Career Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County
Attn: Ms. Leslie Simmons
1030 Apollo Way, Suite 200
Santa Rosa, CA 95407

Dear Ms. Simmons:

Apportionment to the Career Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County, Fiscal Year 2023–24

This apportionment, in the amount of $1,000,000, is made from the General Fund to the Career Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County, pursuant to Control Section 19.568(c)(18) added to the Budget Act of 2023 in Section 264 of Assembly Bill 102 (Chapter 38, Statutes of 2023) as amended by Control Section 19.568(c)(18) of Section 97 of Senate Bill (SB) 104 (Chapter 189, Statutes of 2023). The apportionment represents 100 percent of the funds available to the Career Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County in the fiscal year 2023–24.

The purpose of this funding is for the Career Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County to support the North Bay Construction Corps program expansion into Mendocino County, which is an after-school, 3-month, basic construction training program for seniors in their last semester of high school. Furthermore, pursuant to Control Section 19.568(a), funds shall be available for encumbrance through June 30, 2025, and expenditure until June 30, 2027. Funds may be used to pay for costs incurred prior to the enactment of SB 104.

Warrants will be mailed approximately three weeks from the date of this letter. This letter and the accompanying apportionment schedule are posted on the California Department of Education’s webpage at http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/ca/specprogonetime23.asp.

If you have any questions regarding this apportionment, please contact the Categorical Allocations and Audit Resolutions Office by email at CAAR@cde.ca.gov.

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Dearstyne, Director
School Fiscal Services Division