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HomeEducation CodeCh. 6Art. 2§ 16157 District Apportionment Transfer Rules

§ 16157 District Apportionment Transfer Rules

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§ 16157 District Apportionment Transfer Rules

When a state‑aided school district is completely merged into another district, the new district takes over all the old district's duties, powers, money, and loan repayments.

Key Takeaways

  • •The acquiring district inherits every duty, power, and responsibility of the state‑aided district.
  • •All money in the state school building fund moves to the acquiring district.
  • •The acquiring district must make any future loan repayments that the old district was required to make.

Example

District A (a state‑aided district) is merged into District B. All of District A's school‑building money moves to District B, and any future payments that would have gone to District A now go to District B.

District B now runs the schools, gets the building funds, receives any money that would have been paid to District A, and must also pay back any loans that District A owed under the original funding plan.

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§ 16157 District Apportionment Transfer Rules

If, subsequent to the date on which a conditional apportionment made to a district becomes final, the state-aided district is included in whole in another district, the acquiring district shall, on the effective date of the inclusion, succeed to and be vested with all of the duties, powers, purposes, jurisdiction, and responsibilities of the state-aided district with respect to the apportionment and the property acquired or to be acquired from funds provided thereby, and all funds in the state school building fund of the state-aided district shall be transferred to the state school building fund of the acquiring district. All amounts that would, after the effective date of the inclusion, have been otherwise paid to the state-aided district under the terms of or pursuant to the apportionment, shall be paid to the acquiring district. In addition, the acquiring district shall, on the effective date of the inclusion of the state-aided district in the acquiring district as fixed by Section 35534, become liable for the annual repayments and other payments due the state under Section 16075 and other provisions of this chapter with respect to the apportionment or the property acquired or to be acquired therewith. (Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 386, Sec. 6. (SB 436) Effective January 1, 2016.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

Key Terms

conditional apportionmentstate-aided districtacquiring districtstate school building fundannual repayments

Related Statutes

  • § 16159 District Apportionment Adjustments
  • § 15788 District Apportionment Transfer Rules
  • § 16164 District Annexation Valuation Adjustment
  • § 15790 District Apportionment Adjustments
  • § 16150 District Boundary Reorganization Dates

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Education Code. Section 16157.
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