(a) Notwithstanding Section 51877, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall award educational technology competitive grants under this code with respect to each of the following categories based on a school district’s regular average daily attendance:

(1) 1,000 and below.

(2) 1,001 to 2,500.

(3) 2,501 to 5,000.

(4) 5,001 to 15,000.

(5) 15,001 to 60,000.

(6) 60,001 and above.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 51877, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall award educational technology competitive grants under this code with respect to each of the following two categories based on a county office of education’s regular average daily attendance:

(1) 1,000 and below.

(2) 1,001 and above.

(c) The Superintendent shall use the prior year’s second principal regular average daily attendance to determine the category in which a school district or county office of education shall be placed.

(d) Program grant funds shall be allocated for each category in subdivisions (a) and (b) in the following proportion:

(1) Compute the average daily attendance determined pursuant to subdivision (c) for the school districts or county offices of education in the category.

(2) Divide the aggregate sum determined pursuant to paragraph (1) by the total statewide regular average daily attendance reported for the second principal apportionment for the prior fiscal year.

(e) The applicants within each category shall be evaluated and scored as otherwise required by the grant program.

(f) This section is applicable only to educational technology grants awarded on or after January 1, 1997.

(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 516, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)