Cal. Educ. Code § 17078.35 — Assistance to Small School Districts

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Final apportionment” has the same meaning as “apportionment” as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 17070.15.

(b) “Preliminary application” means an application for a preliminary apportionment pursuant to this article.

(c) “Preliminary apportionment” means a reservation of bond authority for eligible applicants under this article in advance of full compliance with all of the application requirements otherwise required for an apportionment pursuant to this chapter.

(d) “Project and construction management grant” means a grant for purposes of obtaining the services from a county office of education, other local educational agency with applicable school facilities construction expertise, applicable state department, or a certified private construction consulting entity from the list maintained pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 17078.47, to assist with the planning, site acquisition, preconstruction, construction, and closeout of a project.

(e) “Small school district” is a school district, as defined in Section 17070.15, with an enrollment of fewer than 2,501 pupils.