating to school facilities.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 572, as amended, Pan. School facilities: school district advisory committee: use or disposition of schoolbegin delete buildings.end deletebegin insert buildings: school closures.end insert

Existing law authorizes the governing board of any school district, and, prior to the sale, lease, or rental of any excess real property, except rentals not exceeding 30 days, requires the governing board of any school district, to appoint a school district advisory committee to advise the governing board of the school district in the development of districtwide policies and procedures governing the use or disposition of school buildings or space in school buildings which is not needed for school purposes.

This bill would instead require the governing board of a school district to appoint a school district advisory committee for those purposes regardless of the sale, lease, or rental of any excess realbegin delete property.end deletebegin insert property, and would also require the governing board of a school district to appoint a school district advisory committee for specified purposes prior to closing a school within the governing board’s school district.end insert By imposing additional duties on the governing board of a school district, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 17388 of the Education Code is amended
2to read:

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17388.  

The governing board of a school district shall appoint
4a school district advisory committeebegin delete toend deletebegin insert for either of the following
5purposes:end insert

6begin insert(a)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertToend insert advise the governing board of the school district in the
7development of districtwide policies and procedures governing
8the use or disposition of school buildings or space in school
9buildings that is not needed for school purposes.

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10(b) Prior to closing a school within the governing board’s school
11district, to advise the governing board in the development of
12districtwide policies and procedures governing the closure of the
13school.

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SEC. 2.  

If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
15this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
16local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
17pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
184 of Title 2 of the Government Code.



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