SECTIONS 12300-12307 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 12300-12307

12300. Notwithstanding any provisions of Section 12020, 12220, and
12300 to 12307, inclusive, whenever by any act of Congress funds are
provided as federal aid to education to the several states for
apportionment or allocation to school districts or community college
districts for the purposes set forth in this section, and such act of
Congress does not require that it be administered in this state by a
state officer or agency other than the State Allocation Board, such
act, with respect to the funds herein mentioned, shall be
administered and such funds shall be apportioned by the State
Allocation Board under the Local Agency Allocation Act.
The funds to which this section shall apply are funds appropriated
by Congress for (a) the purchase and improvement of school sites; or
(b) the purchase of furniture and equipment; or (c) the planning and
construction, reconstruction, repair, alteration of, and addition
to, school buildings and incidental facilities.
The State Allocation Board shall by rule provide for securing the
recommendations or approval of the Department of Education or the
Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as the case
may be, as to the facilities to be provided.
Funds apportioned under this section shall be paid in accordance
with the provisions of Section 12302 on claims submitted by the
Director of General Services.
The State Allocation Board is hereby authorized to accept any such
funds on behalf of the state, and to cooperate with the government
of the United States or any agency or agencies thereof in the
administration of the act of Congress and rules and regulations
lawfully adopted thereunder.

12301. The State Treasurer is designated as the custodian of all
funds received by the state from the government of the United States
or of any agency or agencies thereof and he is authorized to receive,
and provide for the proper custody of, all moneys so received.

12302. The funds received by the state under Sections 12020, 12220,
and 12300 to 12307, inclusive, shall be expended by the officers or
agency administering the program to carry out the provisions of the
act of the Congress and rules and regulations lawfully adopted
thereunder. These funds are exempt from Section 925.6 of the
Government Code and shall be paid out by the Treasurer on warrants
drawn by the Controller on claims submitted by the Superintendent of
Public Instruction or the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges.

12303. The assent of the state is given to the provisions in the
act of Congress entitled "An act to promote the mining of potash on
the public domain," and approved by the President February 7, 1927,
and to the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An act to
authorize exploration for and disposition of potassium," approved by
the President October 2, 1917.

12304. All money derived from bonuses, royalties, and rentals under
the provisions of the acts of Congress referred to in Section 12303,
or either of said acts, and apportioned under the acts, or either of
said acts, to the state shall be received by the State Treasurer and
by him paid to the school districts and community college districts
of the state as provided in Sections 12303 to 12307, inclusive.

12305. The money shall be apportioned among the school districts
and community college districts in which potash leases or deposits
are situated in the proportion which the total amount of rents,
royalties, and other payments made to the United States from potash
leases or deposits in each district bears to the total amount paid to
the United States from leases or deposits in all districts.

12306. If any potash deposit or lease or any part thereof is wholly
located within the boundaries of two or more elementary, high or
unified school districts, or community college districts, the
districts shall share equally in the apportionments made under
Section 12305 which are attributable to the lease or deposit or part
thereof situated within their boundaries.

12306.5. Notwithstanding any other provision in this article or
Section 2795 of the Public Resources Code, the Controller shall
apportion money received pursuant to Section 12304 for potash
deposits located in the Trona Joint Unified School District and the
Kern Community College District as follows:
(a) Kern Community College District shall receive 15 percent of
the total apportionment.
(b) Trona Joint Unified School District shall receive 85 percent
of the total apportionment.

12307. The payments shall be deposited in the general fund of the
districts and shall be in addition to any other moneys paid or
credited to the districts.