§ 10178. Eligible Costs.

(a) Grant funds may be applied toward a charter school's costs of one of the following two options:

(1) base rent, lease, mortgage, debt service, and/or Proposition 39 pro-rata payments for existing or new facilities; or

(2) purchase, acquisition, design, construction, and/or renovation of a facility.

(b) Grant funds must be used to pay current and future facilities costs, for up to a three-year period. Awards may not be used to reimburse a charter school for costs incurred prior to the date the grant is awarded. In addition to documented evidence of annual ongoing costs associated with a charter school facility, the Authority reserves the right to evaluate prior year's facilities costs to determine eligibility for the current funding round.

(c) Grant funds may not be applied toward a school district's costs of providing a charter school with a facility.

(d) Grant funds may not be applied toward overhead or other administrative costs of the school or any other entity, such as a school district, county office of education or charter management organization.

(e) Grant funds may not be used to: 1) supplement any project funded through the Charter School Facilities Program; 2) make Charter School Facilities Program payments to the State; or 3) satisfy a Charter School Facilities Program recipient's local matching share.

(f) Grant funds must be expended and liquidated within the guidelines of this article and the State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grants Program.

HISTORY

1. New section filed 6-27-2005 as an emergency; operative 6-27-2005 (Register 2005, No. 26). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 10-25-2005 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

2. New section refiled 10-17-2005 as an emergency; operative 10-17-2005 (Register 2005, No. 42). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 2-14-2006 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

3. Certificate of Compliance as to 10-17-2005 order, including amendment of subsection (c), transmitted to OAL 2-8-2006 and filed 3-24-2006 (Register 2006, No. 12).

4. Amendment of subsection (d) filed 4-19-2007; operative 4-19-2007 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2007, No. 16).

5. Amendment of subsection (a), new subsection (d) and subsection relettering filed 3-24-2008; operative 4-23-2008 (Register 2008, No. 13).

6. Amendment of subsection (a), new subsections (a)(1)-(3) and amendment of subsection (b) filed 3-25-2010; operative 4-24-2010 (Register 2010, No. 13).

7. Amendment of subsections (a) and (a)(1), repealer of subsection (a)(2), subsection renumbering and amendment of subsection (b) filed 2-22-2012; operative 3-23-2012 (Register 2012, No. 8).

8. Editorial correction of subsection (a)(1) (Register 2012, No. 9).

9. Amendment of subsection (a)(1), new subsection (d), subsection relettering and amendment of newly designated subsection (e) filed 3-21-2013; operative 3-21-2013 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2013, No. 12).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Sections 17179 and 17180, Education Code. Reference: Section 17180, Education Code.