On January 25, 2023, the State Allocation Board (“SAB”) increased the per pupil grant amounts awarded to school districts qualifying for new construction or modernization funding under the School Facility Program (“SFP”). The 9.3 percent increase is the second highest...
A recent published case, Albert Bates et al., v. Poway Unified School District 83 Cal.App.5th 907 (hereafter Poway), restricts the uses to which reimbursements for school facilities projects under the Leroy F. Greene Act (“Greene Act”) can be put. The court clarified...
In a case important to school districts relying on state construction hardship funding, the California Court of Appeal has ruled that school districts are entitled to keep state hardship funds not spent on projects completed underbudget. San Bernadino City Unified...
Tao Rossini, APC is proud to share the news that Martin Hom, a senior partner with the firm, was recently awarded the James L. Murdoch Lifetime Achievement Award at CASH’s 43rd Annual Conference on School Facilities in Sacramento. This prestigious award is named in...
Requiring contractors, such as construction contractors and design consultants, to carry insurance is one of the ways public entities can protect themselves from financial harm resulting from the errors and omissions of those contractors. In the event a contractor...
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