(a) (1) For the 2018-19 fiscal year to the 2022-23 fiscal year, inclusive, the Superintendent shall add to the amount to be apportioned pursuant to Section 2575, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) and the following:

(A) For the 2018-19 fiscal year, the fiscal year allowance calculated pursuant to subdivision (b) using the 2018 local control funding formula assistance status report plus the allowance calculated pursuant to subdivision (b) using the 2017 local control funding formula assistance status report, divided by two.

(B) For the 2019-20 fiscal year to the 2022-23 fiscal year, inclusive, the allowance calculated pursuant to subdivision (b) for the current year local control funding formula assistance status report plus the allowance calculated pursuant to subdivision (b) for the prior two years’ local control funding formula assistance status reports, divided by three.

(2) Commencing with the 2023-24 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall add to the amount to be apportioned pursuant to Section 2575, the sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) and the allowance calculated pursuant to subdivision (b) for the current year local control funding formula assistance status report plus the allowance calculated pursuant to subdivision (b) for the prior two years’ local control funding formula assistance status reports, divided by three.

(b) The allowance for each fiscal year shall be equal to the sum of the following: one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) multiplied by the number of small school districts; two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) multiplied by the number of medium school districts; and three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) multiplied by the number of large school districts for which the county superintendent of schools has jurisdiction pursuant to Sections 1240 and 1253 that are also determined to be in need of differentiated assistance pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 52071.

(c) For purposes of this section, a small school district is any school district with average daily attendance of 2,499 or less, a medium school district is any school district with an average daily attendance of at least 2,500 but not more than 9,999, and a large school district is any school district with an average daily attendance of 10,000 or more.

(d) Average daily attendance for purposes of this section shall be the annual period average daily attendance as reported by the school district for the prior fiscal year.

(e) For purposes of this section, a school district in need of differentiated assistance is a school district identified pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 52071.

(f) For a county superintendent of schools in a county where the county board of education serves as the governing board of any school district under its jurisdiction, and the school district is identified for differentiated assistance pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 52071, the amount calculated pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be allocated to the lead agency identified pursuant to Section 52073 of the region in which the county office of education is located. Funds allocated pursuant to this subdivision shall be used by either the lead agency to whom the funds were allocated or another county office of education identified by the county office of education that generated the funds to provide the technical assistance described in subdivision (c) of Section 52071 to the county office of education that generated the funds.

(g) For purposes of making the computations required by § 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the appropriations described in subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be “General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts,” as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202.

(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 48, Sec. 3. (SB 114) Effective July 10, 2023.)