California Assembly Bill AB348 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 348INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Conway FEBRUARY 13, 2013 An act to amend Section 41601.7 of the Education Code, relating to high school finance. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 348, as introduced, Conway. School finance: necessary small schools. Existing law authorizes a school district with an increase or decrease in the number of units of average daily attendance at a necessary small high school from the second principal apportionment to the annual apportionment to request the county superintendent of schools to adjust the school district's revenue limit or block grant by utilizing the units of average daily attendance for the annual apportionment for the necessary small high school in lieu of the units of average daily attendance for the second principal apportionment if specified conditions are met. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this provision. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 41601.7 of the Education Code is amended to read: 41601.7. A school district with an increase or decrease in the number of units of average daily attendance at a necessary small high school from the second principal apportionment to the annual apportionment may request the county superintendent of schools to adjust the  school  district's revenue limit or block grant by  utilizing   using  the units of average daily attendance for the annual apportionment for the necessary small high school in lieu of the units of average daily attendance for the second principal apportionment. To qualify for this adjustment, the following conditions shall be met: (1) The increase or decrease in the units of average daily attendance between the two periods at the necessary small high school shall be equal to or greater than 15 percent and such increase or decrease shall be attributable to pupils attending a necessary small high school  which   that  provides a program of education with individualized instruction in a residential setting at an institution for pupils who have been placed in foster care for rehabilitation purposes pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 200) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (2) The school district reimburses the county superintendent of schools for the administrative costs of making the adjustment prescribed by this section.