(a)For the 2018–19 fiscal year, the Inglewood Unified School District shall do both of the following:
(1)Meet the requirements for qualified or positive certification for the school district’s second interim report pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 42130) of Chapter 6.
(2)Complete comprehensive operational reviews that compare the needs of the school district with similar school districts and provide data and recommendations regarding changes the school district can make to achieve fiscal sustainability.
(b)Beginning with the 2019–20 fiscal year, the Budget Act shall include an appropriation for the
Inglewood Unified School District, if the school district complies with the terms specified in subdivisions (a) and (c), in the following amounts:
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(a)
For the 2018–19 fiscal year, the Inglewood Unified School District shall do both of the following:
(1)
Meet the requirements for qualified or positive certification for the school district’s second interim report pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 42130) of Chapter 6.
(2)
Complete comprehensive operational reviews that compare the needs of the school district with similar school districts and provide data and recommendations regarding changes the school district can make to achieve fiscal sustainability.
(b)
Beginning with the 2019–20 fiscal year, the Budget Act shall include an appropriation for the
Inglewood Unified School District, if the school district complies with the terms specified in subdivisions (a) and (c), in the following amounts:
(1)
For the 2019–20 fiscal year, up to 75 percent of the school district’s projected operating deficit, as determined by the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team, with concurrence with the Department of Finance.
(2)
For the 2020–21 fiscal year, up to 50 percent of the school district’s projected operating deficit, as determined by the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team, with concurrence with the Department of Finance.
(3)
For the 2021–22 fiscal year, up to 25 percent of the school district’s projected operating deficit, as determined by the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team, with concurrence with the
Department of Finance.
(c)
Disbursement of funds specified in subdivision (b) shall be contingent on the Inglewood Unified School District’s completion of activities specified in the prior year Budget Act to improve the school district’s fiscal solvency. These activities may include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(1)
Completion of comprehensive operational reviews that compare the needs of the school district with similar school districts and provide data and recommendations regarding changes the school district can make to achieve fiscal sustainability.
(2)
Adoption and implementation of necessary budgetary solutions, including the consolidation of school sites.
(3)
Completion and implementation of multiyear, fiscally solvent budgets
and budget plans.
(4)
Qualification for positive certification pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 42130) of Chapter 6.
(5)
Sale or lease of surplus property.
(6)
Growth and maintenance of budgetary reserves.
(7)
Approval of school district budgets by the Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools.
(d)
Funds described in subdivision (b) shall be allocated to Inglewood Unified School District upon the certification of the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team, with concurrence from the Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools, to the Assembly Committee on Budget, Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, and the Department of Finance that the
activities described in subdivision (c), as specified in the prior year Budget Act, have been completed. Additionally, by March 1 of each year, through March 1, 2021, the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team, with concurrence from the Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools, shall report to the Assembly Committee on Budget, Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, and the Department of Finance the progress that Inglewood Unified School District has made to complete the activities described in subdivision (c), as specified in the prior year Budget Act.
(e)
The activities described in subdivision (c) shall be determined in the annual Budget Act based on joint recommendations from the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team and the Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools. These recommendations shall be submitted to the Assembly Committee on Budget, Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal
Review, and the Department of Finance by March 1 of each fiscal year, through March 1, 2021, in conjunction with the certification described in subdivision (d).
(f)
Until June 30, 2019, the Superintendent may waive the reimbursement determination specified in Section 18054 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations for Inglewood Unified School District’s 2016–17 fiscal year California state preschool program contract in order to resolve the school district’s outstanding child development reimbursement liability to the state.