Education Code section 17251.5

Notwithstanding any law, when using exclusively local funds for acquisition of a potential schoolsite, a school district is not required to receive final approval of a site by the State Department of Education prior to adopting a resolution of necessity in an eminent domain proceeding or prior to closing escrow on a site purchase through voluntary sale.

Source: Section 17251.5, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=17251.5. (updated Apr. 29, 2002; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/education_code_section_17251.5

Original Source: Section 17251.5, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=17251.5. (last accessed May 12, 2025).