New Funding Model For Special Education
Final Report
Part III

Legislative Analyst's Office
Department of Education
Department of Finance
November 1995

Appendix C

Phase-in of the New Funding Model

A preliminary phase-in model is attached to this report for illustration purposes only. The model is intended as an approximation, an example of how funding equalization, pursuant to the principles described in this report, might proceed over a five-year period. Due to data limitations, the preliminary model does not include any funds allocated for children residing in LCIs.

There are a number of caveats associated with the model. First, we do not claim that the base year data displayed in the model are absolutely accurate. The model is our best representation of the funding available by SELPA given the time and data available to us. Second, the base year used for these calculations is not intended to represent the base year that would necessarily be selected if a new funding model were enacted. The actual base year (or base years) chosen for implementation of the new funding model would have to be specified in legislation. Third, the projections of average daily attendance (ADA) and increases in federal funding used in the model are only intended to be our best guess. Projections of trends in future congressional appropriations and population are, by their nature, imprecise. Finally, the method for dividing total funding for each SELPA into an LCI allocation and an amount subject to equalization is not the same method that will be used when the phase-in is actually implemented. This could lead to some differences in the effect of equalization adjustments on individual SELPAs.

Construction of the model can be separated into two steps: (1) calculation of the base year and (2) estimation of each successive year.

Calculation of the Base Year

A base year amount of total state funding, federal funding, and local property tax provided for the special education of children ages 3 to 22 is calculated. This is done by summing from each SELPA's J-50 the deficited (net) state apportionment, the federal funds, and the local special education property tax. To this total the following adjustments are made: (1) federal preschool grant funds are added, (2) deficited infant unit entitlements are subtracted, (3) deficited entitlements for units transferred to a SELPA from another SELPA are subtracted, and (4) deficited entitlements for units transferred from the SELPA to another SELPA are added. This yields the total funding allocated to the SELPA for special education in the base year.

From this total the amount of LCI funding (LCI nonpublic school allocations plus non-deficited unit funding) is subtracted, leaving a remaining amount subject to equalization. (When the phase-in is actually implemented, the initial LCI allocation would be subtracted rather than base-year LCI funding. The preliminary phase-in model uses base-year LCI funding because the data needed to derive initial LCI allocations were not readily available by SELPA. The calculations that will be used in the actual phase-in to derive the initial LCI allocations and to adjust funding in subsequent years are described in a separate section below.)

The remaining (non-LCI) funding amount is divided by the total ADA for all school districts and/or county offices within the SELPA for the base year. For county offices that serve more than one SELPA, the "pass-through" ADA must be distributed back to the districts of origin, then aggregated by SELPA. County office ADA (no district of origin) is attributed to the SELPA in which the county office reports. Dividing total funding by the number of ADA gives each SELPA's per capita amount of funding. SELPAs are then ranked from highest to lowest, and a statewide average per-capita amount is calculated for equalization purposes.

Estimation of Each Successive Year

Enrollment Assumptions. The projections incorporate enrollment forecasts by the Department of Finance's Demographic Research Unit. These forecasts were developed by estimating ADA increases for five years by school district, and aggregating those estimates into the current SELPAs.

Growth Funds. During phase-in all SELPAs will receive funding for their full growth. This amount will be determined by multiplying their increase in ADA (new ADA) by the statewide average per-capita amount. SELPAs with declining ADA will, however, be held harmless for one year. In the subsequent year, if their ADA is still declining, the first year's negative growth adjustment will be applied. This treatment of special education growth is similar to the way growth is calculated for revenue limits.

Equalization Funds. The total funding available for equalization is equal to the amount appropriated for the COLA and any increase in federal funds. Equalization funding is allocated by first determining a statewide target, and then distributing funds to those SELPAs below the target in relation to their distance from it.

In the first year, the target is calculated by multiplying the base year statewide average per-capita amount by one plus the percentage increase in COLA. (The COLA percentage would be determined in the current fashion.) For example, if the base year average were $400, and the COLA were 5 percent, the statewide target for the first year would be $420. In each successive year, the previous year's target is increased by the COLA percentage to arrive at a new target.

SELPAs whose per-capita amount is less than the target amount are eligible for equalization funding. The amount of available equalization funding is distributed to SELPAs below the target in proportion to their distance from the target. In other words, if the amount of equalization funding available is, for example, 20 percent of the amount required to raise all low-funded SELPAs to the statewide target, each SELPA below the target would receive 20 percent of the funding needed to bring its per-capita amount to the statewide target.

The attached spreadsheets illustrate the effect of following these procedures for the five-year phase-in period.

LCI Allocations

In the time available, we were unable to calculate LCI allocations due to data limitations. Accordingly, the preliminary phase-in model does not include any LCI funding. The method we propose for calculating the initial LCI allocations and subsequent-year adjustments is described below.

The amount of funding claimed in the base year by each SELPA for pupils residing in LCIs (both for nondeficited units and nonpublic schools) will be totaled statewide. This amount will be divided by the statewide population of pupils residing in LCIs, weighted in the following fashion:

Each SELPA will receive an allocation from the available funding based on its population of pupils residing in LCIs weighted as above. This allocation may be more or less than the SELPA received in the base year for pupils residing in LCIs. Under our proposed methodology, no SELPA would experience a change in its initial overall funding level as a result of this difference. This is because the non-LCI base funding would rise or fall by the amount of the difference. However, these changes in a SELPA's non-LCI base funding could affect the per-capita amount calculated for each SELPA at the beginning of phase-in.

In subsequent years, the LCI allocations would change based on the population change in each of the subgroups and cost-of-living adjustments.

Proposed Funding Model



1993-94 Data
Growth




COLA




Increase in Federal Funds




Total Available for Equalization




Statewide Target
345



ADA Adjusted GF Prop. Tax Fed. Funds Preschool Total $ Per ADA

01 Anaheim City School District SELPA 16,585 3,759,851 673,450 429,969 205,570 5,068,840 306
02 Antelope Valley SELPA 55,870 11,084,062 3,323,129 1,690,930 397,007 16,495,128 295
03 Bakersfield City SELPA 25,721 7,386,293 0 833,816 314,140 8,534,249 332
04 Butte County SELPA 32,091 5,831,917 3,643,667 1,283,906 322,677 11,082,167 345
05 Clovis Unified SELPA 27,099 4,857,618 0 750,505 152,936 5,761,059 213
06 Colusa County SELPA 3,887 998,264 165,552 144,030 26,307 1,334,153 343
07 Contra Costa SELPA 71,065 18,567,176 7,483,405 2,451,319 920,786 29,422,686 414
08 Corona-Norco Unified SELPA 25,120 6,544,563 0 783,334 186,654 7,514,551 299
09 Desert Mountain SELPA 63,539 17,078,647 2,022,796 2,211,975 489,581 21,802,999 343
10 East County SELPA 73,960 19,165,388 183,191 2,724,903 1,234,801 23,308,283 315
11 East San Gabriel Valley SELPA 123,612 31,619,702 5,763,676 4,129,892 754,683 42,267,953 342
12 East Valley Consortium SELPA 68,978 16,437,697 4,388,314 2,668,774 659,223 24,154,008 350
13 El Dorado County SELPA 21,760 4,940,923 888,605 753,329 179,196 6,762,053 311
14 Elk Grove Unified SELPA 31,368 9,599,456 0 947,133 425,093 10,971,682 350
15 Fontana Unified SELPA 28,548 8,003,675 0 898,770 252,064 9,154,509 321
16 Foothill SELPA 44,912 10,770,674 0 1,291,320 254,123 12,316,117 274
17 Fresno County SELPA 58,637 9,966,075 4,364,035 2,173,145 616,489 17,119,744 292
18 Fresno Unified SELPA 74,091 19,866,102 0 2,681,482 634,206 23,181,790 313
19 Garden Grove Unified SELPA 41,031 11,074,147 802,960 1,178,002 112,533 13,167,642 321
20 Glenn County SELPA 5,945 1,399,244 675,265 188,509 71,766 2,334,784 393
21 Greater Anaheim SELPA 46,128 12,159,697 699,352 1,437,467 353,402 14,649,918 318
22 Humboldt-Del Norte SELPA 26,118 7,265,134 540,782 1,013,852 335,092 9,154,860 351
23 Imperial County SELPA 31,031 4,597,260 995,915 939,719 93,210 6,626,104 214
24 Inyo County SELPA 3,368 1,001,752 0 135,204 66,585 1,203,541 357
25 Irvine Unified SELPA 21,438 6,462,151 1,502,311 746,621 163,327 8,874,410 414
26 Kern County SELPA 80,698 16,425,302 4,051,067 2,520,862 472,821 23,470,052 291
27 Kern Union High SELPA 21,453 4,665,199 0 554,935 0 5,220,134 243
28 Kings County SELPA 22,432 4,936,981 654,908 694,728 143,210 6,429,827 287
29 Lake County SELPA 9,928 2,361,225 298,673 386,549 126,226 3,172,673 320
30 Lake Tahoe-Alpine SELPA 5,501 1,430,365 0 239,695 88,465 1,758,525 320
31 Lassen County SELPA 5,195 2,106,102 553,857 223,810 37,142 2,920,911 562
32 Lodi Area SELPA 24,923 5,020,190 0 851,819 146,471 6,018,480 241
33 Long Beach Unified SELPA 74,285 18,672,988 0 2,132,548 81,885 20,887,421 281
34 Los Angeles Unified SELPA 607,446 209,752,201 0 20,554,148 9,059,651 239,366,000 394
35 Madera-Mariposa Co. SELPA 23,422 4,295,774 2,449,452 798,161 340,561 7,883,948 337
36 Marin County SELPA 26,315 7,200,595 4,272,424 1,036,445 497,230 13,006,694 494
37 Mendocino County SELPA 15,421 6,685,175 956,736 695,788 778,808 9,116,507 591
38 Merced County Selpa 44,878 12,584,235 1,776,693 1,721,288 326,641 16,408,857 366
39 Mid Cities/Downey-Montebello SELPA 115,205 21,533,267 8,389,559 3,065,914 274,754 33,263,494 289
40 Mid-Alameda County SELPA 41,837 9,481,415 0 1,501,009 459,450 11,441,874 273
41 Modoc County SELPA 2,235 1,235,965 82,930 126,025 34,767 1,479,687 662
42 Mono County SELPA 1,738 827,453 0 89,665 21,822 938,940 540
43 Monterey County SELPA 59,346 14,642,923 1,514,140 2,116,310 354,437 18,627,810 314
44 Moreno Valley Unified SELPA 30,598 8,959,849 0 1,152,233 133,367 10,245,449 335
45 Morongo Unified SELPA 9,919 3,216,123 0 446,207 381,666 4,043,996 408
46 Mt. Diablo Unified SELPA 33,491 10,178,662 0 1,280,376 293,760 11,752,798 351
47 Napa County SELPA 17,341 4,374,842 1,092,883 592,001 194,992 6,254,718 361
48 Newport-Mesa Unified SELPA 17,136 5,262,325 1,605,919 645,307 106,669 7,620,220 445
49 North Coastal SELPA 82,455 19,511,665 1,740,681 2,431,550 1,100,694 24,784,590 301
50 North Inland SELPA 33,541 6,573,877 996,796 1,067,863 670,974 9,309,510 278
51 North Orange County SELPA 34,894 1,975,159 2,183,574 1,315,324 170,792 5,644,849 162
52 North Region SELPA 23,628 7,939,707 0 832,050 245,543 9,017,300 382
53 North Santa Cruz Co. SELPA 19,441 4,746,536 2,655,689 808,045 145,357 8,355,627 430
54 Northeast Orange County SELPA 27,771 6,258,398 699,352 803,103 219,804 7,980,657 287
55 Norwalk-La Mirada/ABC SELPA 39,991 11,498,208 0 1,185,769 412,974 13,096,951 328
56 Oakland Unified SELPA 50,909 16,098,088 3,398,528 1,803,188 60,270 21,360,074 420
57 Orange Unified SELPA 25,934 8,599,691 673,450 909,360 205,657 10,388,158 401
58 Pajaro Valley Joint Unified SELPA 16,426 5,906,599 0 683,785 224,685 6,815,069 415
59 Pasadena Unified SELPA 21,559 5,743,598 0 886,767 323,987 6,954,352 323
60 Placer-Nevada Counties SELPA 51,754 9,966,537 3,483,357 1,727,290 409,297 15,586,481 301
61 Plumas Unified SELPA 3,744 622,947 0 143,676 9,160 775,783 207
62 Poway Unified SELPA 27,879 5,212,962 0 631,893 186,910 6,031,765 216
63 Puente Hills Serv. Area SELPA 39,659 9,994,037 1,614,079 1,196,712 138,699 12,943,527 326
64 Riverside County SELPA 156,508 35,703,850 9,847,978 5,398,266 1,093,057 52,043,151 333
65 Riverside Unified SELPA 32,972 9,544,531 0 1,194,241 307,607 11,046,379 335
66 Sacramento City Unified SELPA 48,543 14,779,335 0 1,805,658 400,650 16,985,643 350
67 Sacramento County SELPA 56,427 8,112,154 7,477,672 2,271,635 690,374 18,551,835 329
68 San Benito County SELPA 8,406 2,627,117 270,559 314,534 66,635 3,278,845 390
69 San Bernardino City Unified SELPA 41,841 12,185,152 0 1,585,732 118,784 13,889,668 332
70 San Diego City Unified SELPA 123,230 39,418,959 0 4,413,008 1,544,157 45,376,124 368
71 San Francisco Unified SELPA 61,019 30,226,780 0 2,282,578 231,494 32,740,852 537
72 San Joaquin County SELPA 41,247 7,225,596 1,108,581 1,312,147 221,347 9,867,671 239
73 San Juan Unified SELPA 46,580 13,887,040 0 1,797,892 521,214 16,206,146 348
74 San Luis Obispo County SELPA 32,485 4,538,670 4,992,001 1,129,640 219,973 10,880,284 335
75 San Mateo County SELPA 85,325 20,040,043 9,476,401 2,977,306 486,980 32,980,730 387
76 Santa Ana Unified SELPA 46,682 11,611,886 880,665 1,306,146 454,091 14,252,788 305
77 Santa Barbara County SELPA 55,602 14,308,416 4,475,009 1,861,082 569,456 21,213,963 382
78 Santa Clara Area I SELPA 19,018 5,842,014 713,658 737,443 196,632 7,489,747 394
79 Santa Clara Area II SELPA 26,884 8,077,956 823,832 873,000 314,252 10,089,040 375
80 Santa Clara Area III SELPA 32,472 -5,482,889 22,510,440 1,297,321 270,391 18,595,263 573
81 Santa Clara Area IV SELPA 30,090 8,558,320 1,037,662 1,092,927 174,036 10,862,945 361
82 Santa Clara Area V SELPA 90,577 25,852,362 2,928,774 3,111,805 773,927 32,666,868 361
83 Santa Clara Area VI SELPA 16,880 4,021,724 542,814 550,700 141,596 5,256,834 311
84 Santa Clara Area VII SELPA 15,293 4,990,113 461,836 459,622 159,072 6,070,643 397
85 Santa Clarita Valley SELPA 28,410 6,996,272 1,595,492 895,593 432,702 9,920,059 349
86 Shasta County SELPA 29,103 7,881,250 1,136,706 1,093,279 47,405 10,158,640 349
87 Sierra County SELPA 830 593,559 0 30,712 21,831 646,102 779
88 Siskiyou County SELPA 8,636 3,140,832 97,291 394,315 115,795 3,748,233 434
89 Solano County SELPA 46,048 10,300,094 2,254,053 1,691,635 374,678 14,620,460 318
90 Sonoma County SELPA 64,448 17,877,493 3,778,487 2,393,777 568,853 24,618,610 382
91 South Bay Service Area SELPA 70,371 17,379,430 5,071,728 2,411,427 891,667 25,754,252 366
92 South Orange County SELPA 64,648 14,472,495 3,341,348 1,507,363 235,186 19,556,392 303
93 Southwest Service Area SELPA 84,484 22,629,941 6,178,329 2,753,497 1,131,463 32,693,230 387
94 Stanislaus County SELPA 83,673 14,742,796 6,280,879 3,179,230 684,147 24,887,052 297
95 Stockton City Unified 32,633 9,517,196 0 1,131,405 180,671 10,829,272 332
96 Sutter County SELPA 13,834 3,805,500 237,050 549,993 187,778 4,780,321 346
97 Tehama County SELPA 10,502 2,577,738 1,054,776 370,310 51,260 4,054,084 386
98 Tri-Cities SELPA 19,740 6,782,767 0 690,492 148,390 7,621,649 386
99 Tri-County SELPA 19,668 6,315,573 690,337 734,972 413,836 8,154,718 415
100 Tri-Valley SELPA 24,201 5,597,244 0 832,756 165,066 6,595,066 273
101 Trinity County SELPA 2,486 1,313,823 93,371 131,320 87,396 1,625,910 654
102 Tulare County SELPA 77,972 18,452,426 2,359,966 2,649,358 2,872,982 26,334,732 338
103 Tustin Unified SELPA 12,286 2,707,908 569,642 299,001 87,639 3,664,190 298
104 Vallejo City Unified SELPA 18,931 4,647,169 0 693,670 90,145 5,430,984 287
105 Ventura County SELPA 127,138 30,418,958 4,443,049 4,078,706 1,013,900 39,954,613 314
106 Washington Township SELPA 48,154 12,797,777 0 1,600,911 264,857 14,663,545 305
107 West Contra Costa Unified SELPA 30,140 6,992,915 0 1,143,761 231,942 8,368,618 278
108 West End SELPA 97,379 26,585,323 0 3,187,702 546,833 30,319,858 311
109 West Orange County SELPA 41,910 17,253,487 248,941 1,574,435 301,361 19,378,224 462
110 West San Gabriel Valley SELPA 93,919 24,809,778 4,316,687 2,869,285 337,145 32,332,895 344
111 Whittier Area SELPA 43,828 13,503,594 0 1,334,740 635,232 15,473,566 353
112 Yolo County SELPA 23,001 4,344,972 2,531,355 771,685 215,465 7,863,477 342
113 Yuba County SELPA 13,212 3,147,003 611,499 603,651 157,071 4,519,224 342
Totals 5,111,897 1,340,589,075 197,700,020 173,711,768 49,549,470 1,761,550,333 345



First Year 1994-95
Growth1.23%25,737,544




COLA3.20%57,193,212




Increase in Federal Funds
5,409,421




Total Available for Equalization
62,202,633




Statewide Target
356





ADA Dif. ADA Growth $ Per ADA Amt. Req.
For Equal.		 Amt. Avail.
For Equal.		 Total $ $ Per ADA Total Inc.
From 93-94



01 Anaheim City School District SELPA 17,161 576 204,819 307 829,121 364,865 5,638,524 329 569,684
02 Antelope Valley SELPA 58,030 2,160 767,984 297 3,373,723 1,484,648 18,747,760 323 2,252,632
03 Bakersfield City SELPA 25,517 -204 0 334 540,338 237,783 8,772,032 344 237,783
04 Butte County SELPA 32,696 604 214,865 346 330,365 145,381 11,442,414 350 360,247
05 Clovis Unified SELPA 28,373 1,275 453,344 219 3,875,900 1,705,638 7,920,041 279 2,158,982
06 Colusa County SELPA 3,950 64 22,593 343 48,003 21,124 1,377,870 349 43,717
07 Contra Costa SELPA 73,042 1,977 702,929 412 0 0 30,125,615 412 702,929
08 Corona-Norco Unified SELPA 26,216 1,096 389,648 302 1,418,764 624,345 8,528,544 325 1,013,993
09 Desert Mountain SELPA 64,840 1,301 462,548 343 793,175 349,046 22,614,593 349 811,594
10 East County SELPA 74,455 496 176,301 315 2,993,659 1,317,397 24,801,981 333 1,493,698
11 East San Gabriel Valley SELPA 125,583 1,971 701,069 342 1,691,566 744,394 43,713,416 348 1,445,463
12 East Valley Consortium SELPA 70,448 1,470 522,762 350 376,309 165,599 24,842,369 353 688,361
13 El Dorado County SELPA 22,181 421 149,821 312 976,375 429,666 7,341,540 331 579,487
14 Elk Grove Unified SELPA 31,566 197 70,179 350 183,705 80,842 11,122,703 352 151,021
15 Fontana Unified SELPA 29,069 522 185,508 321 997,762 439,077 9,779,095 336 624,586
16 Foothill SELPA 45,708 796 283,064 276 3,655,710 1,608,740 14,207,921 311 1,891,804
17 Fresno County SELPA 59,770 1,133 403,048 293 3,732,902 1,642,709 19,165,501 321 2,045,757
18 Fresno Unified SELPA 71,051 -3,039 0 326 2,085,862 917,909 24,099,699 339 917,909
19 Garden Grove Unified SELPA 41,740 709 252,071 322 1,423,925 626,616 14,046,328 337 878,686
20 Glenn County SELPA 6,022 77 27,237 392 0 0 2,362,021 392 27,237
21 Greater Anaheim SELPA 47,449 1,321 469,877 319 1,754,388 772,040 15,891,835 335 1,241,917
22 Humboldt-Del Norte SELPA 26,227 109 38,621 351 133,519 58,757 9,252,237 353 97,377
23 Imperial County SELPA 31,498 466 165,849 216 4,409,398 1,940,410 8,732,363 277 2,106,259
24 Inyo County SELPA 3,387 19 6,800 357 0 0 1,210,341 357 6,800
25 Irvine Unified SELPA 21,849 411 146,265 413 0 0 9,020,675 413 146,265
26 Kern County SELPA 81,934 1,236 439,649 292 5,228,243 2,300,753 26,210,454 320 2,740,402
27 Kern Union High SELPA 22,523 1,070 380,395 249 2,409,110 1,060,159 6,660,687 296 1,440,553
28 Kings County SELPA 22,866 434 154,256 288 1,547,628 681,053 7,265,136 318 835,309
29 Lake County SELPA 9,895 -33 0 321 346,140 152,323 3,324,996 336 152,323
30 Lake Tahoe-Alpine SELPA 5,638 137 48,877 321 197,599 86,956 1,894,358 336 135,833
31 Lassen County SELPA 5,265 70 24,819 559 0 0 2,945,730 559 24,819
32 Lodi Area SELPA 24,893 -29 0 242 2,834,254 1,247,248 7,265,728 292 1,247,248
33 Long Beach Unified SELPA 75,711 1,426 507,051 283 5,530,139 2,433,606 23,828,077 315 2,940,656
34 Los Angeles Unified SELPA 605,743 -1,703 0 395 0 0 239,366,000 395 0
35 Madera-Mariposa Co. SELPA 23,764 343 121,816 337 445,469 196,034 8,201,798 345 317,850
36 Marin County SELPA 26,711 395 140,593 492 0 0 13,147,287 492 140,593
37 Mendocino County SELPA 15,366 -55 0 593 0 0 9,116,507 593 0
38 Merced County Selpa 44,926 48 17,166 366 0 0 16,426,023 366 17,166
39 Mid Cities/Downey-Montebello SELPA 116,338 1,133 403,044 289 7,706,315 3,391,259 37,057,797 319 3,794,303
40 Mid-Alameda County SELPA 41,535 -302 0 275 3,329,099 1,465,011 12,906,885 311 1,465,011
41 Modoc County SELPA 2,271 37 13,012 657 0 0 1,492,699 657 13,012
42 Mono County SELPA 1,777 39 13,720 536 0 0 952,660 536 13,720
43 Monterey County SELPA 59,820 474 168,705 314 2,476,974 1,090,023 19,886,538 332 1,258,728
44 Moreno Valley Unified SELPA 30,889 291 103,526 335 636,103 279,925 10,628,900 344 383,451
45 Morongo Unified SELPA 9,722 -197 0 416 0 0 4,043,996 416 0
46 Mt. Diablo Unified SELPA 33,647 156 55,374 351 157,421 69,275 11,877,448 353 124,650
47 Napa County SELPA 17,737 395 140,568 361 0 0 6,395,286 361 140,568
48 Newport-Mesa Unified SELPA 17,470 334 118,654 443 0 0 7,738,874 443 118,654
49 North Coastal SELPA 84,686 2,230 793,194 302 4,538,638 1,997,284 27,575,068 326 2,790,478
50 North Inland SELPA 34,399 858 305,038 280 2,618,640 1,152,365 10,766,912 313 1,457,402
51 North Orange County SELPA 35,320 426 151,439 164 6,764,377 2,976,747 8,773,036 248 3,128,187
52 North Region SELPA 23,981 353 125,642 381 0 0 9,142,942 381 125,642
53 North Santa Cruz Co. SELPA 19,806 365 129,796 428 0 0 8,485,423 428 129,796
54 Northeast Orange County SELPA 28,661 890 316,418 289 1,895,389 834,089 9,131,164 319 1,150,507
55 Norwalk-La Mirada/ABC SELPA 41,019 1,028 365,750 328 1,124,712 494,943 13,957,644 340 860,693
56 Oakland Unified SELPA 51,223 314 111,766 419 0 0 21,471,840 419 111,766
57 Orange Unified SELPA 26,339 405 143,850 400 0 0 10,532,008 400 143,850
58 Pajaro Valley Joint Unified SELPA 16,545 119 42,444 414 0 0 6,857,513 414 42,444
59 Pasadena Unified SELPA 21,624 65 23,098 323 712,564 313,572 7,291,022 337 336,670
60 Placer-Nevada Counties SELPA 54,848 3,094 1,100,244 304 2,818,645 1,240,379 17,927,105 327 2,340,624
61 Plumas Unified SELPA 3,684 -60 0 211 534,191 235,077 1,010,860 274 235,077
62 Poway Unified SELPA 28,897 1,018 361,998 221 3,882,603 1,708,587 8,102,351 280 2,070,586
63 Puente Hills Serv. Area SELPA 39,415 -245 0 328 1,073,267 472,305 13,415,832 340 472,305
64 Riverside County SELPA 161,208 4,700 1,671,396 333 3,615,143 1,590,888 55,305,436 343 3,262,285
65 Riverside Unified SELPA 33,533 562 199,744 335 679,228 298,903 11,545,026 344 498,647
66 Sacramento City Unified SELPA 47,981 -562 0 354 77,658 34,175 17,019,818 355 34,175
67 Sacramento County SELPA 57,795 1,368 486,410 329 1,515,117 666,746 19,704,991 341 1,153,156
68 San Benito County SELPA 8,618 212 75,275 389 0 0 3,354,120 389 75,275
69 San Bernardino City Unified SELPA 42,087 246 87,569 332 989,969 435,648 14,412,885 342 523,217
70 San Diego City Unified SELPA 124,711 1,481 526,770 368 0 0 45,902,894 368 526,770
71 San Francisco Unified SELPA 60,491 -528 0 541 0 0 32,740,852 541 0
72 San Joaquin County SELPA 42,847 1,600 568,972 244 4,800,974 2,112,728 12,549,371 293 2,681,700
73 San Juan Unified SELPA 45,576 -1,003 0 356 1,965 865 16,207,011 356 865
74 San Luis Obispo County SELPA 33,240 754 268,184 335 672,351 295,876 11,444,344 344 564,060
75 San Mateo County SELPA 86,521 1,196 425,360 386 0 0 33,406,090 386 425,360
76 Santa Ana Unified SELPA 46,782 99 35,317 305 2,348,670 1,033,561 15,321,666 328 1,068,878
77 Santa Barbara County SELPA 57,015 1,413 502,545 381 0 0 21,716,508 381 502,545
78 Santa Clara Area I SELPA 19,407 389 138,345 393 0 0 7,628,092 393 138,345
79 Santa Clara Area II SELPA 27,132 247 87,967 375 0 0 10,177,007 375 87,967
80 Santa Clara Area III SELPA 32,864 392 139,437 570 0 0 18,734,700 570 139,437
81 Santa Clara Area IV SELPA 30,240 150 53,241 361 0 0 10,916,186 361 53,241
82 Santa Clara Area V SELPA 91,104 526 187,208 361 0 0 32,854,076 361 187,208
83 Santa Clara Area VI SELPA 16,775 -104 0 313 708,838 311,933 5,568,767 332 311,933
84 Santa Clara Area VII SELPA 15,394 101 35,879 397 0 0 6,106,522 397 35,879
85 Santa Clarita Valley SELPA 28,888 478 169,989 349 183,335 80,679 10,170,727 352 250,668
86 Shasta County SELPA 29,324 220 78,351 349 191,280 84,175 10,321,167 352 162,527
87 Sierra County SELPA 840 10 3,699 773 0 0 649,801 773 3,699
88 Siskiyou County SELPA 8,530 -106 0 439 0 0 3,748,233 439 0
89 Solano County SELPA 46,390 342 121,546 318 1,755,283 772,434 15,514,439 334 893,979
90 Sonoma County SELPA 64,925 477 169,751 382 0 0 24,788,361 382 169,751
91 South Bay Service Area SELPA 71,048 677 240,680 366 0 0 25,994,932 366 240,680
92 South Orange County SELPA 67,775 3,128 1,112,264 305 3,433,989 1,511,169 22,179,826 327 2,623,434
93 Southwest Service Area SELPA 86,329 1,846 656,310 386 0 0 33,349,540 386 656,310
94 Stanislaus County SELPA 84,862 1,189 422,849 298 4,869,335 2,142,811 27,452,712 323 2,565,660
95 Stockton City Unified 32,434 -199 0 334 705,002 310,245 11,139,517 343 310,245
96 Sutter County SELPA 14,166 332 118,128 346 139,290 61,296 4,959,745 350 179,424
97 Tehama County SELPA 10,699 197 70,065 385 0 0 4,124,149 385 70,065
98 Tri-Cities SELPA 20,519 779 276,876 385 0 0 7,898,525 385 276,876
99 Tri-County SELPA 19,637 -31 0 415 0 0 8,154,718 415 0
100 Tri-Valley SELPA 24,908 708 251,690 275 2,011,277 885,087 7,731,843 310 1,136,777
101 Trinity County SELPA 2,479 -6 0 656 0 0 1,625,910 656 0
102 Tulare County SELPA 78,754 782 278,095 338 1,394,018 613,455 27,226,282 346 891,550
103 Tustin Unified SELPA 12,669 382 135,920 300 705,172 310,320 4,110,430 324 446,240
104 Vallejo City Unified SELPA 18,295 -637 0 297 1,075,028 473,080 5,904,064 323 473,080
105 Ventura County SELPA 128,855 1,717 610,626 315 5,258,965 2,314,272 42,879,512 333 2,924,899
106 Washington Township SELPA 47,997 -157 0 306 2,405,482 1,058,562 15,722,107 328 1,058,562
107 West Contra Costa Unified SELPA 30,596 456 162,130 279 2,349,951 1,034,125 9,564,872 313 1,196,254
108 West End SELPA 100,456 3,078 1,094,540 313 4,310,435 1,896,860 33,311,258 332 2,991,400
109 West Orange County SELPA 42,178 268 95,322 462 0 0 19,473,546 462 95,322
110 West San Gabriel Valley SELPA 94,240 321 114,216 344 1,067,162 469,618 32,916,729 349 583,834
111 Whittier Area SELPA 44,546 717 255,101 353 112,912 49,688 15,778,355 354 304,789
112 Yolo County SELPA 23,481 480 170,668 342 316,318 139,200 8,173,345 348 309,868
113 Yuba County SELPA 13,080 -132 0 346 132,423 58,274 4,577,498 350 58,274
Totals 5,174,938 63,041 25,737,544 345 142,258,558 62,602,633 1,849,890,510 357 88,340,177



Second Year 1995-96
Growth1.46%24,789,606




COLA2.80%52,491,043




Increase in Federal Funds
6,980,000




Total Available for Equalization
59,471,043




Statewide Target
366





ADA Dif. ADA Growth $ Per ADA Amt. Req.
For Equal.		 Amt. Avail.
For Equal.		 Total $ $ Per ADA Total Inc.
From 93-94



01 Anaheim City School District SELPA 17,366 205 73,389 329 636,799 327,599 6,039,512 348 970,672
02 Antelope Valley SELPA 59,574 1,544 552,039 324 2,479,433 1,275,537 20,575,336 345 4,080,208
03 Bakersfield City SELPA 25,913 396 68,688 341 632,628 325,454 9,166,174 354 631,925
04 Butte County SELPA 33,653 957 342,228 350 518,317 266,647 12,051,289 358 969,122
05 Clovis Unified SELPA 29,403 1,030 368,049 282 2,461,143 1,266,128 9,554,217 325 3,793,158
06 Colusa County SELPA 3,998 48 17,130 349 66,600 34,262 1,429,262 357 95,109
07 Contra Costa SELPA 74,608 1,566 559,932 411 0 0 30,685,547 411 1,262,861
08 Corona-Norco Unified SELPA 27,269 1,053 376,528 327 1,064,007 547,375 9,452,447 347 1,937,896
09 Desert Mountain SELPA 66,626 1,786 638,468 349 1,104,261 568,084 23,821,145 358 2,018,146
10 East County SELPA 75,786 1,331 475,633 334 2,428,447 1,249,307 26,526,922 350 3,218,639
11 East San Gabriel Valley SELPA 126,906 1,323 472,841 348 2,208,398 1,136,104 45,322,362 357 3,054,409
12 East Valley Consortium SELPA 72,022 1,574 562,674 353 924,964 475,845 25,880,888 359 1,726,880
13 El Dorado County SELPA 22,460 279 99,609 331 769,841 396,042 7,837,192 349 1,075,139
14 Elk Grove Unified SELPA 32,587 1,021 365,082 353 425,464 218,879 11,706,663 359 734,981
15 Fontana Unified SELPA 29,763 694 247,978 337 853,769 439,219 10,466,292 352 1,311,783
16 Foothill SELPA 46,590 882 315,322 312 2,509,262 1,290,883 15,814,125 339 3,498,008
17 Fresno County SELPA 61,387 1,617 578,063 322 2,698,469 1,388,220 21,131,784 344 4,012,040
18 Fresno Unified SELPA 73,099 2,048 -354,479 325 2,978,519 1,532,291 25,277,511 346 2,095,721
19 Garden Grove Unified SELPA 42,327 587 210,000 337 1,217,696 626,440 14,882,769 352 1,715,127
20 Glenn County SELPA 6,091 69 24,691 392 0 0 2,386,712 392 51,928
21 Greater Anaheim SELPA 48,381 932 333,045 335 1,462,383 752,319 16,977,199 351 2,327,281
22 Humboldt-Del Norte SELPA 26,109 -118 0 354 292,765 150,612 9,402,849 360 247,989
23 Imperial County SELPA 32,004 506 181,016 279 2,786,733 1,433,627 10,347,007 323 3,720,903
24 Inyo County SELPA 3,370 -17 0 359 21,674 11,150 1,221,490 362 17,949
25 Irvine Unified SELPA 22,078 229 81,700 412 0 0 9,102,375 412 227,965
26 Kern County SELPA 83,630 1,696 606,131 321 3,757,107 1,932,833 28,749,418 344 5,279,366
27 Kern Union High SELPA 23,491 968 346,143 298 1,581,076 813,380 7,820,210 333 2,600,076
28 Kings County SELPA 23,331 465 166,242 319 1,098,035 564,881 7,996,259 343 1,566,432
29 Lake County SELPA 10,040 145 40,137 335 305,319 157,070 3,522,203 351 349,530
30 Lake Tahoe-Alpine SELPA 5,706 68 24,322 336 167,335 86,085 2,004,766 351 246,241
31 Lassen County SELPA 5,127 -138 0 575 0 0 2,945,730 575 24,819
32 Lodi Area SELPA 25,120 227 70,547 292 1,847,165 950,269 8,286,544 330 2,268,064
33 Long Beach Unified SELPA 77,075 1,364 487,730 315 3,861,490 1,986,532 26,302,340 341 5,414,919
34 Los Angeles Unified SELPA 610,346 4,603 1,036,788 394 0 0 240,402,788 394 1,036,788
35 Madera-Mariposa Co. SELPA 24,508 744 265,805 346 492,101 253,160 8,720,763 356 836,815
36 Marin County SELPA 27,008 297 106,308 491 0 0 13,253,595 491 246,901
37 Mendocino County SELPA 15,225 -141 -19,622 597 0 0 9,096,885 597 -19,622
38 Merced County Selpa 46,141 1,215 434,256 365 8,079 4,156 16,864,435 365 455,578
39 Mid Cities/Downey-Montebello SELPA 117,565 1,227 438,503 319 5,483,446 2,820,943 40,317,243 343 7,053,749
40 Mid-Alameda County SELPA 42,112 577 98,344 309 2,390,196 1,229,629 14,234,858 338 2,792,984
41 Modoc County SELPA 2,240 -31 0 666 0 0 1,492,699 666 13,012
42 Mono County SELPA 1,811 34 12,154 533 0 0 964,814 533 25,874
43 Monterey County SELPA 58,516 -1,304 0 340 1,505,907 774,710 20,661,248 353 2,033,438
44 Moreno Valley Unified SELPA 32,020 1,131 404,132 345 672,931 346,187 11,379,219 355 1,133,770
45 Morongo Unified SELPA 10,012 290 33,323 407 0 0 4,077,319 407 33,323
46 Mt. Diablo Unified SELPA 34,153 506 181,013 353 427,290 219,818 12,278,279 360 525,481
47 Napa County SELPA 17,975 238 85,193 361 90,873 46,749 6,527,228 363 272,510
48 Newport-Mesa Unified SELPA 17,662 192 68,592 442 0 0 7,807,466 442 187,246
49 North Coastal SELPA 86,687 2,001 715,364 326 3,400,848 1,749,556 30,039,988 347 5,255,398
50 North Inland SELPA 34,932 533 190,500 314 1,813,127 932,758 11,890,170 340 2,580,660
51 North Orange County SELPA 35,635 315 112,625 249 4,141,884 2,130,780 11,016,441 309 5,371,592
52 North Region SELPA 24,306 325 116,114 381 0 0 9,259,056 381 241,756
53 North Santa Cruz Co. SELPA 19,875 69 24,651 428 0 0 8,510,074 428 154,447
54 Northeast Orange County SELPA 28,884 223 79,830 319 1,348,500 693,732 9,904,726 343 1,924,069
55 Norwalk-La Mirada/ABC SELPA 41,311 292 104,364 340 1,040,584 535,326 14,597,334 353 1,500,383
56 Oakland Unified SELPA 51,152 -71 0 420 0 0 21,471,840 420 111,766
57 Orange Unified SELPA 26,458 119 42,711 400 0 0 10,574,719 400 186,561
58 Pajaro Valley Joint Unified SELPA 16,694 149 53,102 414 0 0 6,910,615 414 95,546
59 Pasadena Unified SELPA 21,915 291 104,053 337 616,673 317,246 7,712,321 352 757,969
60 Placer-Nevada Counties SELPA 56,400 1,552 554,763 328 2,137,004 1,099,376 19,581,243 347 3,994,762
61 Plumas Unified SELPA 3,591 -93 -21,577 275 323,524 166,436 1,155,720 322 379,937
62 Poway Unified SELPA 29,609 712 254,659 282 2,467,533 1,269,415 9,626,425 325 3,594,660
63 Puente Hills Serv. Area SELPA 39,607 193 -18,588 338 1,082,396 556,836 13,954,079 352 1,010,552
64 Riverside County SELPA 167,395 6,187 2,211,631 344 3,679,673 1,892,997 59,410,063 355 7,366,912
65 Riverside Unified SELPA 34,517 984 351,584 345 722,213 371,541 12,268,150 355 1,221,771
66 Sacramento City Unified SELPA 48,310 329 -83,291 351 724,780 372,861 17,309,388 358 323,745
67 Sacramento County SELPA 58,471 676 241,654 341 1,429,349 735,324 20,681,970 354 2,130,135
68 San Benito County SELPA 8,777 159 56,992 389 0 0 3,411,112 389 132,267
69 San Bernardino City Unified SELPA 43,037 950 339,594 343 981,109 504,729 15,257,208 355 1,367,540
70 San Diego City Unified SELPA 126,903 2,192 783,523 368 0 0 46,686,417 368 1,310,293
71 San Francisco Unified SELPA 59,624 -867 -188,748 546 0 0 32,552,104 546 -188,748
72 San Joaquin County SELPA 43,432 585 208,981 294 3,119,642 1,604,891 14,363,243 331 4,495,572
73 San Juan Unified SELPA 45,613 37 -345,524 348 813,843 418,679 16,280,166 357 74,020
74 San Luis Obispo County SELPA 33,444 204 73,092 344 709,116 364,803 11,882,239 355 1,001,955
75 San Mateo County SELPA 87,485 964 344,702 386 0 0 33,750,792 386 770,062
76 Santa Ana Unified SELPA 47,398 616 220,292 328 1,785,937 918,770 16,460,728 347 2,207,940
77 Santa Barbara County SELPA 58,440 1,425 509,414 380 0 0 22,225,922 380 1,011,959
78 Santa Clara Area I SELPA 19,521 114 40,612 393 0 0 7,668,705 393 178,958
79 Santa Clara Area II SELPA 27,438 306 109,547 375 0 0 10,286,554 375 197,514
80 Santa Clara Area III SELPA 33,076 212 75,705 569 0 0 18,810,405 569 215,142
81 Santa Clara Area IV SELPA 30,240 0 71 361 138,968 71,492 10,987,749 363 124,804
82 Santa Clara Area V SELPA 91,539 435 155,589 361 455,422 234,290 33,243,956 363 577,088
83 Santa Clara Area VI SELPA 16,896 121 5,877 330 602,244 309,823 5,884,466 348 627,632
84 Santa Clara Area VII SELPA 15,414 20 7,242 397 0 0 6,113,764 397 43,121
85 Santa Clarita Valley SELPA 29,402 514 183,661 352 394,478 202,938 10,557,326 359 637,267
86 Shasta County SELPA 29,504 180 64,431 352 400,559 206,066 10,591,664 359 433,024
87 Sierra County SELPA 815 -25 0 797 0 0 649,801 797 3,699
88 Siskiyou County SELPA 8,406 -124 -38,053 441 0 0 3,710,180 441 -38,053
89 Solano County SELPA 46,924 534 191,061 335 1,449,108 745,490 16,450,990 351 1,830,530
90 Sonoma County SELPA 66,186 1,261 450,596 381 0 0 25,238,956 381 620,346
91 South Bay Service Area SELPA 72,508 1,460 522,033 366 0 0 26,516,965 366 762,713
92 South Orange County SELPA 68,518 743 265,462 328 2,603,718 1,339,475 23,784,762 347 4,228,370
93 Southwest Service Area SELPA 87,290 961 343,419 386 0 0 33,692,959 386 999,729
94 Stanislaus County SELPA 86,669 1,807 645,789 324 3,586,197 1,844,909 29,943,410 345 5,056,358
95 Stockton City Unified 33,103 669 168,101 342 794,271 408,611 11,716,228 354 886,956
96 Sutter County SELPA 14,577 411 146,971 350 222,385 114,405 5,221,121 358 440,800
97 Tehama County SELPA 10,808 109 39,104 385 0 0 4,163,253 385 109,169
98 Tri-Cities SELPA 20,948 429 153,473 384 0 0 8,051,998 384 430,349
99 Tri-County SELPA 19,766 129 35,082 414 0 0 8,189,800 414 35,082
100 Tri-Valley SELPA 25,166 258 92,110 311 1,376,305 708,036 8,531,989 339 1,936,923
101 Trinity County SELPA 2,461 -18 -2,263 660 0 0 1,623,647 660 -2,263
102 Tulare County SELPA 80,495 1,741 622,429 346 1,578,879 812,250 28,660,961 356 2,326,229
103 Tustin Unified SELPA 12,882 213 76,277 325 522,731 268,918 4,455,624 346 791,434
104 Vallejo City Unified SELPA 18,436 141 -177,077 311 1,012,898 521,083 6,248,069 339 817,085
105 Ventura County SELPA 129,733 878 313,756 333 4,234,890 2,178,627 45,371,895 350 5,417,282
106 Washington Township SELPA 48,635 638 171,901 327 1,886,113 970,306 16,864,313 347 2,200,768
107 West Contra Costa Unified SELPA 30,765 169 60,427 313 1,621,857 834,360 10,459,659 340 2,091,041
108 West End SELPA 102,970 2,514 898,546 332 3,434,260 1,766,745 35,976,550 349 5,656,692
109 West Orange County SELPA 42,437 259 92,531 461 0 0 19,566,077 461 187,853
110 West San Gabriel Valley SELPA 95,125 885 316,219 349 1,543,119 793,853 34,026,801 358 1,693,906
111 Whittier Area SELPA 44,903 357 127,724 354 509,686 262,207 16,168,286 360 694,720
112 Yolo County SELPA 23,859 378 135,099 348 413,997 212,980 8,521,423 357 657,946
113 Yuba County SELPA 13,167 87 -15,975 346 252,106 129,695 4,691,218 356 171,994
Totals 5,250,668 75,730 24,789,606 357 115,601,850 59,471,043 1,934,151,159 368 172,600,826



Third Year 1996-97
Growth3.63%69,159,190




COLA3.40%68,112,552




Increase in Federal Funds
7,312,760




Total Available for Equalization
75,425,312




Statewide Target
378





ADA Dif. ADA Growth $ Per ADA Amt. Req.
For Equal.		 Amt. Avail.
For Equal.		 Total $ $ Per ADA Total Inc.
From 93-94



1 Anaheim City School District SELPA 17,710 344 126,717 348 528,375 381,347 6,547,575 370 1,478,735
2 Antelope Valley SELPA 62,076 2,502 921,644 346 1,968,533 1,420,758 22,917,738 369 6,422,610
3 Bakersfield City SELPA 26,949 1,036 381,624 354 639,265 461,380 10,009,177 371 1,474,928
4 Butte County SELPA 35,318 1,665 613,324 359 686,038 495,137 13,159,750 373 2,077,583
5 Clovis Unified SELPA 31,253 1,850 681,471 328 1,578,341 1,139,143 11,374,831 364 5,613,772
6 Colusa County SELPA 4,144 146 53,781 358 83,441 60,222 1,543,266 372 209,113
7 Contra Costa SELPA 77,147 2,539 935,273 410 0 0 31,620,820 410 2,198,134
8 Corona-Norco Unified SELPA 28,963 1,694 624,007 348 871,927 629,300 10,705,753 370 3,191,202
9 Desert Mountain SELPA 70,080 3,454 1,272,325 358 1,397,656 1,008,737 26,102,207 372 4,299,208
10 East County SELPA 78,920 3,134 1,154,449 351 2,151,388 1,552,730 29,234,101 370 5,925,818
11 East San Gabriel Valley SELPA 131,082 4,176 1,538,283 357 2,690,009 1,941,472 48,802,117 372 6,534,164
12 East Valley Consortium SELPA 75,352 3,330 1,226,648 360 1,376,473 993,448 28,100,984 373 3,946,976
13 El Dorado County SELPA 23,048 588 216,597 349 658,646 475,368 8,529,157 370 1,767,104
14 Elk Grove Unified SELPA 34,113 1,526 562,122 360 626,361 452,066 12,720,851 373 1,749,169
15 Fontana Unified SELPA 31,183 1,420 523,075 352 798,201 576,089 11,565,456 371 2,410,947
16 Foothill SELPA 48,678 2,088 769,142 341 1,817,633 1,311,848 17,895,115 368 5,578,998
17 Fresno County SELPA 64,288 2,901 1,068,621 345 2,101,273 1,516,561 23,716,965 369 6,597,221
18 Fresno Unified SELPA 77,041 3,942 1,452,086 347 2,392,875 1,727,020 28,456,618 369 5,274,828
19 Garden Grove Unified SELPA 43,680 1,353 498,395 352 1,130,429 815,869 16,197,033 371 3,029,391
20 Glenn County SELPA 6,278 187 68,884 391 0 0 2,455,596 391 120,812
21 Greater Anaheim SELPA 50,728 2,347 864,548 352 1,334,079 962,851 18,804,597 371 4,154,679
22 Humboldt-Del Norte SELPA 26,515 406 106,074 359 514,082 371,031 9,879,954 373 725,094
23 Imperial County SELPA 33,413 1,409 519,023 325 1,764,507 1,273,505 12,139,535 363 5,513,431
24 Inyo County SELPA 3,418 48 11,335 361 59,222 42,743 1,275,568 373 72,027
25 Irvine Unified SELPA 22,764 686 252,697 411 0 0 9,355,072 411 480,662
26 Kern County SELPA 87,058 3,428 1,262,748 345 2,896,859 2,090,763 32,102,929 369 8,632,877
27 Kern Union High SELPA 24,858 1,367 503,552 335 1,072,876 774,332 9,098,094 366 3,877,960
28 Kings County SELPA 24,327 996 366,889 344 832,765 601,035 8,964,184 368 2,534,357
29 Lake County SELPA 10,446 406 149,555 351 276,961 199,893 3,871,651 371 698,978
30 Lake Tahoe-Alpine SELPA 5,843 137 50,466 352 153,497 110,784 2,166,015 371 407,490
31 Lassen County SELPA 5,140 13 (46,056) 564 0 0 2,899,674 564 (21,237)
32 Lodi Area SELPA 25,879 759 279,587 331 1,216,458 877,959 9,444,091 365 3,425,611
33 Long Beach Unified SELPA 80,046 2,971 1,094,406 342 2,861,655 2,065,355 29,462,101 368 8,574,680
34 Los Angeles Unified SELPA 627,694 17,348 6,390,359 393 0 0 246,793,147 393 7,427,147
35 Madera-Mariposa Co. SELPA 25,761 1,253 461,559 356 555,662 401,041 9,583,362 372 1,699,414
36 Marin County SELPA 27,777 769 283,271 487 0 0 13,536,866 487 530,172
37 Mendocino County SELPA 15,405 180 14,230 591 0 0 9,111,115 591 (5,392)
38 Merced County Selpa 48,146 2,005 738,568 366 596,795 430,727 18,033,730 375 1,624,873
39 Mid Cities/Downey-Montebello SELPA 121,618 4,053 1,492,975 344 4,162,925 3,004,526 44,814,744 368 11,551,250
40 Mid-Alameda County SELPA 43,472 1,360 500,974 339 1,697,134 1,224,880 15,960,712 367 4,518,838
41 Modoc County SELPA 2,188 (52) (11,563) 677 0 0 1,481,136 677 1,449
42 Mono County SELPA 1,873 62 22,838 527 0 0 987,653 527 48,713
43 Monterey County SELPA 59,467 951 (130,014) 345 1,948,044 1,405,971 21,937,205 369 3,309,395
44 Moreno Valley Unified SELPA 34,029 2,009 740,041 356 744,133 537,066 12,656,326 372 2,410,877
45 Morongo Unified SELPA 10,592 580 213,650 405 0 0 4,290,970 405 246,974
46 Mt. Diablo Unified SELPA 35,112 959 353,260 360 641,242 462,806 13,094,345 373 1,341,547
47 Napa County SELPA 18,522 547 201,494 363 272,828 196,909 6,925,632 374 670,914
48 Newport-Mesa Unified SELPA 18,095 433 159,501 440 0 0 7,966,967 440 346,747
49 North Coastal SELPA 90,588 3,901 1,436,984 347 2,766,438 1,996,634 33,473,605 370 8,689,015
50 North Inland SELPA 36,457 1,525 561,753 342 1,329,283 959,390 13,411,313 368 4,101,803
51 North Orange County SELPA 36,755 1,120 412,566 311 2,464,848 1,778,965 13,207,973 359 7,563,124
52 North Region SELPA 25,117 811 298,742 381 0 0 9,557,798 381 540,498
53 North Santa Cruz Co. SELPA 20,415 540 198,916 427 0 0 8,708,990 427 353,363
54 Northeast Orange County SELPA 29,637 753 277,377 344 1,021,057 736,932 10,919,036 368 2,938,379
55 Norwalk-La Mirada/ABC SELPA 42,690 1,379 507,972 354 1,032,054 744,869 15,850,175 371 2,753,224
56 Oakland Unified SELPA 52,004 852 287,618 418 0 0 21,759,458 418 399,384
57 Orange Unified SELPA 27,167 709 261,169 399 0 0 10,835,888 399 447,730
58 Pajaro Valley Joint Unified SELPA 17,264 570 209,967 412 0 0 7,120,582 412 305,513
59 Pasadena Unified SELPA 22,614 699 257,486 352 578,572 417,575 8,387,381 371 1,433,029
60 Placer-Nevada Counties SELPA 58,948 2,548 938,589 348 1,763,258 1,272,604 21,792,436 370 6,205,955
61 Plumas Unified SELPA 3,521 (70) (34,103) 319 209,366 151,107 1,272,723 361 496,940
62 Poway Unified SELPA 31,021 1,412 520,128 327 1,579,777 1,140,180 11,286,733 364 5,254,968
63 Puente Hills Serv. Area SELPA 40,922 1,315 484,397 353 1,030,558 743,789 15,182,265 371 2,238,738
64 Riverside County SELPA 177,693 10,298 3,793,401 356 3,966,738 2,862,931 66,066,395 372 14,023,244
65 Riverside Unified SELPA 36,363 1,846 679,998 356 797,526 575,602 13,523,750 372 2,477,371
66 Sacramento City Unified SELPA 49,880 1,570 578,330 359 967,554 698,317 18,586,034 373 1,600,391
67 Sacramento County SELPA 60,363 1,892 696,943 354 1,439,066 1,038,623 22,417,535 371 3,865,700
68 San Benito County SELPA 9,167 390 143,662 388 0 0 3,554,773 388 275,928
69 San Bernardino City Unified SELPA 45,036 1,999 736,357 355 1,030,612 743,828 16,737,394 372 2,847,726
70 San Diego City Unified SELPA 132,162 5,259 1,937,220 368 1,335,271 963,711 49,587,348 375 4,211,224
71 San Francisco Unified SELPA 60,226 602 (97,660) 539 0 0 32,454,443 539 (286,409)
72 San Joaquin County SELPA 44,743 1,311 482,924 332 2,067,254 1,492,008 16,338,175 365 6,470,504
73 San Juan Unified SELPA 46,693 1,080 397,832 357 972,547 701,921 17,379,918 372 1,173,772
74 San Luis Obispo County SELPA 34,037 593 218,439 356 765,738 552,660 12,653,338 372 1,773,054
75 San Mateo County SELPA 90,380 2,895 1,066,411 385 0 0 34,817,203 385 1,836,473
76 Santa Ana Unified SELPA 48,997 1,599 589,012 348 1,471,745 1,062,209 18,111,950 370 3,859,162
77 Santa Barbara County SELPA 61,041 2,601 958,112 380 0 0 23,184,034 380 1,970,071
78 Santa Clara Area I SELPA 19,978 457 168,342 392 0 0 7,837,046 392 347,299
79 Santa Clara Area II SELPA 28,364 926 341,104 375 94,292 68,054 10,695,713 377 606,673
80 Santa Clara Area III SELPA 33,951 875 322,318 564 0 0 19,132,723 564 537,460
81 Santa Clara Area IV SELPA 30,966 726 267,431 363 450,360 325,040 11,580,220 374 717,275
82 Santa Clara Area V SELPA 94,115 2,576 948,903 363 1,383,802 998,738 35,191,596 374 2,524,728
83 Santa Clara Area VI SELPA 17,416 520 191,549 349 507,453 366,247 6,442,262 370 1,185,428
84 Santa Clara Area VII SELPA 15,706 292 107,562 396 0 0 6,221,326 396 150,683
85 Santa Clarita Valley SELPA 30,424 1,022 376,467 359 566,864 409,125 11,342,918 373 1,422,859
86 Shasta County SELPA 30,371 867 319,371 359 569,588 411,091 11,322,125 373 1,163,485
87 Sierra County SELPA 795 (20) (9,301) 806 0 0 640,499 806 (5,603)
88 Siskiyou County SELPA 8,285 (121) (45,670) 442 0 0 3,664,511 442 (83,722)
89 Solano County SELPA 48,687 1,763 649,424 351 1,303,888 941,061 18,041,475 371 3,421,015
90 Sonoma County SELPA 68,673 2,487 916,118 381 0 0 26,155,075 381 1,536,465
91 South Bay Service Area SELPA 75,323 2,815 1,036,941 366 919,140 663,375 28,217,282 375 2,463,030
92 South Orange County SELPA 70,820 2,302 847,971 348 2,138,122 1,543,157 26,175,890 370 6,619,498
93 Southwest Service Area SELPA 90,080 2,790 1,027,732 385 0 0 34,720,691 385 2,027,461
94 Stanislaus County SELPA 90,304 3,635 1,338,999 346 2,853,645 2,059,574 33,341,983 369 8,454,931
95 Stockton City Unified 34,340 1,237 455,665 354 809,062 583,928 12,755,820 371 1,926,548
96 Sutter County SELPA 15,339 762 280,693 359 296,522 214,010 5,715,824 373 935,503
97 Tehama County SELPA 11,148 340 125,243 385 0 0 4,288,496 385 234,412
98 Tri-Cities SELPA 21,738 790 291,007 384 0 0 8,343,004 384 721,355
99 Tri-County SELPA 20,358 592 218,071 413 0 0 8,407,871 413 253,153
100 Tri-Valley SELPA 25,867 701 258,222 340 987,842 712,959 9,503,171 367 2,908,105
101 Trinity County SELPA 2,499 38 7,216 653 0 0 1,630,863 653 4,953
102 Tulare County SELPA 84,127 3,632 1,337,894 357 1,802,215 1,300,721 31,299,576 372 4,964,844
103 Tustin Unified SELPA 13,259 377 138,873 347 417,572 301,376 4,895,874 369 1,231,684
104 Vallejo City Unified SELPA 19,033 597 219,913 340 726,733 524,508 6,992,490 367 1,561,506
105 Ventura County SELPA 133,513 3,780 1,392,412 350 3,705,296 2,674,240 49,438,547 370 9,483,934
106 Washington Township SELPA 50,098 1,463 538,915 347 1,534,450 1,107,465 18,510,693 369 3,847,148
107 West Contra Costa Unified SELPA 31,596 831 306,110 341 1,177,919 850,145 11,615,913 368 3,247,295
108 West End SELPA 108,050 5,080 1,871,283 350 2,996,434 2,162,629 40,010,463 370 9,690,605
109 West Orange County SELPA 43,666 1,229 452,718 458 0 0 20,018,795 458 640,571
110 West San Gabriel Valley SELPA 98,438 3,313 1,220,386 358 1,963,622 1,417,214 36,664,401 372 4,331,506
111 Whittier Area SELPA 46,156 1,253 461,559 360 817,707 590,167 17,220,012 373 1,746,446
112 Yolo County SELPA 24,698 839 309,056 358 505,677 364,964 9,195,444 372 1,331,967
113 Yuba County SELPA 13,530 363 133,716 357 289,577 208,998 5,033,932 372 514,708
Totals 5,441,101 190,433 69,159,190 368 104,505,634 75,425,312 2,078,735,661 382 317,185,328



Fourth Year 1997-98
Growth2.41%50,272,683




COLA3.40%72,386,284




Increase in Federal Funds
7,605,270




Total Available for Equalization
79,991,554




Statewide Target
391





ADA Dif. ADA Growth $ Per ADA Amt. Req.
For Equal.		 Amt. Avail.
For Equal.		 Total $ $ Per ADA Total Inc.
From 93-94



1 Anaheim City School District SELPA 17,615 (95) 0 372 337,513 323,740 6,871,315 390 1,802,475
2 Antelope Valley SELPA 63,797 1,721 657,496 370 1,360,785 1,305,255 24,880,490 390 8,385,362
3 Bakersfield City SELPA 27,806 857 327,411 372 531,806 510,105 10,846,693 390 2,312,444
4 Butte County SELPA 36,455 1,137 434,383 373 654,853 628,131 14,222,264 390 3,140,097
5 Clovis Unified SELPA 32,546 1,293 493,982 365 852,282 817,503 12,686,316 390 6,925,257
6 Colusa County SELPA 4,240 96 36,676 373 77,326 74,171 1,654,112 390 319,959
7 Contra Costa SELPA 78,953 1,806 689,970 409 0 0 32,310,790 409 2,888,104
8 Corona-Norco Unified SELPA 30,456 1,493 570,391 370 628,043 602,415 11,878,558 390 4,364,007
9 Desert Mountain SELPA 72,968 2,888 1,103,341 373 1,315,096 1,261,430 28,466,978 390 6,663,979
10 East County SELPA 81,004 2,084 796,178 371 1,631,356 1,564,785 31,595,064 390 8,286,781
11 East San Gabriel Valley SELPA 133,975 2,893 1,105,251 373 2,458,781 2,358,445 52,265,814 390 9,997,861
12 East Valley Consortium SELPA 78,171 2,819 1,076,980 373 1,376,350 1,320,185 30,498,149 390 6,344,141
13 El Dorado County SELPA 23,543 495 189,111 370 483,868 464,123 9,182,391 390 2,420,338
14 Elk Grove Unified SELPA 34,893 780 297,994 373 619,611 594,326 13,613,171 390 2,641,489
15 Fontana Unified SELPA 32,333 1,150 439,350 371 633,034 607,202 12,612,008 390 3,457,499
16 Foothill SELPA 50,087 1,409 538,299 368 1,143,845 1,097,168 19,530,582 390 7,214,465
17 Fresno County SELPA 66,592 2,304 880,228 369 1,431,294 1,372,888 25,970,081 390 8,850,337
18 Fresno Unified SELPA 79,961 2,920 1,115,566 370 1,681,779 1,613,150 31,185,334 390 8,003,544
19 Garden Grove Unified SELPA 44,118 438 167,335 371 879,818 843,915 17,208,283 390 4,040,641
20 Glenn County SELPA 6,459 181 69,150 391 0 0 2,524,746 391 189,962
21 Greater Anaheim SELPA 51,199 471 179,942 371 1,027,361 985,438 19,969,978 390 5,320,060
22 Humboldt-Del Norte SELPA 26,565 50 19,102 373 484,275 464,513 10,363,569 390 1,208,709
23 Imperial County SELPA 34,405 992 378,987 364 929,191 891,274 13,409,796 390 6,783,692
24 Inyo County SELPA 3,422 4 1,528 373 60,444 57,978 1,335,074 390 131,533
25 Irvine Unified SELPA 23,160 396 151,289 410 0 0 9,506,361 410 631,951
26 Kern County SELPA 89,701 2,643 1,009,740 369 1,948,319 1,868,814 34,981,483 390 11,511,431
27 Kern Union High SELPA 25,820 962 367,526 367 626,517 600,951 10,066,570 390 4,846,436
28 Kings County SELPA 24,984 657 251,002 369 550,187 527,735 9,742,922 390 3,313,095
29 Lake County SELPA 10,729 283 108,118 371 213,822 205,096 4,184,866 390 1,012,193
30 Lake Tahoe-Alpine SELPA 5,940 97 37,058 371 118,665 113,823 2,316,896 390 558,371
31 Lassen County SELPA 5,089 (51) 0 570 0 0 2,899,674 570 (21,237)
32 Lodi Area SELPA 26,321 442 168,863 365 675,006 647,461 10,260,415 390 4,241,935
33 Long Beach Unified SELPA 82,026 1,980 756,446 368 1,842,553 1,767,364 31,985,910 390 11,098,489
34 Los Angeles Unified SELPA 639,143 11,449 4,374,013 393 0 0 251,167,159 393 11,801,159
35 Madera-Mariposa Co. SELPA 26,809 1,048 400,381 372 494,958 474,761 10,458,504 390 2,574,556
36 Marin County SELPA 28,235 458 174,976 486 0 0 13,711,842 486 705,148
37 Mendocino County SELPA 15,445 40 15,282 591 0 0 9,126,397 591 9,890
38 Merced County Selpa 49,581 1,435 548,232 375 797,520 764,975 19,346,937 390 2,938,080
39 Mid Cities/Downey-Montebello SELPA 124,463 2,845 1,086,913 369 2,746,584 2,634,504 48,536,161 390 15,272,667
40 Mid-Alameda County SELPA 44,336 864 330,085 367 1,038,597 996,215 17,287,012 390 5,845,138
41 Modoc County SELPA 2,135 (53) (19,866) 684 0 0 1,461,270 684 (18,417)
42 Mono County SELPA 1,909 36 13,754 525 0 0 1,001,406 525 62,466
43 Monterey County SELPA 60,274 807 308,309 369 1,313,488 1,259,889 23,505,402 390 4,877,592
44 Moreno Valley Unified SELPA 35,937 1,908 728,938 372 661,254 634,270 14,019,535 390 3,774,086
45 Morongo Unified SELPA 11,131 539 205,921 404 0 0 4,496,891 404 452,895
46 Mt. Diablo Unified SELPA 35,707 595 227,316 373 634,959 609,048 13,930,709 390 2,177,911
47 Napa County SELPA 18,902 380 145,176 374 317,324 304,375 7,375,183 390 1,120,465
48 Newport-Mesa Unified SELPA 18,223 128 48,902 440 0 0 8,015,869 440 395,649
49 North Coastal SELPA 93,078 2,490 951,288 370 1,956,047 1,876,227 36,301,120 390 11,516,530
50 North Inland SELPA 37,524 1,067 407,640 368 847,868 813,269 14,632,222 390 5,322,712
51 North Orange County SELPA 37,134 379 144,794 360 1,161,617 1,114,215 14,466,982 390 8,822,133
52 North Region SELPA 25,623 506 193,314 381 264,024 253,250 10,004,362 390 987,062
53 North Santa Cruz Co. SELPA 20,844 429 163,897 426 0 0 8,872,887 426 517,260
54 Northeast Orange County SELPA 30,022 385 147,087 369 668,429 641,152 11,707,275 390 3,726,618
55 Norwalk-La Mirada/ABC SELPA 43,541 851 325,119 371 843,363 808,948 16,984,241 390 3,887,290
56 Oakland Unified SELPA 52,353 349 133,333 418 0 0 21,892,791 418 532,717
57 Orange Unified SELPA 27,385 218 83,285 399 0 0 10,919,174 399 531,016
58 Pajaro Valley Joint Unified SELPA 17,587 323 123,400 412 0 0 7,243,982 412 428,913
59 Pasadena Unified SELPA 23,221 607 231,900 371 456,996 438,348 9,057,629 390 2,103,277
60 Placer-Nevada Counties SELPA 61,004 2,056 785,481 370 1,266,417 1,214,738 23,792,655 390 8,206,174
61 Plumas Unified SELPA 3,485 (36) (26,743) 358 116,185 111,443 1,357,424 390 581,641
62 Poway Unified SELPA 32,043 1,022 390,448 364 847,309 812,733 12,489,914 390 6,458,149
63 Puente Hills Serv. Area SELPA 41,938 1,016 388,156 371 821,679 788,149 16,358,569 390 3,415,042
64 Riverside County SELPA 186,949 9,256 3,536,192 372 3,469,249 3,327,679 72,930,266 390 20,887,115
65 Riverside Unified SELPA 38,087 1,724 658,642 372 704,486 675,738 14,858,130 390 3,811,751
66 Sacramento City Unified SELPA 51,064 1,184 452,339 373 920,761 883,188 19,921,561 390 2,935,918
67 Sacramento County SELPA 61,598 1,235 471,823 372 1,187,149 1,138,705 24,028,063 390 5,476,228
68 San Benito County SELPA 9,452 285 108,882 388 30,801 29,544 3,693,200 391 414,355
69 San Bernardino City Unified SELPA 46,715 1,679 641,451 372 880,418 844,491 18,223,335 390 4,333,667
70 San Diego City Unified SELPA 136,004 3,842 1,467,810 375 2,104,056 2,018,196 53,073,354 390 7,697,230
71 San Francisco Unified SELPA 60,137 (89) 0 540 0 0 32,454,443 540 (286,409)
72 San Joaquin County SELPA 45,484 741 283,094 365 1,156,839 1,109,632 17,730,900 390 7,863,229
73 San Juan Unified SELPA 47,382 689 263,228 372 876,823 841,043 18,484,189 390 2,278,043
74 San Luis Obispo County SELPA 34,381 344 131,423 372 653,572 626,901 13,411,662 390 2,531,378
75 San Mateo County SELPA 92,192 1,812 692,262 385 525,169 503,738 36,013,203 391 3,032,473
76 Santa Ana Unified SELPA 49,543 546 208,596 370 1,044,083 1,001,477 19,322,023 390 5,069,235
77 Santa Barbara County SELPA 62,878 1,837 701,813 380 690,967 662,771 24,548,618 390 3,334,655
78 Santa Clara Area I SELPA 20,150 172 65,711 392 0 0 7,902,758 392 413,011
79 Santa Clara Area II SELPA 29,031 667 254,823 377 396,669 380,482 11,331,017 390 1,241,977
80 Santa Clara Area III SELPA 34,396 445 170,009 561 0 0 19,302,732 561 707,469
81 Santa Clara Area IV SELPA 31,259 293 111,939 374 525,893 504,433 12,196,591 390 1,333,646
82 Santa Clara Area V SELPA 95,579 1,464 559,311 374 1,607,586 1,541,985 37,292,893 390 4,626,025
83 Santa Clara Area VI SELPA 17,802 386 147,469 370 368,450 353,415 6,943,145 390 1,686,311
84 Santa Clara Area VII SELPA 15,816 110 42,025 396 0 0 6,263,351 396 192,708
85 Santa Clarita Valley SELPA 31,001 577 220,439 373 553,851 531,250 12,094,607 390 2,174,548
86 Shasta County SELPA 30,957 586 223,877 373 554,008 531,400 12,077,403 390 1,918,763
87 Sierra County SELPA 757 (38) (7,641) 836 0 0 632,858 836 (13,244)
88 Siskiyou County SELPA 8,203 (82) (46,227) 441 0 0 3,618,283 441 (129,950)
89 Solano County SELPA 50,073 1,386 529,512 371 1,000,801 959,961 19,530,947 390 4,910,487
90 Sonoma County SELPA 70,352 1,679 641,451 381 701,615 672,984 27,469,509 390 2,850,899
91 South Bay Service Area SELPA 77,395 2,072 791,594 375 1,242,128 1,191,440 30,200,315 390 4,446,063
92 South Orange County SELPA 71,486 666 254,441 370 1,511,050 1,449,389 27,879,720 390 8,323,328
93 Southwest Service Area SELPA 91,907 1,827 697,993 385 504,553 483,963 35,902,648 391 3,209,418
94 Stanislaus County SELPA 93,242 2,938 1,122,443 370 1,980,616 1,899,793 36,364,219 390 11,477,167
95 Stockton City Unified 35,253 913 348,805 372 674,541 647,015 13,751,641 390 2,922,369
96 Sutter County SELPA 15,927 588 224,641 373 284,843 273,219 6,213,685 390 1,433,364
97 Tehama County SELPA 11,368 220 84,050 385 70,808 67,919 4,440,465 391 386,381
98 Tri-Cities SELPA 22,302 564 215,472 384 158,596 152,124 8,710,601 391 1,088,952
99 Tri-County SELPA 20,767 409 156,256 412 0 0 8,564,127 412 409,409
100 Tri-Valley SELPA 26,299 432 165,043 368 611,147 586,208 10,254,422 390 3,659,356
101 Trinity County SELPA 2,489 (10) 0 655 0 0 1,630,863 655 4,953
102 Tulare County SELPA 86,828 2,701 1,031,899 372 1,606,559 1,541,000 33,872,474 390 7,537,742
103 Tustin Unified SELPA 13,305 46 17,574 369 287,012 275,300 5,188,748 390 1,524,558
104 Vallejo City Unified SELPA 19,472 439 167,717 368 450,718 432,325 7,592,532 390 2,161,548
105 Ventura County SELPA 136,180 2,667 1,018,909 371 2,770,551 2,657,493 53,114,949 390 13,160,336
106 Washington Township SELPA 50,970 872 333,142 370 1,078,558 1,034,545 19,878,380 390 5,214,835
107 West Contra Costa Unified SELPA 32,184 588 224,641 368 739,047 708,889 12,549,443 390 4,180,825
108 West End SELPA 112,440 4,390 1,677,170 371 2,261,238 2,168,963 43,856,595 390 13,536,737
109 West Orange County SELPA 44,185 519 198,280 458 0 0 20,217,076 458 838,852
110 West San Gabriel Valley SELPA 100,679 2,241 856,159 373 1,831,346 1,756,614 39,277,174 390 6,944,279
111 Whittier Area SELPA 47,155 999 381,661 373 829,570 795,717 18,397,391 390 2,923,825
112 Yolo County SELPA 25,332 634 242,215 373 463,735 444,811 9,882,471 390 2,018,994
113 Yuba County SELPA 13,747 217 82,903 372 256,387 245,925 5,362,760 390 843,536
Totals 5,572,499 131,398 50,272,683 382 83,394,645 79,991,554 2,208,999,899 396 447,449,566



Fifth Year 1998-99
Growth5.07%111,712,980


Additional Funding15,251,474

COLA3.60%83,545,664


New Target407.7582

Increase in
Federal Funds
7,909,481







Total Available
for Equalization
91,455,145







Statewide Target
405






ADA Dif. ADA Growth $ Per ADA Amt. Req.
For Equal.		 $ Per ADA Additional
Distribution		 Total $ $ Per ADA Total Inc.
From 93-94




1 Anaheim City School District SELPA 17,820 205 43,605 388 301,043 405 50,288 7,266,252 408 2,197,412
2 Antelope Valley SELPA 66,960 3,163 1,253,848 390 980,192 405 188,963 27,303,492 408 10,808,364
3 Bakersfield City SELPA 29,600 1,794 711,161 390 428,258 405 83,532 12,069,644 408 3,535,395
4 Butte County SELPA 37,927 1,472 583,517 390 552,235 405 107,031 15,465,047 408 4,382,880
5 Clovis Unified SELPA 34,681 2,135 846,337 390 510,940 405 97,871 14,141,464 408 8,380,405
6 Colusa County SELPA 4,433 193 76,507 390 64,462 405 12,510 1,807,592 408 473,439
7 Contra Costa SELPA 82,611 3,658 1,450,071 409 0 409 0 33,760,862 409 4,338,176
8 Corona-Norco Unified SELPA 32,954 2,498 990,235 391 475,475 405 92,997 13,437,265 408 5,922,714
9 Desert Mountain SELPA 78,289 5,321 2,109,303 391 1,125,771 405 220,933 31,922,985 408 10,119,986
10 East County SELPA 85,265 4,261 1,689,107 390 1,242,716 405 240,620 34,767,507 408 11,459,224
11 East San Gabriel Valley SELPA 140,691 6,716 2,662,296 390 2,042,772 405 397,033 57,367,915 408 15,099,962
12 East Valley Consortium SELPA 83,444 5,273 2,090,275 391 1,201,074 405 235,481 34,024,979 408 9,870,971
13 El Dorado County SELPA 24,703 1,160 459,837 390 360,911 405 69,712 10,072,852 408 3,310,799
14 Elk Grove Unified SELPA 36,633 1,740 689,755 390 531,103 405 103,379 14,937,408 408 3,965,726
15 Fontana Unified SELPA 34,525 2,192 868,933 390 499,482 405 97,430 14,077,853 408 4,923,344
16 Foothill SELPA 52,818 2,731 1,082,598 390 774,741 405 149,054 21,536,975 408 9,220,858
17 Fresno County SELPA 70,743 4,151 1,645,502 390 1,030,821 405 199,638 28,846,042 408 11,726,298
18 Fresno Unified SELPA 85,211 5,250 2,081,158 390 1,238,529 405 240,467 34,745,488 408 11,563,698
19 Garden Grove Unified SELPA 45,499 1,381 547,444 390 668,467 405 128,399 18,552,592 408 5,384,950
20 Glenn County SELPA 6,777 318 126,059 391 93,449 405 19,125 2,763,378 408 428,594
21 Greater Anaheim SELPA 52,846 1,647 652,889 390 776,393 405 149,133 21,548,392 408 6,898,474
22 Humboldt-Del Norte SELPA 27,342 777 308,011 390 400,186 405 77,160 11,148,926 408 1,994,066
23 Imperial County SELPA 36,276 1,871 741,685 390 537,986 405 102,372 14,791,838 408 8,165,734
24 Inyo County SELPA 3,534 112 44,398 390 51,573 405 9,973 1,441,018 408 237,477
25 Irvine Unified SELPA 24,072 912 361,527 410 0 410 0 9,867,888 410 993,478
26 Kern County SELPA 94,946 5,245 2,079,176 390 1,386,416 405 267,940 38,715,014 408 15,244,962
27 Kern Union High SELPA 27,066 1,246 493,928 390 399,506 405 76,381 11,036,385 408 5,816,251
28 Kings County SELPA 26,235 1,251 495,910 390 384,670 405 74,036 10,697,538 408 4,267,711
29 Lake County SELPA 11,319 590 233,882 390 164,725 405 31,942 4,615,416 408 1,442,743
30 Lake Tahoe-Alpine SELPA 6,231 291 115,356 390 90,906 405 17,584 2,540,742 408 782,217
31 Lassen County SELPA 5,157 68 6,739 564 0 564 0 2,906,413 564 (14,498)
32 Lodi Area SELPA 27,498 1,177 466,576 390 407,946 405 77,600 11,212,536 408 5,194,056
33 Long Beach Unified SELPA 86,263 4,237 1,679,593 390 1,265,510 405 243,436 35,174,450 408 14,287,029
34 Los Angeles Unified SELPA 668,910 29,767 11,799,966 393 7,898,764 405 1,887,678 272,753,568 408 33,387,568
35 Madera-Mariposa Co. SELPA 28,683 1,874 742,874 391 413,407 405 80,944 11,695,730 408 3,811,782
36 Marin County SELPA 29,279 1,044 413,853 482 0 482 0 14,125,695 482 1,119,001
37 Mendocino County SELPA 15,835 390 154,600 586 0 586 0 9,280,997 586 164,490
38 Merced County Selpa 52,209 2,628 1,041,768 391 752,610 405 147,335 21,288,650 408 4,879,793
39 Mid Cities/Downey-Montebello SELPA 130,832 6,369 2,524,742 390 1,917,714 405 369,211 53,347,827 408 20,084,333
40 Mid-Alameda County SELPA 46,290 1,954 774,587 390 682,899 405 130,631 18,875,129 408 7,433,255
41 Modoc County SELPA 2,156 21 (12,685) 672 0 672 0 1,448,585 672 (31,102)
42 Mono County SELPA 1,976 67 26,560 520 0 520 0 1,027,966 520 89,026
43 Monterey County SELPA 63,119 2,845 1,127,789 390 925,978 405 178,123 25,737,293 408 7,109,483
44 Moreno Valley Unified SELPA 39,269 3,332 1,320,841 391 561,065 405 110,818 16,012,259 408 5,766,810
45 Morongo Unified SELPA 12,079 948 375,798 403 18,536 405 34,087 4,925,312 408 881,316
46 Mt. Diablo Unified SELPA 37,414 1,707 676,674 390 542,902 405 105,583 15,255,867 408 3,503,069
47 Napa County SELPA 19,740 838 332,192 390 286,066 405 55,707 8,049,148 408 1,794,430
48 Newport-Mesa Unified SELPA 18,764 541 214,458 439 0 439 0 8,230,327 439 610,107
49 North Coastal SELPA 97,869 4,791 1,899,205 390 1,430,379 405 276,188 39,906,892 408 15,122,302
50 North Inland SELPA 39,562 2,038 807,886 390 579,979 405 111,645 16,131,732 408 6,822,222
51 North Orange County SELPA 38,308 1,174 465,387 390 579,929 405 108,106 15,620,403 408 9,975,554
52 North Region SELPA 26,711 1,088 431,295 391 380,594 405 75,379 10,891,631 408 1,874,331
53 North Santa Cruz Co. SELPA 21,679 835 331,003 425 0 425 0 9,203,890 425 848,263
54 Northeast Orange County SELPA 31,166 1,144 453,494 390 459,473 405 87,951 12,708,193 408 4,727,536
55 Norwalk-La Mirada/ABC SELPA 45,694 2,153 853,473 390 665,442 405 128,949 18,632,105 408 5,535,154
56 Oakland Unified SELPA 54,008 1,655 656,060 418 0 418 0 22,548,851 418 1,188,777
57 Orange Unified SELPA 28,236 851 337,346 399 177,260 405 79,683 11,513,462 408 1,125,304
58 Pajaro Valley Joint Unified SELPA 18,322 735 291,362 411 0 411 0 7,535,344 411 720,275
59 Pasadena Unified SELPA 24,436 1,215 481,639 390 355,753 405 68,959 9,963,980 408 3,009,628
60 Placer-Nevada Counties SELPA 64,824 3,820 1,514,290 390 942,641 405 182,935 26,432,521 408 10,846,040
61 Plumas Unified SELPA 3,544 59 9,117 386 68,553 405 10,001 1,445,095 408 669,312
62 Poway Unified SELPA 33,909 1,866 739,703 390 501,366 405 95,692 13,826,674 408 7,794,909
63 Puente Hills Serv. Area SELPA 44,155 2,217 878,843 390 642,546 405 124,606 18,004,565 408 5,061,038
64 Riverside County SELPA 202,212 15,263 6,050,421 391 2,902,276 405 570,647 82,453,610 408 30,410,459
65 Riverside Unified SELPA 41,192 3,105 1,230,856 391 591,146 405 116,245 16,796,378 408 5,749,999
66 Sacramento City Unified SELPA 53,803 2,739 1,085,770 390 779,453 405 151,833 21,938,617 408 4,952,974
67 Sacramento County SELPA 64,425 2,827 1,120,654 390 939,299 405 181,809 26,269,825 408 7,717,990
68 San Benito County SELPA 9,975 523 207,323 391 138,716 405 28,150 4,067,389 408 788,544
69 San Bernardino City Unified SELPA 49,938 3,223 1,277,633 391 720,738 405 140,926 20,362,631 408 6,472,963
70 San Diego City Unified SELPA 143,367 7,363 2,918,774 391 2,062,363 405 404,585 58,459,076 408 13,082,952
71 San Francisco Unified SELPA 61,617 1,480 551,408 536 0 536 0 33,005,851 536 264,999
72 San Joaquin County SELPA 47,376 1,892 750,010 390 703,349 405 133,696 19,317,955 408 9,450,284
73 San Juan Unified SELPA 49,512 2,130 844,355 390 720,658 405 139,724 20,188,926 408 3,982,780
74 San Luis Obispo County SELPA 35,639 1,258 498,685 390 521,175 405 100,574 14,532,096 408 3,651,812
75 San Mateo County SELPA 96,293 4,101 1,625,682 391 1,353,639 405 271,741 39,264,265 408 6,283,535
76 Santa Ana Unified SELPA 51,233 1,690 669,935 390 754,140 405 144,581 20,890,678 408 6,637,890
77 Santa Barbara County SELPA 66,241 3,363 1,333,130 391 941,632 405 186,934 27,010,314 408 5,796,351
78 Santa Clara Area I SELPA 20,773 623 246,964 392 262,018 405 58,622 8,470,362 408 980,615
79 Santa Clara Area II SELPA 30,289 1,258 498,685 391 435,411 405 85,476 12,350,590 408 2,261,550
80 Santa Clara Area III SELPA 35,726 1,330 527,227 555 0 555 0 19,829,959 555 1,234,696
81 Santa Clara Area IV SELPA 32,321 1,062 420,988 390 470,364 405 91,211 13,179,154 408 2,316,209
82 Santa Clara Area V SELPA 99,338 3,759 1,490,109 390 1,442,553 405 280,334 40,505,889 408 7,839,021
83 Santa Clara Area VI SELPA 18,708 906 359,148 390 273,254 405 52,794 7,628,341 408 2,371,507
84 Santa Clara Area VII SELPA 16,229 413 163,718 396 144,641 405 45,799 6,617,509 408 546,866
85 Santa Clarita Valley SELPA 32,237 1,236 489,964 390 469,358 405 90,974 13,144,903 408 3,224,844
86 Shasta County SELPA 32,375 1,418 562,111 390 470,297 405 91,363 13,201,173 408 3,042,533
87 Sierra County SELPA 751 (6) (15,064) 823 0 823 0 617,795 823 (28,307)
88 Siskiyou County SELPA 8,284 81 (396) 437 0 437 0 3,617,887 437 (130,346)
89 Solano County SELPA 52,982 2,909 1,153,160 390 770,224 405 149,516 21,603,847 408 6,983,387
90 Sonoma County SELPA 73,843 3,491 1,383,871 391 1,048,325 405 208,387 30,110,092 408 5,491,482
91 South Bay Service Area SELPA 81,394 3,999 1,585,248 391 1,173,816 405 229,696 33,189,075 408 7,434,823
92 South Orange County SELPA 73,374 1,888 748,424 390 1,083,647 405 207,063 29,918,854 408 10,362,462
93 Southwest Service Area SELPA 96,420 4,513 1,789,003 391 1,352,300 405 272,099 39,316,050 408 6,622,820
94 Stanislaus County SELPA 98,838 5,596 2,218,316 390 1,440,552 405 278,923 40,302,010 408 15,414,958
95 Stockton City Unified 37,097 1,844 730,982 390 539,297 405 104,689 15,126,608 408 4,297,336
96 Sutter County SELPA 16,891 964 382,140 390 243,953 405 47,667 6,887,445 408 2,107,124
97 Tehama County SELPA 11,896 528 209,305 391 167,352 405 33,571 4,850,692 408 796,608
98 Tri-Cities SELPA 23,343 1,041 412,664 391 329,161 405 65,874 9,518,301 408 1,896,652
99 Tri-County SELPA 21,864 1,097 434,863 412 0 412 0 8,998,990 412 844,272
100 Tri-Valley SELPA 27,287 988 391,654 390 403,419 405 77,005 11,126,499 408 4,531,433
101 Trinity County SELPA 2,571 82 28,542 645 0 645 0 1,659,405 645 33,495
102 Tulare County SELPA 91,776 4,948 1,961,442 390 1,329,511 405 258,994 37,422,421 408 11,087,689
103 Tustin Unified SELPA 13,674 369 146,276 390 202,074 405 38,588 5,575,686 408 1,911,496
104 Vallejo City Unified SELPA 20,471 999 396,015 390 300,902 405 57,770 8,347,219 408 2,916,235
105 Ventura County SELPA 142,631 6,451 2,557,247 390 2,084,263 405 402,508 58,158,966 408 18,204,353
106 Washington Township SELPA 53,072 2,102 833,256 390 779,139 405 149,770 21,640,546 408 6,977,001
107 West Contra Costa Unified SELPA 33,739 1,555 616,419 390 496,281 405 95,212 13,757,355 408 5,388,737
108 West End SELPA 120,313 7,873 3,120,944 390 1,741,553 405 339,526 49,058,618 408 18,738,760
109 West Orange County SELPA 45,636 1,451 575,192 456 0 456 0 20,792,268 456 1,414,044
110 West San Gabriel Valley SELPA 105,873 5,194 2,058,959 390 1,535,680 405 298,776 43,170,589 408 10,837,694
111 Whittier Area SELPA 49,614 2,459 974,775 390 718,341 405 140,012 20,230,518 408 4,756,952
112 Yolo County SELPA 26,611 1,279 507,010 390 386,278 405 75,097 10,850,855 408 2,987,378
113 Yuba County SELPA 14,347 600 237,847 390 209,014 405 40,488 5,850,108 408 1,330,884
Totals 5,854,758 282,259 111,712,980 396 76,203,671 409 15,251,475 2,412,168,024 412 650,617,691

Appendix D

Nonpublic Schools

Figure 1
Nonpublic Schools (NPS)a
Average Daily Attendance (ADA) and Costs
1993-94
ADA
SELPA Total NPS Percent of
Total		 NPS Cost Cost Per
NPS ADA
Alameda
Oakland USD 49,190 123.92 0.25% $2,739,976 $22,111
No. Alameda 23,661 52.72 0.22 1,148,516 21,785
Mid-Alameda 42,001 53.11 0.13 1,597,443 30,078
Washington Township 48,440 55.76 0.12 1,556,204 27,909
Tri-Valley 24,317 23.10 0.09 626,342 27,114
Alpine
Alpine/Lake Tahoe 5,516 2.87 0.05 60,461 21,067
Butte 33,699 7.01 0.02 183,710 26,207
Calaveras
Tri-County 20,036 2.12 0.01 41,675 19,658
Colusa 3,874 -- -- -- --
Contra Costad>
Contra Costa County 71,588 100.26 0.14 2,491,482 24,850
Richmond USD 29,463 68.17 0.23 2,180,185 31,982
Mt. Diablo USD 33,245 58.48 0.18 1,328,340 22,714
El Dorado 21,243 8.86 0.04 201,704 22,766
Fresno
Clovis USD 27,451 -- -- -- --
Fresno County 63,072 -- -- -- --
Fresno City USD 74,658 5.53 0.01 132,554 23,970
Glenn 6,017 -- -- -- --
Humboldt
Humboldt/Del Norte 26,118 2.64 0.01 58,574 22,187
Imperial 31,386 4.79 0.02 78,426 16,373
Inyo 3,365 0.14 -- 5,094 36,386
Kern
Bakersfield City ESD 25,664 -- -- -- --
Kern County 81,093 -- -- -- --
Kern HSD 21,918 0.88 -- 17,121 19,456
Kings 22,839 2.61 0.01 67,012 25,675
Lake 10,044 2.41 0.02 54,641 22,673
Lassen 5,153 -- -- -- --
Los Angeles
Tri-Cities 19,669 49.63 0.25 916,086 18,458
Whittier Area 43,515 55.04 0.13 1,295,599 23,539
Los Angeles USD 593,408 2,429.79 0.41 36,077,756 14,848
Antelope Valley 57,961 21.34 0.04 544,409 25,511
Santa Clarita 28,582 26.63 0.09 516,092 19,380
Southwest 83,729 72.54 0.09 1,461,866 20,153
Foothill 44,762 98.99 0.22 1,937,459 19,572
Long Beach USD 74,072 82.49 0.11 1,457,946 17,674
Pasadena USD 21,161 32.13 0.15 495,605 15,425
Mid-Cities 114,730 58.21 0.05 1,302,536 22,376
Norwalk-La Mirada 39,643 41.12 0.10 906,990 22,057
East San Gabriel 122,895 21.19 0.02 422,400 19,934
West San Gabriel 91,923 36.19 0.04 678,558 18,750
Puente Hills 39,211 3.99 0.01 100,382 25,158
Madera
Madera/Mariposa 24,116 -- -- -- --
Marin 26,540 44.35 0.17 966,203 21,786
Mendocino 14,705 -- -- -- --
Merced 46,005 2.47 0.01 36,865 14,925
Modoc 2,248 -- -- -- --
Mono 1,788 -- -- -- --
Monterey 55,885 23.20 0.04 457,807 19,733
Napa 17,503 13.47 0.08 277,699 20,616
Orange
Northeast Orange 27,456 8.83 0.03 308,487 34,936
West Orange 40,643 22.58 0.06 872,824 38,655
Newport-Mesa USD 17,223 13.13 0.08 358,919 27,336
Orange USD 25,873 25.17 0.10 731,170 29,049
Santa Ana USD 46,549 15.81 0.03 448,055 28,340
Garden Grove USD 41,196 22.24 0.05 434,201 19,523
Irvine USD 21,375 27.72 0.13 778,530 28,085
Greater Anaheim 44,927 16.18 0.04 398,333 24,619
South Orange 61,810 31.66 0.05 846,279 26,730
Anaheim ESD 17,019 0.27 -- 6,715 24,870
North Orange 34,698 21.83 0.06 492,798 22,574
Tustin USD 12,445 13.00 0.10 329,154 25,320
Placer
Placer/Nevada 52,896 18.07 0.03 352,689 19,518
Plumas 3,579 -- -- -- --
Riverside
Riverside County 157,787 182.74 0.12 3,772,120 20,642
Riverside USD 32,712 94.48 0.29 2,066,269 21,870
Corona-Norco USD 25,211 33.67 0.13 761,947 22,630
Moreno Valley USD 30,667 39.75 0.13 862,588 21,700
Sacramento
Sacramento County 55,548 117.82 0.21 2,410,135 20,456
Sacramento City USD 47,148 122.94 0.26 2,406,995 19,579
San Juan USD 45,693 57.80 0.13 1,227,874 21,243
Elk Grove USD 31,740 38.07 0.12 813,138 21,359
San Benito 8,539 -- -- -- --
San Bernardino
Fontana USD 28,884 20.61 0.07 221,675 10,756
Morongo USD 10,085 7.28 0.07 149,218 20,497
Desert/Mountain 64,513 59.43 0.09 1,332,144 22,415
West End 95,836 22.01 0.02 550,009 24,989
San Bernardino USD 42,132 31.70 0.08 598,515 18,881
East Valley 70,231 38.11 0.05 895,875 23,508
San Diegod>
San Diego City USD 123,483 306.74 0.25 6,346,699 20,691
South Bay 67,247 55.62 0.08 1,128,427 20,288
North Inland 33,802 12.68 0.04 216,902 17,106
East County 74,662 73.86 0.10 1,302,366 17,633
North Coastal 83,264 36.69 0.04 519,653 14,163
Poway USD 28,174 33.49 0.12 645,394 19,271
San Francisco
San Francisco USD 61,331 337.48 0.55 9,867,462 29,239
San Joaquin
San Joaquin County 41,179 5.51 0.01 108,201 19,637
Stockton USD 33,293 15.24 0.05 252,928 16,596
Lodi USD 24,638 7.03 0.03 191,140 27,189
San Luis Obispo 32,288 5.21 0.02 119,441 22,925
San Mateo 85,772 117.28 0.14 2,886,993 24,616
Santa Barbara 56,032 1.63 -- 36,842 22,602
Santa Clara
Area 1 18,976 47.25 0.25 1,459,512 30,889
Area 2 27,208 26.55 0.10 784,152 29,535
Area 3 32,613 22.06 0.07 559,231 25,350
San Jose USD 29,535 8.42 0.03 263,897 31,342
Area 5 89,552 58.82 0.07 1,608,560 27,347
Area 6 16,532 -- -- -- --
Santa Clara USD 13,443 13.76 0.10 304,325 22,117
Santa Cruz
Pajaro Valley USD 17,644 1.21 0.01 40,645 33,591
North Santa Cruz 18,466 1.00 0.01 42,999 42,999
Shasta 31,885 18.68 0.06 382,945 20,500
Sierra 787 -- -- -- --
Siskiyou 8,641 1.56 0.02 33,394 21,406
Solano
Solano County 45,772 22.69 0.05 485,120 31,380
Vallejo USD 18,829 31.81 0.17 980,964 30,838
Sonoma 65,712 93.12 0.14 1,799,279 19,322
Stanislaus 84,281 58.64 0.07 701,736 11,967
Sutter 14,156 4.07 0.03 97,348 23,918
Tehama 10,781 0.36 -- 7,680 21,333
Trinity 2,575 -- -- -- --
Tulare 79,473 -- -- -- --
Ventura 124,937 98.54 0.08 1,998,951 20,286
Yolo 23,207 13.26 0.06 153,548 11,580
Yuba 13,243 6.66 0.05 105,095 15,780
Totals 5,096,930 6,327.97 0.12% $124,280,203 $19,640
aExcludes pupils placed by noneducation agencies in licensed children's institutions.

Appendix E

"Encroachment"

As we participated in meetings across the state, we frequently heard complaints from local administrators regarding the adequacy of funding for special education. They often cited the level of spending from local funds, or "encroachment," as evidence of inadequate funding.

We do not use the term "encroachment" in our report, nor do we believe that the level of local funding of special education, as calculated using data from the J-380/580 forms, is a useful indicator of the adequacy of state special education funding. This is for the following reasons:

As used by some, the word "encroachment" implies that special education should be funded entirely from state and federal funds. As indicated in the report, special education funding is a shared local, state, and federal responsibility.

A large portion of local funding is associated with a maintenance-of- effort requirement established in 1979-80. This amount (the local general fund contribution) has never been increased for inflation or enrollment growth. If increased by these factors, the maintenance-of-effort requirement would account for more than half of the current "encroachment." (See the discussion of the local general fund contribution in Chapter 1.)

Local decisions contribute to "encroachment." For example, we observed differing staffing arrangements for similar "fully included" pupils, some involving a full-time aide and others involving less-than-half-time aides. Costs for these staff, whether high or low, are included in regular expenditures for special education.

In addition, in prior fiscal years, COLAs provided for special education have been less than COLAs provided for revenue limit funding. However, many LEAs based salary increases for staff on the percentage used for the revenue limit COLA. Special education staff received the same increases. However, in the absence of a corresponding increase in special education funding, the local contribution to the special education program had to go up to cover these increased costs.

The costs for special education reflected on the J-380 and J-580 forms are usually compared to the amount of available funding to calculate "encroachment." There is no evidence that this is a valid comparison. The costs reflected on the J-380/580 forms are neither true excess costs (the costs of a special education student that exceed the costs of a general education student) nor true total costs (the costs for providing all education services to special education students). There is no evidence that the specific calculations on these forms were designed to capture costs corresponding to the entitlement calculation in the budget. This suggests that comparing the J-380/580 costs to the budget appropriation may be an "apples to oranges" calculation.

We believe that it is unlikely that the Legislature and the Governor, in enacting the Master Plan, intended to provide funding for anything other than the excess costs of special education services. This is because, as a general rule, when a new program (special education) is added to an existing program (general education), the appropriation for the new program only covers the excess (or marginal) costs of the new program. To do otherwise might involve providing funding for administrative and overhead costs--which are included in total costs but not in excess costs--already supported by another source of funds (in this case, revenue limit funding for the general education program).

This discussion is not intended to comment on the adequacy or inadequacies of special education funding, an issue that is outside the scope of this report. Nor do we intend to comment on any individual LEA's calculation of encroachment. We do find that there is little analytical validity in the often-quoted calculation for statewide encroachment, and that this calculation provides no insight regarding the adequacy of special education funding.

Finally, we would note that by equalizing the amount per student that each SELPA receives from the state and federal governments for special education programs, we believe that the amounts per student that LEAs contribute to this program will become more equal. Over time, variations in the amount of local contribution to special education should be attributable more to local policies than the state's formula for funding.

Appendix F

Questions and Answers on the
Proposed Special Education
Funding Model

Question: What are the main differences between the proposed special education model and the current system?

Answer: Figure 3 in the Executive Summary of the final report contrasts the major differences between the current system and the proposed model.

Question: Does the proposed funding model eliminate the "labeling" of students?

Answer: No, it does not eliminate "labeling" of students for educational service needs, as required by federal and state law.

Question: Does the proposed funding model eliminate Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)?

Answer: No, the proposed model makes no change in requirements related to IEPs.

Question: Does the proposed model eliminate the current requirement that federal and state funds allocated for special education be spent only on special education?

Answer: No, the proposed model does not eliminate this requirement.

Question: What does the proposed model do with respect to "encroachment" on the regular education program?

Answer: Appendix E includes a full discussion of "encroachment," which is the amount of local general-purpose funds spent for special education. A major contributor to variation in local funding is the unequal distribution of state support. The proposed funding model would equalize state funding and thereby help equalize encroachment across the state.

We note in our report that the federal government has fallen far short of its stated funding goal for special education. Based on congressional intent, federal support to California fell short by $745 million in 1992-93 (based on the 40 percent intent). According to estimates developed by the federally sponsored Center for Special Education Finance, if congressional intent were adjusted to reflect current data, California's 1992-93 shortfall would increase to slightly over $1 billion. Total reported expenditures from federal, state and local sources for special education in that year were $3.1 billion.

Question: Does the proposed model allow special education personnel to work with nonidentified students?

Answer: Special education personnel have always been allowed to work with nonidentified students, and do so effectively in many areas. Both the current and proposed new funding models restrict the use of special education funds to children with IEPs. This means that special education personnel working with nonidentified children must be paid from a funding source other than the funds for special education.

Under current law -- and the proposed funding model -- school sites that are school based coordinated programs have additional flexibility in using their personnel. Specifically, at these sites special education services may be provided to students without IEPs, provided that all identified individuals are appropriately served and a description of the services is included in the school site plan. Programs for students with IEPs must be under the direction of credentialed special education personnel, but services may be provided entirely by personnel not funded by special education monies provided that all services specified in the IEP are received by the pupil.

Question: Is the newly proposed special education credential structure in conflict with the new funding model?

Answer: No. In moving away from restrictions based on placement, the proposed changes in the funding model would be consistent with changes in the credential structure. We are proposing as part of the accountability provisions that staff qualifications be addressed as part of a SELPA's local plan.

Question: How is accountability for special education expenditures maintained in the proposed model?

Answer: Federal and state funding allocated for special education purposes will be monitored as a part of the overall accountability system.

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