Cal. Educ. Code § 42280
Funding for Small School Districts
Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2023
As of January 1, 2011
(a) For each school district that meets, in the current or prior fiscal year, the conditions specified in Section 42281, 42282, or 42284 the county superintendent of schools shall compute, for each qualifying school in the district, an amount pursuant to this article.
(a) For each school district that meets, in the current or prior fiscal year, the conditions specified in Section 42282 or 42284 the Superintendent shall compute, for each qualifying school in the school district, an amount pursuant to this article.
(b) For each school district that is a countywide unified school district that had fewer than 2,501 units of average daily attendance in the 1990–91 fiscal year, the county superintendent of schools shall compute an amount pursuant to this article for those schools that meet the conditions specified in Sections 42283 and 42285 in the current or prior fiscal year. This subdivision is only applicable to those schools funded pursuant to this article in the 1990–91 fiscal year and, in subsequent years, if the school district has no more than 3,000 units of average daily attendance.
(c) For the 1998–99 fiscal year, average daily attendance reported pursuant to Section 41601 for the 1997–98 fiscal year, exclusive of average daily attendance for absences excused pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 46010 as that subdivision read on July 1, 1996, shall be used for the purpose of determining whether school districts meet the conditions in Sections 42281, 42282, and 42284 for the prior fiscal year.
(b) (1) The amount of funding for each qualified school district shall equal the sum of all necessary small school allowances calculated for eligible schools within the school district. Subject to paragraph (2), each necessary small school’s allowance shall be the greater of the following:
(A) The necessary small elementary school allowance determined pursuant to Section 42282 for the prior fiscal year average daily attendance and the number of full-time teachers, or the necessary small high school allowance determined pursuant to Section 42284 for the prior fiscal year average daily attendance and the number of certificated employees.
(B) The necessary small elementary school allowance determined pursuant to Section 42282 for the current fiscal year average daily attendance and the number of full-time teachers, or the necessary small high school allowance determined pursuant to Section 42284 for the current fiscal year average daily attendance and the number of certificated employees.
(C) The necessary small elementary school allowance determined pursuant to Section 42282 for the average of the three most recent prior fiscal years’ average daily attendance and the number of full-time teachers, or the necessary small high school allowance determined pursuant to Section 42284 for the average of the three most recent prior fiscal years’ average daily attendance and the number of certificated employees.
(2) (A) If the greatest necessary small school allowance calculated pursuant to paragraph (1) is equal to the amounts computed pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) and either subparagraph (A) or (C) of paragraph (1), the necessary small school allowance shall be calculated based on the amount computed pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1).
(B) If the greatest necessary small school allowance calculated pursuant to paragraph (1) is equal to the amounts computed pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (C) of paragraph (1), the necessary small school allowance shall be calculated based on the amount computed pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1).
(c) For purposes of this section, if the average number of full-time teachers or certificated employees is not a whole number, the resulting figure shall be rounded up to the next whole number.
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