This guidebook was developed by California's Office of Public School Construction (OPSC) to assist school districts in applying for and obtaining "grant" funds for the new construction and modernization of schools under the provisions of the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 (Senate Bill 50). It is intended to be an overview of the program for use by school districts, parents, architects, the legislature, and other interested parties on how a districtor county superintendent of schools becomes eligible and applies for state funding. The guidebook provides direction on accessing the processes leading to project approvals, insight to the various features of the School Facility Program (SFP), and includes suggestions on how to make the funding system as efficient as possible. Following a preface and overview, the guide's chapters address the involved agencies, project development activities, application for eligibility, new construction funding, charter school facilities, critically overcrowded school facilities, joint use projects, modernization funding, financial hardship, facility hardship grants, program accountability, and additional requirements and features. (Appendices provide contact information, forms, and a construction services matrix.) (EV)