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Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-18-107: Definitions

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  1. OK Code
  2. Title 70

As used in this title:

1. "Average Daily Attendance" (ADA) means the legal average

number of pupils, early childhood education programs through grade

twelve, in a school district during a school year as determined

pursuant to the provisions of Section 18-111 of this title. A day

of school for early childhood education programs and kindergarten

shall be at least two and one-half (2 1/2) hours and, for early

childhood education, may be six (6) hours.

2. "Average Daily Membership" (ADM) means the average number of

pupils present and absent in a school district during a school year.

Average Daily Membership shall be calculated by dividing the sum of

the pupil's total days present and total days absent by the number

of days taught.

a. A pupil who has been absent without excuse ten (10)

consecutive days shall be taken off the roll beginning

the eleventh day and thereafter shall not be

considered in a district's average daily membership

calculation until the pupil is placed on the roll in

the district. For the purpose of this paragraph,

consecutive days means days for which enrollment is

recorded.

b. A pupil enrolled in a statewide virtual charter school

who is behind pace and has not completed instructional

activity as defined by Section 3-145.8 of this title

for a fifteen-school-day period, without excuse as

authorized by Section 10-105 of this title, shall be

taken off the roll beginning the sixteenth day and

thereafter shall not be considered in the virtual

charter school's Average Daily Membership calculation

until the pupil is placed on the roll in the virtual

charter school.

3. "Total Adjusted Assessed Valuation" means the sum of public

service property assessed valuation, personal property assessed

valuation and real property assessed valuation as adjusted pursuant

to the provisions of Section 18-109.1 of this title.

4. "Eighty-five percent (85%) of maximum allowable", for the

purpose of assessing class size penalty pursuant to Sections 18-

113.1 and 18-113.2 of this title, means eighty-five percent (85%) of

ten percent (10%) of the preceding year's net assessed valuation of

a school district. The calculation of indebtedness as provided for

in paragraph a of subsection G of Section 18-113.1 and subparagraph

a of paragraph 4 of subsection A of Section 18-113.2 of this title

shall include the outstanding principal amount of bonds issued by

the school district plus the principal amount of any bonds

authorized by a vote of the people for issuance but not yet issued

by the school district.

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