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Exercise the Board of Supervisors option under California Government Code 53853 to notify certain school districts that it will not authorize the issuance of tax and revenue anticipation notes ("TRANs") of the Districts and to provide such notification by July 10, 2015.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Exercise the Board of Supervisors option under California Government Code 53853 to notify certain school districts that it will not authorize the issuance of tax and revenue anticipation notes ("TRANs") of the Districts and to provide such notification by July 10, 2015.
SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION:
The Districts have elected to participate in a cash flow borrowing program (the "Program") sponsored by the California School Boards Association Finance Corporation. As in prior years, the Program is structured to provide participating county boards of education, school districts, and community college districts with economies of scale by reducing the staff time and issuance costs incurred in tax and revenue anticipation note ("TRAN") borrowings. One or more TRANs are expected to be issued from time to time by or on behalf of each of the Districts and pooled with some or all of the other participating county boards of education, school districts, and community college districts in the Program to secure the issuance of Bonds or Certificates of Participation ("COPs"), depending on market conditions. If Bonds are selected, they would be issued by the California School Cash Reserve Program Authority in one of more series of Bonds (a single series of Bonds corresponding to each pool of TRANs if there are more than one), the principal of and interest on which will be paid from principal and interest payments on the TRANs in the corresponding pool. If COPs are selected, they would be executed by a trustee to evidence and represent proportionate undivided interests in the payments of principal and interest on the TRANs in t...
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