(a) A city or county making remittances to the county auditor-controller pursuant to Section 34194 or 34194.5 may use any available funds not otherwise obligated for other uses.

(b) In the 2011–12 fiscal year, the total amount paid pursuant to this chapter to school districts, county offices of education, charter schools, and community college districts shall be considered to be property taxes for the purposes of Section 2558, paragraph (1) of subdivision (h) of Section 42238, and Section 84751 of the Education Code. In the 2011–12 fiscal year, notwithstanding any other law, funding provided to local education agencies pursuant to this chapter shall be considered allocated local proceeds of taxes for purposes of Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.

(c) In fiscal years on and after the 2012–13 fiscal year, the total amount paid each year pursuant to this chapter to school districts, county offices of education, charter schools, and community college districts shall not be considered to be property taxes for the purposes of Section 2558, paragraph (1) of subdivision (h) of Section 42238, and Section 84751 of the Education Code. In fiscal years on and after the 2012–13 fiscal year, notwithstanding any other law, funding provided to local education agencies pursuant to this chapter shall not be considered allocated local proceeds of taxes for purposes of Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.

(d) For purposes of computing a school district’s property tax revenue, remittances made pursuant to this chapter shall be treated as property tax revenues transferred to school districts, county offices of education, and community college districts pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 34183 for purposes of Section 41204.3 of the Education Code.

(e) (1) Notwithstanding Sections 97.2 and 97.3 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the county auditor-controller shall distribute the funds that are remitted to the county Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund by a city or county pursuant to this section only to a K-12 school district or county office of education that is located partially or entirely within any project area of the redevelopment agency in an amount proportional to the average daily attendance of each school district.

(2) The county auditor-controller shall notify each K-12 school district, and the State Department of Education, of the amount of Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund moneys a district receives pursuant to this section. The county auditor-controller shall also notify each K-12 school district receiving funds pursuant to paragraph (1) of the project area boundaries of the redevelopment agency.

(3) (A) The county superintendent of schools shall provide the average daily attendance reported for each school district as of the second principal apportionment for the preceding fiscal year to the county auditor-controller.

(B) The county auditor-controller shall, based on information provided by the county superintendent of schools pursuant to subparagraph (A), allocate the funding pursuant to this subdivision to those districts within the city or county.

(4) School districts and county offices of education shall use the funds received under this section to serve pupils living in the redevelopment areas or in housing supported by redevelopment agency funds. Redevelopment agencies shall provide whatever information school districts and county offices of education need to accomplish this purpose.

(Added by Stats. 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 6, Sec. 2. (AB 27 1x) Effective June 29, 2011. Ruled unconstitutional per California Redevelopment Assn. v. Matosantos (2011) 53 Cal.4th 231.)