Cal. Code Regs. tit. 5 § 15498.3

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 45, November 8, 2024
Section 15498.3 - Class Size Requirements of the Local Control Funding Formula

For purposes of determining if a school district meets the conditions for receiving the kindergarten and grades one through three grade span adjustment, pursuant to Education Code section 42238.02(d)(3)(B), the following shall apply:

(a) Every school district that elects to receive the kindergarten and grades one through three grade span adjustment shall calculate the maximum average class enrollment for each school site.
(b) A district's average class enrollment at each school site shall not exceed the maximum average class enrollment for each school site, unless the school district has agreed to a collectively bargained alternative annual average class enrollment for each school site pursuant to Education Code section 42238.02(d)(3)(B) for the applicable year.
(c) The prior year average class enrollment for a school site that did not exist in the prior year shall be the median prior year average class enrollment in kindergarten and grades 1, 2, and 3 of the other school sites in the district.
(d) In the case of a school district that reorganizes subsequent to fiscal year 2012-13, the provisions of Education Code section 42238.02(d)(3)(C) shall not apply unless all school sites in the reorganized school districts were at or below an average class enrollment of 24 in kindergarten and grades 1, 2, and 3.
(e) A school district may determine the percentage of need met as specified in Education Code section 42238.02(d)(3)(B)(iii) utilizing the estimated percentage of statewide funded need for the applicable year as calculated by the Department of Finance (DOF) based on its estimate of statewide need and the amount that it proposes to appropriate to the SSPI for allocation pursuant to Education Code section 42238.03(b) and stated in DOF's May revision to the Governor's Budget.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 5, § 15498.3

1. New section filed 4-1-2014 as an emergency; operative 4-1-2014 (Register 2014, No. 14). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 9-29-2014 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 4-1-2014 order transmitted to OAL 7-17-2014 and filed 8-25-2014 (Register 2014, No. 35).

Note: Authority cited: Section 33031, Education Code. Reference: Section 42238.02, Education Code.

1. New section filed 4-1-2014 as an emergency; operative 4-1-2014 (Register 2014, No. 14). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 9-29-2014 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
1. New section filed 4-1-2014 as an emergency; operative 4-1-2014 (Register 2014, No. 14). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 9-29-2014 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 4-1-2014 order transmitted to OAL 7-17-2014 and filed 8/25/2014 (Register 2014, No. 35).