Section 511 IAC 1-3-1 - DefinitionsAuthority: IC 20-19-2-8
Affected: IC 20-33-2
Sec. 1.
(a) "ADA flat grant" means the distribution of funds provided for in IC 21-3-4.5 [ IC 21-3-4.5 was repealed by P.L. 246-2005, SECTION 227, effective January 1, 2006.].(b) "Additional pupil count" or "APC" means the number of pupils enrolled in programs as specified in IC 21-3-2.1 [ IC 21-3 was repealed by P.L. 2-2006, SECTION 199, effective July 1, 2006.].(c) "Aggregate days of attendance" means the total days of attendance accumulated by all students enrolled in grades K-12.(d) "Aggregate days of enrollment" means the total student instructional days of enrollment accumulated by all students in grades K-12 during the regular school year.(e) "Aggregate days of unexcused absence" means the total days of unexcused absence accumulated by all students under eighteen (18) years of age enrolled in grades kindergarten through 12.(f) "Average daily attendance" or "ADA" means the result of dividing the number of aggregate days of attendance for the reporting period by the number of student instructional days during the reporting period.(g) "Average daily enrollment" means the result of dividing the aggregate days of enrollment by the number of student instructional days during the regular school year.(h) "Average daily membership" or "ADM" means the number of pupils with legal settlement in the school corporation enrolled in the school corporation or in a transferee corporation on the second Friday following Labor Day. Kindergarten pupils attending half-time or more shall be counted as one-half (1/2). Beginning in the 2004-2005 school year, the ADM shall be adjusted on December 1 of that same year. The board shall monitor changes that occur after the ADM count, in the number of students enrolled in programs for children with disabilities, and shall, on December 1 of that same year and, beginning in the 2004-2005 school year, on April 1 of the following calendar year, make an adjusted count of students enrolled in programs for children with disabilities.(i) "Board" means the Indiana state board of education.(j) "Department" means the department of education.(k) "Postgraduate student" means a person who has received a high school diploma or its equivalent.(l) "Reporting period" means:(1) for purposes of determining ADA for the ADA flat grant, the three (3) week period beginning the first Monday following Labor Day;(2) for purposes of determining ADA for the regular school year, the period beginning the first day of the regular school year and ending the last day of the regular school year;(3) for purposes of determining ADA for summer school, the period beginning the first day of the summer school session and ending the last day of the summer school session; and(4) for other purposes, the period determined by the board.(m) "Student attendance rate" means the result of dividing the number of aggregate days of attendance for the regular school year by the number of aggregate days of enrollment.(n) "Truancy rate" means the result of dividing the number of aggregate days of unexcused absence for the regular school year by the number of aggregate days of enrollment.(o) "Unexcused absence" means an absence from school that is:(1) not authorized by the local school administrator or local school corporation rule; and(2) a violation of IC 20-33-2. An out-of-school suspension is not an unexcused absence.
Indiana State Board of Education; Rule A-1, Sec 1; filed May 8, 1978, 3:21 p.m.: Rules and Regs. 1979, p. 78; filed Mar 15, 1988, 10:45 a.m.: 11 IR 2857; readopted filed Oct 12, 2001, 12:55 p.m.: 25 IR 937; filed Jun 22, 2004, 5:15 p.m.: 27 IR 3504; filed Oct 22, 2004, 10:25 a.m.: 28 IR 965; errata filed Jul 11, 2005, 10:00 a.m.: 28 IR 3306; readopted filed Nov 28, 2011, 3:20 p.m.: 20111228-IR-511110558RFAReadopted filed 11/16/2017, 1:20 p.m.: 20171213-IR-511170398RFAReadopted filed 11/28/2023, 1:27 p.m.: 20231227-IR-511230447RFATransferred from the Commission on General Education (510 IAC 2-1-1) to the Indiana State Board of Education (511 IAC 1-3-1) by P.L. 20-1984, SECTION 206. Effective July 1, 1984.