Cal. Education Code - EDC § 16570. Section 16570.
Each school district to which an apportionment is made under this chapter shall repay the principal amount of the apportionment in the manner prescribed by this article.
ARTICLE 5. Apportionments, Repayment [16570. - 16577.]
Cal. Education Code - EDC 5.
in effectCal. Education Code - EDC § 16571. Section 16571.
For purposes of computing the repayment, the state project shall be deemed completed on June 30th of the fiscal year in which the state project is completed and accepted by the state.
Cal. Education Code - EDC § 16572. Section 16572.
The principal amount of the apportionment shall be computed and repaid in the manner prescribed in this article.
(a)
On or before the first day of January succeeding the completion of the state project, the Controller shall compute the annual repayment of each apportionment for each grade level maintained by the district, as follows:
(1)
He or she shall determine from the certification of the director the total amount of average daily attendance of project children, and the total amount of average daily attendance of indirect project children, in attendance in the grade level maintained by the district for the period commencing with the date of the proclamation of the Governor proclaiming the existence of a state project in the area including the district and ending on June 30th of the fiscal year in which the state project is completed.
(2)
He or she shall divide the average daily attendance of the project children by 30 and multiply the quotient by the amount determined by the board pursuant to Section 16543 as the average per pupil cost of construction in the area of the state project.
(3)
He or she shall multiply the average daily attendance of the indirect project children by 55 percent. The product shall be divided by 30 and the quotient multiplied by the amount determined by the board pursuant to Section 16543 as the average per pupil cost of construction in the area of the state project.
(4)
The total of the amounts computed pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be subtracted from the amount of the apportionment to the district. The remainder shall be divided by 30 and the quotient shall constitute the amount of the annual repayment of the apportionment.
(5)
Upon application of the district and approval by the board, the total amount of the repayment may be paid in a lump sum or in fewer than 30 years.
Cal. Education Code - EDC § 16573. Section 16573.
If on June 30th of the fiscal year in which the state project is completed there is classroom space constructed with funds apportioned under this chapter, that is not being used by the district, the board shall, upon application of the district, reduce the total amount to be repaid by the district on a proportionate basis until the time that the classroom space is used by the district. No payment shall be required by the district for the period during which the classroom space is not used by the district.
Cal. Education Code - EDC § 16574. Section 16574.
The Controller shall, during the fiscal year in which he or she determines the annual repayment as provided in Section 16572, and for each subsequent fiscal year not exceeding 30, deduct the total amount of the annual repayment of each district in equal amounts from each of the February, March, April, and May installments of the apportionments made to the district from the State School Fund under Sections 46304, 46305, and 92 or 41050, Sections 41330 to 41343, inclusive, and Sections 41600 to 41972, inclusive, and, on order of the Controller, the amount so deducted shall be transferred to the General Fund of the state.
Cal. Education Code - EDC § 16575. Section 16575.
Upon computing in any fiscal year the amount to be deducted from the apportionments to the district from the State School Fund during the fiscal year, the Controller shall notify the governing board of the district and the county auditor of the county, the county superintendent of which has jurisdiction over the district, of the amount to be deducted.
Cal. Education Code - EDC § 16576. Section 16576.
The board of supervisors of the county, the county superintendent of which has jurisdiction over any district which under this chapter will have moneys withheld by the Controller from the apportionments to be made to it from the State School Fund during any fiscal year, shall annually at the time the board of supervisors makes the next levy of taxes for county purposes, levy a tax upon the property in the district sufficient to raise for the district the amount of money withheld by the Controller during the fiscal year preceding that in which the tax is levied. The tax, when collected, shall be paid into the county treasury of the county, the county superintendent of schools of which has jurisdiction over the district for which the tax was levied, to the credit of the general fund of the district.
Cal. Education Code - EDC § 16577. Section 16577.
Notwithstanding Section 16572 to the contrary, if on or before June 30th of the fiscal year in which the state project is completed the district has received a final apportionment under Sections 16000 to 16207, inclusive, or if at any time thereafter the district receives a final apportionment under Sections 16000 to 16207, inclusive, the amount of the apportionment to the district under this chapter then remaining unpaid shall, upon request of the district, be added to the principal amount of the apportionment made to the district under Sections 16000 to 16207, inclusive. Thereupon the apportionment made to the district under this chapter shall be deemed to be an apportionment made to the district under Sections 16000 to 16207, inclusive, and subject to repayment in the manner therein prescribed, except that no interest shall be charged or collected upon the amount which is added to the principal amount of the apportionment made to the district under Sections 16000 to 16207, inclusive. For the purposes of Section 16083, any amount added to the principal amount of an apportionment pursuant to this section shall be deemed to have become final and disbursed to the district on the date the state project is deemed completed pursuant to Section 16571.
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