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HomeEducation CodeCh. 6Art. 2§ 16156 District Annexation Aid Adjustment

§ 16156 District Annexation Aid Adjustment

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§ 16156 District Annexation Aid Adjustment

This law tells what to do with state aid money when a school district is merged into another district before it gets all the money it was promised.

Key Takeaways

  • •If the new, larger district can’t get aid, the original district gets no more aid.
  • •If the new district can get aid, the board can re‑evaluate both districts and give conditional aid to the new district.
  • •If only part of the original district merges, the board can add extra aid within two years, but not more than the original approved amount, and no new bonds are needed.

Example

District A is waiting for state aid, but before it receives the full amount, it is merged into District B.

If District B cannot get state aid, District A stops getting any more money. If District B can get aid and has applied for it, the state board can look at both districts' requests again and decide to give the needed money to District B. If only part of District A merges into District B, the board can add extra money for District A within two years, up to the original amount, without needing new bonds.

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§ 16156 District Annexation Aid Adjustment

Whenever, prior to the date on which conditional apportionments have been made to an applicant district for the full amount of state aid approved for the district under Section 16035, (1) if the applicant district is annexed to or otherwise included in whole in another district which is ineligible for an apportionment under this chapter, no further apportionment shall be made to the applicant district; (2) if the applicant district is annexed to or otherwise included in whole in a district which is eligible for an apportionment under this chapter and which has made or does make an application for the apportionment, the board may reconsider the applications of the applicant district and the acquiring district and make any determinations and take any action with respect thereto, including the making, subject to the provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 16000) of this chapter, of a conditional apportionment or apportionments to the acquiring district that the board may deem necessary because of the annexation or other inclusion in the acquiring district of the applicant district; (3) if a portion of the applicant district is annexed to or otherwise included in another district, the board may reconsider the application of the applicant district and may, within two years after the first apportionment made under the approval, make the additional apportionments as it sees fit to the applicant district, but not in excess of the amount in which the application was originally approved, without requiring the district to issue additional bonds. (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

applicant districtconditional apportionmentsstate aidannexedboardacquiring district

Related Statutes

  • § 15784 District Annexation Aid Adjustment
  • § 16153 District Apportionment Eligibility Rules
  • § 15782 District Apportionment Eligibility Rules
  • § 15783 Conditional Apportionment Voidance Rules
  • § 15795 District Boundary Change Notice

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Education Code. Section 16156.
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