For each fiscal year for which federal funds under Part B of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. § 1400 set seq.) are allocated to the state pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 1411 of Title 20 of the United States Code, the federal funding for local entitlements shall be allocated through the annual Budget Act in the following manner:

(a) The state shall first award each local educational agency, including public charter schools that operate as local educational agencies, the amount the local educational agency would have received under Section 1411 for the 1999 fiscal year.

Terms Used In California Education Code 56837

  • 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.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

(b) After calculating the allocations under subdivision (a), the state shall do both of the following:

(1) Allocate 85 percent of any remaining funds to the local educational agencies described in subdivision (a) on the basis of the relative numbers of pupils enrolled in public and private elementary schools and secondary schools within each local educational agency’s territorial jurisdiction.

(2) Allocate 15 percent of the remaining funds to those local educational agencies described in subdivision (a) in accordance with the relative numbers of children living in poverty within each local educational agency’s jurisdiction, as determined by the Superintendent.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 653, Sec. 49. Effective October 7, 2005.)

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