AB 196

This bill makes additional school districts eligible for sparsity aid and provides

additional funding for school district sparsity aid.

Under current law, a school district is eligible for sparsity aid in the amount of

$400 per pupil if the school district's membership in the previous school year did not

exceed 745 pupils and if the membership divided by the school district's area in

square miles (population density of pupils per square mile) is less than ten.

This bill extends to school districts with a membership not exceeding 1,000

pupils, rather than 745 pupils, eligibility for sparsity aid of $400 per pupil.

The bill also creates a second tier of sparsity aid for additional school districts.

Under the bill, a school district is eligible for sparsity aid in the amount of $100 per

pupil if the school district's membership in the previous school year was greater than

1,000 but not more than 2,700 and if the school district's population density of pupils

per square mile is less than seven.