§ 225.1. What is the Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities Program?
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(a)The Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities Program provides grants to eligible entities to assist charter schools in obtaining facilities.
(b)Grantees use these grants to do the following:
(1)Assist charter schools in obtaining loans, bonds, and other debt instruments for the purpose of obtaining, constructing, and renovating facilities.
(2)Assist charter schools in obtaining leases of facilities.
(3)Assist charter schools with the predevelopment costs required to assess sites for the purpose of acquiring (by purchase, lease, donation, or otherwise) an interest (including an interest held by a third party for the benefit of a charter school) in improved or unimproved real property or constructing new facilities, or renovating, repairing, or altering existing facilities, and that are necessary to commence or continue the operation of a charter school.
(c)Grantees may demonstrate innovative credit enhancement initiatives while meeting the program purposes under paragraph
(b)of this section.
(d)For the purposes of these regulations, the Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities Program includes grants made under the Charter School Facilities Financing Demonstration Grant Program. \[70 FR 15003, Mar. 24, 2005, as amended at 84 FR 25998, June 5, 2019\]