California Education Code 41204 – (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, pursuant to “The …
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature, pursuant to “The Classroom Instructional Improvement and Accountability Act,” that school districts, as defined in Section 41302.5, and community college districts, as constituted during 1986-87 fiscal year, annually receive a basic minimum portion of the revenues that were deposited to the General Fund in that year.
(b) In recognition of this intent, it is further the intent of the Legislature that both houses and the Governor be guided by the following:
Terms Used In California Education Code 41204
- 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.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
(1) If the revenues of a tax that were deposited in the General Fund in the 1986-87 fiscal year are redirected to any local governmental entity, then the percentages of General Fund revenues required to be applied by the state for the support of school districts, community college districts, and state agencies providing direct elementary and secondary level instructional services shall be recalculated as if those revenues were not deposited in the General Fund in the 1986-87 fiscal year.
(2) If the allocated local proceeds of taxes, as defined by subdivisions (g) and (h) of Section 41202, received by a school district or community college district during the 1986-87 fiscal year, are redirected to other entities or statutorily or constitutionally reduced or eliminated, the additional General Fund support provided to replace the allocated local proceeds of taxes may not be counted as General Fund revenues required to be applied for the support of school districts, community college districts, and state agencies providing direct elementary and secondary level instructional services pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of § 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, unless the percentage of General Fund revenues appropriated to school districts, community college districts, and state agencies providing direct elementary and secondary level instructional services in the 1986-87 fiscal year is adjusted to reflect the amount of General Fund support that would have been provided in the 1986-87 fiscal year had the allocated local proceeds of taxes been correspondingly reduced.
(c) No appropriation of funding to be allocated to school districts, as defined in Section 41302.5, or community college districts, for the support of any program or activity of either or both of those entities, that is not an ordinary or historical responsibility of one or both of those entities shall be credited toward the state’s funding obligation under subdivision (b) of § 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 82, Sec. 8. Effective June 30, 1989. See same-numbered section in the prevailing Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 83.)
California Education Code 41204 – (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, pursuant to “The …
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature, pursuant to “The Classroom Instructional Improvement and Accountability Act,” that school districts, as defined in Section 41302.5, and community college districts, as constituted during the 1986-87 fiscal year, annually receive a basic minimum portion of the revenues that is equivalent to the percentage of revenues that were deposited to the General Fund in that year.
(b) In recognition of this intent, it is further the intent of the Legislature that both houses and the Governor be guided by the following:
Terms Used In California Education Code 41204
- 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.
(1) If the revenues of a tax that were deposited in the General Fund in the 1986-87 fiscal year are redirected to another fund, or level of government, then the percentages of General Fund revenues required to be applied by the state for the support of school districts, community college districts, and state agencies providing direct elementary and secondary level instructional services shall be recalculated as if those revenues were not deposited in the General Fund in the 1986-87 fiscal year.
(2) If the allocated local proceeds of taxes, as defined by subdivisions (g) and (h) of Section 41202, received by a school district or community college district during the 1986-87 fiscal year are redirected to other entities or statutorily or constitutionally reduced or eliminated, the additional General Fund support provided to replace the allocated local proceeds of taxes may not be counted as General Fund revenues required to be applied for the support of school districts, community college districts, and state agencies providing direct elementary and secondary level instructional services pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of § 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, unless the percentage of General Fund revenues appropriated to school districts, community college districts, and state agencies providing direct elementary and secondary level instructional services in the 1986-87 fiscal year is adjusted to reflect the amount of General Fund support that would have been provided in the 1986-87 fiscal year had the allocated local proceeds of taxes been correspondingly reduced.
(3) If a program of a school district, as defined in Section 41302.5, or of a community college district was supported by state funds from a source other than the General Fund during the 1986-87 fiscal year and General Fund moneys are subsequently provided in support of the program and in lieu of the other source of funds, the supplanting General Fund revenues shall not be counted as moneys to be applied by the state for the support of school districts or community college districts pursuant to subdivision (b) of § 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
(c) Programs that existed in the 1986-87 fiscal year, and were not the functional responsibility of school districts or community college districts in that fiscal year, shall not be shifted to the responsibility or financial support of school districts or community college districts without appropriate corresponding adjustment to the calculations made pursuant to subdivision (b) of § 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to prevent the creation of a new educational program that is supported by a General Fund appropriation made in conformity with subdivision (b) of § 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
(d) Enrollment, average daily attendance, or average daily attendance equivalents used for the purpose of calculating “increases in enrollment” pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of § 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution shall not be redefined, adjusted, or otherwise recalculated unless the appropriate action is taken to neutralize the effect of the change with respect to the adjustment required to be made for increases in enrollment.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 427) by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 63. (AB 1023) Effective January 1, 2012.)