April 5, 2007
Dear County Superintendents of Schools, Auditors, and Treasurers:
NOTICE OF THE FIRST APPORTIONMENT FOR
ARTS, MUSIC, AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
FISCAL YEAR 2006-07
This apportionment, in the amount of $375,000,175, is made from one-time funds provided in Section 43(a)(16) of Assembly Bill 1802 (Chapter 79, Statutes of 2006) as amended by Section 9 of Senate Bill 1131 (Chapter 371, Statutes of 2006). The funds are to be used solely for equipment, supplies, and professional development for arts and music (i.e., visual and performing arts) and physical fitness (i.e., physical education).
Estimated entitlements for each local educational agency (LEA) are based on a rate of $83.04 per unit of average daily attendance (ADA) in kindergarten and grades one through twelve as reported for the 2005-06 second principal apportionment (unrevised), with minimum funding of $2,500 per school site in the LEA. The amount paid in this apportionment reflects 75 percent of each LEA’s total entitlement. The remaining funds will be allocated in June 2007.
LEAs are required to expend at least $2,500 per school site. There is no deadline on the expenditure of these funds and therefore funds may be carried over to a future fiscal year. LEAs may bring together teachers, school site administrators, district level administrators, parents, and students to collaborate on assessing needs and developing a local plan that will support high quality instruction in both physical education and visual and performing arts.
Charter schools that operated in 2005-06 and reported ADA for the second principal apportionment are eligible for these funds. The schedule of apportionment identifies the amount for direct-funded charter schools separate from the district or county amount. Funding associated with all other charter schools is included in the district or county amount.
In an effort to streamline the state apportionment process, we will continue to post the schedules of apportionment on the California Department of Education (CDE) Web site but eliminate them from our mailings. To view the schedule of apportionment showing a list of schools, by county and district, that generated each payment and the schedules showing other data used in the apportionment calculations, please visit the CDE Categorical Programs Web site at http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/ca.
Warrants will be mailed to county treasurers approximately four weeks from the date of this Notice. For standardized account code structure coding, use Resource Code 6761, Arts, Music, and Physical Education, Supplies and Equipment, and Revenue Object Code 8590, All Other State Revenue. County superintendents of schools are requested to inform LEAs immediately of this apportionment.
If you have any fiscal questions regarding this apportionment, please contact Elizabeth Dearstyne, Assistant Fiscal Consultant, Categorical Programs Unit, at (916) 322-0494 or by e-mail at edearstyne@cde.ca.gov. Questions concerning visual and performing arts should be directed to Nancy Carr, Visual and Performing Arts Consultant, Curriculum Leadership Unit, at (916) 445-5669 or by e-mail at ncarr@cde.ca.gov. If you have any questions regarding physical education, please contact Dianne Wilson-Graham, Physical Education Consultant, Curriculum Leadership Unit, at (916) 319-0280 or dwilsong@cde.ca.gov.
Sincerely,
JACK O’CONNELL
1430 N Street
Sacramento, CA 95814