(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a supplemental appropriation shall be made from the General Fund for the support of school districts, as defined in Section 41302.5, in each fiscal year for the purposes set forth in subdivision (c). The amount of that supplemental appropriation shall be equal to the sum of the amount allocated to school districts pursuant to this section in the prior fiscal year and 25 percent of the amount, if any, allocated to school districts in the prior fiscal year pursuant to Section 8.5 of Article XVI of the California Constitution. That amount shall be adjusted annually for changes in enrollment, and for the change in the cost of living pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (e) of Section 8 of XIII B of the California Constitution.

(b) The funds appropriated for the purposes of subdivision (a) shall be allocated to each school district in an equal amount per unit of enrollment, in accordance with the allocation procedure set forth in subdivision (c) of Section 8.5 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.

Terms Used In California Education Code 41203.7

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Supplemental appropriation: Budget authority provided in an appropriations act in addition to regular or continuing appropriations already provided. Supplemental appropriations generally are made to cover emergencies, such as disaster relief, or other needs deemed too urgent to be postponed until the enactment of next year's regular appropriations act.

(c) The amount allocated to each school district pursuant to this section shall be used only for the reduction of class size in any grade level or subject area. That class size reduction shall occur in any manner determined by the governing board of the school district. Not later than 90 days following each fiscal year in which a school district receives funding pursuant to this section, the governing board of the school district shall certify in writing to the Superintendent that all expenditures of that funding were in compliance with this subdivision.

(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 19, Sec. 32. (SB 78) Effective June 24, 2015.)

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