(a) The superintendent shall make the following computations to determine the amount of funding per unit of average daily attendance for each special education local plan area for the 1998-99 fiscal year: (1) Divide the amount of funding for the special education local plan area computed for the 1997-98 fiscal year pursuant to Section 56836.09 by the number of units of average daily attendance, exclusive of average daily attendance for absences excused pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 46010 as that subdivision read on July 1, 1997, reported for the special education local plan area for the 1997-98 fiscal year. (2) Add the amount computed in paragraph (1) to the inflation adjustment computed pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 56836.08 for the 1998-99 fiscal year. (b) Commencing with the 1999-2000 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the superintendent shall make the following computations to determine the amount of funding per unit of average daily attendance for each special education local plan area for the fiscal year in which the computation is made: (1) For the 1999-2000 fiscal year, divide the amount of funding for the special education local plan area computed for the 1998-99 fiscal year pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 56836.08 by the number of units of average daily attendance upon which funding is based pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 56836.15 for the special education local plan area for the 1998-99 fiscal year. (2) For the 2000-01 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, divide the amount of funding for the special education local plan area computed for the prior fiscal year pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 56836.08 by the number of units of average daily attendance upon which funding is based pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 56836.15 for the special education local plan area for the prior fiscal year.
