§ 42284 — California Education Code

(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.

(Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 65, Sec. 55. (AB 126) Effective July 9, 2026.)