Cal. Code Regs. tit. 2, § 1859.70.5 – Points for Determining the Local Funding Adjustment Grant.

(a) To determine the Local Funding Adjustment Grant, the School District must submit the following information:
1. (1) The School District's total assessed valuation in the form of a letter or report from the appropriate county auditor-controller(s) that certifies to the School District's total assessed valuation. The total assessed valuation means the amount provided in the last equalized county assessment roll reported pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code Section 2052. The reporting year of the total assessed valuation shall be based upon the OPSC received date as determined in the chart below.
  OPSC Received Date of Total Assessed Valuation Documentation
  Reporting Year
  July 1 through August 19
  Submit Prior Fiscal Year
  August 20 through June 30
  Submit Current Fiscal Year
2. (2) The School District's gross bonding capacity which shall be the product of (A) or (B) as applicable:
  1. (A) Multiply the total assessed valuation in (a) by 1.25 percent for non-unified School Districts, or
  2. (B) Multiply the total assessed valuation in (a) by 2.5 percent for unified School Districts.
3. (3) The School District's total enrollment meaning the districtwide enrollment reported on a Form SAB 50-01 in Part A, the continuation high pupils reported in Part C, and the Special Day Class pupils reported in Part D. The enrollment year data is determined as follows:
  OPSC Received Date of Enrollment Data
  Reporting Year
  July 1 through October 31
  Submit Prior Fiscal Year
  November 1 through June 30
  Submit Current Fiscal Year
4. (4) Unduplicated pupil percentage as determined for purposes of the local control funding formula pursuant to EC Section 42238.02. The enrollment year data is determined as in (3) above.
(b) The points used to compute the Local Funding Adjustment Grant are the sum of (1), (2), (3) and (4) below:
1. (1) Points for the School District's gross bonding capacity divided by the School District's total enrollment shall be one of the following:
  1. (A) Four points for a School District determined to have a gross bonding capacity per enrollment of zero dollars ($0) to nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($9,999), inclusive.
  2. (B) Three points for a School District determined to have a gross bonding capacity per enrollment of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to nineteen thousand nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($19,999), inclusive.
  3. (C) Two points for a School District determined to have a gross bonding capacity per enrollment of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to fifty-four thousand nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($54,999), inclusive.
  4. (D) One point for a School District determined to have a gross bonding capacity per enrollment of fifty-five thousand dollars ($55,000) or more.
2. (2) Points for the School District's unduplicated pupil percentage shall be one of the following:
  1. (A) Eight points for a School District determined to have an unduplicated pupil percentage of between 75 percent and 100 percent, inclusive.
  2. (B) Six points for a School District determined to have an unduplicated pupil percentage of between 50 percent and 74.99 percent, inclusive.
  3. (C) Four points for a School District determined to have an unduplicated pupil percentage of between 25 percent and 49.99 percent, inclusive.
  4. (D) Two points for a School District determined to have an unduplicated pupil percentage that is 24.99 percent or less.
3. (3) Two points for a School District with a pupil enrollment of 200 pupils or fewer.
4. (4) Two points for a project that includes the use of a project labor agreement in the application being processed. Projects that indicate use of a project labor agreement will be verified as part of the audit process required in EC Section 41024. If it is determined that a project labor agreement was not used, the funding associated with the points assigned in (d) to determine the matching share percentage will be required to be returned, with interest (based on the interest rate earned in the Pooled Money Investment Account at the time of fund release) from the time of fund release until funds are returned.
(c) If the School District does not submit any of the necessary information in subsection (a), the funding application receives the lowest points possible in the corresponding subsections (b)(1), (2), (3) and/or (4).

This Section shall apply to Approved Applications received on or after October 31, 2024 for funding of a New Construction Adjusted Grant, Modernization Adjusted Grant, and funding pursuant to Sections 1859.82.1 and 1859.82.2. For Approved Applications on the OPSC workload list or the Applications Received Beyond Bond Authority list, OPSC will notify the School District in writing that OPSC is scheduled to begin processing the School District's Form SAB 50-04. The School District must submit documentation to substantiate the information in (a) within 90 days of the OPSC notification. For Approved Applications submitted pursuant to Sections 1859.82.1 and 1859.82.2, the School District must report the information in (a) on the Form SAB 50-04 and shall be based on the OPSC received date of the Approved Application.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 17070.35 and 17070.59, Education Code. Reference: Sections 17072.30 and 17074.16, Education Code; and Section 2052, Revenue and Taxation Code.

History

1. New section filed 9-8-2025 as an emergency; operative 9-8-2025 (Register 2025, No. 37). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-9-2026 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

2. Certificate of Compliance as to 9-8-2025 order transmitted to OAL 3-3-2026 and filed 4-15-2026 (Register 2026, No. 16).