Section 46392.

(a) Whenever the average daily attendance of any school district, county office of education, or regional occupational center or program during any fiscal year has been materially decreased during any fiscal year because of any of the following, the fact shall be established to the satisfaction of the Superintendent of Public Instruction by affidavits of the members of the governing board of the school district or county office of education, and the county superintendent of schools:

(1) Fire.

(2) Flood.

(3) Impassable roads.

(4) An epidemic.

(5) An earthquake.

(6) The imminence of a major safety hazard as determined by the local law enforcement agency.

(7) A strike involving transportation services to pupils provided by a nonschool entity.

(8) An order provided for in Section 41422.

(b) In the event a state of emergency is declared by the Governor in a county, any decrease in average daily attendance in the county below the approximate total average daily attendance that would have been credited to a school district, county office of education, or regional occupational center or program had the state of emergency not occurred shall be deemed material. The superintendent shall determine the length of the period during which average daily attendance has been reduced by the state of emergency. This period which is determined by the superintendent shall not extend into the next fiscal year following the declaration of the state of emergency by the Governor, except upon a showing by a school district, county office of education, or regional occupational center or program, to the satisfaction of the superintendent, that extending the period into the next fiscal year is essential to alleviate continued reductions in average daily attendance attributable to the state of emergency.

(c) The average daily attendance of the district, county office of education, or regional occupational center or program for the fiscal year shall be estimated by the superintendent in a manner that credits to the school district, county office of education, or regional occupational center or program for determining the apportionments to be made to the district, county office of education, or regional occupational center or program from the State School Fund approximately the total average daily attendance that would have been credited to the school district, county office of education, or regional occupational center or program had the emergency not occurred or had the order not been issued.

(d) This section applies to any average daily attendance that occurs during any part of a school year.

(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 49, Sec. 4. Effective April 19, 1994.)