Coalition for Adequate School Housing v. State All
reviewing, in general, what happens once a school bond is approved by the voters. Unfortunately, nobody has yet written a catchy song – perhaps “I’m Just a Bond” – explaining this process, which is set forth the Education Code and implementing regulations. Despite the lack of rhyming lyrics and an entertaining tune, we shall do our best to summarize this rather complex and obscure process as concisely as possible.
We begin with the Legislature’s adoption of the Leroy F. Green School Facilities Act of 1998 (Sen. Bill No. 50 (1997-1998 Reg. Sess.); Stats. 1998, ch. 407, § 4) (the Act). The Act’s purpose was to provide adequate education facilities to, among other things, accommodate the increasing number of students and decrease class sizes. (§ 17070.10 et seq.) The Act, therefore, “governs the allocation of state funds for school facilities construction.” (California Charter Schools Assn. v. Los Angeles Unified School Dist. (2015) 60 Cal.4th 1221, 1230.)
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