Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 10 - EDUCATION › Chapter 10.22 - SPENDING AND RESERVE LIMITS › Subchapter 10.22.2 - Budget Amendments › Rule 10.22.204 - BUDGET AMENDMENT LIMITATION

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
(1) When
				the budget amendment is for increased enrollment, the maximum amount of the
				budget amendment for each fund affected must be determined as follows:
(a) Determine the final budget for the
				current school fiscal year of each fund affected by the enrollment increase
				(less any amounts appropriated for capital outlay and any amounts appropriated
				for addition to the operating reserve).
(b) Divide the amount determined in (1) (a)
				by the prior fiscal year enrollment used to calculate budgeted ANB in
				accordance with
				20-9-311,
				MCA, and ARM
				10.20.102. The resulting per-pupil
				cost is the maximum permissible per-pupil expenditure for the budget
				amendment.
(c) Determine the total
				enrollment increase for the current year in accordance with ARM
				10.20.105(1) (a) through
				(c). The enrollment count for the current
				year that will be used to calculate an increase in enrollment will be the
				October enrollment count as reported to OPI on the fall report or, for
				petitions received after February 1, the February count reported to OPI on the
				spring enrollment report.
(d)
				Multiply the cost per pupil determined in (1) (b) by the enrollment increase
				determined in (1) (c). The result is the maximum limitation on a budget
				amendment for amendments resulting from enrollment increases.
(e) In no case may the district adopt a
				budget amendment for an enrollment increase that causes the district to exceed
				the maximum general fund budget as adjusted by the Superintendent of Public
				Instruction in accordance with
				20-9-163,
				MCA. The maximum general fund budget will be adjusted as follows:
(i) Determine the enrollment increase for
				each budget unit within the elementary level or the high school level in
				accordance with ARM
				10.20.105(2)
				(b).
(ii) Prorate the total enrollment increase
				for the current year determined in (1) (c) to each budget unit by multiplying
				the total enrollment increase by the ratio of the enrollment increase by budget
				unit determined in (1) (e) (i) to the total enrollment increase determined in
				(1) (c). Round the result of the calculation to the nearest hundredth
				(.xx).
(iii) Determine the current
				year's adjusted ANB used to adjust the maximum general fund budget for each
				budget unit by:
(A) summing the prior year
				enrollment as defined in ARM
				10.20.105(1) (b) 
				by budget unit and the enrollment increase by budget unit as calculated in (1)
				(e) (ii) ;
(B) multiplying the sum
				in (1) (e) (iii) (A) by the total of PI days and PIR days approved for the
				current year, and dividing the total by 180; and
(C) rounding the ANB up to the nearest whole
				number.
(iv) Calculate
				the basic entitlement and total per-ANB entitlement using the adjusted ANB as
				calculated in (1) (e) (iii) (C).
(v) Subtract the basic entitlement and total
				per-ANB entitlement calculated using the ANB based on the prior year average
				enrollment from the basic entitlement and total per-ANB entitlement calculated
				in (1) (e) (iv).
(vi) Determine the
				adjusted maximum general fund budget by adding the amount calculated in (1) (e)
				(v) to the current year maximum general fund budget reported on the budget form
				for the current fiscal year.