Bill Text: CA SB76 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Education finance: constitutional minimum funding obligation: inflation and cost-of-living adjustments.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-07-01 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 52, Statutes of 2019. [SB76 Detail]
Download: California-2019-SB76-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
June 11, 2019 |
Senate Bill | No. 76 |
Introduced by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review |
January 10, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2019.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 14002 of the Education Code is amended to read:14002.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, upon certification of the Superintendent pursuant to Sections 41330, 41332, and 41335, any amount necessary to meet the requirements of programs specified in subdivision (b) during each fiscal year are hereby continuously appropriated from the General Fund to Section A of the State School Fund for allocation by the Controller.SEC. 2.
Section 41206.01 of the Education Code is amended to read:41206.01.
(a) For purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, all determinations of percentages, amounts, revenues, appropriations, allocations, proceeds of taxes, increases in cost of living, or enrollments shall be based upon the best available estimate until actual data becomes available, and then upon actual data when it is available.SEC. 3.
Section 41206.03 of the Education Code is amended to read:41206.03.
(a) Pursuant to the implementing legislation of Proposition 98, for purposes of Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, appropriations for deficiencies or prior year adjustments shall be deemed to be appropriations in the fiscal year in which the deficiencies or prior year adjustments occurred, unless otherwise provided by law.(c)The Director of Finance may credit any amounts attributable to the Proposition 98 Cost Allocation Schedule to satisfy an obligation to school districts and community college districts pursuant to Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution for any prior fiscal year, including any allocation already required under a schedule previously adopted pursuant to subdivision (d). Any amounts credited pursuant to this subdivision shall be deemed to be appropriations made and allocated in the prior fiscal year for which they are designated.
(d)If, after crediting all amounts attributable to the Proposition 98 Cost Allocation Schedule,
(e)As part of the final certification issued pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 41206.01 and subdivision (e) of Section 41206.02, the Director of Finance shall identify any amounts to be credited to the Proposition 98 Cost Allocation Schedule pursuant to subdivision (b), any amounts attributable to the Proposition 98 Cost Allocation Schedule that are necessary to meet the minimum funding obligation to school districts and community college districts required by subdivision (b) of Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution pursuant to subdivision (c), and the current balance credited to the Proposition 98 Cost Allocation Schedule. This information shall also be published in a separate schedule of the Governor’s Budget submitted to the Legislature by no later than January 10 of the following year.
SEC. 4.
Section 41207.47 is added to the Education Code, to read:41207.47.
(a) (1) The sum of two hundred eighty-two million two hundred thirty-seven thousand dollars ($282,237,000) is hereby appropriated in the 2019–20 fiscal year from the General Fund to the Controller for allocation to school districts and community colleges for purposes of reducing the outstanding balance of the minimum funding obligation to school districts and community college districts pursuant to Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution for the 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, and 2016–17 fiscal years.SEC. 5.
The provisions of this act are not severable. If any provision of this act or its application is held invalid, all other provisions of this act shall also be held invalid.SEC. 6.
This act is a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill within the meaning of subdivision (e) of Section 12 of Article IV of the California Constitution, has been identified as related to the budget in the Budget Bill, and shall take effect immediately.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2019.