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subsection 1 that are provided for subsidizable pupils who | | reside in the school administrative unit and who are educated | | at public expense for the current fiscal year. |
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| | | B.__For each fiscal year, which runs from July 1st to June | | 30th, allocations must be made in 4 quarterly payments on | | September 1st, December 1st, March 1st and June 1st. |
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| | | C.__The September payment under paragraph B must be based on | | the number of students enrolled or anticipated to be | | enrolled in the charter school at the opening of school for | | that school year, which cannot exceed the maximum enrollment | | approved in the charter agreement for that year unless a | | waiver is obtained from the chartering authority. |
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| | | D.__If the number of students calculated under paragraph C | | is higher or lower than the number of students in the | | following February of the school year, adjustments are to be | | made in the March payment under paragraph B, with 50% of the | | annual per pupil allocation to be added for additional | | students or subtracted if the total number of students is | | lower. |
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| | | 2.__Other subsidizable costs.__Public charter schools are | | entitled to receive state funds for other subsidizable costs as | | described in section 15681-A on a per-pupil basis, on the same | | schedule as listed in subsection 1, for transportation, | | vocational education and special education costs.__Public charter | | schools may contract or cooperate with public schools for such | | services. |
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| | | 3.__Special education costs.__Public charter schools are | | entitled to receive state funding for the special education costs | | as described in section 15681-A, subsection 2 and as described in | | section 15689-A, subsections 1 and 2 on the same basis as schools | | in a school administrative unit. |
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| | | 4.__Other sources of funding.__A charter school may receive | | other state and federal aid, grants and revenue through its | | chartering authority, or through the State in the case of Title I | | of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 20 | | United States Code, Section 6301 et seq. and similar programs.__A | | charter school may be considered a local education agency for | | purposes of applying for competitive federal grants.__The charter | | school may receive gifts and grants from private sources in | | whatever manner is available to school administrative units. |
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| | | 5.__No taxing or bonding authority.__A charter school may not | | levy taxes or issue bonds secured by tax revenues. |
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