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HomeEducation CodeCh. 12Art. 2§ 19995 Grant Matching Fund Requirements

§ 19995 Grant Matching Fund Requirements

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§ 19995 Grant Matching Fund Requirements

Key Takeaways

  • •If you get money from this grant, you must pay 35% of the project cost yourself. The grant covers the other 65%, but no more than $20 million.
  • •The 35% you pay must be real money spent in the last 3 years. Stuff like free help or donated items usually doesn’t count.
  • •If you donate land for the project, its value can count toward your 35%. But this doesn’t work if the land was bought with certain government funds.
  • •Money spent on architect plans for building or fixing a library can also count toward your 35%, even if you paid for the plans more than 3 years ago.

Example

A town wants to build a new library that costs $10 million.

The town must pay $3.5 million (35%) themselves. The grant will cover the remaining $6.5 million (65%). The town can use money they’ve spent in the last 3 years, or even the value of land they donate for the library, to meet their $3.5 million share.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 19995 Grant Matching Fund Requirements

(a) Each grant recipient shall provide matching funds from any available source in an amount equal to 35 percent of the costs of the project. The remaining 65 percent of the costs of the project, up to a maximum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) per project, shall be provided through allocations from the fund. (b) Qualifying matching funds shall be cash expenditures in the categories specified in Section 19989 which are made not earlier than three years prior to the submission of the application to the State Librarian. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), in-kind expenditures do not qualify as matching funds. (c) Land donated or otherwise acquired for use as a site for the facility, including, but not limited to, land purchased more than three years prior to the submission of the application to the State Librarian, may be credited towards the 35 percent matching funds requirement at its appraised value as of the date of the application. This subdivision shall not apply to land acquired with funds authorized pursuant to Part 68 (commencing with Section 100400). (d) Architect fees for plans and drawings for library renovation and new construction, including, but not limited to, plans and drawings purchased more than three years prior to the submission of the application to the State Librarian, may be credited towards the 35 percent matching funds requirement. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 14 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

matching funds35 percent65 percenttwenty million dollarscash expendituresappraised value

Related Statutes

  • § 19989 Public Library Facility Funding
  • § 19990 Grant Fund Restrictions
  • § 19996 Project Cost Grant Limits
  • § 17010 Project Construction Authority
  • § 17011 School Project Funding Sources

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Education Code. Section 19995.
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