PIF Fundamentals
This acronym means the district's required next step to stay in line for funding when money becomes available.
What is Priority in Funding, or PIF?
This list includes applications OPSC is processing toward SAB unfunded approval.
What is the Workload List?
The 90-day notification helps CLC prepare for this upcoming letter.
What is the 15-day letter?
This checklist is used to verify contract documents are on file.
What is the contract verification checklist?
This is obtained when SAB takes action to allocate funds for a project.
What is an apportionment?
This status means the project is approved, but no money is currently available.
What is unfunded approval?
Projects on this list have SAB unfunded approval and are waiting for a bond sale or available cash.
What is the Unfunded List?
The DSA approval date should be reviewed against these dates.
What are the construction contract and Notice to Proceed dates?
This missing-item request is prepared for the district when documents are not on file.
What is a District RFI?
A project receives a SAB apportionment when these are sold.
What are bonds?
This board must approve the project without funding before the project is eligible for PIF.
What is the State Allocation Board, or SAB?
These projects rise to the top of the Workload List.
What are health and safety (hardship) projects?
These two approvals must be checked to make sure they are not expired.
What are DSA and CDE approvals?
These two contract documents are specifically listed as examples to verify.
What are the Executed Contract and Notice to Proceed, or NTP?
After SAB approves an apportionment, the district submits this form to draw down money.
What is Form SAB 50-05, Fund Release Authorization?
This list triggers the Priority in Funding process
What is the Unfunded List?
A project on the Workload List has this PIF status.
What is not eligible yet?
This worksheet may need updating during the 90-day period.
What is the Site Development Worksheet, or SDWAG?
This payment document or schedule may be verified if applicable.
What is the Final Payment Application or Schedule of Values, or SOV?
After fund release, money is released through this office to the district.
What is the State Controller's Office?
This may happen if a district does not properly participate in the PIF process.
What is a non-participation occurrence?
This type of district action may occur during the applicable filing round for a project on the Unfunded List.
What is requesting conversion of the unfunded approval to an apportionment?
A SDWAG update may be required when the district requested an additional grant for Modernization of utility upgrades.
What is upgrading utilities serving 50-year-old buildings?
Unusual circumstances for an application should be explained through these.
What are notes in ASANA?
This is the application timeline shown in the fund release process diagram.
What is Funding Application, Unfunded Approval, Priority Funding, Apportionment, Fund Release?