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2	2		Sixty-ninth
3	3		Legislative Assembly
4	4		of North Dakota
5	5		Introduced by
6	6		Representatives Jonas, Meier, Murphy, Richter, Hager
7	7		Senator Boschee
8	8		A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 15.1-27-03.1 of the North Dakota Century
9	9		Code, relating to the determination of weighted average daily membership; to provide an
10	10		effective date; and to declare an emergency.
11	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
12	12		SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 15.1-27-03.1 of the North Dakota Century Code is
13	13		amended and reenacted as follows:
14	14		15.1-27-03.1. Weighted average daily membership - Determination.
15	15		1.For each school district, the superintendent of public instruction shall multiply by:
16	16		a.1.00 the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in an extended
17	17		educational program in accordance with section 15.1-32-17;
18	18		b.0.60 the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in a summer education
19	19		program, including a migrant summer education program;
20	20		c.0.40 the number of full-time equivalent students who:
21	21		(1)On a test of English language proficiency approved by the superintendent of
22	22		public instruction are determined to be least proficient and placed in the first
23		-	of six categories of proficiencytest in the first, second, and third levels of
24		-	proficiency; and
	23	+	of six categories of proficiency; and
25	24		(2)Are enrolled in a program of instruction for English language learners;
26		-	d.0.280.10 the number of full-time equivalent students who:
	25	+	d.0.280.40 the number of full-time equivalent students who:
27	26		(1)On a test of English language proficiency approved by the superintendent of
28	27		public instruction are determined to be more proficient than students placed
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	28	+	in the first of six categories of proficiency and therefore placed in the second
	29	+	of six categories of proficiency; and
	30	+	(2)Are enrolled in a program of instruction for English language learners;
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54		-	in the first of six categoriestest in the fourth level of proficiency and therefore
55		-	placed in the second of six categories of proficiency; and
56		-	(2)Are enrolled in a program of instruction for English language learners;
57	58		e.0.25 the number of full-time equivalent students under the age of twenty-one
58	59		enrolled in grades nine through twelve in an alternative high school;
59	60		f.0.20 the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in a home-based
60	61		education program and monitored by the school district under chapter 15.1-23;
61	62		g.0.17 the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in an early childhood
62	63		special education program;
63	64		h.0.15 the number of full-time equivalent students in grades six through eight
64	65		enrolled in an alternative education program for at least an average of fifteen
65	66		hours per week;
66	67		i.0.10 the number of students enrolled in average daily membership, if the district
67	68		has fewer than one hundred students enrolled in average daily membership and
68	69		the district consists of an area greater than two hundred seventy-five square
69	70		miles [19424.9 hectares], provided that any school district consisting of an area
70	71		greater than six hundred square miles [155399 hectares] and enrolling fewer than
71	72		fifty students in average daily membership must be deemed to have an
72	73		enrollment equal to fifty students in average daily membership;
73	74		j.0.088 the number of students enrolled in average daily membership, in order to
74	75		support the provision of special education services;
75	76		k.0.070.40 the number of full-time equivalent students who:
76	77		(1)On a test of English language proficiency approved by the superintendent of
77	78		public instruction are determined to be more proficient than students placed
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79		-	~~the~~ third of six ~~categorieslevel~~ of proficiency;
	79	+	in the second of six categories of proficiency and therefore placed in the
	80	+	third of six categories of proficiency;
80	81		(2)Are enrolled in a program of instruction for English language learners; and
81	82		(3)Have not been in the third of six categories of proficiency for more than
82	83		three years;
83	84		l.0.025 the number of students representing that percentage of the total number of
84	85		students in average daily membership which is equivalent to the three-year
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	86	+	average percentage of students in grades three through eight who are eligible for
	87	+	free or reduced lunches under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act
	88	+	[42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.];
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118		-	average percentage of students in grades three through eight who are eligible for
119		-	free or reduced lunches under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act
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121	122		m.0.002 the number of students enrolled in average daily membership in a school
122	123		district that is a participating member of a regional education association meeting
123	124		the requirements of chapter 15.1-09.1;
124	125		n.1.0 the number of students by which the district's September tenth enrollment
125	126		report exceeds the number of students in the prior year's average daily
126	127		membership; and
127	128		o.For districts paid based on September tenth enrollment in the prior year, 1.00 the
128	129		number of students determined by deducting the number of students in the prior
129	130		year's September tenth enrollment from the prior year's average daily
130	131		membership. If the prior year's September tenth enrollment exceeds the prior
131	132		year's average daily membership, then a deduction of 1.00 the number of excess
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133	134		2.The superintendent of public instruction shall determine each school district's weighted
134	135		average daily membership by adding the products derived under subsection 1 to the
135	136		district's average daily membership.
136	137		SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act is effective July 1, 2025.
137	138		SECTION 3. EMERGENCY. This Act is declared to be an emergency measure.
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