Section 2574.
Cal. Education Code - EDC § 2574.
in effectFor the 2013–14 fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter, the Superintendent annually shall calculate a county local control funding formula for each county superintendent of schools as follows:
(a)
Compute a county office of education operations grant equal to the sum of each of the following amounts:
(1)
Six hundred fifty-five thousand nine hundred twenty dollars ($655,920).
(2)
One hundred nine thousand three hundred twenty dollars ($109,320) multiplied by the number of school districts for which the county superintendent of schools has jurisdiction pursuant to Section 1253.
(3)
(A)
Seventy dollars ($70) multiplied by the number of units of countywide average daily attendance, up to a maximum of 30,000 units.
(B)
Sixty dollars ($60) multiplied by the number of units of countywide average daily attendance for the portion of countywide average daily attendance, if any, above 30,000 units, up to a maximum of 60,000 units.
(C)
Fifty dollars ($50) multiplied by the number of units of countywide average daily attendance for the portion of countywide average daily attendance, if any, above 60,000, up to a maximum of 140,000 units.
(D)
Forty dollars ($40) multiplied by the number of units of countywide average daily attendance for the portion of countywide average daily attendance, if any, above 140,000 units.
(E)
For
purposes of this section, countywide average daily attendance means the aggregate number of annual units of average daily attendance within the county attributable to all school districts for which the county superintendent of schools has jurisdiction pursuant to Section 1253, charter schools authorized by school districts for which the county superintendent of schools has jurisdiction, and charter schools authorized by the county superintendent of schools.
(4)
For the 2014–15 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, adjust each of the rates provided in the prior year pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) by the percentage change in the annual average value of the Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Government Purchases of Goods and Services for the United States, as published by the United States Department of Commerce for the 12-month period ending in the third quarter of the prior fiscal year. This percentage change shall be
determined using the latest data available as of May 10 of the preceding fiscal year compared with the annual average value of the same deflator for the 12-month period ending in the third quarter of the second preceding fiscal year, using the latest data available as of May 10 of the preceding fiscal year, as reported by the Department of Finance.
(5)
Commencing with the 2022–23 fiscal year, add one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($175,000) to the amount specified in paragraph (2), as that rate was adjusted pursuant to paragraph (4).
(6)
Commencing with the 2022–23 fiscal year, add fourteen dollars ($14) to each of the amounts specified in subparagraphs (A) to (D), inclusive, of paragraph (3), as those rates were adjusted pursuant to paragraph (4).
(b)
Determine the enrollment percentage of unduplicated
pupils pursuant to the following:
(1)
(A)
For the 2013–14 fiscal year, divide the enrollment of unduplicated pupils in all schools operated by a county superintendent of schools in the 2013–14 fiscal year by the total enrollment in those schools in the 2013–14 fiscal year.
(B)
For the 2014–15 fiscal year, divide the sum of the enrollment of unduplicated pupils in all schools operated by a county superintendent of schools in the 2013–14 and 2014–15 fiscal years by the sum of the total enrollment in those schools in the 2013–14 and 2014–15 fiscal years.
(C)
For the 2015–16 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, divide the sum of the enrollment of unduplicated pupils in all schools operated by a county superintendent of schools in the current fiscal year and the two prior fiscal years by the
sum of the total enrollment in those schools in the current fiscal year and the two prior fiscal years.
(D)
(i)
For purposes of the quotients determined pursuant to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the Superintendent shall use a county superintendent of schools’ enrollment of unduplicated pupils and total pupil enrollment in the 2014–15 fiscal year instead of the enrollment of unduplicated pupils and total pupil enrollment in the 2013–14 fiscal year if doing so would yield an overall greater percentage of unduplicated pupils.
(ii)
It is the intent of the Legislature to review each county office of education’s enrollment of unduplicated pupils for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 fiscal years and provide one-time funding, if necessary, for a county office of education with higher enrollment of unduplicated pupils in the 2014–15 fiscal year as compared to the 2013–14 fiscal
year.
(E)
For purposes of determining the enrollment percentage of unduplicated pupils pursuant to this subdivision, enrollment in schools or classes established pursuant to Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 48645) of Chapter 4 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 and the enrollment of pupils other than the pupils identified in clauses (i) to (iii), inclusive, of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (c), shall be excluded from the calculation of the enrollment percentage of unduplicated pupils.
(F)
The data used to determine the percentage of unduplicated pupils shall be final once that data is no longer used in the current fiscal year calculation of the percentage of unduplicated pupils. This subparagraph does not apply to a change that is the result of an audit that has been appealed pursuant to Section 41344.
(2)
For purposes of this section, an “unduplicated pupil” is a pupil who is classified as an English learner, eligible for a free or reduced-price meal, or a foster youth. For purposes of this section, the definitions in Section 42238.01 of an English learner, a pupil eligible for a free or reduced-price meal, and foster youth shall apply. A pupil shall be counted only once for purposes of this section if any of the following apply:
(A)
The pupil is classified as an English learner and is eligible for a free or reduced-price meal.
(B)
The pupil is classified as an English learner and is a foster youth.
(C)
The pupil is eligible for a free or reduced-price meal and is classified as a foster youth.
(D)
The pupil is classified as an English
learner, is eligible for a free or reduced-price meal, and is a foster youth.
(3)
(A)
Under procedures and timeframes established by the Superintendent, commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year, a county superintendent of schools annually shall report the enrollment of unduplicated pupils, pupils classified as English learners, pupils eligible for free and reduced-price meals, and foster youth in schools operated by the county superintendent of schools to the Superintendent using the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System.
(B)
The Superintendent shall make the calculations pursuant to this section using the data submitted through the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System.
(C)
The Controller shall include instructions, as appropriate, in the audit guide required by
subdivision (a) of Section 14502.1, for determining if the data reported by a county superintendent of schools using the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System is consistent with pupil data records maintained by the county office of education.
(c)
Compute an alternative education grant equal to the sum of the following:
(1)
(A)
(i)
For the 2013–14 fiscal year to the 2022–23 fiscal year, inclusive, a base grant equal to the 2012–13 per pupil undeficited statewide average juvenile court school base revenue limit calculated pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 2550) of Chapter 12, as that article read on January 1, 2013, and as adjusted each fiscal year pursuant to subparagraph (B). For purposes of this subparagraph, the 2012–13 statewide average juvenile court school base revenue limit shall be considered final as
of the annual apportionment for the 2012–13 fiscal year, as calculated for purposes of the certification required on or before February 20, 2014, pursuant to Sections 41332 and 41339.
(ii)
For the 2023–24 fiscal year, a base grant equal to the grade span-adjusted base grant for average daily attendance in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, calculated pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 42238.02, for the 2022–23 fiscal year, multiplied by 1.33, and then adjusted pursuant to subparagraph (B) for the 2023–24 fiscal year.
(iii)
Commencing with the 2024–25 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, a base grant equal to the amount calculated pursuant to clause (ii) and as adjusted each year pursuant to subparagraph (B).
(B)
Commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year, the per pupil base grant shall be adjusted by the percentage
change in the annual average value of the Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Government Purchases of Goods and Services for the United States, as published by the United States Department of Commerce for the 12-month period ending in the third quarter of the prior fiscal year. This percentage change shall be determined using the latest data available as of May 10 of the preceding fiscal year compared with the annual average value of the same deflator for the 12-month period ending in the third quarter of the second preceding fiscal year, using the latest data available as of May 10 of the preceding fiscal year, as reported by the Department of Finance.
(2)
A supplemental grant equal to 35 percent of the base grant described in paragraph (1) multiplied by the enrollment percentage calculated in subdivision (b). The supplemental grant shall be expended in accordance with the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 42238.07.
(3)
(A)
A concentration grant equal to 35 percent of the base grant described in paragraph (1) multiplied by the greater of either of the following:
(i)
The enrollment percentage calculated in subdivision (b) less 50 percent.
(ii)
Zero.
(B)
The concentration grant shall be expended in accordance with the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 42238.07.
(4)
(A)
Multiply the sum of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) by the total number of units of average daily attendance for pupils attending schools operated by a county office of education, excluding units of average daily attendance for pupils attending schools or classes established pursuant to Article
2.5 (commencing with Section 48645) of Chapter 4 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2, who are enrolled pursuant to any of the following:
(i)
Probation-referred pursuant to Sections 300, 601, 602, and 654 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(ii)
On probation or parole and not in attendance in a school.
(iii)
Expelled for any of the reasons specified in subdivision (a) or (c) of Section 48915.
(B)
Multiply the number of units of average daily attendance for pupils attending schools or classes established pursuant to Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 48645) of Chapter 4 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 by the sum of the base grant calculated pursuant to paragraph (1), a supplemental grant equal to 35 percent of the base grant calculated pursuant to
paragraph (1), and a concentration grant equal to 17.5 percent of the base grant calculated pursuant to paragraph (1). Funds provided for the supplemental and concentration grants pursuant to this calculation shall be expended in accordance with the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 42238.07.
(C)
Add the amounts calculated in subparagraphs (A) and (B).
(5)
Notwithstanding any other law, commencing with the 2023–24 fiscal year, and for purposes of this subdivision, average daily attendance shall be the sum of both of the following:
(A)
The average daily attendance reported by the county superintendent of schools for the annual reporting period for the current fiscal year, or the prior fiscal year if the prior year total is greater, or the average of the three most recent prior fiscal years if the average total
is greater than both the current year and the prior year.
(B)
If applicable, the average daily attendance reported by a charter school in the county established pursuant to Section 47605.5 for the annual reporting period for the current fiscal year.
(d)
Add the amount calculated in subdivision (a) to the amount calculated in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (c).
(e)
Add all of the following to the amount calculated in subdivision (d):
(1)
The amount of funding a county superintendent of schools received for the 2012–13 fiscal year from funds allocated pursuant to the Targeted Instructional Improvement Block Grant program, as set forth in Article 6 (commencing with Section 41540) of Chapter 3.2 of Part 24 of Division 3 of Title 2, as that
article read on January 1, 2013.
(2)
(A)
The amount of funding a county superintendent of schools received for the 2012–13 fiscal year from funds allocated pursuant to the Home-to-School Transportation program, as set forth in former Article 2 (commencing with Section 39820) of Chapter 1 of Part 23.5 of Division 3 of Title 2, former Article 10 (commencing with Section 41850) of Chapter 5 of Part 24 of Division 3 of Title 2, and the Small School District Transportation program, as set forth in former Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 42290) of Chapter 7 of Part 24 of Division 3 of Title 2, as those articles read on January 1, 2013.
(B)
If a home-to-school transportation joint powers agency, established pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code for purposes of providing pupil
transportation, received an apportionment directly from the Superintendent pursuant to Item 6110-111-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2012, as identified in clause (i) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 2575, the joint powers agency may identify the member local educational agencies and transfer entitlement to that funding to any of those member local educational agencies by reporting to the Superintendent, on or before September 30, 2015, the reassignment of a specified amount of the joint powers agency’s 2012–13 fiscal year entitlement to the member local educational agency. Commencing with the 2015–16 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall add the reassigned amounts to the amounts calculated pursuant to this paragraph.
(C)
Commencing in the 2023–24 fiscal year, the add-on amounts referenced in subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall receive the annual cost-of-living adjustment specified in subparagraph (B) of
paragraph (1) of subdivision (c).
(3)
Commencing with the 2023–24 fiscal year, two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for each county office of education operating at least one juvenile court school pursuant to Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 48645) of Chapter 4 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2, including a county office of education that authorized a charter school for that purpose pursuant to Section 47605.5.
(4)
Commencing with the 2023–24 fiscal year, two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for each county office of education operating at least one county community school pursuant to Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 1980), including a county office of education that authorized a charter school for that purpose pursuant to Section 47605.5.
(f)
It is the intent of the Legislature that the funds
allocated pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (4) of subdivision (e) be included in the local control and accountability plan template pursuant to Section 52064.
References
referencesCal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 300.
referencesCal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 601.
referencesCal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 602.
referencesCal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 654.
referencesCal. Government Code - GOV § 6500.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 1253.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 48645.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 41344.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 42238.01.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 14502.1.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 2550.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 41332.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 41339.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 42238.02.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 42238.07.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 48915.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 47605.5.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 41540.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 39820.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 41850.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 42290.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 2.00.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 2575.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 1980.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 52064.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026