72-5139. Same; enrollment adjustment for military students. (a) Each school year, the state board shall:

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

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

(b) If the number obtained under subsection (a)(2) is 25 or more, or such number is at least 1% of the number determined under subsection (a)(1), an amount equal to the number obtained under subsection (a)(2) shall be added to the number determined under subsection (a)(1). The resulting sum is the enrollment of the school district.

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

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

(e) As used in this section, the term "military student" 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 10 U.S.C. §§ 12301, 12302 or 12304, or ordered to full-time active duty for a period of more than 30 consecutive days under 32 U.S.C. §§ 502(f) or 512 for the purposes of mobilizing for war, international peacekeeping missions, national emergency or homeland defense activities.

History: L. 2017, ch. 95, § 11; July 1.