15-961. District additional assistance; growth rate

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A. District additional assistance per student count is established as follows:

1. For school districts with a student count of less than one hundred for kindergarten programs and grades one through eight, $663.81. For school districts with a student count of one hundred or more and less than six hundred for kindergarten programs and grades one through eight, multiply $474.47 by the weight that corresponds to the student count for kindergarten programs and grades one through eight for the school district as provided in section 15-943, paragraph 1, subdivision (a), column 3. For a school district with a student count of six hundred or more in kindergarten programs and grades one through eight, the limit is $549.45.

2. For school districts with a student count of less than one hundred for grades nine through twelve, $732.87. For school districts with a student count of one hundred or more and less than six hundred for grades nine through twelve, multiply $494.39 by the weight that corresponds to the student count for grades nine through twelve for the school district as provided in section 15-943, paragraph 1, subdivision (b), column 3. For a school district with a student count of six hundred or more in grades nine through twelve, the limit is $600.86.

3. For programs for preschool children with disabilities, $549.45.

B. District additional assistance for a school district shall be computed as follows:

1. Select the applicable district additional assistance per student count for the school district.

2. Multiply the amount or amounts selected in paragraph 1 of this subsection by the appropriate student count of the school district.

3. If a school district's student count used for the budget year is greater than one hundred five percent of the student count used for the current year's budget, increase the adjusted district additional assistance determined in paragraph 2 of this subsection by fifty percent of the actual percentage increase in the school district's student count.

C. An amount for the purchase of required textbooks and related printed subject matter materials shall be used to increase the district additional assistance for a school district as determined in subsection B, paragraph 2 or 3 of this section, whichever is applicable. This amount shall equal the student count in grades nine through twelve multiplied by $84.93.

D. Notwithstanding subsections A, B and C of this section, district additional assistance for a common school district that is not within a high school district or for a transporting school district is district additional assistance as prescribed in this section but excluding pupils who are admitted to another school district as provided in section 15-824, subsection A, paragraph 2 or 3, except that if the school district transports high school pupils, the district additional assistance amount prescribed in this section shall be increased by an amount equal to fifty percent of the district additional assistance per pupil amount prescribed for the school district pursuant to this section multiplied by the number of high school pupils transported.