Planning grants provided pursuant to this chapter shall be for an amount up to thirty dollars ($30) per pupil, with a minimum planning grant of ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
If the total amount requested by all planning applicants exceeds the funding appropriated for those purposes, the State Board of Education shall not provide for a pro rata reduction in the funding of the proposals, but shall approve applications to the amount of funds appropriated, in accordance with Sections 58906 and 58916.