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School Facilities Fee (Level 1) - Richland SD

Levied by Richland School District on new development in Shafter. Authorized under the Ed. Code Sec. 17620; Gov. Code Sec. 65995 et seq. (statutory school facilities fee). Collected at building permit.

What one house pays

$7,000

For a typical home: a 2,000 sq ft detached house on a 0.13 acre lot, on a new subdivision lot.

Share of Shafter's total
22%
Total one-time fees here
$31,067
Adjustment
Adjusts only when the board sets a new amount
what the document says

by resolution — the District adopts each increase by Board resolution (Res. No. 2026-14 took the SAB's January 28, 2026 increase); the Report states the statutory maximum itself is adjusted by the State Allocation Board every other year. No index is named for the District's own fee.

The record

Why it exists

“The purpose of the Reportable Fees imposed and collected on Development within the District is to fund additional school facilities required to serve the students of the District generated by Development within the District.”

Annual and Five-Year Reportable Fees Report, Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2025, s. III.A, p.7 · source document ↗
What it pays for

“Specifically, the Reportable Fees will be used for the construction and/or acquisition of additional school facilities, remodeling existing school facilities to accommodate new growth from new development including, but not limited to, adding additional classrooms, technology and acquiring and installing additional portable classrooms. (Government Code Section 66001(d)(1)(A))”

Annual and Five-Year Reportable Fees Report, FY ending 2025-06-30, s. III.A, p.7 · source document ↗
Where it applies

“The District provides education to students in grades Transitional Kindergarten ("TK") through 8 residing within a portion of the City of Shafter ("City") and a portion of the unincorporated area of the County of Kern ("County").”

School Facilities Fee Justification Report, Richland School District, June 22, 2026, s. II "The School District", p.3 · source document ↗
When it was adopted

2026-06-22

“3.4.7 APPROVE ASSESSMENT OF A STATEWIDE INCREASE IN LEVEL 1 SCHOOL FACILITIES FEES RESOLUTION NO. 2026-14 (D)(V) … The recommendation was to approve Resolution No. 2026-14 regarding School Facilities Fees. Motion: Aguirre Second: DeWitt Ayes: 5 Nayes: 0 Abstain: 0 Absent: 0”

Richland School District, Governing Board of Trustees, Regular Board Meeting Minutes, Monday, June 22, 2026, item 3.4.7, p.7 of 9; minutes "BOARD APPROVED ON AUGUST 10, 2026" · source document ↗
Who adopted it

Resolution No. 2026-14

“3.4.7 APPROVE ASSESSMENT OF A STATEWIDE INCREASE IN LEVEL 1 SCHOOL FACILITIES FEES RESOLUTION NO. 2026-14 (D)(V) … The recommendation was to approve Resolution No. 2026-14 regarding School Facilities Fees. Motion: Aguirre Second: DeWitt Ayes: 5 Nayes: 0 Abstain: 0 Absent: 0”

Richland School District, Governing Board of Trustees, Regular Board Meeting Minutes, Monday, June 22, 2026, item 3.4.7, p.7 of 9; minutes "BOARD APPROVED ON AUGUST 10, 2026" · source document ↗
When it is paid

at building permit

“AB 2926 also established cities or counties may not issue a building permit for a development project unless such School Fees have been paid and set the maximum level of School Fees at $1.50 per square foot for residential development and $0.25 per square foot for commercial/industrial development.”

School Facilities Fee Justification Report, June 22, 2026, s. I "Introduction", p.1 — this is the Report's recital of the statute; no district collection procedure is stated in it · source document ↗
Who is exempt

“the determination of the applicable fee, if any, is subject to a showing that the Replacement Square Footage results in an increase in student enrollment and, therefore, an additional impact being placed on the District to provide school facilities for new student enrollment.”

School Facilities Fee Justification Report, June 22, 2026, s. III.A.2.b.i "Existing Residential Dwelling Units", p.6 · source document ↗
Credits and offsets

“Any reduction to the School Fee would only occur if the reduced amount falls below the School Fee. In such a case, the District would levy the reduced amount per square foot of new residential construction for the subject Reconstruction project.”

School Facilities Fee Justification Report, June 22, 2026, s. III.A.2.b.ii "Existing Commercial/Industrial Construction", p.7 · source document ↗

Every published rate

Land useApplies toBasisEffectiveAmount
Richland SD
Residential this home per sq ft 22 Jun 2026 $3.50

“On January 28, 2026, the SAB approved an increase to the maximum School Fee that may be imposed by a unified school district on residential development to $5.38 per square foot. The District is required to share a portion of the maximum School Fee with Kern Union High School District, as a result the District can only collect 65 percent, or $3.50 per square foot, for all new Future Units built within its boundaries.”

School Facilities Fee Justification Report, Richland School District, June 22, 2026, s. V.A "Maximum Residential School Fee", p.14 · source document ↗
Senior age-restricted (senior) housing per sq ft — $0.57
the line this rate was read from

“Government Code Sections 65995.1 and 65995.2 provide that school districts may only charge the School Fees applicable to Commercial/Industrial Development for qualified age-restricted (senior) housing. Qualified age-restricted (senior) housing generates employees resulting in school facility impact similar to those impacts from other Commercial/Industrial Development categories specific herein.”

the levying document · source document ↗

About these figures

Quoted, not summarized. Every amount and fact on this page is copied from the official document it links to. If we couldn’t find something in a document, we leave it blank instead of guessing.

Before any discounts. Some fees offer credits, waivers or phase-ins. They’re listed above but not subtracted, because whether you qualify depends on your project.

Check the date. Fees change. This page shows what was in force on the date at the top, with a link to the document that set it, so you can confirm the current amount yourself. How all of this is put together.

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