Bill Text: CA AB235 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 235 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Apprenticeship and preapprenticeship.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-09-22 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 704, Statutes of 2018. [AB235 Detail]

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 235

Introduced by Assembly Member O'Donnell

January 30, 2017

An act to amend Section 42127.01 of the Education Code, relating to school finance.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 235, as introduced, O'Donnell. School finance: school district annual budgets: reserve balances.

Existing law, unless the school district is granted an exemption, limits the amount of the combined assigned or unassigned ending fund balance contained in a school district’s annual budget in any fiscal year immediately after a fiscal year in which a transfer is made into the Public School System Stabilization Account, and establishes a formula for calculating the maximum amount allowable for school districts with less than 400,000 units of average daily attendance, and a formula for school districts with more than 400,000 units of average daily attendance, as specified.

This bill would instead make the formula for school districts with less than 400,000 units of average daily attendance applicable to school districts with 400,000 units of average daily attendance or less. The bill would exclude from the requirements of those provisions basic aid school districts and small school districts, as defined. The bill would also make a technical change by deleting an obsolete provision. To the extent the bill would impose additional duties on school districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 42127.01 of the Education Code is amended to read:

42127.01.

(a) In a fiscal year immediately after a fiscal year in which a transfer is made into the Public School System Stabilization Account, a school district budget that is adopted or revised pursuant to Section 42127 shall not contain a combined assigned or unassigned ending fund balance that is in excess of the following:

(1) For school districts with ~~fewer than~~ 400,000 or fewer units of average daily attendance, the sum of the school district’s applicable minimum recommended reserve for economic uncertainties adopted by the state board pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 33128, multiplied by two.

(2) For school districts with more than 400,000 units of average daily attendance, the sum of the school district’s applicable minimum recommended reserve for economic uncertainties adopted by the state board pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 33128, multiplied by three.

(b) A county superintendent of schools may grant a school district under its jurisdiction an exemption from the requirements of subdivision (a) for up to two consecutive fiscal years within a three-year period if the school district provides documentation indicating that extraordinary fiscal circumstances, including, but not limited to, multiyear infrastructure or technology projects, substantiate the need for a combined assigned or unassigned ending fund balance that is in excess of the minimum recommended reserve for economic uncertainties. As a condition of receiving an exception, a school district shall do all of the following:

(1) Provide a statement that substantiates the need for an assigned and unassigned ending fund balance that is in excess of the minimum recommended reserve for economic uncertainties.

(2) Identify the funding amounts in the budget adopted by the school district that are associated with the extraordinary fiscal circumstances.

(3) Provide documentation that no other fiscal resources are available to fund the extraordinary fiscal circumstances.

(c) This section shall become operative on December 15, 2014, only if Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 1 of the 2013–14 Second Extraordinary Session is approved by the voters at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election. If Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 1 of the 2013–14 Second Extraordinary Session is not approved by the voters at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election, this section shall not become operative and is repealed on January 1, 2015. not apply to a basic aid school district, defined as a school district that does not receive funding from the state pursuant to Section 42238.02 or 42238.03, or to a small school district, as defined in Section 44046.

SEC. 2.

If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.