California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 1 - California Department of Education › Chapter 14 - School Finance* › Subchapter 1 - Nonresident Tuition › Section 15000 - Definitions Under Education Code Section 37107

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Total Current Expense of Education.
The term "total current expense of education, exclusive of
					 the expense of transportation," as used in Education Code Section
					 37107,
					 means the total current expense of education for grades 9 through 12 of the
					 district as defined in the California School Accounting Manual. Such
					 expenditures are the current general fund operating expenditures of the school
					 district excluding expenditures for pupil transportation services, food
					 services, community services, and object classifications 6000 and 7000 (except
					 7250, current expense for "Regional Occupational Centers or Regional
					 Occupational Programs").
(b)
				  Actual Expense of Transportation.
The "actual expense of transportation" is the amount
					 computed, as hereinafter in this section provided, for transportation between
					 home and school of all high school pupils in grades 9 through 12 residing in a
					 county and not in any district maintaining a high school, plus the amount
					 computed, as hereinafter in this section provided, for other than
					 home-to-school transportation for such pupils.
(c) Computation for Home-to-School
				  Transportation.
The amount for transportation of such pupils between home
					 and school shall be computed by using any one or a combination of the following
					 alternate methods:
(1) When one or
				  more vehicles are used to transport between home an school pupils in grades 9
				  through 12 residing in one county and not in a district maintaining a high
				  school and 90 percent of the pupils regularly so transported in each vehicle
				  are such pupils, the actual expense of such transportation shall be computed by
				  multiplying the number of miles the one or more vehicles traveled to provide
				  such transportation by the average cost per mile of all vehicles operated by
				  the district to transport pupils during the fiscal year.
(2) When one or more vehicles are used to
				  transport between home and school pupils in grades 9 through 12 residing in two
				  or more counties and not in any district maintaining a high school and 90
				  percent of the pupils regularly so transported in each vehicle are such pupils,
				  the actual expense of such transportation shall be computed by multiplying the
				  miles traveled to provide such transportation by the average cost per mile of
				  all vehicles operated by the district to transport pupils during the fiscal
				  year, and such expense shall be prorated among the two or more counties in the
				  following manner:
(A) The distance measured by
				  the nearest traveled road from the school of attendance to the most distant
				  point in a county to which transportation is provided shall be
				  determined.
(B) A percentage for
				  each county shall be determined by dividing the distance for each county
				  measured as provided in (A) above by the sum of the distances so measured for
				  each county.
(C) The percentage for
				  each county shall be multiplied by the amount to be
				  prorated.
(3) When
				  vehicles are used for the transportation between home and school of pupils in
				  grades 9 through 12 residing in a county and not in any district maintaining a
				  high school and for the transportation between home and school of other pupils,
				  regardless of the respective percentages of the pupils, the actual expense of
				  transportation of pupils in grades 9 through 12 who reside in a county and not
				  in any district maintaining a high school shall be computed by any one of the
				  following methods:
(A) The product obtained by
				  multiplying the average number of pupils per bus transported one way daily by
				  the total miles traveled in providing all transportation between home and
				  school shall be divided into the total expense of providing home-to-school
				  transportation, and the quotient so obtained shall be multiplied by the product
				  obtained by multiplying the number of pupils in grades 9 through 12 residing in
				  a county and not in any district maintaining a high school by the total miles
				  traveled to provide such pupils transportation. When daily records of the
				  number of pupils transported are not kept by a district, the average number of
				  pupils transported for the purposes of this subsection shall be determined by
				  the district by a survey on or about October 1st, December 1st, February 1st,
				  and May 1st by counting the number of pupils transported one way between home
				  and school, designating separately by name those pupils residing in a county
				  and not in a district maintaining a high school.
(B) The product obtained by multiplying 75
				  percent of the average number of seats in each vehicle operated by the district
				  to transport pupils by the total number of miles traveled by all vehicles in
				  home-to-school transportation shall be divided into the total expense of
				  providing home-to-school transportation, and the quotient so obtained shall be
				  multiplied by the product obtained by multiplying the number of pupils in
				  grades 9 through 12 residing in a county and not in any district maintaining a
				  high school by the number of miles traveled to provide such pupils
				  transportation.
(C) The sum of the
				  miles each pupil was transported between home and school shall be divided into
				  the total expense of transporting all pupils between home and school, and the
				  quotient so obtained shall be multiplied by the sum of the miles each pupil in
				  grades 9 through 12 residing in a county and not in any high school district
				  was transported. When daily records of the miles each pupil is transported are
				  not kept by a district, the sum of the miles each pupil was transported for the
				  purpose of this subdivision shall be determined by the district by a survey on
				  or about October 1st, December 1st, February 1st, and May 1st by measuring the
				  number of miles one way that each pupil is transported between home and school,
				  designating separately by name those pupils residing in a county and not in a
				  district maintaining a high school.
Total expenses of providing home-to-school transportation
					 shall be determined for the purposes of this subsection (3) by multiplying the
					 number of miles traveled in providing such transportation by the average cost
					 per mile to the district in providing all pupil
					 transportation.