Section 16543 Of Article 3. Apportionments, Computation From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 10. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 3.
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. (a) The average per pupil cost of constructing complete
school facilities in the area of the state project for the purposes
of this article shall be determined by the board, after consultation
with the department and the Department of General Services, on the
basis of information obtained thereby and any other information that
may be available to the department.
(b) Estimates of the number of project children and indirect
project children for the purpose of this article shall be made by the
applicant school district in accordance with rules prescribed by the
director and shall be made as of the time the greatest number of
such children will attend the schools of the district as a result of
the state project. The estimates shall be made on the basis of the
best information available to the district at the time of the
application. Approval of the estimates by the director, in whole or
in part, shall be on the basis of the best information available to
the director at the time of the approval. In the approval of
estimates of the number of project children and indirect project
children for the purposes of this article the director may utilize
the facilities and services of any department or agency of the state
as he or she deems necessary and proper. No estimate shall be used as
a basis of an apportionment that has not been approved by the
director.