SPONSOR: Miller
For purposes of school funding, this bill defines "Gifted education pupil count", as the number of pupils who qualify as gifted, as gifted children are defined in section 162.675, RSMo, and who are enrolled and have participated in a state-approved gifted education program provided by the school district by June first of the immediately preceding school year.
Beginning on July 1, 2026, State funding for public schools will include in the calculation for weighted average daily attendance and weighted enrollment the product of six-tenths multiplied by the number of the district's gifted education pupil count.
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