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HomeEducation CodeCh. 6Art. 3§ 16203 Exceptional Children Attendance Certification

§ 16203 Exceptional Children Attendance Certification

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§ 16203 Exceptional Children Attendance Certification

Each year by July 10, the county school chief must tell the county officials how many special‑needs students from other districts are using a district’s special‑education facilities, and also let each district know how many of its own students attended another district’s facilities.

Key Takeaways

  • •Report must be done by July 10 each year.
  • •County superintendent reports the number of out‑of‑district special‑needs students to the county board of supervisors and auditor.
  • •The superintendent also notifies each district about how many of its own students attended another district’s special‑education facilities.

Example

District A runs a special‑education school. Ten students who live in District B go to that school. By July 10, the county superintendent reports to the county supervisors and auditor that District A had ten out‑of‑district students, and also tells District B’s board that ten of its students attended District A’s school.

The law makes the county superintendent count those ten students and report the number to both the county officials and to District B’s board.

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§ 16203 Exceptional Children Attendance Certification

Not later than July 10th of each year the county superintendent of schools of each county in which there is a school district maintaining facilities for the education of exceptional children which have been constructed with funds apportioned to the district under this article shall certify to the board of supervisors and to the county auditor of the county the total number of units of average daily attendance of pupils enrolled in the facilities during the next preceding fiscal year who reside in a district other than the district maintaining the facilities. On or before July 10th of each year the county superintendent of schools shall notify the governing board of each affected school district of the total number of units of average daily attendance of pupils residing in that district who were in attendance at the facilities maintained by another district. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2.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

county superintendent of schoolsunits of average daily attendanceexceptional childrenfacilitiesgoverning board

Related Statutes

  • § 16196 Special Education Facility Funding
  • § 16205 District Tax Levy Enforcement
  • § 16206 Excess School Tax Funds
  • § 10500 School Data Processing Centers
  • § 10501 Regional Education Data Centers

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Education Code. Section 16203.
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