Overcrowded Schools

Provides information necessary to qualify for the overcrowded school programs. The programs provide funding for construction of new classrooms to reduce school site pupil density and to replace portable classrooms with permanent construction.

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Critically Overcrowded School Program
Allows qualifying school districts to receive a four-year reservation of state funds for school site acquisition and construction.

Overcrowding Relief Grants
Provides funding to replace portable classrooms with permanent construction buildings. Eligible school sites must have a pupil population density at or above 175% of the California Department of Education's recommended pupil population density.

 

Questions:   Fred Yeager | fyeager@cde.ca.gov | 916-327-7148