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HomeEducation CodeCh. 4Art. 1§ 15724 Bonded Indebtedness Correction Validation

§ 15724 Bonded Indebtedness Correction Validation

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§ 15724 Bonded Indebtedness Correction Validation

This law fixes a mistake when a school district accidentally includes another district's small debt in their own records, but only if the mistake is tiny (less than 2% of the total debt). It says the funding for the school is still okay even if this small error happened.

Key Takeaways

  • •This only applies if the mistake is very small (less than 2% of the total debt).
  • •The school district can still get and use the money even if this small error happened.
  • •The wrongly included debt won’t be counted when figuring out future funding.

Example

Imagine School District A is asking voters to approve new bonds for building a new school. The county auditor accidentally includes a tiny bit of School District B's debt (less than 2% of the total) in District A's records.

Even with this small mistake, if the voters say yes to the new bonds, the law says the funding for School District A is still valid and the money can be spent as planned.

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

Official Source
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§ 15724 Bonded Indebtedness Correction Validation

Whenever a conditional apportionment has been made, and the county auditor has inadvertently and erroneously included in his certification of the outstanding bonded indebtedness of the school district the bonded indebtedness of another school district having the same, or substantially the same, boundaries, which bonded indebtedness is less than 2 percent of the total amount of the total bonded indebtedness certified, and thereafter an election upon the issuance of new bonds in the amount required by the board has been had and the vote thereon has been in favor of the issuance of the bonds, and the board has certified to the Controller that the apportionment to the district has become final, the final apportionment is hereby confirmed, ratified, and validated, and any expenditure of money from the Public School Building Loan Fund according to the terms of the final apportionment is hereby confirmed, ratified, and validated. Any bonds erroneously certified, however, shall not be taken into consideration in making the computation required by Section 15721. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

Key Terms

conditional apportionmentbonded indebtednessPublic School Building Loan Fundfinal apportionment

Related Statutes

  • § 15744 School Funding Certification Deadlines
  • § 15713 School District Funding Applications
  • § 15786 District Boundary Adjustment Confirmation
  • § 15703 State Allocation Board Expenses
  • § 15706 School Building Loan Funds

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Education Code. Section 15724.
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