§ 15785 District Annexation Bond Apportionment
This law lets a school district that gets annexed (the acquiring district) receive the same funding and bond money that the original district would have gotten, as long as the original district held required elections, was annexed, and sold the bonds.
A small school district (Original) voted to sell $2 million in bonds for a new school. Later, the district was merged into a larger district (Acquiring). The Acquiring district wants to build a similar school using those bond proceeds.
Because the Original district held the required elections, was annexed, and sold the bonds, the board can approve the Acquiring district's project and treat it as if the Original district were still eligible. The Acquiring district can only get the money if the bond cash is actually available for the project, and any tax that funds the deduction is levied only on property in the Original district.
Treat the acquiring district as if it were only the original district when applying the apportionment formulas in Sections 15729, 15730, and 15733.
Original district sold $1,500,000 in bonds. The law requires that the acquiring district receive an apportionment equal to what the original district would have gotten.
Result: Apportionment amount = bond_proceeds * eligible_percentage = 1,500,000 * 0.8 = $1,200,000
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§ 15785 District Annexation Bond Apportionment
Last verified: January 10, 2026