Bill Text: CA AB2856 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Education finance: school facilities: The Archie-Hudson and Cunneen School Technology Revenue Bond Act: repeal.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-04 - Referred to Com. on ED. [AB2856 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB2856-Introduced.html


CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 2856


Introduced by Assembly Member Megan Dahle

February 15, 2024


An act to repeal Chapter 17 (commencing with Section 17160) of Part 10 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to education finance.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 2856, as introduced, Megan Dahle. Education finance: school facilities: The Archie-Hudson and Cunneen School Technology Revenue Bond Act: repeal.
(1) Existing law, the Archie-Hudson and Cunneen School Technology Revenue Bond Act, authorizes the California School Financing Authority, upon receipt of aggregated repayment pledges by school districts of at least $5,000,000, to issue bonds for the exclusive purpose of establishing computer-based networks and telecommunications systems for instructional purposes, as specified, so long as the total amount of bonds issued and outstanding at any time under the act does not exceed $400,000,000, as provided.
The act requires participating school districts to pledge a portion of their annual lottery revenue allocation from the California State Lottery Education Fund as a dedicated revenue source to repay bonds issued by the authority, and authorizes a school district to pledge the equivalent of up to 25% of the school district’s allocation for the 1996–97 fiscal year from the California State Lottery Education Fund, as provided.
The act requires the State Department of Education to include in its annual survey of schools on the use of lottery funds, the amount of lottery revenues expended to repay bonds issued pursuant to its provisions.
This bill would repeal the Archie-Hudson and Cunneen School Technology Revenue Bond Act as of January 1, 2025.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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


SECTION 1.

 Chapter 17 (commencing with Section 17160) of Part 10 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code is repealed.