§ 16097 School Building Fund Use

Education Code·California

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This law says school districts must spend state building money exactly the way the board decided and only for those reasons, and they have to report how they spend it.

Key Takeaways

•Spend the money exactly as the board allocated it.
•Use the money only for the purpose it was given for.
•Provide required reports on how the money was spent.

Example

A district gets $2 million from the state to build a new library.

The district can only use that $2 million to build the library, not to buy computers for classrooms or pay teachers, and it must turn in reports showing the money was used for the library.

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§ 16097 School Building Fund Use

The governing board of each school district to which an apportionment has been made under this chapter shall expend the moneys in the state school building fund of the school district exactly as apportioned by the board and only for the purposes for which the moneys were apportioned to the district, and for no other purpose, and shall make the reports relating to the expenditure of the moneys that the board and the Controller shall require. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

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governing board state school building fund apportioned Controller

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Education Code. Section 16097.

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