Except as provided in Section 17041, no project shall be approved, the building area of 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 unit of estimated average daily attendance in excess of that computed in accordance with Sections 17043, 17044, 17045, and 17046.

As used in Sections 17041.5, 17043, 17044, 17045, and 17046, “maximum area” means maximum area of school building

construction and “attendance unit” means unit of estimated average daily attendance.

As used in this section and Sections 17045 and 17046, “attendance center” means a school maintained or to be maintained at a given location within a district. Enrollment projections shall be made for the third fiscal year beyond the fiscal year in which the application is made for a project for kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 6, inclusive, and for the fourth fiscal year beyond the fiscal year in which the application is made for a junior high school or high school project. Except as otherwise provided by the board, the estimates of average daily attendance shall be based upon the number of family dwellings and mobilehome parks, as defined in Section 18214 of the Health and Safety Code, under construction or newly constructed and never occupied in the district and the number of children residing in the district. In no case shall an estimate be given effect unless approved by the

board.

For the purposes of this chapter, pupils attending grades 7 and 8 in an elementary district, but residing in a high school district that maintains one or more junior high schools, shall not be considered in determining or estimating the average daily attendance of the elementary district, unless one of the following conditions is met:

school district and the high school district continues to qualify for a project, other than a project pursuant to Section 17041, on the basis of the remaining 7th and 8th grade pupils. In no event shall a facility be constructed for the withdrawn 7th and 8th grade pupils at a distance less than one and one-half miles from the nearest proposed or existing junior high facility.

When these pupils are so considered in determining or estimating the average daily attendance of the elementary district, they shall not be considered in determining or estimating average daily attendance of the high school district for junior high school purposes.

school construction for the purposes of all subsequent project applications by the district under this chapter.

other requirement that may be levied by the school district pursuant to Section 17620, in addition to that tax or other charge, not exceed the amount deemed by the governing board to be necessary for the interim school facilities needs of the district.

Where 75 percent or more of the total cost of a project approved under this chapter is to be funded by the applicant district from sources other than any state program administered by the board, the area of the allowable new building construction for that project, and the amount of the building cost allowed for that project under this chapter, shall each be increased by 5 percent, plus 1 percent for each 1 percent by which that local contribution exceeds 75 percent.

enrollment, the estimate of average daily attendance shall be based on enrollment projections for any period of time, as requested by the district, up to and including that permitted by Section 17040.

In the event that the applicant district has not executed all contractual agreements necessary for the complete construction of the project within a period of 18 months following the board’s approval of the project, this subdivision shall cease to apply to the project with regard to any state funding of the project not yet disbursed. Upon request of the applicant district and approval by the board, this 18-month period may be extended for an additional period of up to six months to account for one or more delays resulting from circumstances beyond the district’s control.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the board may use, for purposes of determining the estimate of average daily attendance for an applicant school district, a master plan that has been prepared by a district that includes the additional pupils due to increases in housing units within the boundaries of the district or attendance area. Before a master plan may be used, both of the following conditions shall be satisfied:

local general obligation bond or has obtained funds pursuant to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, as set forth by Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, to provide local matching funds for school facility projects for which approval is being sought pursuant to this section.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the board shall exclude the area of enclosed stairs and appropriate landings for each floor level served from the computation of the allowable building area of multistory buildings for any applicant school district.

any application for project funding under this chapter for which the final apportionment for construction of the project had not been made on or prior to December 1, 1987.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the board shall provide that building area for enclosed hallways in the second or higher story of any building shall be counted as two-thirds of the actual area. For purposes of this section “enclosed hallways” includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:

between buildings that are 20 feet or more apart.

Where an applicant district that is eligible under this chapter for project funding of new construction of school facilities on an existing schoolsite, which site has less than 50 percent of the land recommended under State Department of Education guidelines, as published in the School Site Analysis and Development Handbook in effect on January 1, 1987, the area of allowable new building construction for that project shall be increased by the square footage of any existing one-story school facility or facilities to be replaced under the project by one or more

multistory school facilities.

(A) For a project for kindergarten or any of the grades 1 to 6, inclusive, 90 pupils per acre.

(B) For a project for a junior high school

project, 80 pupils per acre.

(C) For a project for a senior high school project, 70 pupils per acre.

the project and the existing school facilities.

Whenever the area of adequate school construction existing in any attendance area is such as to prevent another attendance area from receiving the maximum area of school construction for each unit of attendance as specified for the district as a whole, the allowable building area may be computed separately for each attendance area. For the purposes of this section and Section 17041.5, an “attendance area” is defined as the geographical area serving an existing or proposed high school and those junior high schools and elementary schools included

therein.

If requested by the applicant district, the board shall provide assistance to the district in preparing the necessary documents for self-certification pursuant to this chapter.

the inaccuracy was intended. No later than 30 calendar days after receipt of the determinations certified pursuant to subdivision (a), the board shall notify the district of any inaccuracies identified under this subdivision.

In the event that the review is performed by the board, that review shall be completed no later than 45 calendar days subsequent to the board’s receipt from the district of all documentation necessary for that purpose.

its certification of funding eligibility for any project is found by the board to contain any material inaccuracy, any building area constructed as a result, in excess of the building area to which the district was entitled for purposes of that project, shall be included in the calculation of the area of adequate school construction for the purposes of all subsequent project applications by the district under this chapter. In addition, the board shall impose both of the following penalties:

state general obligation bonds as established pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, whichever is greater. The amount of any repayment owing under this paragraph for any fiscal year, which is not repaid otherwise by the district, shall be withheld by the board from any project funding that otherwise would be allocated to that district under this chapter in that fiscal year. As to any repayment obligation remaining for that fiscal year, the board shall notify the Superintendent of Public Instruction, who shall withhold the amount of that remaining obligation from the apportionments to be made to the district from the State School Fund in that fiscal year.

district, for a period of up to five years following the date of the finding of a material inaccuracy, or until the district’s repayment of the entire amount owing under paragraph (1), whichever occurs later.

discovered.

For the purposes of Sections 17041 and 17041.5, allowable building area may be computed, in the alternative to the methods prescribed by Section 17041, for any combination of two or more adjacent high school attendance areas pursuant to the following conditions:

building area of a project for the construction of district administration and maintenance facilities.

The board shall, in allocating funds for school facilities construction pursuant to this chapter, give first priority to applicant districts proposing additional classrooms within their maximum allowable building area before allocating funds to applicant districts proposing administration and maintenance facilities.

cost standards applicable to the project. In addition, the increase in building area authorized under this subdivision is exempt, for purposes of any subsequent application for project funding under this chapter, from the calculation of existing adequate school construction of the district.

of estimated average daily attendance. The monetary rates set forth in this paragraph shall be increased annually for inflation for the prior calendar year on the basis of the cost index for class B construction as determined in the January meeting of the board.

considered adequate school construction for the purpose of determining the maximum total building area per attendance unit.

The board may make exceptions to the provisions of this section, or to the rules adopted pursuant thereto, if it determines that the exception or exceptions will be for the benefit of pupils affected.

or programs.

for one additional five-year period where the board finds that the continued use of the leased portable classrooms for classroom purposes is justified by additional growth in average daily attendance pursuant to the standards established by this part. If the board finds continued use to be no longer justified, it may extend the exclusion for a period of up to two years as necessary to maintain the eligibility of the applicant district for project funding pursuant to this chapter if the board finds that the district has made a good faith effort to obtain that funding in a timely manner. The additional five-year exclusion shall not apply to any portable classroom for which, under the lease agreement, the district is to take title, or the total consideration paid by the district for the lease and an option to purchase is determined by the board to be substantially equivalent to the cost of acquiring title.

“portable classroom” means a classroom building of modular design and construction that meets all of the following criteria:

station” means any space that was constructed or reconstructed to serve as an area in which to provide pupil instruction.

number of teaching stations for the particular grade level, as determined under paragraph (1).