Section 52055.770.
Cal. Education Code - EDC § 52055.770.
in effect(a)
School districts and chartering authorities shall receive funding at the following rate, on behalf of funded schools:
(1)
For kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, five hundred dollars ($500) per enrolled pupil in funded schools.
(2)
For grades 4 to 8, inclusive, nine hundred dollars ($900) per enrolled pupil in funded schools.
(3)
For grades 9 to 12, inclusive, one thousand dollars ($1,000) per enrolled pupil in funded schools.
(b)
For purposes of subdivision (a), enrollment of a pupil in a funded school in the prior
fiscal year shall be based on data from the CBEDS. For the 2007–08 fiscal year, the funded rates shall be reduced to reflect the percentage difference in the total amounts appropriated for purposes of this section in that year compared to the amounts appropriated for purposes of this section in the 2008–09 fiscal year.
(c)
The following amounts are hereby appropriated from the General Fund for the purposes set forth in subdivision (g):
(1)
For the 2007–08 fiscal year, three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000), to be allocated as follows:
(A)
Thirty-two million dollars ($32,000,000) for transfer by the Controller to Section B of the State School Fund for allocation by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to community colleges for the purpose of providing funding to the community colleges to improve
and expand career technical education in public secondary education and lower division public higher education pursuant to Section 88532, including the hiring of additional faculty to expand the number of career technical education programs and course offerings.
(B)
Two hundred sixty-eight million dollars ($268,000,000) for transfer by the Controller to Section A of the State School Fund for allocation by the Superintendent pursuant to this article.
(2)
For each of the 2008–09 and 2011–12 fiscal years, four hundred fifty million dollars ($450,000,000) per fiscal year, to be allocated as follows:
(A)
Forty-eight million dollars ($48,000,000) for transfer by the Controller to Section B of the State School Fund for allocation by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to community colleges as required under
subdivision (e) for the 2008–09 fiscal year, and under subdivision (f) for the 2011–12 fiscal year.
(B)
Four hundred two million dollars ($402,000,000) for transfer by the Controller to Section A of the State School Fund for allocation by the Superintendent pursuant to this article.
(3)
For the 2009–10 fiscal year, thirty million dollars ($30,000,000), to be allocated for transfer by the Controller to Section B of the State School Fund for allocation by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to community colleges as required under subdivision (e).
(4)
For the 2010–11 fiscal year, four hundred twenty million dollars ($420,000,000), to be allocated as follows:
(A)
Eighteen million dollars ($18,000,000) for transfer by the Controller to
Section B of the State School Fund for allocation by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to community colleges as required under subdivision (e).
(B)
Four hundred two million dollars ($402,000,000) for transfer by the Controller to Section A of the State School Fund for allocation by the Superintendent pursuant to this article.
(5)
For the 2014–15 fiscal year, four hundred nine million six hundred fourteen thousand dollars ($409,614,000), the amount determined by the Director of Finance to be the amount of the difference between the sum of amounts appropriated under paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, and Section 41207.6, and the total fiscal settlement agreed to by the parties in California Teachers Association, et al. v. Arnold Schwarzenegger (Super. Ct., Sacramento County, 2006, No. 05CS01165), to be allocated pursuant to subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive. The
sum of all fiscal years of funding provided pursuant to this section and Section 41207.6 shall not exceed the total funds agreed to by those parties, in accordance with both of the following:
(A)
Forty-eight million dollars ($48,000,000) for transfer by the Controller to Section B of the State School Fund for allocation by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to community colleges as required under subdivision (d) of Section 52055.780.
(B)
(i)
Two hundred sixty-seven million dollars ($267,000,000) for transfer by the Controller to Section A of the State School Fund for allocation by the Superintendent pursuant to this article.
(ii)
Notwithstanding any other law, funds appropriated for the 2014–15 fiscal year pursuant to clause (i) that are not allocated to schools with
kindergarten or grades 1 to 12, inclusive, due to program termination or otherwise, shall be reallocated within the fiscal year for purposes of this article. The amount reallocated shall be distributed based on the proportionate share of funding each school that was funded received pursuant to this paragraph for the 2014–15 fiscal year.
(C)
Ninety-four million six hundred fourteen thousand dollars ($94,614,000) for transfer by the Controller to the School Facilities Emergency Repair Account pursuant to Section 17592.71.
(6)
Commencing with the 2010–11 fiscal year, payments made pursuant to this subdivision shall be made only on or after October 8 of each fiscal year.
(d)
The sum transferred under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) for the 2008–09 fiscal year shall be allocated by the Chancellor of
the California Community Colleges as follows:
(1)
Thirty-eight million dollars ($38,000,000) to the community colleges for the purpose of providing funding to the community colleges to improve and expand career technical education in public secondary education and lower division public higher education pursuant to Section 88532, including the hiring of additional faculty to expand the number of career technical education programs and course offerings.
(2)
Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to the community colleges for the purpose of providing one-time block grants to community college districts to be used for one-time items of expenditure, including, but not limited to, the following purposes:
(A)
Physical plant, scheduled maintenance, deferred maintenance, and special repairs.
(B)
Instructional materials and support.
(C)
Instructional equipment, including equipment related to career technical education, with priority for nursing program equipment.
(D)
Library materials.
(E)
Technology infrastructure.
(F)
Hazardous substances abatement, cleanup, and repair.
(G)
Architectural barrier removal.
(H)
State-mandated local programs.
(3)
The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall allocate the amount allocated pursuant to paragraph (2) to community college districts on
an equal amount per actual full-time equivalent student (FTES) reported for the prior fiscal year, except that each community college district shall be allocated an amount not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), and the equal amount per unit of FTES shall be computed accordingly.
(4)
Funds allocated under paragraph (2) shall supplement and not supplant existing expenditures and may not be counted as the community college district contribution for physical plant projects and instructional material purchases funded in Item 6870-101-0001 of Section 2.00 of the annual Budget Act.
(e)
For each of the 2011–12 and 2014–15 fiscal years, the sum transferred pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) and subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) shall be allocated by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to the community colleges for the purpose of
improving and expanding career technical education in public secondary education and lower division public higher education pursuant to Section 88532, including the hiring of additional faculty to expand the number of career technical education programs and course offerings.
(f)
The appropriations made under subdivision (c) and the amount specified in Section 41207.6 are for the purpose of discharging in full the minimum state educational funding obligation to school districts and community college districts pursuant to Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution and Chapter 213 of the Statutes of 2004 for the 2004–05 fiscal year, and the outstanding maintenance factor for the 2005–06 fiscal year resulting from this additional payment of the Chapter 213 amount for the 2004–05 fiscal year.
(g)
For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI
of the California Constitution, including computation of the state’s minimum funding obligation to school districts and community college districts in subsequent fiscal years, the first one billion six hundred twenty million nine hundred twenty-eight thousand dollars ($1,620,928,000) in appropriations made pursuant to subdivision (c) and the amount specified in Section 41207.6 shall be deemed to be “General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts,” as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202 and “General Fund Revenues appropriated for community college districts,” as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 41202, for the 2004–05 fiscal year and included within the “total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B,” as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for that fiscal year. The remaining appropriations made pursuant to subdivision (c) and the amount specified in Section 41207.6 shall be deemed
to be “General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts,” as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202, and “General Fund revenues appropriated for community college districts,” as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 41202, for the 2005–06 fiscal year and included within the “total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII
B,” as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for that fiscal year.
(h)
From funds appropriated under subdivision (c), the Superintendent shall provide both of the following:
(1)
Not more than two million dollars ($2,000,000) annually to county superintendents of schools to carry out the requirements of this article, allocated in a manner similar to that created to carry out the new duties of those superintendents under the
settlement agreement in the case of Williams v. California (Super. Ct. San Francisco, No. CGC-00-312236).
(2)
Five million dollars ($5,000,000) in the 2007–08 fiscal year to support regional assistance under Section 52055.730. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Superintendent and the president of the state board or his or her designee, along with county offices of education, seek foundational and other financial support to sustain and expand these services. Funds provided under this paragraph that are not expended in the 2007–08 fiscal year shall be reappropriated for use in subsequent fiscal years for the same purpose.
(i)
Notwithstanding any other law, funds appropriated under subdivision (c) but not allocated to schools with kindergarten or grades 1 to 12, inclusive, in a fiscal year, due to program termination in any year or otherwise, shall be reappropriated in
furtherance of the purposes of this article. First priority for those amounts shall be to provide cost-of-living increases and enrollment growth adjustments to funded schools.
(j)
The sum of three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the department to fund 3.0 positions to implement this article. Funding provided under this subdivision is not part of funds provided pursuant to subdivision (c).
References
referencesCal. Const. art. XVI § 8.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 88532.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 41207.6.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 52055.780.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 17592.71.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 2.00.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 41202.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 52055.730.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026