California Schools Healthy Air, Plumbing, and Efficiency Program Activities and Expenditures: Annual Report on Program Year 2023

The School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program was established by Assembly Bill 841 (Ting, Chapter 372, Statutes of 2020) and is referred to as the California Schools Healthy Air, Plumbing, and Efficiency Program for program administration. The California Schools Healthy Air, Plumbing, and Efficiency Program consists of two grant programs, the Ventilation Program and Plumbing Program. The programs provide funding to local educational agencies for assessing, maintaining, repairing, and replacing ventilation systems in California schools and funding to local educational agencies and state agencies for replacing aging and water inefficient plumbing fixtures and appliances with water-conserving plumbing fixtures and appliances.

This report is prepared as directed and in compliance with Section 25208 of the Public Resources Code to include the following: “The commission shall submit a report to the relevant policy committees of the Legislature and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee describing programmatic activities and spending pursuant to the School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program.

(b) The report shall include both of the following:

(1) A description of any changes to guidelines and budget.

(2) A summary of past spending, activities funded, and expected changes in funding and activities for the next year.

(c) As part of the report, the commission may include information that is already provided in reports submitted to and approved by the Public Utilities Commission, as applicable.”

This report describes program activities in calendar year 2023, including the budget, expansion of eligibility, development of the HVAC Assessment Report, and grants awarded.