Are there statewide indirect cost rates?
In compliance with Education Code sections 38101(c) and 52616.4(a)(3), the CDE annually calculates statewide rates for the food service and adult education programs. These programs limit indirect costs to the lesser of the LEA’s approved rate or the statewide rates for the programs. The CDE calculates the statewide rate for food services by totaling the expenditures of elementary, high, unified, and common administration districts, thereby creating one statewide indirect cost pool and one statewide direct/direct support cost pool. The rest of the calculation is done the same as for individual LEAs, only it is done as if the food services program were a single LEA. The same is done for the adult education program, except elementary districts are excluded. For the latest food service and adult education statewide rates, please see our statewide rates listing.
