(a) The average per pupil cost of constructing complete school facilities in the area of the state project for the purposes of this article shall be determined by the board, after consultation with the department and the Department of General Services, on the basis of information obtained thereby and any other information that may be available to the department.

(b) Estimates of the number of project children and indirect project children for the purpose of this article shall be made by the applicant school district in accordance with rules prescribed by the director and shall be made as of the time the greatest number of such children will attend the schools of the district as a result of the state project. The estimates shall be made on the basis of the best information available to the district at the time of the application. Approval of the estimates by the director, in whole or in part, shall be on the basis of the best information available to the director at the time of the approval. In the approval of estimates of the number of project children and indirect project children for the purposes of this article the director may utilize the facilities and services of any department or agency of the state as he or she deems necessary and proper. No estimate shall be used as a basis of an apportionment that has not been approved by the director.

Terms Used In California Education Code 16543

  • Apportionment: means an apportionment made under this chapter unless the context otherwise requires. See California Education Code 16502
  • Board: means the State Allocation Board. See California Education Code 16502
  • Department: means the State Department of Education. See California Education Code 16502
  • Director: means the Director of Education for kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. See California Education Code 16502
  • Indirect project children: means children of parents who have come to the district subsequent to the start of the state project and who are not employed by a contractor or subcontractor of a state project but who are children in the area in addition to those which would be expected as a result of normal development and growth of the area as determined pursuant to regulations of the director which he or she is hereby authorized to adopt. See California Education Code 16502
  • Project: means the purposes for which a school district has applied for an apportionment. See California Education Code 16502
  • Project children: means children of parents who have come to the district subsequent to the start of the state project and who are employed by the State of California or the federal government in connection with a state project and children of parents employed by any contractor or subcontractor of a state project. See California Education Code 16502
  • State project: means any construction project undertaken by the state, or the state and federal government jointly, which will cause a sudden influx of people into the area affected and where sufficient housing, schools, and other community facilities are not available. See California Education Code 16502

(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)

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