(a) If the total amount certified for all school districts and county offices of education pursuant to Section 84907 is less than three hundred seventy-five million dollars ($375,000,000), the chancellor and the Superintendent shall do both of the following:
(1) Apportion funds appropriated for the program in the Budget Act of 2015, no later than August 30, 2015, to each school district or county office of education in an amount equal to the amount certified for that school district or county office of education pursuant to Section 84907. As a condition of receipt of an apportionment, a school district or county office of education is required to be a member of a consortium.
(2) (A) (i) With the concurrence of the executive director, approve a schedule of allocations to each consortium, no later than October 30, 2015, of any funds appropriated for the program in the Budget Act of 2015 that remain after funds have been apportioned pursuant to paragraph (1).
(ii) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall determine the amount to be allocated to each consortium pursuant to this paragraph based on that adult education region’s share of the statewide need for adult education.
(B) Using the schedule approved pursuant to subparagraph (A), the chancellor and the Superintendent shall do one of the following for each consortium:
(i) Apportion funds to a fund administrator designated by the members of a consortium beginning no more than 30 days after approval of the schedule pursuant to subparagraph (A).
(ii) Apportion funds to members of a consortium beginning no more than 30 days after receipt of a final distribution schedule from that consortium.
(b) If the total amount certified for all school districts and county offices of education pursuant to Section 84907 equals or exceeds three hundred seventy-five million dollars ($375,000,000), the chancellor and the Superintendent shall do both of the following:
(1) Apportion funds appropriated for the program in the Budget Act of 2015, no later than August 30, 2015, to each school district or county office of education in an amount equal to the amount certified for that school district or county office of education pursuant to Section 84907 multiplied by three hundred seventy-five million dollars ($375,000,000), divided by the total amount certified for all school districts and county offices of education pursuant to Section 84907.
(2) (A) (i) With the concurrence of the executive director, approve a schedule of allocations to each consortium, no later than October 30, 2015, of any funds appropriated for this program in the Budget Act of 2015 that remain after funds have been apportioned pursuant to paragraph (1).
(ii) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall determine the amount to be allocated to each consortium pursuant to this paragraph based on that adult education region’s share of the statewide need for adult education.
(B) Using the schedule approved pursuant to subparagraph (A), the chancellor and the Superintendent shall do one of the following for each consortium:
(i) Apportion funds to a fund administrator designated by the members of a consortium beginning no more than 30 days after approval of the schedule pursuant to subparagraph (A).
(ii) Apportion funds to members of a consortium beginning no more than 30 days after receipt of a final distribution schedule from that consortium.
(c) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2016, and, as of January 1, 2017, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 13, Sec. 39. (AB 104) Effective June 24, 2015.)