Current through September 2, 2024
Section 08.02.03.106 - ADVANCED OPPORTUNITIES01.Advanced Opportunities Requirement. All high schools in Idaho shall be required to provide Advanced Opportunities, or provide opportunities for students to take courses at the postsecondary campus.02.Advanced Opportunities Early Graduation Scholarship Funding.a. Scholarship Calculation.i. The statewide average daily attendance-driven funding per enrolled pupil shall be calculated by adding the previous fiscal year's statewide distributions for salary-based apportionment, benefit apportionment and discretionary funds, and dividing the total by the previous year's statewide public school enrollment for all grades.ii. The statewide average daily attendance-driven funding per enrolled pupil shall be recalculated each fiscal year.iii. All benefits paid for scholarships and to public schools shall be based on the statewide average daily attendance-driven funding per enrolled pupil figure for the fiscal year in which the benefit is paid.b. Payments to Idaho Colleges and Universities.i. Annual scholarship payments will be made in one (1) installment during the first semester in which the student is enrolled, regardless of the number of years early the student graduated. Proof of enrollment in an Idaho public college or university must be obtained before any scholarship payment is made.ii. The State Department of Education will be responsible for making payments to the Idaho public colleges and universities attended by eligible students. The payments must be made no later than August 30 for the fall semester and January 30 for the spring semester.c. Payments to Public Schools. i. Public schools shall report to the State Department of Education, no later than June 15 of each school year, students who have graduated early.ii. The State Department of Education will make a single annual payment to public schools no later than October 1 of each year for all early graduates who are not attending the public school that school year as a result of early graduation.Idaho Admin. Code r. 08.02.03.106