What are the Major Constitutional Requirements of a Bond Oversight Committee?

FAQ 4

What are the Major Constitutional Requirements

of a Bond Oversight Committee?

These requirements are as follows:

1. Determine whether a district is spending the bond monies for construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement of school facilities, including the furnishing, and equipping of school facilities, or the acquisition or lease of real property for school facilities.

2. Advise the public as to whether a district is spending the bond monies for the purposes specified above and not for any other purpose, including teacher and administrator salaries and other school operating expenses

3. Determine whether a district is spending the bond monies for the specific school facilities projects listed in the bond measure information given to the public prior to the vote.

4. Receive and review copies of an annual, independent performance audit to ensure that the funds have been expended only on the specific projects listed.

5. Receive and review copies of an annual, independent financial audit of the proceeds from the sale of the bonds until all those proceeds have been expended for the school facilities projects (listed in the bond measure)

In short, the Education Code requires the CBOC to review and report out to public whether the projects identified to be funded by the bond money is being spent as promised and efficiently and not for efforts which were not approved by the voters or for operating expenses.

 

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