Section 56838 Of Article 7. Federal Funding Allocations From California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 30. >> Chapter 7.2. >> Article 7.
56838
. In each fiscal year for which federal funds are received by
the state pursuant to Section 1419 of Title 20 of the United States
Code for individuals with exceptional needs between the ages of 3 and
5, inclusive, the portion of funds available for local entitlements
that are not reserved for state activities pursuant to subsection (d)
of Section 1419 of Title 20 of the United States Code shall be
allocated through the annual Budget Act in the following manner:
(a) The state shall first award to each local educational agency,
including public charter schools that operate as local educational
agencies, the amount the local educational agency would have received
under Section 1419 of Title 20 of the United States Code for the
1997 federal fiscal year.
(b) After calculating the allocations under subdivision (a), the
state shall do both of the following:
(1) Allocate 85 percent of any remaining funds to those local
educational agencies described in subdivision (a) on the basis of the
relative numbers of pupils enrolled in public and private elementary
schools and secondary schools within each local educational agency's
territorial jurisdiction.
(2) Allocate 15 percent of those remaining funds to the local
educational agencies in accordance with the relative number of
children within each local educational agency living in poverty, as
determined by the Superintendent.