§ 17552 State Mandate Reimbursement Process

• •This law tells cities, counties, and schools how to get money back from the state for things the state makes them do.
• •If the state says 'you must do this,' and it costs money, this law explains how to ask the state to pay for it.
• •Only this law can be used for this—no other way is allowed.

The state tells a school district they must buy new computers for all students, but the school doesn’t have enough money.

The school can use this law to ask the state to pay for the computers. They have to follow the steps in this law to get the money back.