1. (a) The total number of pupil grants requested on the Form SAB 50-04 cannot exceed the number approved on the Preliminary Small School District Program Apportionment. The number of pupil grants on the Form SAB 50-04 shall be for at least 50 percent of the pupil grants approved by the Board on the Preliminary Small School District Program Apportionment for New Construction funding or for at least 60 percent of the pupil grants approved by the Board on the Preliminary Small School District Program Apportionment for Modernization funding.
2. (b) An applicant seeking Financial Hardship assistance, in accordance with Sections 1859.81 through 1859.81.3, must request Financial Hardship assistance on the Form SAB 50-04.
3. (c) Any applicant that qualified to participate in the program and received a Preliminary Small School District Program Apportionment as a Small School District based on the applicant's total enrollment at the time of the Preliminary Small School District Program Apportionment, may submit a complete and valid Form SAB 50-04 to convert a Preliminary Small School District Program Apportionment to a Final Small School District Program Apportionment.

4. (d) At the time of converting the Preliminary Small School District Program Apportionment to a Final Small School District Program Apportionment, additional funding for Modernization supplemental grants shall be calculated using the qualifying enrollment demonstrated at the time of the Preliminary Small School District Program Apportionment for the following additional grants:

   1. (1) Minimum Essential Facility pursuant to Section 1859.78.9.1.

   2. (2) Transitional Kindergarten Classroom pursuant to Section 1859.78.9.2.

      An applicant may submit a Form SAB 50-04 concurrently or following the submittal of a complete and valid Form SAB 50-12, but no later than the time limit prescribed within Section 1859.157.5. Board action on the Form SAB 50-12 does not need to occur prior to the Form SAB 50-04 submittal.

To request to convert a Preliminary Small School District Program Apportionment to a Final Small School District Program Apportionment, an applicant must submit a complete and valid Form SAB 50-04 and meet all the following criteria:

Note: Authority cited: Sections 17070.35 and 17075.15, Education Code. Reference: Sections 17070.15, 17078.35, 17078.36, 17078.37 and 17078.38, Education Code.

History

1. New section filed 6-15-2026 as an emergency; operative 6-15-2026 (Register 2026, No. 25). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 12-14-2026 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.