Section 17078.18.

Projects funded under this article shall meet all of the following criteria:

(a) The project is a new construction project to build new pupil capacity to relieve overcrowding.

(b) The proposed school facility shall be located in the proposed general location, as set forth in Section 17078.22, of the school or schools that have the conditions and pupils that establish the eligibility pursuant to this article as set forth in subdivision (c).

(c) At least 75 percent of the projected pupil occupancy of the project facilities shall come from a source school or source schools that have a site pupil population density greater than 115 pupils per acre in grades kindergarten to six, inclusive, or a site pupil population density greater than 90 pupils per acre in grades seven to 12, inclusive, as determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction using enrollment data from the California Basic Educational Data System for the 2001–02 school year. For source schools with grades that include a combination of kindergarten to six, inclusive, and seven to 12, inclusive, the controlling source schoolsite pupil population density shall be the one applicable to the grade levels in which the majority of the pupils are enrolled at the source school.

(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 33, Sec. 24. Effective April 29, 2002.)