Section 17042.7 Of Article 3. Allowances From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 10. >> Chapter 12. >> Article 3.
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. (a) For any project application filed or amended on or
after January 1, 1993, the area of adequate school construction
existing in the applicant school district or, where appropriate, in
the attendance area, at the time of application shall be calculated
pursuant to the following formula:
(1) Identify by grade level all teaching stations existing in the
school district or, where appropriate, the attendance area, as of
January 1, 1993. For the purposes of this section, "teaching station"
means any space that was constructed or reconstructed to serve as an
area in which to provide pupil instruction.
(2) Determine the maximum pupil loading figure for each grade
level pursuant to the district pupil loading standards in effect on
January 1, 1993. For the purposes of this section, the "district
pupil loading standards" are those pupil loading standards in effect
in a school district on July 1, 1992, as a result of actions
including, but not necessarily limited to, the execution of a
collective bargaining agreement or the adoption of a district policy
by the governing board of the school district. In no event may this
figure be more than the maximum pupil loading standards established
by the board, or less than three pupil units lower than those maximum
pupil loading standards.
(3) Multiply the figure determined under paragraph (2) for each
grade level by the number of teaching stations for the particular
grade level, as determined under paragraph (1).
(4) Multiply the product determined under paragraph (3) by the
maximum area allowance established for that grade level under this
article.
(5) The sum of these computations for each grade level, as
determined under paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, shall be the total
area of adequate school construction existing in the district or
attendance area pursuant to this formula.
(b) For purposes of this section, a school district that is
participating in a class size reduction program set forth in this
code, other than the Class Size Reduction Program (Ch. 6.10
(commencing with Section 52120) of Part 28), shall use the pupil
loading standard established pursuant to that program.
(c) The area of existing adequate school construction calculated
under this section shall not include, in any school operated on a
year-round schedule, any teaching station that has been in continuous
use during the preceding five-year period primarily for the
operation of a preschool program or programs.