Pursuant to authority in Mississippi Code 37-19-51 for the purpose of calculating Minimum Education allotments, the State Department of Education is authorized to change the monthly attendance data reporting from scholastic months to calendar months to begin with the 1993-94 school year. The reporting months shall be defined as following:
September | 1st month Report | Shall include the number of days school is in session in the calendar month of August, if applicable, plus the number of days school is in session in the calendar month of September. |
October | 2nd month Report | Shall include the number of days school is in session in the calendar month of October. |
November | 3rd month Report | Shall include the number of days school is in session in the calendar month of November. |
December | 4th month Report | Shall include the number of days school is in session in the calendar month of December. |
January | 5th month Report | Shall include the number of days school is in session in the calendar month of January. |
February | 6th month Report | Shall include the number of days school is in session in the calendar month of February. |
March | 7th month Report | Shall include the number of days school is in session in the calendar month of March. |
April | 8th month Report | Shall include the number of days school is in session in the calendar month of April. |
May | 9th month Report | Shall include the number of days school is in session in the calendar month of May plus the number of days school is in session in the calendar month of June, if applicable. |
The second and third months | Shall be defined as the reporting months of October and November. | |
The first six (6) months | Shall be defined as the reporting months of September through February. | |
The nine months | Shall be defined as the months of September through May |
7 Miss. Code. R. 3-57.1