General Information
Senate Bill 15 amended the Joint-Use Program created by Assembly Bill 16 under the School Facility Program (SFP). Fifty million dollars was made available and partly apportioned in July 2003 for joint-use projects, and another 50 million dollars was made available for apportionment at the August 2004 State Allocation Board (SAB), due to Proposition 55 passing in March 2004.

This program allows a school district to utilize funds from a joint-use partner to build a joint-use project the district would not otherwise be able to build due to lack of financial resources. There are two types of joint-use projects that the district may apply for, which are referred to as Type I and Type II.

Type I Joint-Use Project
• The joint-use partner is a governmental agency, higher education, or a nonprofit organization
• The joint-use project is part of a qualifying SFP new construction application
• The facility is located at the school site of the SFP project
• The project increases the size, creates extra cost, or does both of the multipurpose room, gymnasium, childcare facility, library and/or teacher education facility
• There is an approvable Joint-Use Agreement that meets the criteria of Education Code Section 17077.42
• The project has square footage eligibility as specified in Regulation Section 1859.124 (except if the project is for extra cost)
• The contract was executed after April 29, 2002
• The project has Division of the State Architect (DSA) approved plans
• The project has California Department of Education (CDE) approval of plans

Type I Application Requirements
• Completed Application for Joint-Use Funding (Form SAB 50-07)
• Final Division of State Architect (DSA) approved plans and specifications
• California Department of Education (CDE) Plan Approval letter
• Cost Estimate of proposed site development, if requesting site development funding
• A cost estimate to construct the joint-use project, if the district is requesting Extra Cost funding pursuant to Section 1859.125.1
• Joint-Use Agreement, that complies with the requirements of Education Code Section 17077.42

Type II Joint-Use Project
• The joint-use partner is a governmental agency, Higher Education, or a nonprofit organization
• The joint-use project reconfigures existing school buildings, constructs new school buildings, or both to provide for multipurpose room, gymnasium, childcare facility, library, teacher education facility, and/or pupil academic achievement facility--only if plans and specifications were accepted by DSA prior to January 1, 2004
• The project to reconfigure an existing building may be part of a qualifying SFP modernization application located at the school site of the SFP project, or
• The project to reconfigure or construct a new school building may be submitted as a stand alone project located on the public school site
• The school does not have the type of facility or the existing facility is inadequate
• There is an approvable Joint-Use Agreement that meets the criteria of Education Code Section 17077.42
• The project has square footage eligibility as specified in Regulation Section 1859.124
• The contract was executed after April 29, 2002
• The project has DSA approved plans and CDE final plan approval if the project is part of a SFP modernization application
• The project has preliminary plans and CDE approval of the preliminary plans if it is a stand alone project

Type II Application Requirements
• Completed Application for Joint-Use Funding (Form SAB 50-07)
• Final Division of State Architect (DSA) approved plans and specifications if the joint-use project will be part of a qualifying School Facility Program (SFP Modernization project, or preliminary plans if the joint-use project will not be part of a qualifying SFP Modernization project
• California Department of Education (CDE) Plan Approval letter
• Cost Estimate for proposed site development, if requesting site development funding
• Joint-Use Agreement, that complies with the requirements of Education Code Section 17077.42

To learn more about each type of joint-use project and specific criteria for the Joint-Use Program, please refer to the School Facility Program Handbook, Section 8, Joint-Use Projects. An Application for Funding (Form SAB 50-07), may be submitted to the OPSC through May 31, 2005 for apportionment consideration at the SAB meeting in July 2005.

Contacts
If you have any questions regarding filing a joint-use application, please contact your OPSC Project Manager.