Montana Code 20-9-305. Proration and calculation of BASE funding program for joint district
20-9-305. Proration and calculation of BASE funding program for joint district. (1) In joint districts, the direct state aid of a joint district must be prorated among the counties in which any part of the joint district is located for the purpose of determining the amount of each source of revenue for the direct state aid for which each county is obligated. The proration of the joint district direct state aid must be calculated as follows:
Terms Used In Montana Code 20-9-305
- ANB: means the average number of regularly enrolled, full-time pupils physically attending a school of the district or an offsite instructional setting or receiving remote instruction from the public schools of a district. See Montana Code 20-1-101
- BASE: means base amount for school equity. See Montana Code 20-9-306
- BASE funding program: means the state program for the equitable distribution of the state's share of the cost of Montana's basic system of public elementary schools and high schools, through county equalization aid as provided in 20-9-331 and 20-9-333 and state equalization aid as provided in 20-9-343, in support of the BASE budgets of districts and special education allowable cost payments as provided in 20-9-321. See Montana Code 20-9-306
- Direct state aid: means 44. See Montana Code 20-9-306
- district: means the territory, regardless of county boundaries, organized under the provisions of this title to provide public educational services under the jurisdiction of the trustees prescribed by this title. See Montana Code 20-6-101
- fund: means a separate detailed account of receipts and expenditures for a specific purpose as authorized by law or by the superintendent of public instruction under the provisions of subsection (2). See Montana Code 20-9-201
- Pupil: means an individual who is admitted by the board of trustees pursuant to 20-5-101 and who is enrolled in a school established and maintained under the laws of the state at public expense. See Montana Code 20-1-101
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(a)Divide the joint district direct state aid by the ANB of the joint district to determine the per-ANB amount of the direct state aid.
(b)Determine the ANB for each county’s portion of the joint district on the basis of each pupil‘s resident county. When taken together, the sum of the ANB assigned to all the counties must equal the total ANB for the joint district.
(c)Multiply the per-ANB amount of the direct state aid determined in subsection (1)(a) by the ANB for each county’s portion, as determined in subsection (1)(b), to determine the portion of the direct state aid for each county.
(2)The portion of a joint district direct state aid for each county, as determined in subsection (1)(c), is a separate direct state aid amount in the county for the purposes of calculating the various revenues for the BASE funding program. After the calculation of the direct state aid revenues, the remainder of the general fund revenues must be calculated in accordance with the provisions for general fund financing.