California Education Code

§ 17672

EDC § 17672 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 1 · Title 1 · Part 10.5 · Ch. 9

Statute text

(a)School projects approved by the Division of the State Architect on or before December 31, 2030, that improve community ecological health and climate resilience, or improve pupil well-being, learning, or pupil play, and that incorporate nature, including living trees, shrubs, and other plants, natural materials, and basic infrastructure, such as pathways and benches on school grounds to support pupil engagement in the space, where the adjusted construction cost exceeds the valuation threshold for alterations or additions on a school district, county office of education, or charter school shall have the cost of compliance for path of travel improvements required by Section 202.4 of Chapter 11B of Part 2 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations limited to 20 percent of the adjusted construction cost of the project.

(b)In order to qualify for the limit of 20 percent of the adjusted construction cost of the project, as specified in subdivision (a), every effort shall be made not to significantly reduce accessible space and the project shall meet the applicable accessibility requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.) and the California Building Standards Code and be, at a minimum, a project described in any of paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive:

(1)A project to remove impervious pavement such as asphalt or concrete and to replace those surfaces with healthy soil, trees, native or climate-adapted plantings, vegetable gardens, or permeable surfaces such as mulch, engineered wood fiber, wood decking, decomposed granite, or pavers.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 1014, Sec. 2. (SB 1091) Effective January 1, 2025. Repealed as of January 1, 2032, by its own provisions.