Last February, Public Advocates sued the state of California because the current school facilities bonds facilitates inequality between poorer and wealthier districts. From their filing:

.  “California’s system of funding school facility modernization projects through local and state bonds is based on district wealth. Not only do low-wealth school districts have less access to local bond revenue compared to their wealthier neighbors, but they also have less access to state modernization bonds as a result. The current system is structured to provide all districts with a 60% state match, regardless of need, thereby advantage wealthier districts which have exponentially greater ability to raise local funds, which in turn are matched by the state in greater amounts. Districts with lower funding streams and smaller tax bases report higher levels of facility deficiencies, which directly impacts the quality of education. The result is an unequal system in which students in low-wealth districts receive an education inferior to that of their peers in higher-wealth districts in violation of California’s Equal Protection Clause.“

In response to the suit the legislature and governor changed the school facilities bond on the ballot in November to include a ‘special fund’ for the poorest districts.  But this, like the Basic Aid system, lets wealthy communities continue as is, while giving  a little extra state support for the poorest districts. Their schools will still be old, undermaintained and lacking modern heating/cooling/filtration— while schools in wealthier districts will have new modern buildings paid for by the state.