SECTIONS 16540-16543 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 16540-16543

16540. The board shall compute for each applicant school district
the amount to which the district is entitled under this chapter in
the manner prescribed by this article. The amount so computed shall
be reduced by the amount received or to be received by the district
under Public Law 815 of the 81st Congress, as amended, or any similar
provisions of any other act of Congress, solely on account of the
participation of the federal government in the state project or shall
be reduced by the percentage of the cost of the project (as that
term is defined in Section 41930) borne by the federal government,
whichever is the greater amount.

16541. In the computation of the apportionments to applicant school
districts, the board may utilize the facilities and services of any
department or agency of the state and may delegate the performance of
any duties or functions, except those specifically delegated by this
chapter to the director or department, to any officer or employee
thereof as the board deems necessary and proper.

16542. The board shall multiply:
(a) The estimated number of project children in the district by
the current construction cost per pupil in the area of the state
project.
(b) The estimated number of indirect project children in the
district by the current construction cost per pupil in the area,
multiplied by 55 percent.
(c) "Current construction cost per pupil" as used in this section
means the average per pupil cost of constructing complete school
facilities for the grade level maintained by the district for which
application for an apportionment is made under this chapter.
(d) The total of the amounts computed pursuant to subdivisions (a)
and (b) shall be apportioned to the district.

16543. (a) The average per pupil cost of constructing complete
school facilities in the area of the state project for the purposes
of this article shall be determined by the board, after consultation
with the department and the Department of General Services, on the
basis of information obtained thereby and any other information that
may be available to the department.
(b) Estimates of the number of project children and indirect
project children for the purpose of this article shall be made by the
applicant school district in accordance with rules prescribed by the
director and shall be made as of the time the greatest number of
such children will attend the schools of the district as a result of
the state project. The estimates shall be made on the basis of the
best information available to the district at the time of the
application. Approval of the estimates by the director, in whole or
in part, shall be on the basis of the best information available to
the director at the time of the approval. In the approval of
estimates of the number of project children and indirect project
children for the purposes of this article the director may utilize
the facilities and services of any department or agency of the state
as he or she deems necessary and proper. No estimate shall be used as
a basis of an apportionment that has not been approved by the
director.