San Bernardino City Unif. School Dist. v. State Allocation Bd.

BACKGROUND

Chapter 12.5 of the Education Code is the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 (Greene Act). (Stats. 1998, ch. 407, § 4; § 17070.10.) It encompasses sections 17070.10 through 17078.43 and provides a framework for state and local funding to build local school facilities. (See, e.g., §§ 17071.75 [eligibility for funding]; 17072.30 [requirement of local participation]; 17079.10 [state funding to relieve overcrowding].) A comprehensive description of the Greene Act is not necessary to this opinion, and we will focus on the provisions and applications relevant to the contentions on appeal.

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Education Code.

2 The General Provisions of the Greene Act are set forth in Article 1. Under that Article, the Board is granted authority to adopt regulations for administering the Greene Act, to determine local districts’ eligibility for funds under the Greene Act, and to apportion those funds. (§§ 17070.30; 17070.35, subd. (a).) Article 1 also allows a local school district to retain excess state funding if the district spends less than is allocated for the project. Section 17070.63, subdivision (c) provides: “Any savings…