California Education Code
§ 17059
EDC § 17059 Effective Jan 1, 1997Div. 1 · Title 1 · Part 10 · Ch. 12 · Art. 4.1
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.govThe Legislature finds and declares as follows:
(a)In many areas of the state, overcrowding in the schools has created a need for new school facilities in neighborhoods where little or no vacant land exists. School districts are compelled, therefore, to acquire property that already has been developed with structures, then demolish these structures and construct classroom space.
(b)With an estimated statewide need for school facilities within the next five years that exceeds fourteen billion dollars ($14,000,000,000), neither state nor local funds reasonably can be anticipated to meet this need.
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Legislative history
Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.