The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allow to each high school district one hundred twenty dollars ($120) for each unit of average daily attendance in the district during the fiscal year as computed under subdivision (a) of Section 41601, subject to the provisions of Section 41608, but not less than two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) shall be allowed to any high school district, to be known as basic state aid.
The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall exclude from the computation of allowances provided by this section the average daily attendance during the fiscal year of adults, as adults are defined in Section 52610, and of inmates of any state penal institution for adults or of any city, county, or city and county jail, road camp or farm for adults.