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It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature to improve public education in California by maximizing the allocation of existing resources, to discourage the growth of bureaucracy in the public schools, and to emphasize the importance and significance of the classroom teacher.

For the purposes of this article:
  (a) "Administrative employee" means an employee of a school district, employed in a position requiring certification qualifications, who does not come within the definition set forth in subdivision (c) or (d).
  (b) "Classified employee" means an employee of a school district, employed in a position not requiring certification qualifications.
  (c) "Pupil services employee" means an employee of a school district, employed in a position requiring a standard designated services credential, health and development credential, or a librarian credential, who performs direct services to pupils. "Pupil services employee" includes, but is not limited to, in-school librarians, school nurses, assistant in-school librarians, audiovisual personnel, counselors, psychologists, psychometrists, guidance and welfare personnel, attendance personnel, school social workers, and all other certificated personnel performing pupil-personnel, health, or librarian services.
  (d) "Teacher" means an employee of a school district, employed in a position requiring certification qualifications, whose duties require him or her to provide direct instruction to pupils in the schools of that district for the full time for which he or she is employed. "Teacher" includes, but is not limited to, teachers of special classes, teachers of exceptional children, teachers of pupils with physical disabilities, teachers of minors with intellectual disabilities, substitute teachers, instructional television teachers, specialist mathematics teachers, specialist reading teachers, home and hospital teachers, and learning disability group teachers. Instructional preparation time shall be counted as part of the teacher full-time equivalent, including, but not limited to, mentor teacher or department chairperson time.

The maximum ratios of administrative employees to each 100 teachers in the various types of school districts shall be as follows:
  (a) In elementary school districts--9.
  (b) In unified school districts--8.
  (c) In high school districts--7. This section shall not apply to a school district that has one or fewer administrators.

The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall determine, for each current fiscal year, for each school district in the state, to two decimal points, the following:
  (a) The total number of administrative employees, except those serving in positions that are supported by categorical grants from any source and are in programs that require specific teacher/administrator ratios, or that are supported by federal funds. As to those serving in positions that are not supported completely by these categorical grants from any source or completely by federal funds, the number of employees reported shall include the full-time equivalent of all fractional time attributable to that time not supported by categorical grants or federal funds.
  (b) The total number of teachers except those serving in positions that are supported by federal funds or by categorical grants from any source and are in programs that require specific teacher/administrator ratios. As to those serving in positions that are not supported completely by these categorical grants from any source or completely by federal funds, the number of employees reported shall include the full-time equivalent of all fractional time attributable to that time not supported by categorical grants or federal funds. Substitute teachers may be counted as teachers only if the employee for whom they are substituting is not counted. In no event shall the number of full-time equivalent teachers reported be greater than the number of full-time equivalent teaching positions in the district.
  (c) The total maximum number of administrative employees that should be employed by the district based upon the application of the appropriate ratio prescribed by Section 41402 to the number of teachers determined pursuant to subdivision (b).
  (d) The number of administrative employees in excess of the number allowable without penalty as determined by subtracting the number determined pursuant to subdivision (c) from the number determined pursuant to subdivision (a). The number of employees reported pursuant to subdivisions (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall include the full-time equivalent of all fractional time of those employees. For purposes of determining the allowable ratio of administrative employees to teachers for the San Diego City School District, the number of employees and the full-time equivalent of all of the fractional time of employees serving the district in positions mandated as the result of the district's court-ordered integration plan is excluded from the numbers identified pursuant to subdivisions (a), (b), (c), and (d). No individual may be counted as more than one full-time equivalent employee unless the individual is employed on a part-time basis in adult education, driver education, or vocational education, or any part-time or additional teaching assignment, in addition to his or her regular full-time assignment.

The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall determine the reduction in state support resulting from excess administrative employees identified in subdivision (d) of Section 41403 as follows:
  (a) Compute the ratio which total state support to the district general fund bears to the total general fund income of the district.
  (b) Multiply the ratio determined pursuant to subdivision (a) by the average salary of administrative employees.
  (c) Multiply the product of subdivision (b) by the number of administrative employees converted to the nearest whole number in excess of the maximum number specified in Section 41402. The amount of the second principal apportionment made to the district for the current fiscal year pursuant to Section 41335 shall be reduced by the product so produced. However, no reduction shall reduce the final apportionment below the amount specified in Section 6 of Article IX of the California Constitution.

Amounts allowable from the State School Fund but not transferred thereto because of the operation of Section 41404 and the provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 14002, shall be held in the General Fund and shall be expended for public school purposes pursuant to appropriations thereof enacted by the Legislature.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school district is subject, with regard to Section 41402, to audits conducted pursuant to Section 41020.

(a) Commencing with the 1988-89 fiscal year, and annually thereafter, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall determine the statewide average percentage of school district expenditures that are allocated to the salaries of administrative personnel, as that term is defined in accounts 1200, 1300, 1700, 1800, and 2200 in Part I of the California School Accounting Manual published by the State Department of Education. For school districts using the Standardized Account Code Structure, the term salaries of administrative personnel are defined in object accounts 1300 and 2300 in Part II of the California School Accounting Manual. The Superintendent of Public Instruction also shall determine the statewide average percentage of school district expenditures that are allocated to the salaries of teachers, as defined in account 1100 in Parts I and II of the California School Accounting Manual. The statewide averages shall be calculated for the following types and sizes of school districts:

District ADA Elementary ................... less than 1,000 Elementary ................... 1,000 to 4,999 Elementary ................... 5,000 and greater High School .................. less than 1,000 High School .................. 1,000 to 3,999 High School .................. 4,000 and greater Unified ...................... less than 1,500 Unified ...................... 1,500 to 4,999 Unified ...................... 5,000 to 9,999 Unified ...................... 10,000 to 19,999 Unified ...................... 20,000 and greater

(b) Commencing with the 1988-89 fiscal year, and annually thereafter, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall determine the statewide average salary, by size and type of district, for the following:
  (1) Beginning, mid-range, and highest salary paid to teachers.
  (2) Schoolsite principals.
  (3) District superintendents.
  (c) The statewide averages calculated pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be provided annually to each school district for use in the school accountability report card.

Each school district, except for school districts maintaining a single school to serve kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, shall include in the school accountability report card required under Section 35256 a statement that shall include the following information:
  (a) The beginning, median, and highest salary paid to teachers in the district, as reflected in the district's salary scale.
  (b) The average salary for schoolsite principals in the district.
  (c) The salary of the district superintendent.
  (d) Based upon the state summary information provided by the Superintendent of Public Instruction pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 41409, the statewide average salary for the appropriate size and type of district for the following:
  (1) Beginning, midrange, and highest salary paid to teachers.
  (2) Schoolsite principals.
  (3) District superintendents.
  (e) The statewide average of the percentage of school district expenditures allocated for the salaries of administrative personnel for the appropriate size and type of district for the most recent fiscal year, provided by the Superintendent of Public Instruction pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 41409.
  (f) The percentage allocated under the district's corresponding fiscal year expenditure for the salaries of administrative personnel, as defined in Sections 1200, 1300, 1700, 1800, and 2200 of the California School Accounting Manual published by the State Department of Education.
  (g) The statewide average of the percentage of school district expenditures allocated for the salaries of teachers for the appropriate size and type of district for the most recent fiscal year, provided by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 41409.
  (h) The percentage expended for the salaries of teachers, as defined in Section 1100 of the California School Accounting Manual published by the State Department of Education.