Section 52126.

The amount of funding that each school district implementing a Class Size Reduction Program pursuant to this chapter is eligible to receive shall be computed as follows:

(a) If a school district applies to participate in Option One, pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 52122, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall apportion to the applicant school district an amount equal to eight hundred dollars ($800) for each pupil actually enrolled in the classes in which the school district implements the program, except that the maximum number of pupils for which a school district may claim funding for any class shall not exceed 20. The number of pupils claimed pursuant to this subdivision shall be pupils actually enrolled in classes participating in the Class Size Reduction Program and shall not be based on the average size of the classes for any grade levels for which funding is claimed.

(b) If a school district applies to participate in Option Two, pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 52122, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall apportion to the applicant school district an amount equal to four hundred dollars ($400) per pupil actually enrolled in the classes in which the school district implements the program, except that the number of pupils in any class for which a school district may claim funding for the instructional minutes offered shall not exceed 20. The number of pupils claimed pursuant to this subdivision shall be pupils actually enrolled in classes participating in the Class Size Reduction Program and shall not be based on the average size of the classes for any grade levels for which funding is claimed.

(c) (1) If a school district applies to participate in Option One, pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 52122, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall apportion to the applicant school district an amount equal to six hundred fifty dollars ($650) for each pupil actually enrolled in the classes in which the school district implements the program and at least one of the following conditions exists:

(A) The requirements of subdivision (e) of Section 52122 have been satisfied, except for the requirements of either paragraph (1) or (2), of that subdivision, or both.

(B) The pupil enrolls in the school district after February 16, 1998.

(2) The maximum number of pupils for which a school district may claim funding for any class does not exceed 20. The number of pupils claimed pursuant to this subdivision shall be pupils actually enrolled in classes participating in the Class Size Reduction Program, and shall not be based on the average size of the classes for any grade levels for which funding is claimed.

(d) (1) If a school district applies to participate in Option 2, pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 52122, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall apportion to the applicant district an amount equal to three hundred twenty-five dollars ($325) for each pupil actually enrolled in the classes in which the school district implements the program and at least one of the following conditions exists:

(A) The requirements of subdivision (e) of Section 52122 have been satisfied, except for the requirements of either paragraph (1) or (2) of that subdivision, or both.

(B) The pupil enrolls in the school district after February 16, 1998.

(2) The maximum number of pupils for which a school district may claim funding for any class shall not exceed 20. The number of pupils claimed pursuant to this subdivision shall be pupils actually enrolled in classes participating in the Class Size Reduction Program, and shall not be based on the average size of the classes for any grade levels for which funding is claimed.

(e) The per pupil amount set forth in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be increased annually for inflation by the percentage change determined pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 42238.1.

(f) Except for the advance apportionment, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall apportion funds to a school district only after certification that its Class Size Reduction Program has been implemented for that fiscal year.

(g) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall apportion funds for this program in the following manner:

(1) An advance apportionment shall be made following passage of the annual Budget Act. This apportionment shall be provided to all school districts that participated in the program in the prior fiscal year, and shall be limited to 25 percent of the amount computed by multiplying the appropriate per pupil stipends times the actual enrollment in each participating class in the prior fiscal year, as reported by the district pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 52124.

(2) Each year an apportionment to all applicants shall be made following receipt of applications submitted pursuant to Section 52123, adjusted as necessary by the amount received pursuant to paragraph (1). If a school district that participated in this program in the prior fiscal year fails to submit an application, all funds apportioned to that school district pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be deducted from the district's next monthly principal apportionment payment.

(3) A final adjustment to the amounts paid pursuant to paragraph (2) shall be made following receipt of the actual enrollment in each participating class, to be reported by each school district pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 52124.

(h) Irrespective of the amount that a school district receives pursuant to subdivision (a) on the basis of the application it makes under Section 52123, that district shall not retain any funds it receives for any class that does not actually meet all of the requirements of the Class Size Reduction Program.

(i) It is the intent of the Legislature that the total statewide amount computed for the purposes of this chapter pursuant to this section, commencing with the 1997–98 fiscal year, be appropriated to the Superintendent of Public Instruction in the annual Budget Act.

(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 298, Sec. 7. Effective August 18, 1997.)