Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024
(1) If a budget
amendment resulting from an unanticipated increased enrollment has been adopted
pursuant to
20-9-161
through
20-9-166,
MCA, the eligibility for and number of increased ANB for the current school
fiscal year due to an unanticipated elementary or high school enrollment
increase will be computed pursuant to
20-9-314,
MCA. Elementary district and high school district calculations are always
separate. In the case of a K-12 district, make separate enrollment calculations
for the elementary and high school levels of the K-12 district.
(a) The enrollment determined from the
enrollment reported on the fall enrollment report or the spring enrollment
report form for official reporting is defined as the "current year enrollment"
(CYE) for purposes of this calculation. However, kindergarten enrollment for a
variance which provides 90 full days of instruction in a single semester may be
counted as one instead of one-half.
(b) Determine the prior year enrollment. For
purposes of this calculation, "prior year enrollment" (PYE) will mean the
adjusted and averaged enrollment used for the current ANB or three-year average
ANB, whichever was used as budgeted ANB.
(c) Determine the "enrollment increase" (EI)
by subtracting the prior year enrollment from the current year enrollment. EI =
CYE - PYE.
(d) Determine the
enrollment increase as a percentage of the prior year enrollment by dividing
the enrollment increase calculated in (1) (c) by the prior year enrollment. EI
divided by PYE = %.
(e) If the
enrollment increase calculated in (c) exceeds 40 students, or if the enrollment
increase as a percentage of the prior year enrollment calculated in (d) exceeds
4%, the Superintendent of Public Instruction will recalculate and adjust the
current year's basic entitlement and total per-ANB entitlement in accordance
with
20-9-314(5),
MCA, using the recalculation of ANB in (2).
(2) The adjusted funding will be based on the
impact of the increased enrollment for the current fiscal year calculated as
follows:
(a) Determine the increase based on
a percentage of the PYE:
(i) Determine EI in
excess of 4% of PYE. EI - ( .04 x PYE). Round the calculation to the nearest
hundredth (.xx).
(ii) Determine EI
for each budget unit by subtracting PYE by budget unit from CYE by budget unit.
EI by budget unit = CYE by budget unit - PYE by budget unit.
(iii) Prorate enrollment increase exceeding
4% of PYE calculated in (a)(i) among the budget units by:
(A) calculating the ratio of EI for each
budget unit as calculated in (a)(i) to the total EI for the district calculated
in (1)(c). If the EI calculated for a budget unit in (a)(i) is negative
(enrollment loss), omit the budget unit from the proration and add the absolute
value of the negative EI by budget unit to the EI determined in (1)(c); and
(B) multiplying the EI in excess
of 4% of PYE calculated in (a) by the ratio calculated in (a)(i) for each
budget unit within the district. Round the calculation to the nearest hundredth
(.xx).
(iv) Add the PYE
by budget unit and the EI in excess of 4% by budget unit as calculated in
(a)(iii)(B).
(b)
Determine the increase based on number of students:
(i) Determine EI for each budget unit by
subtracting PYE by budget unit from CYE by budget unit. EI by budget unit = CYE
by budget unit - PYE by budget unit. If the EI calculated for a budget unit is
negative (enrollment loss), omit the budget unit from the proration and add the
absolute value of the negative EI by budget unit to the EI determined in
(1)(c).
(ii) Add the PYE by budget
unit and the EI by budget unit.
(c) The greater of (a)(iv) or (b)(ii) is the
increased enrollment.
(d) Multiply
the increased enrollment calculated in (c) by the total of PI days and PIR days
approved for the current year, and divide the total by 180.
(e) Round the result calculated in (2)(d) up
to the next whole number to determine the funding adjustment ANB.
(3) The funding adjustment ANB
calculated under (2) will be used only to determine the adjusted entitlements
and increased funding for the unusual enrollment increase in the current year
and will not result in an adjustment of ANB for purposes of future calculations
of current ANB or three-year ANB under
20-9-311,
MCA.
AUTH:
20-9-102,
MCA ; IMP:
20-9-313,
20-9-314,
MCA
