CHAPTER 9. School District Funds—Expenditures and Appropriations [42600. - 42694.]

Chapter 9 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 42600–42694 · 51 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Control of Expenditures §§ 42600–42603 · 4 sections

   • § 42600 The total amount budgeted as the proposed expenditure of the school district for each major classification of school district expenditures listed in the school…
   • § 42601 At the close of any school year a school district may, with the approval of the governing board, identify and request the county superintendent of schools to…
   • § 42602 Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 42600 and 42610 or any provision of this code to the contrary, the governing board of any school district may, by a…
   • § 42603 The governing board of any school district may direct that moneys held in any fund or account may be temporarily transferred to another fund or account of the…
2. ARTICLE 2. Appropriation of Income Budget Excess § 42610 · 1 section

   • § 42610 Any amounts added to the general reserve of the school district in excess of the amount already budgeted shall not be available for appropriation by the school…
3. ARTICLE 3. Temporary Transfer—County to Districts, to Finance Excess Expenditure §§ 42620–42623 · 5 sections

   • § 42620 Whenever prior to the receipt by any school district or county school service fund of its state, county, city and county, or district funds, any school…
   • § 42620.1 (a) Whenever a charter school of a county or city and county does not have sufficient money to its credit, before the charter school receives its state,…
   • § 42621 The county superintendent of schools of each county, with the approval of the county board of education, may make temporary transfers to a school district or…
   • § 42622 The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the county board of education, may make an apportionment to a school district or charter school from…
   • § 42623 (a) Upon the request of the county board of education on behalf of a newly organized school district, and upon the order of the county board of supervisors of…
4. ARTICLE 4. General Provisions—Orders, Requisitions and Warrants §§ 42630–42652 · 25 sections

   • § 42630 Except as otherwise provided in this code, money shall be paid from the funds of any school district for the payment of the expenses of the district, only as…
   • § 42631 All payments from the funds of a school district shall be made by written order of the governing board of the district. Orders shall be on forms prescribed by…
   • § 42632 Each order drawn on the funds of a school district shall be signed by at least a majority of the members of the governing board of the district, or by a person…
   • § 42633 The governing board of each school district shall be responsible for filing or causing to be filed with the county superintendent of schools the verified…
   • § 42634 Each order drawn against the funds of a school district shall be numbered and shall state: (a) the particular fund or funds of the district against which it is…
   • § 42635 Each order drawn against the funds of a school district shall be transmitted to the county superintendent of schools, and, if approved and signed by him shall…
   • § 42636 (a) The county superintendent of schools may examine each order on school district funds transmitted to him or her, in the order in which it is received in his…
   • § 42637 If at any time during a fiscal year the county superintendent of schools concludes that the budget of any school district within his or her jurisdiction does…
   • § 42638 (a) If the order is disapproved by the county superintendent of schools, it shall be returned to the governing board of the school district, except as…
   • § 42639 (a) The county auditor may examine each order and requisition on school district funds transmitted to the auditor by the county superintendent of schools. If…
   • § 42639.1 The county auditor may authorize the destruction of any bill or supporting document received from a school district for purposes of Section 42639 if all of the…
   • § 42640 In lieu of drawing his warrant as provided in Section 42639, the county auditor may, with the approval of the governing board of the school district, endorse,…
   • § 42641 The governing board of any school district may, with the approval of the county auditor and county treasurer, in lieu of issuing single orders for the payment…
   • § 42642 Each payroll order drawn pursuant to this article shall be drawn, approved, and issued in the same manner and shall contain the same minimum content as…
   • § 42643 The superintendent of schools of each county shall keep, open to the inspection of the public, a register of warrants, showing the fund upon which the…
   • § 42644 Orders for the payment of wages and payroll orders for the payment of wages of employees employed full time in positions not requiring certification…
   • § 42645 In any unified school district with 100,000 or more average daily attendance as an alternative to the payment procedures prescribed by Section 42644, orders…
   • § 42646 In any county, the county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the county board of education, and the…
   • § 42646.3 A payroll clearance fund, for the purpose of consolidating and balancing payroll deductions and other payroll accounting purposes for one or more school…
   • § 42647 With the approval of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the governing board of a unified school district, or district with over 10,000 average daily…
   • § 42648 The provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 29850) of Chapter 5 of Division 3 of Title 3 of the Government Code shall be applicable to any unified…
   • § 42649.5 In a county in which the board of supervisors has transferred educational functions to the county board of education pursuant to Section 1080, and a single…
   • § 42650 With the approval of the county superintendent of schools, the governing board of a school district may cause warrants to be drawn on the county treasury…
   • § 42651 (a) The governing board of a school district may authorize a bank, savings and loan association, or credit union in which school district deferred compensation…
   • § 42652 (a) The approval of a school district to draw all warrants on the county treasury pursuant to Section 42647 may be revoked or suspended by the Superintendent…
5. ARTICLE 5. Void Warrants §§ 42661–42662 · 2 sections

   • § 42661 Any warrant drawn on the funds of a district retirement system and issued to the claimant thereof but not presented for payment to the county treasurer within…
   • § 42662 The county superintendent of schools shall keep a record of all orders, or warrants which have become void.
6. ARTICLE 6. Orders and Warrants When Moneys Are Not Available §§ 42670–42678 · 9 sections

   • § 42670 When any order against the funds of a school district is presented to the county superintendent of schools, and the order constitutes a valid claim against the…
   • § 42671 The county superintendent of schools shall number and date the registered order and shall transmit the registered order to the governing board of the school…
   • § 42672 Whenever moneys are available for the payment of the registered order the county superintendent of schools shall give notice, in a newspaper published in the…
   • § 42673 At the time of giving the notice the county superintendent of schools shall set aside in the funds of each district for a period of 60 days the amount…
   • § 42674 The county superintendent of schools shall approve the registered orders of each district, and sign them as requisitions on the county auditor, in the order of…
   • § 42675 As an alternative to the method provided in Section 42674, when any corporation, firm, or person presents two or more registered orders for payment at the same…
   • § 42676 The special interest requisition shall bear upon its face substantially the following notation: “In full payment of interest due on warrants numbered __ to __,…
   • § 42677 The special interest requisition shall be numbered by the county superintendent of schools and county auditor, being given the number immediately succeeding…
   • § 42678 The county superintendent of schools shall report to the county treasurer and the county auditor within 10 days after the end of each month the amount of the…
7. ARTICLE 7. Optional Method—Registering Warrants §§ 42690–42694 · 5 sections

   • § 42690 In lieu of the method provided in Article 6 (commencing with Section 42670) of this chapter for the registration of school district orders, the provisions of…
   • § 42691 When any order on school district funds is received by the county superintendent of schools and there is insufficient money in the fund or funds against which…
   • § 42692 When the warrant is presented to the county treasurer for payment, he shall endorse, register, advertise, and pay it, with interest at the rate of 5 percent…
   • § 42693 If the warrants are not again presented for payment within 60 days from the time the notice provided for in Section 29823 of the Government Code is given, the…
   • § 42694 Within 10 days after the end of each month, the county auditor shall report to the superintendent of schools the amount of interest added to registered…