HB473 Alabama 2016 Session

Under existing law, the annual apportioning of Foundation Program funds for education is determined by calculating the average number of students enrolled on a daily basis for the first 20 scholastic days following Labor Day of the preceding school year.

This bill revises existing law to require that the annual apportioning of funds be determined by calculating the average number of students enrolled on a daily basis for the first 20 scholastic days following Labor Day of the preceding school year and then adding or subtracting the change in ADM of the two preceding school years.

To amend Sections 16-13-231 and 16-13-232, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Foundation Program; to provide that the annual apportioning of funds be determined by calculating the average number of students enrolled on a daily basis for the first 20 scholastic days following Labor Day of the preceding school year and then adding or subtracting the change in ADM of the two preceding school years, depending on whether the system experienced an increase or decrease in enrollment between the two preceding school years.