California Government Code 65970 – The Legislature finds and declares as follows:(a) Adequate …
The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
(a) Adequate school facilities should be available for children residing in new residential developments.
Terms Used In California Government Code 65970
- Conditions of overcrowding: means that the total enrollment of a school, including enrollment from proposed development, exceeds the capacity of the school as determined by the governing body of the district. See California Government Code 65973
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
(b) Public and private residential developments may require the expansion of existing public schools or the construction of new school facilities.
(c) In many areas of the state, the funds for the construction of new classroom facilities are not available when new development occurs, resulting in the overcrowding of existing schools.
(d) New housing developments frequently cause conditions of overcrowding in existing school facilities which cannot be alleviated under existing law within a reasonable period of time.
(e) That, for these reasons, new and improved methods of financing for interim school facilities necessitated by new development are needed in California.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 955.)