June 13, 2007
Dear County Superintendents of Schools, Auditors, and Treasurers:
NOTICE OF THE SECOND APPORTIONMENT FOR
ARTS, MUSIC, AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
FISCAL YEAR 2006-07
This apportionment, in the amount of $124,999,824, 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(a)(16) 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 education.
The final entitlement for each local educational agency (LEA) is based on a rate of $83.04 per unit of average daily attendance (ADA) in kindergarten and grades one through twelve as certified for the 2005-06 second period principal apportionment (unrevised), with minimum funding of $2,500 per school site in the LEA. The amount paid in this apportionment reflects 100 percent of each LEA’s final entitlement less funds previously paid.
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.
Continuing charter schools that operated and reported 2005-06 ADA for the second period 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 by county, the payment to each county office, school district, and direct-funded charter school, as well as 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 questions regarding visual and performing arts, please contact Nancy Carr, Visual and Performing Arts Consultant, Curriculum Leadership Unit, at (916) 445-5669 or by e-mail at ncarr@cde.ca.gov. Questions regarding physical education should be directed to Dianne Wilson-Graham, Physical Education Consultant, Curriculum Leadership Unit, at (916) 319-0280 or dwilsong@cde.ca.gov. 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.
Sincerely,
JACK O’CONNELL
1430 N Street
Sacramento, CA 95814