Mo. Code Regs. tit. 5 § 30-660.090

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 5 CSR 30-660.090 - Charter School Local Education Agency (LEA) Attendance Hour Reporting

PURPOSE: This amendment extends the time frame for attendance data modifications for payment purposes due to the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on school attendance.

PURPOSE: This rule establishes policies and standards for charter school local education agencies (LEAs) for providing foundation formula and other attendance-based payments in accordance with Chapter 160, RSMo, to meet the needs of students and faculty due to the disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 on attendance during the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years.

(1) The following definitions apply to this rule:

(A) Average Daily Attendance (ADA): the quotient or the sum of the quotients obtained by dividing the total number of hours attended in a term by pupils between the ages of five (5) and twenty-one (21) by the actual number of hours school was in session in that term;

(B) First Preceding Year: The school year prior to the year attendance was impacted by COVID-19, specifically the 2019-2020 school year for the purpose of this rule; and

(C) Weighted Average Daily Attendance (WADA): The average daily attendance plus the product of twenty-five hundredths (0.25) multiplied by the free and reduced price lunch pupil count that exceeds the free and reduced price lunch threshold, plus the product of seventy-five (0.75) hundredths multiplied by the number of special education pupil count that exceeds the special education threshold, plus the product of six-tenths (0.6) multiplied by the number of limited English proficiency pupil count that exceeds the limited English proficiency threshold.

(2) For the purposes of state aid calculation outlined in section 160.415, RSMo, during the 2020-2021 school year, WADA for charter school LEAs shall be defined as the higher of the current year's WADA or the first preceding year's WADA. This provision is applicable for the 2020-2021 school year. During the 2021-2022 school year, WADA for charter school LEAs shall be defined as the higher of the current year's WADA, the 2020-2021 WADA, or the 2019-2020 WADA.

(3) For the purposes of other state aid calculations outlined in sections 163.043 and 163.087, RSMo, that rely on the 2020-2021 or 2021-2022 school year ADA or WADA, charter school LEAs may rely on the higher of the 2019-2020, 2020-2021, or 2021-2022 applicable ADA or WADA. This provision is applicable for the 2021-2022 and the 2022-2023 school years.

5 CSR 30-660.090

Amended by Missouri Register January 15, 2021/Volume 46, Number 2, effective 2/28/2021

Amended by Missouri Register November 1, 2022/Volume 47, Number 21, effective 12/31/2022