Section 327.358 - Small school district grants; rules(1) In addition to those moneys distributed through the State School Fund, the Department of Education shall award grants to small school districts with one or more small high schools from moneys appropriated to the department from the Small School District Supplement Fund.(2) The amount of each grant = the small high school's ADM × (the total amount available for the grants in each fiscal year ÷ the total ADM of all small high schools).(3) A small school district shall receive a grant under this section for each small high school operated by the school district.(4) Notwithstanding the ADMw requirements of ORS 327.356 (2), if two or more school districts merge and, prior to the merger, at least one of the school districts qualified as a small school district under ORS 327.356 and the school district received a grant for one or more small high schools as provided under this section, the Department of Education shall continue to award a grant to the school district for each high school that qualified as a small high school prior to the merger even if the district no longer satisfies the ADMw requirements of ORS 327.356 (2) as long as the high school continues to satisfy the ADM requirements identified in ORS 327.356 (1).(5) The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules necessary for the administration of this section.Amended by 2023 Ch. 332,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2024.