Senate Bill No. 329

Introduced by Senator Mendoza

February 23, 2015

An act to amend Section 41010 of the Education Code, relating to school finance.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 329, as introduced, Mendoza. School finance: accounting.

Existing law requires the accounting system used to record the financial affairs of any school district to be in accordance with the definitions, instructions, and procedures published in the California School Accounting Manual as approved by the State Board of Education and furnished by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

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 41010 of the Education Code is amended
to read:

41010.  

The accounting system used to record the financial
affairs of begin delete any end delete begin insert a end insert school district shall be in accordance with the
definitions, instructions, and procedures published in the California
School Accounting Manual as approved by the begin delete State Board of
Education end delete begin insert state board end insert and furnished by the Superintendent begin delete of
Public Instruction end delete . No accounting manual begin delete so end delete approved shall
expressly or by implication affect the content of any educational
program or objective, except as otherwise specifically provided
for by this code. The Legislature hereby finds that such content
shall be best determined by those involved in the administration
of educational programs, including begin insert governing boards of end insert school
begin delete district governing boards, end delete begin insert districts, end insert local administrators, teachers,
begin delete students, end delete begin insert pupils, end insert and parents.