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HomeEducation CodeCh. 4Art. 2§ 15786 District Boundary Adjustment Confirmation

§ 15786 District Boundary Adjustment Confirmation

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§ 15786 District Boundary Adjustment Confirmation

This law says that even if a school district's boundaries are changed in a very small way and some paperwork wasn't filed correctly, the final allocation of money and any spending from a loan fund are still considered approved and valid.

Key Takeaways

  • •Boundary changes must reduce the district's area by no more than 1% of its assessed valuation.
  • •The superintendent must file a certificate of the boundary change; failure to do so is allowed if the board certified before April 15, 1952.
  • •When those conditions are met, the final apportionment and any related expenditures are confirmed, ratified, and validated.

Example

A county slightly shrinks a school district's borders by less than 1% of its property value, but the superintendent didn't file the required paperwork. However, the school board had already certified the change before April 15, 1952, so the district's final funding amount is still accepted and any money spent from the loan fund is confirmed.

Because the boundary change meets the size limit, the board's earlier certification satisfies the law, and the missing certificate doesn't stop the final apportionment from being ratified. This means the district can keep using the approved funds without having to redo the paperwork.

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§ 15786 District Boundary Adjustment Confirmation

Whenever, subsequent to the date when a conditional apportionment is made to a district and before the conditional apportionment becomes final the boundaries of the district are changed so that the territory of the district is reduced by not to exceed 1 percent of the assessed valuation of the district, as determined by the last equalized assessment roll immediately preceding the effective date of the change of boundaries, and the superintendent of schools of the county having jurisdiction over the district has failed to file the certificate required by Section 15795, showing the change of boundaries, and prior to April 15, 1952, the board has certified to the Controller that the apportionment made to the district has become final, the final apportionment is hereby confirmed, ratified, and validated, and any expenditure of money from the Public School Building Loan Fund according to the terms of the final apportionment is hereby confirmed, ratified, and validated. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

Key Terms

conditional apportionmentassessed valuationPublic School Building Loan Fundfinal apportionment

Related Statutes

  • § 15724 Bonded Indebtedness Correction Validation
  • § 15744 School Funding Certification Deadlines
  • § 15793 Annexed Territory Valuation Adjustment
  • § 15713 School District Funding Applications
  • § 15782 District Apportionment Eligibility Rules

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Education Code. Section 15786.
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