Local control funding formula: school districts: concentration grants: alternative computation by city of enrollment.

Existing law establishes a public school financing system that requires state funding for county superintendents of schools, school districts, and charter schools to be calculated pursuant to a local control funding formula, as specified. Existing law requires funding pursuant to the local control funding formula to include, in addition to a base grant, supplemental and concentration grant add-ons that are based on the percentage of unduplicated pupils, defined as those pupils who are English learners, foster youth, or eligible for free or reduced-price meals, served by the county superintendent of schools, school district, or charter school, as specified. Existing law, commencing with the 2021–22 fiscal year, requires the concentration grant add-on to be equal to 65% of the base grant for each school district's or charter school's percentage of unduplicated pupils in excess of 55% of the school district's or charter school's total enrollment. Commencing with the 2024–25 fiscal year, this bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to, for each school district that is not eligible for a concentration grant add-on pursuant to the above-described provisions, but whose boundaries include 2 or more cities, disaggregate the school district's unduplicated pupil enrollment by city, and, if the percentage of unduplicated pupils residing in any single city of the school district is in excess of 55% of the school district's total enrollment from that city, compute an alternative concentration grant add-on for that school district that is attributable only to the unduplicated pupils enrolled from that city, as specified. The bill would require the Superintendent to make this computation for each city within the school district. The bill would authorize the State Department of Education to adopt regulations in order to effectuate the calculation of this alternative concentration grant add-on, which may include, among other things, any necessary reporting requirements. To the extent these provisions would impose additional duties on school districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.