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HomeEducation CodeCh. 1Art. 1§ 14005 Attendance Error Adjustments

§ 14005 Attendance Error Adjustments

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§ 14005 Attendance Error Adjustments

This law says the money sent to the State School Fund each year has to be fixed if past attendance numbers were wrong, but the fixed amount can never be less than $180 for each student counted the year before.

Key Takeaways

  • •Adjustments are made for attendance errors from previous years.
  • •The adjustment must use the contribution rate that was in effect when the error happened.
  • •The transferred amount can never drop below $180 for each student counted the year before.
  • •The superintendent must tell the controller about any error, and the controller fixes the next payment.

Example

A school district finds out it reported too few students last year, so it must add extra money to the State School Fund this year.

The superintendent tells the state controller about the mistake, and the extra money is added to the next payment, but the total payment still has to be at least $180 for every student that was counted the previous year.

How to Calculate

Minimum Transfer Amount = $180 × Average Daily Attendance (ADA)

  1. Look up the Average Daily Attendance (ADA) for the prior fiscal year.
  2. Multiply the ADA by 180 dollars.
  3. Compare the result to the amount that would be transferred after correcting the error. If the corrected amount is lower, use the $180 × ADA amount instead.

The district had an ADA of 500 students last year.

Result: Minimum Transfer = 500 × $180 = $90,000. The district must transfer at least $90,000 even after fixing the attendance error.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 14005 Attendance Error Adjustments

(a) The amount to be transferred to Section A of the State School Fund under Section 14002 shall in each fiscal year be adjusted for errors of average daily attendance reported in prior fiscal years. Adjustment of such errors will be subject to the time limitations as provided in Section 41341. Such adjustments with regard to the amount to be transferred to Section A of the State School Fund shall be at the state’s rate of contribution under Section 14002 in effect in the fiscal year to which the error applied, and shall be applied in accordance with the purposes set forth under Section 41300. The amount of any adjustment shall not, however, cause the amount to be transferred to Section A of the State School Fund during any fiscal year under Section 14002 to be less than one hundred eighty dollars ($180) per pupil in average daily attendance during the preceding fiscal year credited to all elementary, high, and unified school districts and to all county superintendents of schools in the state. (b) If in any fiscal year the amount transferred to Section A of the State School Fund under Section 41304 is reported to be in error, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall notify the Controller of such error, and he shall add to or withhold from the next apportionment moneys due the district by transfers from or returns to the General Fund of such erroneous amounts. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 282.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

Key Terms

average daily attendanceState School FundadjustmentSuperintendent of Public InstructionController

Related Statutes

  • § 14004 Fourteen Cent Per Pupil Transfer
  • § 14007 School Funding Per Pupil
  • § 14054 County School Service Funding
  • § 17222 School Fund Payment Deductions
  • § 14002.05 School Fund Transfer Rules

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Education Code. Section 14005.
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