CHAPTER
12. California School Employee Housing Assistance Program
51520.
For purposes of this chapter, all of the following shall apply:(a) “Affordable rental housing” means housing that serves persons and families of low or moderate income as defined by Section 50093.
(b) “Qualified developer” means a developer that has partnered with a qualified school district to create affordable rental housing for school district employees, including teachers.
(c) “Qualified school district” means a school district that satisfies all of the following:
(1) Has acquired land that may be
used to engage in a lease and development agreement, including, but not limited to, a joint occupancy agreement, for the purposes of design, construction, financing, and long-term operation of a housing development and amenities, from any of the following:
(A) A school district.
(B) A special district.
(C) A city.
(2) Has a high percentage, as determined by the State Department of Education, of teachers with intern credentials, permits, and waivers based upon the most recent report published by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing at the time that the school district has submitted an application pursuant to Section 51521.5.
(3) Demonstrates to the State Department of Education that any project funded through a predevelopment grant pursuant to this chapter meets both of the following requirements:
(A) The project is subject to a project labor agreement, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code.
(B) The project either is a public work for purposes of Article 2 (commencing with Section 1770) of Chapter 1 of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code or is otherwise subject to a legally binding requirement that prevailing wages be paid to all workers employed on the project.
51521.
(a) The agency shall administer a program to provide financing assistance for the creation of affordable rental housing for school district employees, including teachers. The financing assistance shall be in both of the following forms:(1) Predevelopment grants to qualified school districts.
(2) Loans to qualified developers.
(b) The agency shall do all of the following:
(1) Be responsible for overseeing the program.
(2) Award
predevelopment grants as follows:
(A) Grants shall be awarded to qualified school districts and qualified developers in partnership.
(B) Grants shall be based on the accomplishment of predevelopment milestones, as determined by the agency.
(C) The agency shall give priority to partnerships in which the qualified school district has 60 percent or more of its students participating in the National School Lunch Program.
(3) Make loans to qualified developers.
(4) Publish deadlines and written procedures for qualified school districts and qualified developers to apply for
financing assistance.
(5) Require the affordability of units built with financing assistance pursuant to this chapter to be restricted for at least 55 years.
(c) A qualified school district seeking a grant shall do both of the following:
(1) Apply for a predevelopment grant, in partnership with a qualified developer, in the form and manner prescribed by the agency.
(2) Submit the certification provided by the State Department of Education pursuant to Section 51521.5 to the agency.
(d) A qualified developer seeking a loan shall apply for a loan in the form and manner prescribed by the
agency.
51521.5.
(a) A school district seeking a predevelopment grant in partnership with a qualified developer shall apply to the State Department of Education, in the form and manner prescribed by the department, for certification as a qualified school district.(b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the State Department of Education shall certify that a school district seeking a predevelopment grant in partnership with a qualified developer meets the definition of qualified school district as defined by Section 51520 and provide the qualified school district with the certification.
(2) The State Department
of Education shall consult with the agency in determining whether a school district has satisfied the requirements of paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 51520.
51522.
(a) There is hereby transferred from the General Fund to the California School Employee Housing Assistance Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury, the sum of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000). (b) The moneys in the fund are hereby appropriated to the agency for all of the following purposes:
(1) To reimburse the agency for any administrative costs incurred in the administration of this chapter. This amount shall not exceed 5 percent of the amount appropriated to the agency pursuant to this section.
(2) To reimburse the
State Department of Education for the costs of certifying qualified school districts pursuant to Section 51521.5. This amount shall not exceed ____ percent of the amount appropriated to the agency pursuant to this section.
(3) For making predevelopment grants to partnerships of qualified school districts and qualified developers. This amount shall not exceed 20 percent of the amount appropriated to the agency pursuant to this section.
(4) For making loans to qualified developers.
(c) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the appropriation made by this section shall not be deemed to be “General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts,” as defined
in subdivision (c) of Section 41202 of the Education Code, for the 2017–18 fiscal year and annually thereafter, and shall not be included within the “total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B,” as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202 of the Education Code, for the 2016–17 fiscal year and annually thereafter.
51523.
(a) The agency shall make loans to qualified developers using a project selection process established by the agency that meets all of the following requirements:(1) To the extent feasible, ensures a reasonable geographic distribution of funds.
(2) Requires applications for projects to meet minimum threshold requirements, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(A) The proposed project is located within reasonable proximity to public transportation and services.
(B) Development costs for the proposed project are reasonable compared to costs of comparable projects in the area.
(C) The proposed project is feasible.
(3) The proposed project leverages other funds where they are available.
(b) (1) Loans made pursuant to this section shall be for a term of not less than 55 years.
(2) Principal and accumulated interest is due and payable upon completion of the term of the loan. The loan shall bear simple interest at the rate of 3 percent per annum on the unpaid principal balance. The agency shall require annual loan
payments in a minimum amount necessary to cover the costs of project monitoring. For the first 30 years of the loan term, the amount of the required loan payments shall not exceed 0.42 percent per annum.
(3) Any moneys that the agency receives in repayment of the loans, including interest, shall be deposited in the California School Employee Housing Assistance Fund. These moneys shall be used for the purposes of this chapter.
(c) Each project shall be eligible for a loan not to exceed ten million dollars ($10,000,000).