§ 17490 Schoolsite Retention Authority

Education Code·California

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Key Takeaways

•Schools can sell or rent part of their land, but they can keep buildings and nearby land if needed.
•The school must keep enough land so the buildings don’t lose more than half their value.
•The school board decides how much land to keep to protect the value of the buildings.

Example

A school wants to sell some of its empty land but has a gym and classrooms on part of it.

The school can sell the empty land but must keep the gym, classrooms, and enough land around them so those buildings don’t lose more than half their worth.

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§ 17490 Schoolsite Retention Authority

In determining what portion of a schoolsite shall be offered for sale or lease pursuant to this article, the governing board may retain any part of the schoolsite containing structures or buildings, together with such land adjacent thereto which, as determined by the governing board, must be included in order to avoid reducing the value of that part of the schoolsite containing such structures or buildings to less than 50 percent of fair market value. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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schoolsite governing board fair market value

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Education Code. Section 17490.

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