Amended in Senate March 24, 2014

Senate Bill No. 1137

Introduced by Senator Torres

February 20, 2014

An act to add Section 41850.5 to the Education Code, relating to school transportation.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 1137, as amended, Torres. School transportation: apportionments.

Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to provide for the transportation of pupils to and from school. Existing law, among other things, requires each school district or county office of education that provides transportation to receive the same home-to-school and special education transportation allowances that it received in the prior fiscal year and prohibits the transportation allowances from exceeding the prior year’s approved transportation costs, increased by the amount provided in the annual Budget Act.

This bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction, for the 2014-15 fiscal year to the begin delete 2019-20 end delete begin insert 2020-21 end insert fiscal year, inclusive, to apportion to each school district, county office of education, entity providing services under a school transportation joint powers agreement, or a regional occupational center or program that provides pupil transportation an amount equal to a specified annually increasing percentage of its approved transportation costs for the prior fiscal year or 100% of its school transportation apportionment for the begin delete prior end delete begin insert 2013-14 end insert fiscal year, begin insert adjusted as specified, end insert whichever is greater.

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

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

SECTION 1.  

Section 41850.5 is added to the Education Code,
to read:

41850.5.  

(a)  begin delete (1) end delete begin delete   end delete Notwithstanding any other law, for the
2014-15 fiscal begin delete year, end delete begin insert year to the 2020-21 fiscal year, inclusive, end insert
the Superintendent shall apportion to each school district, county
office of education, entity providing services under a school
transportation joint powers agreement, or regional occupational
center or program that provides pupil transportation services begin delete an
amount equal to 40 percent of its approved transportation costs
for the prior fiscal year or 100 percent of its school transportation
apportionment for the prior fiscal year, whichever is greater. end delete begin insert either
100 percent of its school transportation apportionment for the
2013-14 fiscal year, as adjusted by subdivision (b), or the following
amount, whichever is greater: end insert

begin delete

(2) For the 2015-16 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall
apportion to each school district, county office of education, entity
providing services under a school transportation joint powers
agreement, or regional occupational center or program that provides
pupil transportation services an amount equal to 42 percent of its
approved transportation costs for the prior fiscal year or 100 percent
of its school transportation apportionment for the prior fiscal year,
whichever is greater.

(3) For the 2016-17 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall
apportion to each school district, county office of education, entity
providing services under a school transportation joint powers
agreement, or regional occupational center or program that provides
pupil transportation services an amount equal to 44 percent of its
approved transportation costs for the prior fiscal year or 100 percent
of its school transportation apportionment for the prior fiscal year,
whichever is greater.

(4) For the 2017-18 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall
apportion to each school district, county office of education, entity
providing services under a school transportation joint powers
agreement, or regional occupational center or program that provides
pupil transportation services an amount equal to 46 percent of its
approved transportation costs for the prior fiscal year or 100 percent
of its school transportation apportionment for the prior fiscal year,
whichever is greater.

(5) For the 2018-19 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall
apportion to each school district, county office of education, entity
providing services under a school transportation joint powers
agreement, or regional occupational center or program that provides
pupil transportation services an amount equal to 48 percent of its
approved transportation costs for the prior fiscal year or 100 percent
of its school transportation apportionment for the prior fiscal year,
whichever is greater.

(6) For the 2019-20 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall
apportion to each school district, county office of education, entity
providing services under a school transportation joint powers
agreement, or regional occupational center or program that provides
pupil transportation services an amount equal to 50 percent of its
approved transportation costs for the prior fiscal year or 100 percent
of its school transportation apportionment for the prior fiscal year,
whichever is greater.

end delete begin insert

(1) For the 2014-15 fiscal year, 41 percent of its approved
transportation costs for the prior fiscal year.

end insert begin insert

(2) For the 2015-16 fiscal year, 42.5 percent of its approved
transportation costs for the prior fiscal year.

end insert begin insert

(3) For the 2016-17 fiscal year, 44 percent of its approved
transportation costs for the prior fiscal year.

end insert begin insert

(4) For the 2017-18 fiscal year, 45.5 percent of its approved
transportation costs for the prior fiscal year.

end insert begin insert

(5) For the 2018-19 fiscal year, 47 percent of its approved
transportation costs for the prior fiscal year.

end insert begin insert

(6) For the 2019-20 fiscal year, 48.5 percent of its approved
transportation costs for the prior fiscal year.

end insert begin insert

(7) For the 2020-21 fiscal year, 50 percent of its approved
transportation costs for the prior fiscal year.

end insert

(b) The begin delete amounts apportioned pursuant to this section end delete begin insert 2013-14
fiscal year school transportation apportionment amount described
in subdivision (a) end insert shall be adjusted by the percentage change in
the annual average value of the Implicit Price Deflator for State
and Local Government Purchases of Goods and Services for the
United States, as published by the United States Department of
Commerce for the 12-month period ending in the third quarter of
the prior fiscal year. This percentage change shall be determined
using the latest data available as of May 10 of the preceding fiscal
year compared with the annual average value of the same deflator
for the 12-month period ending in the third quarter of the second
preceding fiscal year, using the latest data available as of May 10
of the preceding fiscal year, as reported by the Department of
Finance.