School Facilities Fee (Level 1) - Coachella Valley USD

“The purpose of the fee is to pay for the construction and/or acquisition of new public school facilities necessary to serve students expected to be generated from new residential and commercial/industrial development.”

“The fees will be collected and may be used to repay debt service for financings issued for the purpose of providing new school facilities or to pay directly for the acquisition and/or construction of such facilities. The fees may also be used to pay for the leasing or acquisition of portable classrooms to meet the temporary needs of students generated from new development. The fees may also be used to pay for the installation of interim facilities and to pay for the costs of replacing interim facilities with permanent facilities.”

“The CVUSD began operation on July 1, 1973. CVUSD is located in the southeastern section of Riverside County, including a portion of Imperial County. The geographical areas of the District include portions of the cities of Coachella, La Quinta and Indio, as well as unincorporated communities of Thermal, Mecca, Oasis, Salton City, North Shore, Desert Shores and Salton Sea Beach. This area covers over 1,200 square miles.”

2022-11-17 (adopted); effective 2023-01-16

“ON NOVEMBER 17, 2022, THE COACHELLA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTED ITS STATUTORY SCHOOL FEE RESOLUTION AND SCHOOL FACILITIES NEEDS ANALYSIS IN COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 65995.5, 65995.6 AND 65995.7.”

at building permit

“The School Fee Legislation provides that development fees are to be collected prior to the issuance of a building permit. Furthermore, no city or county is authorized to issue a building permit for new residential or commercial/industrial projects unless it first certifies with the appropriate school district that the developer of the project has complied with the development fee requirement.”

Coachella Valley Unified School District, the agency that levies it

“THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ACCEPTS CASHIER'S CHECKS PAYABLE TO COACHELLA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT / OUR OFFICE IS LOCATED AT 83733 55th AVENUE, THERMAL, CA 92274 / WE ACCEPT PAYMENTS BETWEEN 9:00AM TO 4:00PM.”

“The District may levy the applicable Statutory School Fees if an unmitigated impact exists once an analysis has been done on the impact on school facilities from such new construction and consideration has been given as to the applicability of giving credit for the previously existing impacts.”