(a) In addition to all other funds appropriated and transferred to Section A of the State School Fund, the Controller shall annually transfer from the General Fund to Section A of the State School Fund for apportionment during the fiscal year a total amount per pupil in average daily attendance during the preceding fiscal year credited to all elementary, high, and unified school districts and to all the county superintendents of schools in the state as certified by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, of twenty-one dollars and eighty cents ($21.80) for fiscal year 1978–79 and thirty-four dollars and fifty-one cents ($34.51) for fiscal year 1979–80, for apportionments allowed pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 56300) of Chapter 2 of Part 30.

(b) Funds appropriated pursuant to this section and funds available pursuant to Section 41301 shall be used for Part 30 (commencing with Section 56000), including the Master Plan for Special Education (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 56300) of Part 30). For the 1977–78 fiscal year, the superintendent shall adjust all special education allowances not previously adjusted pursuant to Chapter 219 of the Statutes of 1977 by 6 percent.

It is the intent of the Legislature that, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 1247 of the Statutes of 1977, and subject to future budget acts, the funds provided in subdivision (a) for the purpose of providing special education services pursuant to Section 56300 shall be sixty-three dollars and fifty-six cents ($63.56) for the 1980–81 fiscal year and one hundred thirteen dollars and eighty-two cents ($113.82) for the 1981–82 fiscal year.

(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 91, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 1996.)