72-6448. Enrollment of military pupils; determination, when. (a) As used in this section:

(1) "Pupil" means a person who is a dependent of a full-time active duty member of the military service or a dependent of a member of any of the United States military reserve forces who has been ordered to active duty under section 12301, 12302 or 12304 of Title 10 of the United States Code, or ordered to full-time active duty for a period of more than 30 consecutive days under section 502(f) or 512 of Title 32 of the United States Code for the purposes of mobilizing for war, international peacekeeping missions, national emergency or homeland defense activities.

(2) "School year" means school year 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017 or 2017-2018.

(b) Each school year, the state board shall:

(1) Determine the number of pupils enrolled in each district on September 20; and

(2) determine the number of military pupils enrolled in each district on February 20, who were not enrolled on the preceding September 20.

(c) (1) If the number obtained under subsection (b)(2) is 25 or more, an amount equal to the number obtained under subsection (b)(2) shall be added to the number determined under subsection (b)(1). The sum is the enrollment of the district.

(2) If the number obtained under subsection (b)(2) is at least 1% of the number determined under subsection (b)(1), an amount equal to the number obtained under subsection (b)(2) shall be added to the number determined under subsection (b)(1). The sum is the enrollment of the district.

(d) The state board shall recompute the adjusted enrollment of the district and the general fund budget of the school district based on the enrollment as determined under this section.

(e) Districts desiring to determine enrollment under this section shall submit any documentation or information required by the state board.

History: L. 2005, ch. 4, § 2; L. 2007, ch. 104, § 1; L. 2009, ch. 143, § 28; L. 2013, ch. 99, § 4; July 1.

Revisor's Note:

Section was also amended by L. 2009, ch. 60, § 1, but that version was repealed by L. 2009, ch. 143, § 37.