The cost to administer vote by mail ballots where issues and elective offices related to school districts, as defined by § 17519 of the Government Code, are included on a ballot election with noneducation issues and elective offices shall not be fully or partially prorated to a school district. The Commission on State Mandates shall delete school districts, county boards of education, and community college districts from the list of eligible claimants in the Parameters and Guidelines for the Absentee Ballot Mandates.

(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 508, Sec. 36. Effective January 1, 2008.)