State Bond Initiatives
Proposition 39 bond election results, passed on March 5, 2002, authorized the sale of approximately $7bn of bonds by school districts for repair, construction, or replacement of school facilities and classrooms.
Assembly Bill 16 is a $25.3bn statewide bond package for public school construction and modernization.
Federal School Renovation Technology Grantsls,
(August, 2002)The California Department of Education (CDE) recently announced a new program for the purpose of reducing the student-to-multimedia computer ratio in the 4th-8th grades. Through a competitive grant process, approximately $33 million will be made available to recently renovated schools in California to reduce the ratio to 10:1 at the funded school.
Spectrum Communications provides computer packages for this program from companies like Dell and Apple Computer. Contact our Sales Department for more information.
To obtain information about the Federal Renovation Program grant administered by the Office of Public School Construction in the California Department of General Services, please visit their web site at http://www.opsc.dgs.ca.gov.