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title: Certified Payroll Requirements for ABC Unified School District Projects
url: https://wellstanding.com/requirements/abc-unified-school-district/
description: ABC Unified School District public works projects: the portal situation, the DIR eCPR duty, deadlines and penalties, with live project registration data.
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publisher: WellStanding Certified Payroll
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# Certified payroll requirements for ABC Unified School District projects

What California public works subcontractors owe, and keep owing every payroll week, when the awarding body is ABC Unified School District. With live registration data from DIR project filings.

Data updated 2026-10-18

7projects registered 2026-06-26 to 2026-10-18

7subcontractor listings on those projects

Requireddirect DIR eCPR filing on this body's projects

## Recent ABC Unified School District project registrations

New PWC-100 project registrations naming ABC Unified School District as the awarding body, from DIR's public project registry. Every one of these projects means certified payroll for every contractor and sub on it, starting with the first week worked.

| Project | Registered | Scope |
| --- | --- | --- |
| INSTALL NEW STAGE CURTAIN @LEAL ES | 2026-10-16 | Polished Concrete Upgrade Flooring for MS Cafeteria, under Spending Plan |
| FLOOR TECH AMERICA - Cabrillo Lane | 2026-10-16 |  |
| INTEGRATED DEMO - Cabrillo Lane | 2026-10-16 |  |
| WEST COAST ARBORISTS - Cerritos HS | 2026-10-15 |  |
| FLOOR TECH AMERICA - Cabrillo Lane | 2026-10-07 |  |
| FLOOR TECH AMERICA - Adult School Cuesta | 2026-10-02 |  |
| IDR - CABRILLO LANE | 2026-09-15 |  |

## The portal situation

We have not verified a dedicated compliance portal for ABC Unified School District. Your contract documents are the source of truth: if a system like LCPtracker, Elation, or PRISM is named, uploads there are the awarding body's monitoring copy. Either way the direct DIR eCPR filing under your own registration is a separate, standing obligation on non-exempt projects ([DIR eCPR FAQ](https://www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/ecprfaq.html)).

## Your filing duties on these projects

- **Direct DIR eCPR filing.** On a registered public works project you submit electronic certified payroll records directly to DIR at least monthly, or more often when the contract says so, under your own PWCR registration ([Labor Code 1771.4](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB&sectionNum=1771.4)). DIR is explicit that submitting certified payroll to the awarding body, the prime, or a portal "does not put you in compliance with the state unless you submit eCPRs directly to DIR" ([DIR eCPR FAQ](https://www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/ecprfaq.html)).
- **Federal WH-347 weekly** when federal money is in the project, with the Statement of Compliance signed ([U.S. Department of Labor](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/forms/wh347)).
- **Records on demand.** A written request for certified payroll records starts a 10 day clock. Miss it and the penalty is $100 per worker per calendar day, enforceable by withholding from your progress payments ([Labor Code 1776](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB&sectionNum=1776)). From January 1, 2027, [SB 909](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB909) (Chapter 660, Statutes of 2026) raises it to $140 per worker per calendar day; [what SB 909 changes](https://wellstanding.com/guides/sb-909-prevailing-wage-penalty-increases-2027/).

## Working for a school district

School district work is bond-funded in waves, which is why districts register batches of projects at once and why a sub can go from zero to three active public works jobs in a month. Districts rarely run their own compliance portal. Unless the district's contract names one, your certified payroll obligations are the standard pair: the direct DIR eCPR filing under your own PWCR registration, and the federal WH-347 when federal money is in the project. District business offices do respond to labor compliance complaints, and progress payments on district work can be withheld over missing certified payroll.

## Trades recently listed on ABC Unified School District work

- General engineering (A): 2 contractors
- General building (B): 2 contractors
- Flooring (C-15): 2 contractors
- Electrical (C-10): 1 contractors
- HVAC (C-20): 1 contractors
- Painting and decorating (C-33): 1 contractors

### Keep reading

- [California certified payroll: the complete guide](https://wellstanding.com/guides/california-certified-payroll/)
- [LCPtracker vs DIR: why the GC's portal does not make you compliant](https://wellstanding.com/guides/lcptracker-vs-dir/)
- [Certified payroll penalties in California](https://wellstanding.com/guides/certified-payroll-penalties-california/)

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- [LAUSD](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/lausd/)
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- [San Jose Unified School District](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/san-jose-unified-school-district/)
- [Redlands Unified School District](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/redlands-unified-school-district/)
- [Chino Valley Unified School District](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/chino-valley-unified-school-district/)
- [All school district pages](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/type/school-district/)

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