Education Code § 42284

42284.

(a) Commencing with the 2026–27 fiscal year, for each school district with fewer than 2,501 units of average daily attendance, on account of each necessary small high school, the Superintendent shall make one of the following computations selected with regard only to the number of certificated employees employed or average daily attendance, whichever provides the lesser amount:

Average daily
attendance

Minimum number
of certificated
employees

Amount to be
computed per teacher

1–19

1

$280,582

1–19

2

$400,039

1–19

3

$888,617

20–38

4

$1,088,635

39–57

5

$1,288,656

58–71

6

$1,488,674

72–86

7

$1,688,695

87–100

8

$1,888,714

101–114

9

$2,088,734

115–129

10

$2,288,753

130–143

11

$2,488,774

144–171

12

$2,688,794

172–210

13

$3,219,450

211–248

14

$3,800,714

249–286

15

$4,381,988

(b) For purposes of this section, a “certificated employee” means an equivalent full-time position of an individual holding a credential authorizing service and providing service in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in any secondary school. Any fraction of an equivalent full-time position remaining after all equivalent full-time positions for certificated employees within the school district have been calculated shall be deemed to be a full-time position.