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It is the intent of the Legislature that each charter school
be provided with operational funding that is equal to the total
funding that would be available to a similar school district serving
a similar pupil population, except that a charter school may not be
funded as a necessary small school or a necessary small high school.
(a) This chapter applies to the calculation of operational
funding for charter schools. Except as otherwise provided in this
chapter, this chapter shall apply to all charter schools without
regard to their sponsoring local education agency.
(b) Additional legal or fiscal responsibilities on the part of a
county superintendent of schools are not imposed by this chapter,
except as specifically provided in this chapter.
(a) Article 3 (commencing with Section 47636) shall not
apply to a charter granted pursuant to Section 47605.5.
(b) A charter school authorized pursuant to Section 47605.5 shall
receive the average daily attendance rate calculated pursuant to
paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 2574 for enrolled pupils
who are identified as any of the following:
(1) Probation-referred pursuant to Section 300, 601, 602, or 654
of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(2) On probation or parole and not attending a school.
(3) Expelled for any of the reasons specified in subdivision (a)
or (c) of Section 48915.
(4) Attending schools or classes established pursuant to Article
2.5 (commencing with Section 48645) of Chapter 4 of Part 27.
(c) A charter school authorized pursuant to Section 47605.5 shall
be funded pursuant to the local control funding formula pursuant to
Section 42238.02, as implemented by Section 42238.03, for all pupils
except for pupils funded pursuant to subdivision (b).
(d) A charter school authorized pursuant to Section 47605.5 shall
be funded pursuant to the local control funding formula pursuant to
Section 2575 for pupils receiving the average daily attendance rate
computed pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 2574
and identified in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision
(b).
For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall be
defined as follows:
(a) "General-purpose entitlement" means an amount computed by the
local control funding formula pursuant to Section 42238.02, as
implemented by Section 42238.03.
(b) "Economic impact aid-eligible pupils" means those pupils that
are included in the economic impact aid-eligible pupil count pursuant
to Section 54023. For purposes of applying Section 54023 to charter
schools, "economically disadvantaged pupils" means the pupils
described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 54026.
(c) "General-purpose funding" means those funds that consist of
state aid, local property taxes, and other revenues applied toward a
school district's local control funding formula, pursuant to Section
42238.02, as implemented by Section 42238.03.
(d) "Categorical aid" means aid that consists of state or
federally funded programs, or both, that are apportioned for specific
purposes set forth in statute or regulation.
(e) "Educationally disadvantaged pupils" means those pupils who
meet federal eligibility criteria for free and reduced-price meals as
specified in Section 49531, as that section read on January 1, 2013,
except in regard to meals in family day care homes.
(f) "Operational funding" means all funding except funding for
capital outlay.
(g) "School district of a similar type" means a school district
that is serving similar grade levels.
(h) "Similar pupil population" means similar numbers of pupils by
grade level, with a similar proportion of educationally disadvantaged
pupils.
(i) "Sponsoring local educational agency" means the following:
(1) If a charter school is granted by a school district, the
sponsoring local educational agency is the school district.
(2) If a charter is granted by a county office of education after
having been previously denied by a school district, the sponsoring
local educational agency means the school district that initially
denied the charter petition.
(3) If a charter is granted by the state board after having been
previously denied by a local educational agency, the sponsoring local
educational agency means the local educational agency designated by
the state board pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (k) of
Section 47605 or if a local educational agency is not designated, the
local educational agency that initially denied the charter petition.
(4) For pupils attending county-sponsored charter schools pursuant
to Section 47605.5 who do not meet the criteria identified in
subdivision (b) of Section 47631, the sponsoring local educational
agency means the pupils' school district of residence.
(5) For pupils attending countywide charter schools pursuant to
Section 47605.6 who reside in a basic aid school district, the
sponsoring local educational agency means the pupils' school district
of residence. For purposes of this paragraph, "basic aid school
district" means a school district that did not receive an
apportionment of state funds as described in subdivision (o) of
Section 42238.02 in the prior fiscal year.