ARTICLE 1. County School Service Fund [1600. - 1606.]

Cal. Education Code - EDC 1.
in effect

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 1601. Section 1601.

Wherever any of the terms “unapportioned county elementary school fund,” “county elementary school supervision fund,” “unapportioned county high school fund,” and “county school service fund” are used in this code or in any other law, such term shall be deemed to refer to and mean the “county school service fund.”

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 1602. Section 1602.

The county school service fund shall be utilized by the county superintendent of schools to pay the charges against the fund as are provided in this code; and to provide, with the approval of the county board of education, all of the following: (a) Additional apportionments to any school district or community college district in the territory under his or her jurisdiction for current expenses that (1) has levied the maximum district tax and in which the annual average current cost per pupil does not exceed the annual average current cost per pupil for all districts of the same type within the county or under the jurisdiction of the county superintendent of schools, or (2) needs additional apportionments for current expenses because of temporary emergency conditions. (b) Additional apportionments to any school district or community college district in the territory under his or her jurisdiction for the transportation of pupils to and from school to meet temporary emergency conditions.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 1604. Section 1604.

No moneys shall be expended from the county school service fund for any purpose in excess of the latest proposed expenditures for such purpose as approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction under Section 14050, without the approval of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. It shall be the duty of the county auditor to approve warrants drawn on the county school service fund for expenses approved in the county school service fund budget; provided, however, in a county in which the board of supervisors has transferred educational functions to the county board of education pursuant to Section 1080, and a single budget has been authorized for the purposes of the county school service fund, county board of education, county committee on school district organization, and the office of the county superintendent of schools pursuant to Sections 1620 to 1625, inclusive, and the board of supervisors has made the provisions of Sections 42649 and 85265.5 applicable in the county, orders for warrants and warrants shall be signed by the county superintendent of schools and paid by the county treasurer without the approval of the county auditor. A listing of all warrants issued by the county superintendent of schools, where the approval of the county auditor is not required, shall be forwarded to the county auditor on the same day they are issued. The form of the warrant and the form and content of the warrant listing shall be as approved by the county auditor. The county auditor shall not be liable upon his bond or otherwise for any warrant issued where his approval is not required.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 1605. Section 1605.

The title to all property purchased by the county superintendent of schools from the county school service fund is in the offices of the county superintendent of schools.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 1606. Section 1606.

The money credited to the county school service fund of a county pursuant to Section 16417 of the Government Code may be apportioned by the county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the county board of education, to school districts within which there is land which has been acquired by the United States.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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