72-6461. Adjustment of at-risk pupil enrollment. (a) If a pupil submits an application for free meals under the national school lunch act on or before the date on which the enrollment of the school district is calculated and it is later determined by the school district or the department of education that the pupil should not have been eligible for free meals, the district or the department shall notify the state board of such determination. Except as provided in subsection (b), upon receipt of such notice, the state board shall recompute the adjusted enrollment of the district and the general fund budget of the district based on the adjusted enrollment of the district excluding the at-risk pupil weighting and high density at-risk pupil weighting, if any, assigned to such pupil.

(b) If a pupil becomes ineligible to receive free meals under the national school lunch act for failure to submit, in a timely manner, any documentation necessary for verification of eligibility as required by the national school lunch act, but subsequently submits such documentation, such pupil shall not be excluded from the calculation of the adjusted enrollment of the district if the district forwards a copy of such documentation to the state board no later than January 14 of the school year.

(c) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the school district finance and quality performance act. This section shall be applicable to school year 2012-2013 and each school year thereafter.

History: L. 2012, ch. 159, § 6; July 1.