Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 581 - OREGON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Division 28 - CONNECTING OREGON SCHOOLS
Section 581-028-0015 - Connecting Oregon Schools Fund Priority List Calculations
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 581-028-0015
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) The Department shall rank all applications received according to the Priority Calculations.
(2) The Priority Calculations shall be based on an Organization's Free and Reduced Lunch Percentage, the Number of Schools in the Organization, the presence of Remote Small Elementary Schools, the Organization's current type of internet connection, and the Organization's download speed.
(3) The Priority Calculations shall be as follows:
(a) District Calculation:
(A) The District's Free and Reduced Lunch
Percentage shall be multiplied by 100 to create the Base Rate. If a District
does not have a Free and Reduced Lunch Percentage then the District shall be
assigned a percentage as follows:
(i) If the
District has a Remote Small Elementary School, then 90; or
(ii) If the District does not have a Remote
Small Elementary School, then 50.
(B) The Number of Schools in the District
shall be subtracted from the Base Rate to create the School Rate.
(C) The School Rate shall be adjusted by the
presence of a Remote Small Elementary School to obtain the Revised School Rate
as follows:
(i) Increased by 10 if a District
has a Remote Small Elementary School; or
(ii) No change if a District does not have a
Remote Small Elementary School.
(D) The Revised School Rate shall be adjusted
by internet connection type and internet download speed to obtain the Final
Priority Rank as follows:
(i) Internet
connection type at the location of the proposed construction project:
(I) Increased by 5 for an internet connection
type that uses DSL or Satellite Connection;
(II) No change for an internet connection
type that uses other internet connections that are not otherwise defined;
or
(III) Decreased by 5 for an
internet connection type that uses Cable Connection.
(ii) Internet download speed at the location
of the proposed construction project:
(I)
Increased by 5 for an internet download speed less than or equal to 25
Mbps;
(II) No change for an
internet download speed greater than 25 Mbps and less than or equal to 100
Mbps; or
(III) Decreased by 5 for
an internet download speed greater than 100 Mbps.
(b) Charter School
Calculation:
(A) The Free and Reduced Lunch
Percentage of the District where the Charter School is located or headquartered
shall be multiplied by 100 to create the Base Rate. If a District does not have
a Free and Reduced Lunch Percentage then the Charter School shall be assigned a
percentage as follows:
(i) If the District
where the Charter School is located or headquartered has a Remote Small
Elementary School, then 90; or
(ii)
If the District where the Charter School is located or headquartered does not
have a Remote Small Elementary School, then 50.
(B) The Number of Schools in the District
where the Charter School is located or headquartered shall be subtracted from
the Base Rate to create the School Rate.
(C) The School Rate shall be adjusted by the
presence of a Remote Small Elementary School to obtain the Revised School Rate
as follows:
(i) Increased by 10 if a Charter
School is a Remote Small Elementary School; or
(ii) No change if a Charter School is not a
Remote Small Elementary School.
(D) The Revised School Rate will be adjusted
by internet connection type and internet download speed to obtain the Final
Priority Rank as follows:
(i) Internet
connection type of the Charter School:
(I)
Increased by 5 for an internet connection type that uses DSL or Satellite
Connection;
(II) No change for an
internet connection type that uses other internet connections that are not
otherwise defined; or
(III)
Decreased by 5 for an internet connection type that uses Cable
Connection.
(ii)
Internet download speed of the Charter School:
(I) Increased by 5 for an internet download
speed less than or equal to 25 Mbps;
(II) No change for an internet download speed
greater than 25 Mbps and less than or equal to 100 Mbps; or
(III) Decreased by 5 for an internet download
speed greater than 100 Mbps.
(c) ESD Calculation:
(A) The Free and Reduced Lunch Percentage of
the ESD shall be multiplied by 100 to create the Base Rate. If an ESD does not
have a Free and Reduced Lunch Percentage, then the ESD shall use the average
Free and Reduced Lunch Percentage of all of the ESD's component
Districts.
(B) The Number of
Schools for the component Districts of an ESD shall be averaged and subtracted
from the Base Rate to create the School Rate.
(C) The School Rate shall be adjusted by the
presence of a Remote Small Elementary School to obtain the Revised School Rate
as follows:
(i) Increased by 10 if more than
half of the component Districts of an ESD have a Remote Small Elementary
School; or
(ii) No change if less
than half of the component Districts of an ESD have a Remote Small Elementary
School.
(D) The Revised
School Rate will be adjusted by internet connection type and internet download
speed to obtain the Final Priority Rank as follows:
(i) Internet connection type:
(I) Increased by 5 if the majority of
component Districts of an ESD have an internet connection type that uses DSL or
Satellite Connection;
(II) No
change if the majority of component Districts of an ESD have an internet
connection type that uses other internet connections that are not otherwise
defined; or
(III) Decreased by 5 if
a majority of component Districts of an ESD have an internet connection type
that uses Cable Connection.
(ii) Internet download speed:
(I) Increased by 5 if the component Districts
of an ESD have an average internet download speed less than or equal to 25
Mbps;
(II) No change if the
component Districts of an ESD have an average internet download speed greater
than 25 Mbps and less than or equal to 100 Mbps; or
(III) Decreased by 5 if the component
Districts of an ESD have an average internet download speed greater than 100
Mbps.
(d) Consortium Calculation:
(A) The Free and Reduced Lunch Percentages of
the members of the Consortium shall be averaged and multiplied by 100 to create
the Base Rate. If a member of the Consortium does not have a Free and Reduced
Lunch Percentage, that member will have a Free and Reduced Lunch Percentage
assigned as in OAR 581-028-0015(3)(a)(A) for Districts OAR
581-028-0015(3)(b)(A) for charter schools, or OAR 581-028-0015(3)(c)(A) for
ESDs.
(B) The Number of Schools for
the members of the Consortium shall be averaged and subtracted from the Base
Rate to create the School Rate.
(C)
The School Rate shall be adjusted by the presence of a Remote Small Elementary
School to obtain the Revised School Rate as follows:
(i) Increased by 10 if more than half of the
members of the Consortium have a Remote Small Elementary School; or
(ii) No change if less than half of the
members of the Consortium have a Remote Small Elementary School.
(D) The Revised School Rate will
be adjusted by internet connection type and internet download speed to obtain
the Final Priority Rank as follows:
(i)
Internet connection type:
(I) Increased by 5
if the majority of members of the Consortium have an internet connection type
that uses DSL or Satellite Connection;
(II) No change if the majority of members of
the Consortium have an internet connection type that uses other internet
connections that are not otherwise defined; or
(III) Decreased by 5 if a majority of members
of the Consortium have an internet connection type that uses Cable
Connection.
(ii)
Internet download speed:
(I) Increased by 5
if the members of the Consortium have an average internet download speed less
than or equal to 25 Mbps;
(II) No
change if the members of the Consortium have an average internet download speed
greater than 25 Mbps and less than or equal to 100 Mbps; or
(III) Decreased by 5 if the members of the
Consortium have an average internet download speed greater than 100
Mbps.
(4)
(a) If
Organizations have the same Final Priority Rank, then the Organization with the
smallest ADMr shall receive a higher priority rank.
(b) ADMr shall be calculated as follows:
(A) Districts shall use their ADMr;
(B) Charter Schools shall use their
ADMr;
(C) ESDs shall use the
average ADMr of their component Districts;
(D) Consortia shall use the average ADMr of
their members.
(5) Organizations will be fully funded according to their Priority Calculation ranking. If there are not enough funds to provide a full match to a given Organization, the Department shall provide a partial match to that Organization. The Organization shall have the option of rejecting the partial funding and applying the next year for a full match.
(6) Organizations that do not receive any funds from the Connecting Oregon Schools Fund, may reapply at the next application period.
(7) Organizations that receive funding from the Connecting Oregon Schools Fund, may reapply for a different project but will be considered after all new applicants have been funded.
Statutory/Other Authority: Oregon Laws 2018 (HB 4023), Chapter 51 & Section 3
Statutes/Other Implemented: Oregon Laws 2018 (HB 4023), Chapter 51 & Section 3
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