(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the following determinations shall be made by a self-certifying district, in the manner specified in this chapter and in accordance with the standards governing those determinations that are adopted by the board, for the purpose of calculating the district’s eligibility for project funding under this chapter:

(1) The total allowable building area for which the district is eligible for project funding under this chapter.

(2) The district’s area of existing adequate school construction, including, but not limited to, the conducting of field inspections for this purpose.

If requested by the applicant district, the board shall provide assistance to the district in preparing the necessary documents for self-certification pursuant to this chapter.

(b) The area determinations made by a self-certifying district pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be certified by the district in its application for project funding and shall be used by the board as the basis for project funding eligibility, except to the extent of any information that the board finds is demonstrated, pursuant to the information certified and any other documentation available to the board from prior project funding applications for that district, to be materially inaccurate, regardless of whether the inaccuracy was intended. No later than 30 calendar days after receipt of the determinations certified pursuant to subdivision (a), the board shall notify the district of any inaccuracies identified under this subdivision.

(c) Each self-certifying district shall maintain documentation of the determinations described in subdivision (a) as required by the board. Those determinations shall be subject to subsequent audit as the board may direct.

(d) All estimates of average daily attendance for a self-certifying district for the purposes of this article shall be made by the district in accordance with the standards governing those estimates that are adopted by the board. Each determination made by a self-certifying district pursuant to this subdivision shall be reviewed for accuracy by the board or by the county office of education in the county in which the district is located. In the event that the review is performed by the board, that review shall be completed no later than 45 calendar days subsequent to the board’s receipt from the district of all documentation necessary for that purpose.

(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)