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California Code, Education Code - EDC § 56838

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

In each fiscal year for which federal funds are received by the state pursuant to Section 1419 of Title 20 of the United States Code for individuals with exceptional needs between the ages of 3 and 5, inclusive, the portion of funds available for local entitlements that are not reserved for state activities pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 1419 of Title 20 of the United States Code shall be allocated through the annual Budget Act in the following manner:

(a) The state shall first award to each local educational agency, including public charter schools that operate as local educational agencies, the amount the local educational agency would have received under Section 1419 of Title 20 of the United States Code for the 1997 federal fiscal year.

(b) After calculating the allocations under subdivision (a), the state shall do both of the following:

(1) Allocate 85 percent of any remaining funds to those local educational agencies described in subdivision (a) on the basis of the relative numbers of pupils enrolled in public and private elementary schools and secondary schools within each local educational agency's territorial jurisdiction.

(2) Allocate 15 percent of those remaining funds to the local educational agencies in accordance with the relative number of children within each local educational agency living in poverty, as determined by the Superintendent.

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