(a) Commencing with the 2022–23 fiscal year, for each school district with fewer than 2,501 units of average daily attendance, on account of each necessary small high school, the Superintendent shall make one of the following computations selected with regard only to the number of certificated employees employed or average daily attendance, whichever provides the lesser amount:
Average daily attendance
Minimum number of certificated employees
Amount to be computed per teacher
1–19
1
1–19
2
1–19
3
20–38
4
39–57
5
58–71
6
72–86
7
87–100
8
101–114
9
115–129
10
130–143
11
144–171
12
172–210
13
211–248
14
249–286
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(b) For purposes of this section, a “certificated employee” means an equivalent full-time position of an individual holding a credential authorizing service and providing service in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in any secondary school. Any fraction of an equivalent full-time position remaining after all equivalent full-time positions for certificated employees within the school district have been calculated shall be deemed to be a full-time position.