Ltr3-16: SEMHS
Official Letter
Official Letter
Dear Select County Superintendents of Schools:
FINAL APPORTIONMENT FOR
SPECIAL EDUCATION MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
FISCAL YEAR 2016−17
This apportionment, in the amount of $90,027,500, is made from Section A of the State School Fund with funds provided in Provision 14 of Item 6100-161-0001 of the 2016 Budget Act (Chapter 23, Statutes of 2016). The purpose of these funds is to provide educationally related mental health services, including out-of-home residential services for emotionally disturbed pupil(s), required by an individualized education program pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and as described in California Education Code Section 56363.
This final apportionment equals 25 percent of the total $360,110,000 budget appropriation, and is distributed to special education local plan areas (SELPA) based on a rate per unit of average daily attendance (ADA) multiplied by the ADA reported for the 2016–17 Second Principal Apportionment. The final rates per ADA for this apportionment are $0.4428342849 for the Los Angeles Court Schools SELPA and $60.3362351546 for all other SELPAs. Information pertaining to this apportionment, including a copy of the schedule of apportionment, is available on the California Department of Education Web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r14/semhs16result.asp. Detailed information of the previous apportionments (75 percent of the appropriation), distributed in August 2016 and March 2017, can also be viewed on this Web page.
Warrants will be mailed to each county treasurer approximately three weeks from the date of this letter. For standardized account code structure coding, use Resource Code 6512, Special Education, and Revenue Object Code 8590, All Other State Revenue. County superintendents of schools are requested to inform their school districts immediately of this apportionment.
If you need assistance or have any further questions, please contact Halena Le, Fiscal Consultant, Principal Apportionment Section, by phone at 916-323-6195 or by e-mail at hle@cde.ca.gov.
Peter Foggiato, Director
School Fiscal Services Division
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