1.__Allocation year.__"Allocation year" means the year that subsidy is distributed to school administrative units.

2.__Clerical staff.__"Clerical staff" means full-time public school secretaries, as documented in the department's database.

3.__Economically disadvantaged students.__"Economically disadvantaged students" means students who are included in the department's count of students who are eligible for free or reduced-price meals or free milk or both.

4.__Education technician.__"Education technician" means a full-time public teacher aide or education technician I, associate teacher or education technician II or assistant teacher or education technician III but not a special education technician I, II or III, as documented in the department's database.

5.__Elementary free or reduced-price meals percentage.__ "Elementary free or reduced-price meals percentage" means the percentage, as determined by the commissioner, that reflects either:

A.__The actual percentage of elementary students in a school administrative unit who are eligible to receive free or reduced-price meals or free milk or both; or

B.__The commissioner's estimated percentage of elementary students in a school administrative unit who are eligible to receive free or reduced-price meals or free milk or both.

6.__Elementary grades.__"Elementary grades" means kindergarten to grade 8 and includes children enrolled in early kindergarten programs and 4-year-old children enrolled in a 2-year childhood education program prior to grade one.

7.__Elementary school level.__"Elementary school level" means the grades from kindergarten to grade 5 and includes early kindergarten programs and 2-year childhood education programs enrolling 4-year-old children prior to grade one.

8.__Essential programs and services.__"Essential programs and services" means those educational resources that are identified in this chapter that enable all students to meet the standards in the 8 content standard subject areas of the system of learning results established in chapter 222.