Section 52617.

(a) (1) Commencing in the 2006–07 fiscal year, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the Superintendent shall, after making adjustments pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 52616.17, and based on data reported to the department by local educational agencies on or before July 15 of each fiscal year, adjust the allocation of apportionments for adult education average daily attendance as follows:

(A) For a school district operating an adult education program with fewer than 100 units of authorized adult education average daily attendance, as determined pursuant to Section 52616.17, in the two prior fiscal years, and which served or exceeded its adult education average daily attendance authorized limit in the two prior fiscal years, the Superintendent shall grant to the school district up to 30 additional units of authorized adult education average daily attendance made available after he or she performs the adjustments pursuant to subparagraph (C) upon the request of the district. A school district that receives additional units may not exceed 100 total units. If available units are insufficient to provide for this adjustment, the school district shall receive a prorated amount, relative to the units of authorized adult education average daily attendance of the school district.

(B) For a school district operating an adult education program with 100 or more units of authorized adult education average daily attendance, as determined pursuant to Section 52616.17, in the two prior fiscal years, and which served or exceeded its units of authorized adult education average daily attendance for the school district in the two prior fiscal years, the school district shall receive a prorated amount of units available, as specified in paragraph (2), after the Superintendent performs the adjustment required by subparagraphs (A) and (C), relative to the adult education average daily attendance authorized limit of the school district.

(C) For a school district operating an adult education program that failed to serve its units of authorized adult education average daily attendance for the school district in the two prior fiscal years, the units of authorized adult education average daily attendance of the school district shall be reduced by an amount equal to one-half of the lowest level of unearned adult education average daily attendance in either of the two prior fiscal years. The Superintendent shall notify a school district that its units of authorized adult education average daily attendance for the school district are reduced pursuant to this paragraph.

(2) The Superintendent may not perform adjustments pursuant to paragraph (1) that result in a total statewide apportionment of units of authorized adult education average daily attendance that exceeds the amount funded in the annual Budget Act.

(3) (A) A school district that receives additional units of authorized adult education average daily attendance pursuant to paragraph (1) shall provide a number of career technical education courses that is equal to the percentage of average daily attendance of adults attending those courses in the prior three fiscal years without regard to units of authorized adult education average daily attendance added pursuant to paragraph (1).

(B) A school district shall use funds derived from an adjustment performed pursuant to paragraph (1) for the purpose of providing access to, or direct instruction in, career technical education courses.

(C) "Career technical education courses" means those included within the career and technical education curriculum framework developed pursuant to Section 51226.1.

(b) (1) The following school districts are not eligible for an increase in the additional units of authorized adult education average daily attendance, as specified in Section 52616.17, or for additional units of authorized adult education average daily attendance pursuant to subdivision (a), for the 2005–06 fiscal year:

(A) Alhambra Unified School District.

(B) Azusa Unified School District.

(C) Banning Unified School District.

(D) East Side Union High School District.

(E) El Monte Union High School District.

(F) Grant Joint Union High School District.

(G) Madera Unified School District.

(H) Montebello Unified School District.

(I) Perris Union High School District.

(J) Santa Maria Joint Union High School District.

(K) Ventura Unified School District.

(2) The following school districts are not eligible for an increase in the additional units of authorized adult education average daily attendance, as specified in Section 52616.17, or for additional units of authorized adult education average daily attendance pursuant to subdivision (a), for the 2005–06 and 2006–07 fiscal years:

(A) Amador County Unified School District.

(B) Dublin Unified School District.

(C) Manteca Unified School District.

(D) Martinez Unified School District.

(E) Novato Unified School District.

(F) Oakdale Joint Unified School District.

(G) Pittsburg Unified School District.

(H) Salinas Union High School District.

(I) Baldwin Park Unified School District.

(3) (A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) or (2), for the 2005–06 and 2006–07 fiscal years, a school district specified by paragraph (1) or (2) is eligible for an increase in the units of authorized adult education average daily attendance equal to one-half of one percent of the units of authorized adult education average daily attendance of the school district for the sole purpose of the creation of new average daily attendance within a new or existing nursing preparation program.

(B) A school district that receives an increase pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall maintain at least the amount of nursing preparation average daily attendance that is equal to the average daily attendance generated by the school district in nursing preparation programs for the prior three fiscal years to be eligible for the increase specified in subparagraph (A).

(4) It is the intent of the Legislature that this subdivision resolves disputed claims for adult education average daily attendance made for the 1990–91 and 1991–92 fiscal years.

(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 502, Sec. 3. Effective October 4, 2005.)