§ 14007 School Funding Per Pupil

This law tells the state controller to move a set amount of money each year from the main state fund into the school fund, based on how many students attended school the year before.

Key Takeaways

•The controller must send money to the school fund every year.
•The amount is based on 9 cents for each student counted in average daily attendance the year before.
•All elementary, high, and unified districts and county superintendents are included in the count.

Example

A state has 200,000 students who went to school every day last year.

The controller will calculate 9 cents for each of those 200,000 students and send that total to the school fund to help pay for schools this year.

How to Calculate

Transfer amount = $0.09 × (total average daily attendance of all students in the prior fiscal year)

Find the total number of students who were counted as present on an average day last year.
Multiply that number by $0.09 (nine cents).
The product is the amount of money the controller must move from the General Fund to the State School Fund.

If the state counted 150,000 students in average daily attendance last year:

Result: $13,500 (150,000 × $0.09 = $13,500)

In addition to all other funds appropriated and transferred to Section A of the State School Fund, the Controller shall annually transfer from the General Fund to Section A of the State School Fund for apportionment during the fiscal year a total amount of nine cents ($0.09) per pupil in average daily attendance during the preceding fiscal year credited to all elementary, high, and unified school districts and to all county superintendents of schools in the state, as certified by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, for the purposes of Section 41301.5. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 282.)

This law tells the state controller to move a set amount of money each year from the main state fund into the school fund, based on how many students attended school the year before.

Key Takeaways

•The controller must send money to the school fund every year.
•The amount is based on 9 cents for each student counted in average daily attendance the year before.
•All elementary, high, and unified districts and county superintendents are included in the count.

Example

A state has 200,000 students who went to school every day last year.

The controller will calculate 9 cents for each of those 200,000 students and send that total to the school fund to help pay for schools this year.

How to Calculate

Transfer amount = $0.09 × (total average daily attendance of all students in the prior fiscal year)

Find the total number of students who were counted as present on an average day last year.
Multiply that number by $0.09 (nine cents).
The product is the amount of money the controller must move from the General Fund to the State School Fund.

If the state counted 150,000 students in average daily attendance last year:

Result: $13,500 (150,000 × $0.09 = $13,500)

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§ 14007 School Funding Per Pupil

Key Takeaways

Example

How to Calculate

Key Terms

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Key Takeaways

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How to Calculate

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