Ed. Code, § 15719 · Article 1. General Provisions
Ed. Code, § 15719
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
No apportionment shall be made for new construction which when added to the area of adequate school construction existing in the applicant school district at the time of application, will provide a total area of school building construction per pupil of the estimated enrollment in excess of that computed under the following schedule:
Type of school Enrollment Square feet per pupil
Elementary school comprising kindergarten and grades 1 to 6, inclusive ...... 300 or more 55
Elementary school comprising grades 7 and 8 ...... 750 or more 75
Junior high school comprising grades 7 and 9, inclusive ...... 750 or more 75
Junior high school comprising grades 7 to 10, inclusive ...... 750 or more 75
High school comprising grades 7 to 12, inclusive ...... 750 or more 80
High school comprising grades 9 to 12, inclusive ...... 750 or more 80
High school comprising grades 10 to 12, inclusive ...... 750 or more 80
The maximum total building areas per pupil allowed to applicants having schools with smaller estimated enrollments than shown in the above schedule shall be determined by the State Department of Education, and shall be building areas to provide comparable facilities to those enumerated above, and shall be the least building area required to house adequately the estimated enrollment and the normal instructional and other services.
No estimate of enrollment made by an applicant for the purpose of justifying an apportionment shall be made for a longer time than the second fiscal year beyond the fiscal year in which an application is made, and in no case shall be given effect unless approved by the State Department of Education.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=15719.
- Text hash
- sha256 f5d4af885a5ef06e6f40dfa3b1d43e3f8f101362deb17af9829fada1e4a4dcb7
- Composed by
- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
- printed leader lines (blanks in a form) are shown as ______ or ......
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.