(a) (1) The board may provide evaluation and response action funding for response costs of the removal of hazardous waste or solid waste, the removal of hazardous substances, or other response action in connection with hazardous substances at an existing schoolsite, in the same manner as provided in Section 17072.13.
(2) Funding as set forth in paragraph (1) may be provided to a school district that has not applied for, or received, funds from the board for the acquisition of a new schoolsite, but which has incurred, or will incur, response costs necessary for the development of the existing schoolsite, if the school district is otherwise eligible for funding under this chapter.
(b) A school district may apply for funding pursuant to this section prior to having construction plans for that site approved by the Division of the State Architect or by the State Department of Education if the school district is otherwise eligible for funding under this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 935, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2003.)