SB 1338

Bill Subjects

Covid-19 Culver City Unified School District Education Finance Apportionments Emergencies

Abstract

Existing law prohibits a school district from receiving a state apportionment based upon average daily attendance unless it has maintained the regular day schools of the district for at least 175 days during the next preceding fiscal year, except as provided. Existing law requires a school district or county office of education that is prevented from maintaining its schools during a fiscal year for at least 180 days, and a charter school is so prevented for 175 days for, and any local educational agency is required to operate sessions of shorter length than otherwise prescribed by law because of (1) certain specified extraordinary conditions, including fire, flood, earthquake, or epidemic, among others, or other extraordinary conditions, (2) inability to secure or hold a teacher, or (3) the illness of the teacher, to receive the same apportionment from the State School Fund as it would have received had it not been so prevented from maintaining school for the requisite number of full-length days. Existing law requires the Superintendent to find that the factual basis for being so prevented has been shown, to the Superintendent's satisfaction, by the affidavits of the members of the respective governing board or body of the local educational agency and the county superintendent of schools. Notwithstanding the inability to secure or hold a teacher, or because of the illness of the teacher, existing law prohibits a school district, county office of education, or charter school, from September 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022, inclusive, from receiving that same apportionment from the State School Fund as it would have otherwise received if the school closure was due to impacts from COVID-19, except as provided for specified categories of pupils. Notwithstanding that provision, existing law authorizes a school district, county office of education, or charter school to receive that same apportionment from the State School Fund for school closures related to impacts from COVID-19 due to COVID-19-related staffing shortages if specified conditions are established to the satisfaction of the Superintendent by affidavits of the members of the respective governing board or body of the local educational agency and the county superintendent of schools. This bill, notwithstanding any other law, including those above-described provisions, would require the Superintendent to exempt Culver City Unified School District from fiscal penalties for failing to maintain the requisite number of instructional days due to the emergency closure of its schools from January 19, 2022, to January 21, 2022, inclusive, due to the impacts of the COVID-19 emergency and the denial of a specified waiver. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Culver City Unified School District.