Any school district that elected not to participate in either or both of the longer-day and longer-year incentive funding programs set forth in this article may commence participation in, and begin receiving funding for, either or both of those programs in the 1998–99 or 1999–2000 fiscal years, on the same basis as if it had participated in the program or programs since July 1, 1984, if the district meets the requirement of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 46201 in the fiscal year in which it commences participation and each fiscal year thereafter.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 330, Sec. 10. Effective August 21, 1998.)