Section 823 Of Article 6. Financing Unemployment Insurance Coverage For Public School Employees From California Unemployment Insurance Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 6.
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. (a) For the purpose of payment by each school employer of all
or part of the charges for unemployment compensation benefits, fees,
assessments, interest, penalties, billings, notices, and other
expenses of unemployment insurance for school employees pursuant to
this part, moneys budgeted pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c) of
this section shall be remitted by the school employer or on the
school employer's behalf by the county auditor to the Treasurer
pursuant to this article, and shall be deposited in the School
Employees Fund.
(b) (1) For each fiscal year, except as provided in subdivisions
(c) and (d), each school employer shall budget and remit on or before
the last day of the calendar month following the close of each
calendar quarter to the Treasurer for deposit in the School Employees
Fund in the State Treasury an amount determined by multiplying the
contribution rate for the fiscal year by the total wages, including
taxable wages as well as wages which would be taxable except for the
limitation on taxable wages provided under Section 930, but
excluding, to the extent permitted by federal law, wages paid to any
individual to the extent that federal law provides for reimbursement
to the State of California for all benefits paid from the
Unemployment Fund to the individual based on the wages.
The administrator shall, not later than March 31 each year, notify
all school employers participating in the School Employees Fund of
the contribution rate for the succeeding fiscal year.
(2) The contribution rate for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
1988, and for each subsequent fiscal year shall be two times the
amount disbursed for claims management fees, unemployment insurance
benefit charges, and School Employees Fund administrative
expenditures from the School Employees Fund during the 12-month
period ending December 31 and immediately preceding the fiscal year
for which the rate is to be effective, less the amount in the School
Employees Fund on that December 31, with the resulting figure divided
by total wages as described in paragraph (1) for the 12-month period
ending June 30 and immediately preceding that December 31, and then
rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of 1 percent. In no event shall
the contribution rate be less than five one-hundredths of 1 percent.
(c) If the administrator finds that the ability of the School
Employees Fund to meet its estimated obligations promptly when due
will become endangered, he or she shall increase the contribution
rate otherwise provided by this section to a level estimated to be
needed to protect the solvency of the fund, except that the rate
shall not be increased to more than three-tenths of 1 percent. If the
administrator finds that the School Employees Fund balance is in
excess of an adequate reserve to meet its estimated obligations
promptly when due, he or she shall, after consultation with the fund'
s School Advisory Committee, decrease the contribution rate otherwise
provided by this section, except that the rate shall not be
decreased to less than one-tenth of 1 percent. The administrator
shall notify all school employers participating in the fund of any
increased or decreased contribution rate under this authority.