California Code
PART 10.5 - SCHOOL FACILITIES
CHAPTER 3 - Construction of School Buildings

ARTICLE 1 - State Department of Education: Powers and Duties

Section 17251. - 17251. The department shall: (a) Upon the request of the...

Section 17251.5. - 17251.5. Notwithstanding any law, when using exclusively local funds for...

Section 17252. - 17252. All money collected by the State Department of Education...

Section 17253. - 17253. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1)...

Section 17255. - 17255. The Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission shall, in...

Section 17256. - 17256. The department and the Office of Public School Construction...

ARTICLE 2 - Plans

Section 17260. - 17260. As used in this article “school buildings” shall have...

Section 17261. - 17261. The State Allocation Board shall obtain construction plans for...

Section 17262. - 17262. Any school district may request sets of the plans...

Section 17263. - 17263. The plans and specifications for any school building as...

Section 17264. - 17264. (a) Commencing January 1, 1992, all plans and specifications...

Section 17265. - 17265. All provisions of Sections 17280 to 17313, inclusive, are...

Section 17266. - 17266. The district shall furnish its own architect or structural...

Section 17267. - 17267. The governing board of a school district shall, before...

Section 17268. - 17268. (a) The governing board of a school district that...

ARTICLE 3 - Approvals

Section 17280. - 17280. (a) (1) The Department of General Services under the...

Section 17280.1. - 17280.1. Written rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this article...

Section 17280.5. - 17280.5. (a) The Seismic Safety Commission shall convene an advisory...

Section 17281. - 17281. This article, together with Article 6 (commencing with Section...

Section 17282. - 17282. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

Section 17282.5. - 17282.5. (a) On or before January 1, 2010, the Division...

Section 17283. - 17283. “School building” as used in this article means and...

Section 17283.5. - 17283.5. (a) For the purposes of this article, Article 5...

Section 17284. - 17284. Any school building, as defined in Section 17283, operated...

Section 17284.5. - 17284.5. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,...

Section 17285. - 17285. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law except Sections 17286,...

Section 17286. - 17286. Where the primary use of either a building or...

Section 17287. - 17287. For the purposes of this article and Article 6...

Section 17288. - 17288. (a) Notwithstanding Section 17285, any high school pupil who...

Section 17289. - 17289. In order to provide alternative, community-based educational opportunities through...

Section 17291. - 17291. (a) An owned relocatable building or structure that is...

Section 17292. - 17292. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law, an owned or...

Section 17292.5. - 17292.5. (a) If the governing board of a school district...

Section 17293. - 17293. (a) On or after January 1, 1993, if a...

Section 17294. - 17294. “Construction or alteration” as used in this article includes...

Section 17295. - 17295. (a) (1) The Department of General Services shall pass...

Section 17296. - 17296. Notwithstanding any other law, a school-based facility providing social...

Section 17297. - 17297. Except as provided in Section 17298, before letting any...

Section 17298. - 17298. Before the commencement of any fabrication, construction, or alteration...

Section 17299. - 17299. In each case the application for approval of the...

Section 17300. - 17300. (a) The application shall be accompanied by a filing...

Section 17301. - 17301. (a) (1) All fees received by the Department of...

Section 17302. - 17302. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), all plans,...

Section 17303. - 17303. (a) The Department of General Services shall establish one...

Section 17304. - 17304. (a) Upon approving the plans submitted by an applicant...

Section 17305. - 17305. (a) Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set...

Section 17306. - 17306. (a) Upon submitting a complete application for review under...

Section 17307. - 17307. No contract for the construction or alteration of any...

Section 17307.5. - 17307.5. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,...

Section 17308. - 17308. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that a number...

Section 17309. - 17309. From time to time, as the work of construction...

Section 17310. - 17310. Except as provided in Section 18930 of the Health...

Section 17311. - 17311. (a) The Department of General Services shall make the...

Section 17312. - 17312. Any person who violates any of the provisions of...

Section 17313. - 17313. Upon written request by the governing board of any...

Section 17314. - 17314. Any public school building which has been approved by...

Section 17315. - 17315. (a) When a school building constructed in accordance with...

Section 17316. - 17316. (a) Any contract entered into by and between the...

Section 17317. - 17317. (a) The Department of General Services shall, in consultation...

ARTICLE 3.3 - Collaborative Process for Project Development and Review

Section 17319. - 17319. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Earthquake Construction of Private Schools

Section 17320. - 17320. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 17321. - 17321. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 17322. - 17322. It is the intent of the Legislature that children...

Section 17323. - 17323. For the purposes of this article: (a) “Construction or...

Section 17324. - 17324. The appropriate enforcement agency that meets the requirements of...

Section 17325. - 17325. Private school structures of one-story Type V and Type...

Section 17326. - 17326. (a) Prior to adopting any drawings or specifications for...

Section 17327. - 17327. The application for approval of the drawings and specifications...

Section 17328. - 17328. The enforcement agency shall approve or reject all drawings...

Section 17329. - 17329. All drawings and specifications shall be prepared under the...

Section 17330. - 17330. Except as provided in Section 17326, on or after...

Section 17331. - 17331. During construction or alteration of a private school structure,...

Section 17332. - 17332. An enforcement agency is qualified to undertake the review...

Section 17333. - 17333. A jurisdiction whose enforcement agency does not meet the...

Section 17334. - 17334. During the construction of a private school structure, the...

Section 17335. - 17335. Prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy,...

Section 17336. - 17336. Any person who willfully violates this chapter is guilty...

ARTICLE 4 - Building Schoolhouses

Section 17340. - 17340. The governing board of any school district may, and...

Section 17342. - 17342. The governing board of any school district, whenever in...

Section 17343. - 17343. The governing board of any school district may purchase...

ARTICLE 5 - Factory-Built School Buildings

Section 17350. - 17350. It is the intent of this article to provide...

Section 17351. - 17351. Except as provided in Section 18930 of the Health...

Section 17352. - 17352. A manufacturer of factory-built buildings designed or intended for...

Section 17353. - 17353. All plans, specifications and estimates shall be prepared by...

Section 17354. - 17354. The Department of General Services, in accordance with standards...

Section 17355. - 17355. The Department of General Services shall provide for competent,...

Section 17356. - 17356. From time to time, as the work of construction...

Section 17357. - 17357. Upon the Department of General Services’ approval of a...

Section 17358. - 17358. Whenever a school district has contracted for the purchase...

Section 17359. - 17359. The provisions of Sections 17266, 17268, 17300, 17302, and...

Section 17360. - 17360. Sections 17297, 17302, 17307, 17309, and 17311 shall not...

ARTICLE 6 - Fitness for Occupancy

Section 17365. - 17365. The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) By...

Section 17366. - 17366. It is the intent of the Legislature to reexamine...

Section 17367. - 17367. The governing board of any school district which has...

Section 17368. - 17368. “School building” as used in this article shall be...

Section 17369. - 17369. “School building” as used in this article excludes any...

Section 17370. - 17370. Except as provided in Section 17371, nothing in this...

Section 17371. - 17371. No member of the governing board of a school...

Section 17372. - 17372. No school building examined and found to be unsafe...

Section 17373. - 17373. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or Article...

Section 17374. - 17374. Any revenue derived from an increase in the rate...

ARTICLE 7 - Full-Day Kindergarten Facilities Grant Program

Section 17375. - 17375. (a) (1) The California Preschool, Transitional Kindergarten and Full-Day...