2005 Idaho Code - 33-1002G — PROFESSIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOL ADDED COST UNITS

                                  TITLE  33
                                  EDUCATION
                                  CHAPTER 10
                            FOUNDATION PROGRAM --
                          STATE AID -- APPORTIONMENT
    33-1002G.  PROFESSIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOL ADDED COST UNITS. School
districts may establish professional-technical schools that qualify for
funding appropriated for the specific purpose of supporting the added cost of
professional-technical schools. These funds will be appropriated to the state
board for professional-technical education, to be expended by the division of
professional-technical education. The amount of the professional-technical
school added cost unit would be calculated as an additional .33 secondary
units based on full-time equivalent average daily attendance at an approved
professional-technical school. In order for a school to qualify for funding as
a professional-technical school, it must make application to the division of
professional-technical education on or before the first Friday in July for the
following fiscal year. For fiscal year 1999, applications must be made by May
1. All school programs must have a professional-technical component and meet
at least four (4) of the five (5) following criteria:
    (1)  The school serves students from two (2) or more high school
attendance zones with a minimum of fifteen percent (15%) of the total student
body residing in attendance zones apart from the attendance zone of the
majority of students.
    (2)  The school offers a majority of its class offerings as dual credit
opportunities in conjunction with an accredited institution of higher
education.
    (3)  All school programs involve at least one (1) supervised field
experience.
    (4)  The school is administered and funded as a distinct school separate
from schools that qualify for computation as regular secondary support units.
    (5)  The school is to be located at a separate site from regular high
school facilities.
Hardship exemptions for the separate site requirement may be granted by the
state board of education.
    For funding purposes, students in attendance at a qualifying
professional-technical school will be reported in full or half days. The state
board of education will develop rules that will determine funding in instances
where students attend a professional-technical school on a regular basis, but
in increments of time that total less than 2.5 hours per day.