33-319. RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS — RURAL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.
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(1)A school district shall be considered a rural school district if it meets one
(1)of the following two
(2)criteria:
(a)There are fewer than twenty
(20)enrolled students per square mile within the area encompassed by the school district’s boundaries; or
(b)The county in which a plurality of the school district’s market value for assessment purposes is located contains less than twenty-five thousand (25,000) residents, based on the most recent decennial United States census.
(2)A public charter school shall be considered a rural public charter school if the school district in which the public charter school is physically located meets the definition of a rural school district, pursuant to subsection
(1)of this section. A public charter school that is also a virtual school shall be considered a rural public charter school if over fifty percent (50%) of its enrolled students reside within school districts that meet the definition of a rural school district pursuant to subsection
(1)of this section.