BILL NUMBER: AB 2272 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 28, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Block and Fletcher
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Salas and Saldana)
FEBRUARY 18, 2010
An act to amend Section 52124.3 of the Education Code, relating to
class size.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2272, as amended, Block. Education: class size.
Existing law provides that school districts that implement a class
size reduction program are subject to specified requirements
relating to grade levels to receive funding to implement the program.
The governing board of a school district is required to certify to
the Superintendent of Public Instruction that it has met the
requirements. If a school district receives class reduction funding
but does not implement its class size reduction program for all
grades and classes for which it received funding, the Superintendent
is required to notify the Controller and the school district in
writing and the Controller is required to deduct an amount equal to
the amount received by the school district for each class
that the school district failed to reduce, as specified, subject to
Constitutional limitation.
This bill would make various specified changes in the formulas for
determining the amount of funding deducted by the school district
for failure to comply with the class reduction program. The bill
would also make conforming changes.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no
yes . State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 52124.3 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
52124.3. (a) For the 2008-09 and 2009-10 fiscal years only, a
district may, for each grade level for which the district receives
funding pursuant to this chapter, elect to have the amounts deducted
pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 52124 determined pursuant to
either paragraph (1) or (2).
(1) (A) Five percent of the amount to which the school district
would otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual
average enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater
than or equal to 20.5 but less than 21.5.
(B) Ten percent of the amount to which the school district would
otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual average
enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater than or
equal to 21.5 but less than 22.5.
(C) Fifteen percent of the amount to which the school district
would otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual
average enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater
than or equal to 22.5 but less than 23.0.
(D) Twenty percent of the amount to which the school district
would otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual
average enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater
than or equal to 23.0 but less than 25.0.
(E) Thirty percent of the amount to which the school district
would otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual
average enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater
than or equal to 25.0.
(2) (A) Zero percent of the amount to which the school district
would otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual
average enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater
than or equal to 20.5 but less than or equal to 24.0.
(B) Fifty percent of the amount to which the school district would
otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual average
enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater than
24.0 but less than or equal to 25.0.
(C) Seventy-five percent of the amount to which the school
district would otherwise be eligible for each class for which the
annual average enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is
greater than 25.0 but less than or equal to 26.0.
(D) The amount to which the school district would otherwise be
eligible for each class for which the annual average enrollment
determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater than 26.0.
52124.3. (a) For the 2008-09 , and
2009-10 2010-11, and 2011-12 fiscal years only,
the amounts deducted pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 52124
shall be as follows:
(1) Five percent of the amount to which the school district would
otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual average
enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater than or
equal to 20.5 but less than 21.5.
(2) Ten percent of the amount to which the school district would
otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual average
enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater than or
equal to 21.5 but less than 22.5.
(3) Fifteen percent of the amount to which the school district
would otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual
average enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater
than or equal to 22.5 but less than 23.0.
(4) Twenty percent of the amount to which the school district
would otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual
average enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater
than or equal to 23.0 but less than 25.0.
(5) Thirty percent of the amount to which the school district
would otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual
average enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater
than or equal to 25.0.
(b) For the 2010-11 and 2011-12 fiscal years, the amounts deducted
pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 52124 shall be as follows:
(1) Zero percent of the amount to which the school district would
otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual average
enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater than or
equal to 20.5 but less than or equal to 24.0.
(2) Fifty percent of the amount to which the school district would
otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual average
enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater than
24.0 but less than or equal to 25.0.
(3) Seventy-five percent of the amount to which the school
district would otherwise be eligible for each class for which the
annual average enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is
greater than 25.0 but less than or equal to 26.0.
(2) Thirty percent of the amount to which the school district
would otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual
average enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater
than 24 but less than 30.
(4)
(3) The amount to which the school district would
otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual average
enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater than
26.0 or equal to 30 .
(c) For the 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, and 2011-12 fiscal years, a
local educational agency is eligible to receive funding pursuant to
this chapter only for the same number of classes for which it had
applied to receive program funding as of January 31, 2009. A local
educational agency that meets these criteria is eligible for reduced
funding under this section only for the number of classes reported on
its 2008-09 operations application and is not eligible for funds
under this chapter for classes in addition to that number.
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