California Education Code

§ 17024

EDC § 17024 Effective Jan 1, 1997Div. 1 · Title 1 · Part 10 · Ch. 12 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)The board shall not authorize the selection of any schoolsite, or a contract for the construction of any new school building, or for any addition to, or alteration of, any existing building, for lease-purchase to any school district, unless the applicant district has obtained the written approval of the State Department of Education that the site selection, and the building plans and specifications, comply with the standards adopted by the department pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c), respectively, of Section 17251.

(b)A self-certifying district shall comply with subdivision (a) by certifying to the State Department of Education and the board that the site selection, and the building plans and specifications, comply with the standards adopted by the department pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c), respectively, of Section 17251. The self-certifying district shall maintain documentation of the determinations made pursuant to this subdivision as required by the board. Those determinations shall be subject to subsequent audit by the State Department of Education in accordance with this section.

(c)The State Department of Education shall conduct random audits of the information certified by self-certifying districts pursuant to subdivision (b), using generally accepted auditing principles, at any time to ensure compliance with the law.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.