(a)
If the average daily attendance of a school district, county office of education, or charter school during a fiscal year has been materially decreased during a fiscal year because of any of the following, the fact shall be established to the satisfaction of the Superintendent by affidavits of the members of the governing board of the school district, county office of education, or charter school and the county superintendent of schools:
(1)
Fire.
(2)
Flood.
(3)
Impassable roads.
(4)
Epidemic.
(5)
Earthquake.
(6)
The imminence of a major safety hazard as determined by the local law enforcement agency.
(7)
A strike involving transportation services to pupils provided by a nonschool entity.
(8)
An order provided for in Section 41422.
(b)
In the event a state of emergency is declared by the Governor in a county, a decrease in average daily attendance in the county below the approximate total average daily attendance that would have been credited to a school district, county office of education, or charter school had the state of emergency not occurred shall be deemed material. The Superintendent shall determine the length of the period during which average daily attendance has been
reduced by the state of emergency. This period that is determined by the Superintendent shall not extend into the next fiscal year following the declaration of the state of emergency by the Governor, except upon a showing by a school district, county office of education, or charter school, to the satisfaction of the Superintendent, that extending the period into the next fiscal year is essential to alleviate continued reductions in average daily attendance attributable to the state of emergency.
(c)
The average daily attendance of the district, county office of education, or charter school for the fiscal year shall be estimated by the Superintendent in a manner that credits to the school district, county office of education, or charter school for determining the apportionments to be made to the school district, county office of education, or charter school from the State School Fund approximately the total average daily attendance that would
have been credited to the school district, county office of education, or charter school had the emergency not occurred or had the order not been issued.
(d)
This section applies to any average daily attendance that occurs during any part of a school year.