Cal. Code Regs. tit. 2, § 1859.157.3 – Preliminary Small School District Program Apportionment Fund Release.

(a) An applicant that meets the Financial Hardship criteria in Section 1859.81 is eligible for an amount not to exceed the following:
1. (1) 40 percent of the New Construction Grant and the amounts determined in Sections 1859.157.1(a)(5), and 1859.157.1(c).
2. (2) 25 percent of the Modernization Grant and the amount determined in Sections 1859.157.2(a)(2), and 1859.157.2(c).
(b) An applicant that meets the Financial Hardship criteria in Section 1859.81 is eligible for an amount, not to exceed the Preliminary Small School District Program Apportionment, for site acquisition pursuant to Section 1859.81.1(a), (b) or (c) after submittal of a Form SAB 50-12 pursuant to Section 1859.157.
(c) An applicant is eligible for an amount, not to exceed the Preliminary Small School District Program Apportionment, for environmental hardship site acquisition pursuant to Section 1859.75.1 after submittal of a Form SAB 50-12 pursuant to Section 1859.157.
Qualified applicants may request a separate advance release of funds for the design and for the site acquisition for the same project. An applicant seeking an advance release of funds pursuant to Section 1859.157.3(a) and/or (b) must have been approved and maintained Financial Hardship status pursuant to Section 1859.81. OPSC will release State funds included in a Preliminary Small School District Program Apportionment pursuant to (a), (b), or (c) to the School District after submittal of a complete and valid Form SAB 50-05.
Subject to the availability of funding to the Board for bond-funded projects, OPSC will release State funds included in a Preliminary Small School District Program Apportionment, pursuant to subsections (a) and/or (b) and (c). State funds released from a Preliminary Small School District Program Apportionment pursuant to this Section shall be subject to the provisions in Sections 1859.90 and 1859.90.2.

Once the provisions in Section 1859.157.5 have been met, an applicant that meets the following may request an advance release of funds from a Preliminary Small School District Apportionment:

Note: Authority cited: Sections 17070.35 and 17075.15, Education Code. Reference: Sections 17070.15, 17078.35, 17078.36, 17078.37 and 17078.38, Education Code.

History

1. New section filed 6-15-2026 as an emergency; operative 6-15-2026 (Register 2026, No. 25). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 12-14-2026 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.