| | 9-A.__Gifted and talented costs.__"Gifted and talented costs" | means the cost of programs for gifted and talented students that | have been approved by the commissioner. |
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| | 10. Grade 9 to 12 portion. "Grade 9 to 12 portion" means | those pupils in the secondary grades or high school level. |
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| | 11. Guidance staff. "Guidance staff" means full-time | equivalent public guidance counselors, directors of guidance or | school social workers, as documented in the department's | database. |
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| | 12. Health staff. "Health staff" means full-time equivalent | public school nurses, as documented in the department's database. |
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| | 13. High school level. "High school level" means grade 9 to | grade 12. |
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| | 13-A.__Institutional resident.__"Institutional resident" means | a person between 5 years of age and 20 years of age who is | attending a public school of the school administrative unit and | who is committed or otherwise legally admitted to and residing at | a state-operated institution.__"Institutional resident" does not | include students attending private facilities, regardless of the | means of placement. |
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| | 14. Income weight. "Income weight" means a value between zero | and one that is used to adjust a municipality's ratio of local | median household income to the statewide median household income. | The income weight plus the property weight, as defined in | subsection 24, must total one. |
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| | 15. Kindergarten to grade 8 portion. "Kindergarten to grade 8 | portion" means those pupils in the elementary grades or a | combination of the elementary school level and middle school | level. |
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| | 16. Kindergarten to grade 2 student. "Kindergarten to grade | 2 student" means a student in any grade from prekindergarten to | grade 2 who is at least 5 4 years old on October 15th of the | school year. |
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| | 17. Librarian. "Librarian" means a full-time equivalent | public librarian or media specialist, as documented in the | department's database. |
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| | 18. Limited English proficiency student. "Limited English | proficiency student" means a student who was not born in the | United States or whose native language is a language other than | English and who satisfies the definition of a limited English |
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