ARTICLE 3. Temporary Transfer—County to Districts, to Finance Excess Expenditure [42620. - 42623.]

Cal. Education Code - EDC 3.

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Cal. Education Code - EDC § 42620. Section 42620.

Whenever prior to the receipt by any school district or county school service fund of its state, county, city and county, or district funds, any school district or county school service fund of a county or city and county does not have sufficient money to its credit to meet current expenses of maintenance, the board of supervisors of the county or city and county shall order, and the auditor and treasurer of the county or city and county shall make a temporary transfer from any funds of the county or city and county not immediately needed to pay claims against them to the school fund of the district or county school service fund of the amount needed, not exceeding 85 percent of the amount of money which will accrue to the school district or county school service fund during the fiscal year. Upon the making of the transfer the auditor shall immediately notify the superintendent of schools of the county or city and county of the amount transferred. Each transfer of funds requested under this section shall be granted in order of receipt by the board of supervisors, regardless of whether sufficient county funds are available for transfer to meet pending or anticipated requests of school districts. The funds transferred under this section to the credit of a school district or county school service fund shall be retransferred by the auditor and treasurer to the fund from which they were taken from the first moneys accruing to the school district or county school service fund and before any other obligation of the school district or county school service fund is paid from the money accruing.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 42620.1. Section 42620.1.

(a) Whenever a charter school of a county or city and county does not have sufficient money to its credit, before the charter school receives its state, county, city and county, or district funds, to meet current expenses of maintenance, the board of supervisors of the county or city and county may order, and the auditor and treasurer of the county or city and county shall make, a temporary transfer from any funds of the county or city and county not immediately needed to pay claims against them to the charter school of the amount needed, not exceeding 85 percent of the amount of money that will accrue to the charter school during the fiscal year. Upon the making of a transfer, the auditor shall immediately notify the superintendent of schools of the county or city and county of the amount transferred. The board of supervisors may order temporary transfers of funds to charter schools only after ensuring that all transfer requests for school districts and county offices of education have been satisfied pursuant to Section 42620. (b) The funds transferred under this section to the credit of a charter school shall be retransferred by the auditor and treasurer to the fund from which they were taken from the first moneys accruing to the charter school and before any other obligation of the charter school is paid from the money accruing.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 42621. Section 42621.

The county superintendent of schools of each county, with the approval of the county board of education, may make temporary transfers to a school district or charter school that does not have sufficient money to its credit to meet current operating expenses from the county school service fund, in amounts and at times that the county superintendent of schools deems necessary. These transfers shall not exceed 85 percent of the amount of money accruing to the school district or charter school at the time of transfer. The amounts so transferred shall be repaid to the county school service fund before June 30 of the current year from any funds subsequently received by the school district or charter school.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 42622. Section 42622.

The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the county board of education, may make an apportionment to a school district or charter school from the county school service fund conditional upon the repayment to the fund during the next succeeding fiscal year of the amount apportioned to the school district or charter school and, during the next succeeding fiscal year, shall transfer the amount of the apportionment from the general fund of the school district or charter school to the county school service fund.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 42623. Section 42623.

(a) Upon the request of the county board of education on behalf of a newly organized school district, and upon the order of the county board of supervisors of the county or city and county, the auditor and treasurer of the county or city and county shall make a temporary transfer from any funds of the county or city and county not immediately needed to pay claims against them to the general fund of the newly organized school district for the purpose of meeting the current expense of the school district until the school district receives its first state apportionments or school district tax funds. Upon the making of the transfer, the auditor shall immediately notify the superintendent of schools of the county or the city and county of the amount transferred. (b) The funds transferred under this section to the general fund of a newly organized school district shall be retransferred by the auditor and the treasurer to the fund from which they were taken from the first moneys accruing to the school district after it becomes effective for all purposes pursuant to Section 35534 and before any other obligation of the school district is paid from the money accruing.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026