Section 41204 Of Chapter 2. Determination Of Minimum Level Of Education Funding From California Education Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 24. >> Chapter 2.
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. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, pursuant to "The
Classroom Instructional Improvement and Accountability Act," that
school districts, as defined in Section 41302.5, and community
college districts, as constituted during the 1986-87 fiscal year,
annually receive a basic minimum portion of the revenues that is
equivalent to the percentage of revenues that were deposited to the
General Fund in that year.
(b) In recognition of this intent, it is further the intent of the
Legislature that both houses and the Governor be guided by the
following:
(1) If the revenues of a tax that were deposited in the General
Fund in the 1986-87 fiscal year are redirected to another fund, or
level of government, then the percentages of General Fund revenues
required to be applied by the state for the support of school
districts, community college districts, and state agencies providing
direct elementary and secondary level instructional services shall be
recalculated as if those revenues were not deposited in the General
Fund in the 1986-87 fiscal year.
(2) If the allocated local proceeds of taxes, as defined by
subdivisions (g) and (h) of Section 41202, received by a school
district or community college district during the 1986-87 fiscal year
are redirected to other entities or statutorily or constitutionally
reduced or eliminated, the additional General Fund support provided
to replace the allocated local proceeds of taxes may not be counted
as General Fund revenues required to be applied for the support of
school districts, community college districts, and state agencies
providing direct elementary and secondary level instructional
services pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 8 of
Article XVI of the California Constitution, unless the percentage of
General Fund revenues appropriated to school districts, community
college districts, and state agencies providing direct elementary and
secondary level instructional services in the 1986-87 fiscal year is
adjusted to reflect the amount of General Fund support that would
have been provided in the 1986-87 fiscal year had the allocated local
proceeds of taxes been correspondingly reduced.
(3) If a program of a school district, as defined in Section
41302.5, or of a community college district was supported by state
funds from a source other than the General Fund during the 1986-87
fiscal year and General Fund moneys are subsequently provided in
support of the program and in lieu of the other source of funds, the
supplanting General Fund revenues shall not be counted as moneys to
be applied by the state for the support of school districts or
community college districts pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8
of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
(c) Programs that existed in the 1986-87 fiscal year, and were not
the functional responsibility of school districts or community
college districts in that fiscal year, shall not be shifted to the
responsibility or financial support of school districts or community
college districts without appropriate corresponding adjustment to the
calculations made pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8 of
Article XVI of the California Constitution. Nothing in this
subdivision shall be construed to prevent the creation of a new
educational program that is supported by a General Fund appropriation
made in conformity with subdivision (b) of Section 8 of Article XVI
of the California Constitution.
(d) Enrollment, average daily attendance, or average daily
attendance equivalents used for the purpose of calculating "increases
in enrollment" pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of
Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution shall not be
redefined, adjusted, or otherwise recalculated unless the appropriate
action is taken to neutralize the effect of the change with respect
to the adjustment required to be made for increases in enrollment.