{"data":{"id":"us-ca/edc-19996","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EDC § 19996","heading":"","body":"(a) The estimated costs of a project for which an application is submitted shall be consistent with normal public construction costs in the applicant’s area.\n(b) An applicant wishing to construct a project having costs that exceed normal public construction costs in the area may apply for a grant in an amount not to exceed 65 percent of the normal costs up to a maximum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) per project if the applicant certifies that it is capable of financing the remainder of the project costs from other sources.","path":["Education Code - EDC","TITLE 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS [1. - 32527.]","DIVISION 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS [1. - 32527.]","PART 11. LIBRARIES [18010. - 20092.]","CHAPTER 12. California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 2000 [19985. - 20011.]","ARTICLE 2. Program Provisions [19987. - 19999.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"7ffc17d1ea11743055945bbe356000b887c2aa9f5080fdf9ce7d6e7ce964885b","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/edc-19995","next":"us-ca/edc-19997"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}