After receiving the advice of the Controller, the Superintendent of Public Instruction is authorized pursuant to Section 41450 to contract with consultants possessing financial and administrative expertise, including county offices of education, to examine the financial problems of county offices of education and school districts that are identified as being in severe financial difficulty. The examination shall result in a written report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction regarding financial problems identified and recommendations on ways to alleviate them, which report shall be presented at a public meeting of the governing board of each of the school districts and county offices of education.

(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1462, Sec. 1.16.)