§ 15731 School Facility Repayment Adjustment
This law lets a school district that can get special funding ask to lower its yearly loan payments by using a calculation based on how many students it could have built schools for and the cost per student.
A district could have built schools for 5,000 students but only has money for 3,000. It asks to reduce its loan payment using the formula in this law.
The board figures out how many "eligible attendance units" (students) the district could have served, multiplies that by the average cost per student, then adds one‑twentieth of that amount to the payment the district must make. That extra amount counts as allowed debt service, so the district pays less out of pocket.
Eligible Facilities Cost = Eligible Attendance Units × Average Cost per Pupil Additional Amount = (1/20) × Eligible Facilities Cost
District could have built schools for 5,000 students. The latest report says the average cost per pupil is $12,000.
Result: Eligible Facilities Cost = 5,000 × $12,000 = $60,000,000 Additional Amount = (1/20) × $60,000,000 = $3,000,000 So the Director adds $3 million to the amount certified, and that $3 million counts as eligible debt service.
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§ 15731 School Facility Repayment Adjustment
Last verified: January 10, 2026