1. Beginning in fiscal year 2003-04, a school administrative unit would receive an adjustment to its state subsidy on a per capita basis for each student of limited proficiency in English placed in an approved transitional instruction program. State payments to school administrative units must be made during the year of allocation as a single payment.

2. The adjustment would be calculated using a weighted average student count with a 3-tiered differential weighting scheme based on the number of students placed in an approved transitional instruction program in the unit and the averaging of the 2 most recent student census counts.

3. The funds disbursed for this adjustment are limited to the amount appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose and payments to units must be prorated if the amount appropriated is insufficient to make full payments to all units. If additional appropriations are not provided for this disbursement, the Department of Education may not redistribute existing appropriations for general purpose aid to local schools for this adjustment.

4. The Commissioner of Education is directed to revise the forms provided to school administrative units and private schools so that the annual student counts required each school year can include the count of all students placed in an approved transitional instruction program beginning with the April 15, 2003 student count. The commissioner is also directed to provide notice to all superintendents and private school principals that, beginning with the April 15, 2003 student count, each school administrative unit and private school is required to specify the number of students placed in an approved transitional instruction program as part of the annual student counts.