Smaller LEAs face planning deadline for Prop. 39 energy grants
By Kimberly Beltran
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
California school districts with an average daily attendance of 1,000 or less have until Aug. 1 to notify the state whether they want to collect two years’ worth of energy efficiency money this year.
Under legislation implementing voter-approved Proposition 39 – which closed a corporate tax loophole and directs half of the $1 billion in new annual revenues to K-12 schools for energy efficient facilities upgrades – smaller LEAs may receive both their current and subsequent year’s funding this budget year.
Districts with ADA of 1,001 or higher will receive larger grant amounts and therefore may not bundle years one and two funding. They may, however, roll over their allocation year to year in order to pay for larger projects.
According to the California Department of Education, all of the eligible LEAs were to receive an email notification informing them that a web-based application to elect to receive two years’ worth of funding is available atwww.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r14/prop39cceja13rfal.asp
Instructions for obtaining a password to log on to the site were to be included in the email as well, a CDE notice