Chapter 4. State School Fund—computation Of Allowance of California Education Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 24. >> Chapter 4.

For the purposes of computing allowances and apportionments from the State School Fund for the advance apportionment, first principal apportionment, and second principal apportionment on the basis of average daily attendance:
  (a) Each elementary school district shall be deemed to comprise the kindergartens and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, maintained by the district, and the seventh and eighth grades of the district not maintained by the district because of the attendance upon a junior high school of pupils who would otherwise attend upon seventh and eighth grades maintained by the district.
  (b) Each high school district shall be deemed to comprise all of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, maintained within the high school district whether maintained by a high school district.
  (c) Each unified school district shall be deemed to be an elementary school district comprising the kindergartens and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, maintained by the district and the seventh and eighth grades of the district not maintained by the district in elementary schools because of the attendance upon a junior high school of pupils who would otherwise attend the seventh and eighth grades maintained in elementary schools by the district, and a high school district comprising all of grades 9 to 12, inclusive.

For the purposes of this chapter, the governing board of each school district shall report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction during each fiscal year the average daily attendance of the district for all full school months during (1) the period between July 1 and December 31, inclusive, to be known as the "first period" report for the first principal apportionment, and (2) the period between July 1 and April 15, inclusive, to be known as the "second period" report for the second principal apportionment. Each county superintendent of schools shall report the average daily attendance for the schools and classes maintained by him or her and the average daily attendance for the county school tuition fund. Each report shall be prepared in accordance with instructions on forms prescribed and furnished by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Average daily attendance shall be computed in the following manner:
  (a) The average daily attendance in the regular elementary, middle, and high schools, including continuation schools and classes, opportunity schools and classes, and special day classes, maintained by the school districts shall be determined by dividing the total number of days of attendance allowed in all full school months in each period by the number of days the schools are actually taught in all full school months in each period, exclusive of Saturdays or Sundays and exclusive of weekend makeup classes pursuant to Section 37223.
  (b) The attendance for schools and classes maintained by a county superintendent of schools and the county school tuition fund shall be reported in the same manner as reported by school districts. The average daily attendance in special education classes operated by county superintendents of schools shall be determined in the same manner as all other attendance under subdivision (a). The average daily attendance in all other schools and classes maintained by the county superintendents of schools shall be determined by dividing the total number of days of attendance in all full school months in the first period by a divisor of 70, in the second period by 135 and at annual time by 175. For attendance in special classes and centers pursuant to Section 56364 or Section 56364.2, as applicable, the average daily attendance shall be reported by the county superintendents of schools, but credited for revenue limit purposes to the district in which the pupil resides.
  (c) The days of attendance in classes for adults and regional occupational centers programs shall be reported in the same manner as all other attendance under subdivision (a). The average daily attendance in those schools and classes shall be determined by dividing the total number of days of attendance in all full school months in the first period by a divisor of 85 in the second period by 135 and at annual time by 175.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, participation in on-the-job work experience education by a pupil enrolled in continuation education shall not be included in the determination of that pupil's total days of attendance for the purposes of calculating average daily attendance pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 41601 unless the pupil is 18 years of age or less or has been continuously enrolled in a kindergarten to grade 12 program since his or her 18th birthday.

For any fiscal year, a school district with an increase in the number of units of average daily attendance from the second principal apportionment to the annual apportionment may request the county superintendent of schools to adjust the district's revenue limit or block grant by utilizing the units of average daily attendance for the annual apportionment in lieu of the units of average daily attendance for the second principal apportionment. To qualify for this adjustment, the increase in the units of average daily attendance between the two periods shall meet the following requirements:
  (a) The increase shall be equal to either paragraph (1) or (2):
  (1) Equal to or greater than 2 percent.
  (2) For the 1984-85 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, for school districts with less than 2,501 units of average daily attendance, equal to or greater than 10 units of average daily attendance.
  (b) The increase shall be attributable to pupils of migrant agricultural workers.

A school district with an increase or decrease in the number of units of average daily attendance at a necessary small high school from the second principal apportionment to the annual apportionment may request the county superintendent of schools to adjust the district's revenue limit or block grant by utilizing the units of average daily attendance for the annual apportionment for the necessary small high school in lieu of the units of average daily attendance for the second principal apportionment. To qualify for this adjustment, the following conditions shall be met:
  (1) The increase or decrease in the units of average daily attendance between the two periods at the necessary small high school shall be equal to or greater than 15 percent and such increase or decrease shall be attributable to pupils attending a necessary small high school which provides a program of education with individualized instruction in a residential setting at an institution for pupils who have been placed in foster care for rehabilitation purposes pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 200) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
  (2) The school district reimburses the county superintendent of schools for the administrative costs of making the adjustment prescribed by this section.

The governing board of a school district affected by fluctuations in enrollments and attendance levels to a degree which will, in all likelihood, result in an actual total of average daily attendance for the fiscal year in excess of that shown in the second period report for the second principal apportionment provided for in Section 41601, may, with the approval of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, submit, in lieu of such second period report, a report of the estimated total average daily attendance for the fiscal year. The report shall be in the form prescribed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and shall be utilized for purposes of the second principal apportionment. If the average daily attendance of a district for the period of time between July 1 and June 30 exceeds the estimated total average daily attendance reported under this section, the appropriate increases and decreases in the several categories of attendance for which separate foundation programs are required to be computed shall be brought forward to the corresponding categories of the second period report for the next succeeding fiscal year. In the event the estimated total average daily attendance reported under this section exceeds the actual average daily attendance for the fiscal year, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall withhold, pursuant to Section 41341, from apportionments made during the succeeding fiscal year, the amount of the excess moneys which may have been apportioned as a result thereof.

The amounts computed as allowable to any school district for state equalization aid shall be reduced by fifty percent (50%) of miscellaneous funds, as defined in Section 41604. In no event shall the reduction exceed the total amount allowable as equalization aid to the school district for the fiscal year. For such purposes, miscellaneous funds, as defined in Section 41604, received by a unified school district, shall be allocated to the kindergarten and elementary, and high school grades, respectively, on the basis of the proportion of the district's total average daily attendance in each such grade level, and the provisions of Section 41600 shall be applicable. Should the amount of miscellaneous funds, as defined in Section 41604, actually received by a school district for any fiscal year be more or less than that reported to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall during the fiscal year next succeeding withhold from or add to the apportionment made to the district from the State School Fund the amount of the excess or deficiency in the apportionment of state equalization aid from the State School Fund for the preceding year, if the amount of the excess or deficiency in such apportionment was one hundred dollars ($100) or more.

"Miscellaneous funds" as used in Section 41603 means the amount the county superintendent of schools has determined and reported to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in accordance with regulations the Superintendent of Public Instruction is hereby authorized to adopt, that the district has received and which has been deposited to the credit of the general fund of the district for a fiscal year on account of in-lieu taxes or income from bonuses or royalties. Federal forest reserve funds, potash and potassium royalties received pursuant to United States federal mineral deposits, and motor vehicle license fees distributed pursuant to Section 11003.4 of the Revenue and Taxation Code received by a district shall not be considered miscellaneous funds as defined by this section.

Notwithstanding Section 41341, in order to avoid the cost of litigation to the state, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may negotiate a settlement with any local educational agency regarding prior year adjustments of miscellaneous funds received pursuant to Sections 41603 and 41604, if the funds were federal funds received in the 1979-80, 1980-81, or 1981-82 fiscal year as in-lieu of taxes due to the expansion of the Redwood National Park.

If any computation made under, or necessitated by, Sections 41330 to 41343, inclusive, and Sections 41600 to 41972, inclusive and Sections 46300 to 46305 inclusive, results in an amount which is:
  (a) Less than one dollar ($1), the amount shall be counted as one dollar ($1).
  (b) More than one dollar ($1) and includes a fraction of one-half dollar ($0.50) or more, the fraction shall be counted as one dollar ($1).
  (c) More than one dollar ($1) and includes a fraction of less than one-half dollar ($0.50), the fraction shall not be counted.

The term "elementary school district" as used in Section 41050, Sections 41330 to 41343, inclusive, and Sections 41600 to 41972, inclusive, Sections 46304 and 46305, whichever are in effect, means, unless expressly provided otherwise, each elementary school district which is composed of a single elementary school district and each union elementary school district, joint union elementary school district, or unified school district; and does not include any elementary school district included within a union elementary school district or a joint union elementary school district or a unified school district.

For the purposes of computation of allowances and apportionments from the State School Fund, under effective sections of this code, each elementary school district as defined by Section 41606, and each high school district merged or otherwise included within a unified school district shall be deemed a separate and independent district, but all apportionments from the State School Fund on account of any district merged or otherwise included within a unified school district shall be made to the unified school district and shall be available for expenditure by the unified school district for all schools and classes of the district.

For the purposes of computation of allowances and apportionments from the State School Fund, whenever computations of apportionments based on average daily attendance are made for high school districts only the attendance in all classes of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, and in all types of ungraded classes, including classes for adults, which have been reported as attached to, or as a part of, a school which maintains any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, shall be included.