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HomeEducation CodeCh. 4Art. 2§ 15788 District Apportionment Transfer Rules

§ 15788 District Apportionment Transfer Rules

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§ 15788 District Apportionment Transfer Rules

When a state‑aided school district is merged into another district, the new district takes over all the old district’s duties, powers, money, and repayment responsibilities.

Key Takeaways

  • •All duties, powers, and responsibilities of the old district move to the new district when they merge.
  • •All money in the old district’s public school building fund is transferred to the new district’s fund.
  • •The new district must make the same annual repayments to the state that the old district was required to make.

Example

District A, a state‑aided school district, is merged into District B. On the day the merger takes effect, District B now controls the school building money that belonged to District A and must make the same yearly payments to the state that District A used to make.

District B inherits everything District A had – the authority to run schools, the money in the building fund, and the obligation to pay back the state for any construction money that was given to District A.

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§ 15788 District Apportionment Transfer Rules

Whenever, subsequent to the date on which a conditional apportionment made to a district becomes final, the state-aided district is included in whole in another district, the acquiring district shall, on the effective date of the inclusion, succeed to and be vested with all of the duties, powers, purposes, jurisdiction, and responsibilities of the state-aided district with respect to the apportionment and the property acquired or to be acquired from funds provided thereby, and all funds in the public school building fund of the state-aided district shall be transferred to the public school building fund of the acquiring district. All amounts which would, after the effective date of the inclusion, have been otherwise paid to the state-aided district under the terms of or pursuant to the apportionment, shall be paid to the acquiring district. In addition, the acquiring district shall, on the effective date of the inclusion of the state-aided district in the acquiring district as fixed by Section 4000, become liable for the annual repayments and other payments due the state under this chapter with respect to the apportionment or the property acquired or to be acquired therewith. (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 apportionmentstate-aided districtacquiring districtpublic school building fundannual repayments

Related Statutes

  • § 15790 District Apportionment Adjustments
  • § 16157 District Apportionment Transfer Rules
  • § 15780 School District Boundary Changes
  • § 15785 District Annexation Bond Apportionment
  • § 15793 Annexed Territory Valuation Adjustment

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Education Code. Section 15788.
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