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AB-193 School finance: equalization adjustment.(2001-2002)

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Amended  IN  Assembly  April 17, 2001
Amended  IN  Assembly  May 02, 2001
Amended  IN  Assembly  May 31, 2001
Amended  IN  Senate  July 03, 2001
Amended  IN  Senate  July 18, 2001
Amended  IN  Senate  February 26, 2002

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2001–2002 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 193

Introduced  by  Assembly Member Thomson, Dutra, Leach, Simitian
 (Principal Coauthor(s): Assembly Member Canciamilla, Nakano)
 (Principal Coauthor(s): Senator Torlakson)
 (Coauthor(s): Assembly Member Alquist, Ashburn, Bates, Bogh, Briggs, Bill Campbell, John Campbell, Cedillo, Chan, Cohn, Corbett, Correa, Cox, Daucher, Dickerson, Frommer, Goldberg, Keeley, Lowenthal, Maddox, Nation, Robert Pacheco, Rod Pacheco, Papan, Pescetti, Reyes, Runner, Shelley, Strickland, Strom-Martin, Vargas, Washington, Wayne, Wiggins, Wyland, Zettel)
 (Coauthor(s): Senator Battin, Costa, Haynes, Margett, McPherson, Oller, Vincent)

February 07, 2001

An act to add Section 42238.44 42238.45 to the Education Code, relating to school finance.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 193, as amended, Thomson. School finance: revenue limits equalization adjustment.
Existing law, the Fairness in Education Funding Act, requires each county superintendent of schools to make specified calculations to determine a base revenue limit for each school district in the county.
This bill would, for the 2001–02 fiscal year, require the Superintendent of Public Instruction, for the 2003–04 fiscal year, to compute an equalization adjustment for each school district so that no district’s prior year base revenue limit per unit of average daily attendance is less than the prior year base revenue limit per unit of average daily attendance above which fall not more than 10% of the total statewide units of average daily attendance for the appropriate size and type of district.
This bill would require, to the extent that funds are available, an amount to be appropriated from the General Fund to the Superintendent of Public Instruction in each fiscal year from 2002–03 to 2006–07, inclusive, to provide funding to school districts according to a specified formula calculated to meet the equalization revenue limits by the 2006–07 fiscal year.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 42238.4442238.45 is added to the Education Code, to read:
42238.44.

(a)This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Fairness in Education Funding Act.

(b)(1)For the 2001–02 fiscal year, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall compute an equalization adjustment for each school district, so that no district’s 2000–01 base revenue limit per unit of average daily attendance is less than the 2000–01 base revenue limit per unit of average daily attendance above which fall not more than 10 percent of the total statewide units of average daily attendance for each category of school district set forth in subdivision (c).

(2)For purposes of this section, the district base revenue limit and the statewide average base revenue limit shall not include any amounts attributable to Section 45023.4, 46200, or 46201.

(c)Subdivision (b) shall apply to the following school districts, which shall be grouped according to size and type as follows:

42238.45.
 In order to equalize revenue limits for school districts by the 2006–07 fiscal year, to the extent that funds are available, an amount shall be appropriated from the General Fund to the Superintendent of Public Instruction in each fiscal year from 2002–03 to 2006–07, inclusive, to provide funding to school districts, as specified in Section 42238.44, according to the following schedule:
(a) In fiscal year 2002–03, an amount of no less than one-fifth of the remaining funding that is required to be allocated in order to reach the 90th percentile equalization target.
(b) In fiscal year 2003–04, an amount of no less than one-fourth of the remaining funding that is required to be allocated in order to reach the 90th percentile equalization target.
(c) In fiscal year 2004–05, an amount of no less than one-third of the remaining funding that is required to be allocated in order to reach the 90th percentile equalization target.
(d) In fiscal year 2005–06, an amount of no less than one-half of the remaining funding that is required to be allocated in order to reach the 90th percentile equalization target.
(e) In fiscal year 2006–07, an amount equal to the remaining funding that is required to be allocated in order to reach the 90th percentile equalization target.

District

ADA

Elementary

less than 101

Elementary

more than 100

High School

less than 301

High School

more than 300

Unified

less than 1,501

Unified

more than 1,500

(d)The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall compute a revenue limit equalization adjustment for each school district’s base revenue limit per unit of average daily attendance as follows:

(1)Multiply the amount computed for each school district pursuant to subdivision (b) by the average daily attendance used to calculate the district’s revenue limit for the current fiscal year.

(2)Divide the amount appropriated for purposes of this section for the then current fiscal year by the statewide sum of the amount computed pursuant to paragraph (1).

(3)Multiply the amount computed for the school district pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) by the amount computed pursuant to paragraph (2).

(e)(1)For the purposes of this section, the 2000–01 statewide 90th percentile base revenue limit determined pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), and the fraction computed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) for the 2000–01 second principal apportionment, shall be final, and shall not be recalculated at subsequent apportionments. The fraction computed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) shall not, under any circumstances, exceed 1.00. For purposes of determining the size of a school district pursuant to subdivision (c), the county superintendents of schools, in conjunction with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall use school district revenue limit average daily attendance for the prior fiscal year as determined pursuant to Section 42238.5 and Article 4 (commencing with Section 42280).

(2)For the purposes of calculating the size of a school district pursuant to subdivision (c), the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall include units of average daily attendance of any charter school for which the school district is the chartering agency.

(3)For the purposes of computing the target amounts pursuant to subdivision (d), the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall count all charter school average daily attendance toward the average daily attendance of the school district that is the chartering agency.

SEC. 2.

If the appropriation in the 2001–02 fiscal year for purposes of Section 42238.44 of the Education Code is insufficient to provide funding equal to the amount computed pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 42238.44 of the Education Code, the amount appropriated pursuant to Section 42238.44 of the Education Code shall be allocated to school districts on a pro rata basis.