Montana § 20-9-335 - Formula For Apportionment Of County Equalization Money
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§ 20-9-335. Formula For Apportionment Of County Equalization Money
Formula for apportionment of county equalization money. (1) The superintendent of public instruction shall calculate the apportionment of revenue available in the elementary and high school county equalization funds in accordance with the following procedure: (a) determine the percentage that the county equalization money available for the support of the elementary direct state aid of the districts in the county is of the total elementary direct state aid of all districts in the county; (b) multiply the elementary direct state aid amount of each district by the percentage determined in subsection (1)(a) to determine the portion of the county equalization money available to each school district. (2) The procedure in subsection (1) must also be applied for the high school direct state aid. (3) Territory situated within a county may not be excluded from the calculations of the county equalization money under this section solely because the territory lies within the boundaries of a joint district. Cash balances to the credit of any district at the end of a school fiscal year may not be considered in the apportionment procedure prescribed in this section. (4) The county equalization money reported under these procedures is the first source of revenue for financing the elementary and high school direct state aid payments.
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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