Section 54603.

From moneys provided pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 41301, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall compute an allowance for each school district which meets each of the following requirements:

(a) The district, during the preceding fiscal year, had an average daily attendance, exclusive of the average daily attendance of adults, as adults are defined by Section 52610, of 500 or more.

(b) The entitlement for the district for funds under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for the preceding fiscal year for each unit of average daily attendance, exclusive of the average daily attendance of adults, as adults are defined by Section 52610, exceeds 150 percent of the statewide average entitlement.

For the purposes of this section, the average daily attendance of pupils in grades 7 and 8 attending a junior high school maintained by a high school district shall be credited to the high school district.

(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)