Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 581 - OREGON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Division 54 - Extra-Curricular School Transportation Grants
Section 581-054-0013 - Funding Priority

(a) The Department shall divide the approved transportation costs, as defined by OAR 581-023-0040, by the district's ADMr;

(b) The districts shall be ranked based on their percentile of transportation costs per ADMr as calculated in subsection (a) with highest percentile having the first priority;

(c) If a district receives the Remote Small Elementary School Correction as defined by ORS 327.077, then the district shall have its percentile increased by 10 percentage points;

(d) Districts will be given additional points based on a weighting of poverty data in the State School Fund. Poverty points are calculated by taking the percentage poverty rate of each school district and multiplying it by twenty. The percentage poverty rate for each school district is calculated by dividing poverty count for the school district by the resident average daily membership (ADMr) of the school district ; and

(e) If a district did not receive any School Transportation grant in the previous year, the district shall have its percentile increased by 10 percentage points. This increase is not cumulative from year to year.