Cal. Ed. Code § 42691
When any order on school district funds is received by the county superintendent of schools and there is insufficient money in the fund or funds against which the order is drawn to pay the order in full, the county superintendent shall endorse on the order "to be registered for lack of sufficient funds," sign, date, and number it as a requisition on the county auditor, and transmit the requisition to the county auditor. The county auditor shall endorse on the order "examined and allowed," sign, date, and number it as a warrant on the county treasurer, and return the warrant to the county superintendent of schools who shall transmit it to the governing board of the school district for issuance to the payee or to his order.
Ca. Educ. Code § 42691