| | | 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. |
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| | | 7-A.__EPS per-pupil rate.__"EPS per-pupil rate" means the rate | | calculated under section 15676 or 15676-A, as applicable. |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | 9. Essential programs and services transition percentage. | | "Essential programs and services transition percentage" means the | full estimated cost for all essential programs and services for | that fiscal year that will be funded by a state contribution or | by a required local contribution | | calculated pursuant to section 15671, subsection 7, paragraph A. |
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| | | 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 |
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