California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 348

Introduced by Assembly Member Conway

February 13, 2013

An act to amend Section 41601.7 of the Education Code, relating to high school finance.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 348, as introduced, Conway. School finance: necessary small schools.

Existing law authorizes 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 to request the county superintendent of schools to adjust the school 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 if specified conditions are met.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this provision.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 41601.7 of the Education Code is
amended to read:

41601.7.  

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 begin insert school end insert district’s revenue limit or block grant by
begin delete utilizing end delete begin insert using end insert 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 begin delete which end delete begin insert that end insert 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.