Education Code section 19996

(a)

The estimated costs of a project for which an application is submitted shall be consistent with normal public construction costs in the applicant’s area.

(b)

An applicant wishing to construct a project having costs that exceed normal public construction costs in the area may apply for a grant in an amount not to exceed 65 percent of the normal costs up to a maximum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) per project if the applicant certifies that it is capable of financing the remainder of the project costs from other sources.

Source: Section 19996, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=19996.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1999; accessed Jun. 30, 2025).

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