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School Facilities Fee (Level 1) - Sacramento City USD

Levied by Sacramento City Unified School District (Board of Education) on new development in Sacramento. 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

$10,760

This fee is not in Sacramento's published figure. This site publishes a home outside any plan area, and this charge applies only in Sacramento City USD. The amount shown is what it costs a house that is there.

Total one-time fees here
$60,437
Adjustment
Adjusts only when the board sets a new amount
what the document says

by resolution — the Board changes the amount by resolution on a fee justification study; the Resolution contains no index, no percentage and no automatic adjustment clause

The record

Why it exists

“That the purpose of the school fees is to provide adequate school facilities for the students of the District who will be generated by residential and commercial/industrial development in the District.”

Resolution No. 3589, 2026-05-21, finding 3, Resolution page 3 · source document ↗
What it pays for

“That the school fees levied against new residential, commercial and industrial development will be used in accordance with Education Code section 17620 to finance or fund school facilities necessary to accommodate students generated from new development, including, without limitation, the construction, reconstruction, or refurbishment of school facilities or other supporting facilities required in response to new student growth and to maintain a level of service commensurate with that presently existing district-wide, acquisition or lease of property for unhoused students generated from new development in areas of the District where such property may be needed and when needed, and purchase or lease of interim or temporary school facilities in order to accommodate student capacity demands or to house students during construction, reconstruction or refurbishment of school facilities, scheduled debt service payments on outstanding certificates of participation issued to fund various capital facilities improvements to facilities, costs associated with the administration, collection, and justification for the school fees, local funding that may be required for state funding through Senate Bill No. 50, and other purposes as may be appropriate;”

Resolution No. 3589, 2026-05-21, finding 4, Resolution page 3 · source document ↗
Where it applies

“will consider approving a change in statutory school fees ("Level I School Fees") that may be imposed on new residential and commercial/industrial construction located within the boundaries of the School District pursuant to Government Code Section 65995 and Education Code Section 17620.”

Public Hearing Notice, meeting of 2026-05-21, packet page 3 · source document ↗
When it was adopted

2026-05-21

“PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Sacramento City Unified School District Board of Education on this 21st day of May 2026, by the following vote:”

Resolution No. 3589, "RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE 2026 FEE JUSTIFICATION STUDY AND PROPOSED INCREASED STATUTORY SCHOOL FEES", Board of Education meeting 2026-05-21, Resolution page 6 · source document ↗
Who adopted it

Resolution No. 3589

“PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Sacramento City Unified School District Board of Education on this 21st day of May 2026, by the following vote:”

Resolution No. 3589, "RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE 2026 FEE JUSTIFICATION STUDY AND PROPOSED INCREASED STATUTORY SCHOOL FEES", Board of Education meeting 2026-05-21, Resolution page 6 · source document ↗
When it is paid

at building permit

“requesting that no building permits (or, for manufactured homes and mobile homes, certificates of occupancy) be issued on or after the date which is sixty (60) days after the date of this Resolution, without certification from the District that the fee specified herein have been paid.”

Resolution No. 3589, 2026-05-21, Resolution page 4 · source document ↗
Who collects it

“AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Superintendent of the District, or his or her designee, shall give notice of the Board's action herein to the Cities of Sacramento and Rancho Cordova, the County of Sacramento , and the Department of Health Care Access and Information (formerly Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development) ("HCAI") with jurisdiction over the territory of the District in accordance with the requirements of Education Code section 17620 and 17621”

Resolution No. 3589, 2026-05-21, Resolution page 4 · source document ↗
Credits and offsets

“The School District has entered into mitigation agreements with certain property owners and/or developers and/or established a community facilities district ("CFD"), whereby the terms of the mitigation agreements require mitigation payments and/or the CFD impose a special tax in lieu of paying School Fees ("Mitigated").”

2026 Fee Justification Study, May 8, 2026, s. II.B.1, study page 7 · source document ↗
How it changes

“AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the change in school fees shall take effect sixty (60) days after the date of this Resolution.”

Resolution No. 3589, 2026-05-21, Resolution page 4 · source document ↗

Every published rate

Land useApplies toBasisEffectiveAmount
Sacramento City USD
Single-family detached per sq ft 20 Jul 2026 $5.38
the line this rate was read from

“AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that since the Fee Study justifies the allowable limits, the District hereby changes the school fees on residential and commercial/industrial development to the following, which is in accordance with Education Code sections 17620, et seq., and Government Code sections 65995, et seq: (i) $5.38 per square foot of assessable space on new residential development”

Resolution No. 3589, adopted 2026-05-21, Resolution page 4, operative clause (i) · source document ↗
none
Senior none per sq ft — $0.87
the line this rate was read from

“(ii) $0.87 per square foot of assessable space for new residential construction used exclusively for the housing of senior citizens, as described in Section 51.3 of the Civil Code or as described in subdivision (k) of Section 1596.2 of the Health and Safety Code or a multi-level facility as described in paragraph 9 of subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 15432”

the levying document · source document ↗
Mobile home senior-restricted mobile home park / subdivision / cooperative / condominium per sq ft — $0.87
the line this rate was read from

“or any mobile home or manufactured home that is located within a mobile home park, subdivision, cooperative or condominium for mobile homes limited to older persons as defined by the Federal Fair Housing Amendments of 1988.”

the levying document · source document ↗
Commercial/industrial (all categories except rental self-storage) none per sq ft — $0.87
the line this rate was read from

“and (iii) school fees shall be in the amount $0.87 per square foot of chargeable covered and enclosed spaces, as such space is defined in Government Code section 65995(b)(2), for all categories of new commercial or industrial development”

the levying document · source document ↗
Rental self-storage (commercial/industrial) none per sq ft — $0.09
the line this rate was read from

“except for the category of rental self-storage commercial/industrial development, which shall be charged $0.09 per square foot.”

the levying document · source document ↗

1 superseded rate on file for this fee and is not shown: they are kept so a figure quoted from an older schedule can still be traced.

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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