Wiseburn Unified has nearly $5 million in school modernization applications on state workload; CalSHAPE grants reimbursements continue

April Thompson, director of state funding at King Consulting, told the Wiseburn Unified School District Board of Education on Oct. 23 that four modernization applications for the district's solar projects are on the state Office of Public School Construction's workload and total nearly $5 million.

Thompson said the applications were submitted under Proposition 51 regulations but will be funded from bond proceeds sold under Proposition 2, which moved the applications into the workload once Proposition 2 passed. "All of these applications totaling almost $5,000,000 are currently on the workload, and they are within bonding authority for Proposition 2," she said.

The board heard that being on the workload generally means the district is within bond authority and eligible for funding when bond proceeds are available. Thompson explained that modernization dollars under Proposition 2 have been nearly exhausted by earlier applications, but…