Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 10 - EDUCATION › Chapter 10.20 - AVERAGE NUMBER BELONGING (ANB) › Subchapter 10.20.1 - ANB › Rule 10.20.104 - ANTICIPATED UNUSUAL ENROLLMENT INCREASE - ANB CALCULATION

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
(1) School district
				trustees may apply to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for increased
				ANB for unusual elementary or high school enrollment increases that exceed the
				lesser of 4% or 40 students of the enrollment in the fiscal year prior to the
				year for which the increase is requested. Elementary district and high school
				district calculations are always separate. In the case of a K-12 district, make
				separate enrollment calculations for the elementary and high school levels of
				the K-12 district.
(2) The
				eligibility for ANB for the ensuing school fiscal year due to anticipated
				unusual elementary or high school enrollment increases will be computed as
				follows pursuant to
				20-9-314,
				MCA:
(a) Estimate the district's anticipated
				enrollment for the next October count using information known to be accurate at
				the time the estimate is made. By budget unit: [(estimated enrollment for first
				Monday in October) - (estimated kindergarten enrollment for students receiving
				less than 180 hours of pupil instruction time per school year) - (one-half
				estimated kindergarten enrollment for students enrolled in a half-time
				kindergarten program and receiving 180 hours or more of pupil instruction time
				per school year) - (estimated part-time enrollment for students in grades FTK
				through 12 receiving less than 180 hours of pupil instruction time per school
				year) - (0.75 times the part-time estimated enrollment for students in grades
				FTK through 12 receiving 180 through 359 hours of pupil instruction time per
				school year) - (0.50 times the estimated part-time enrollment for students in
				grades FTK through 12 receiving 360 through 539 hours of pupil instruction time
				per school year) - (0.25 times estimated part-time enrollment for students in
				grades FTK through 12 receiving 540 through 719 hours of pupil instruction time
				per school year) - (estimated enrolled students reaching 19 years of age by
				September 10 of the school year) - (0.50 times estimated students enrolled in
				MT youth challenge) ]. This is anticipated enrollment (AE).
(b) Determine the adjusted and averaged
				enrollment counts for October and February of the current school year using the
				calculation in ARM
				10.20.102 ( 16)(a)(i). The average
				of the October and February adjusted enrollment counts is current year
				enrollment (CYE).
(c) Determine the
				anticipated enrollment increase (AEI) by subtracting the current year
				enrollment from the anticipated enrollment. AEI = AE - CYE.
(d) Determine the anticipated increase in
				enrollment as a percentage of the current year enrollment by dividing the AEI
				calculated in (2)(c) by the current year enrollment. AEI divided by CYE = %
				increase.
(e) If the anticipated
				increase in enrollment calculated in (c) exceeds 40 students or, if the
				anticipated increase in enrollment as a percentage of the current year
				enrollment calculated in (d) exceeds 4%, the Superintendent of Public
				Instruction shall approve the district's use of the AEI as determined in (3) in
				place of the current ANB for purposes of determining general fund payments and
				budget limitations in accordance with
				20-9-311,
				MCA, to establish the ensuing year's BASE funding program and entitlement
				calculations in accordance with
				20-9-314(5),
				MCA.