New Jersey § 18a:7f-49
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§ 18a:7f-49.
The commissioner shall determine, based on the standards established pursuant to section
4 of this act, 1 a base per pupil amount, and shall develop appropriate weights reflecting the differing
costs of providing education at the kindergarten, elementary, middle school, and high
school levels, which weights shall be applied in determining a district's base cost
as set forth in section 8 of this act. 2 The base per pupil amount for the 2008-2009 school year shall be $9,649. The weight for kindergarten shall be 0.5 in the case of a pupil enrolled in a half-day
kindergarten program and 1.0 in the case of a pupil enrolled in a full-day kindergarten
program, and shall be 1.0 for the elementary (grades 1-5) level, 1.04 for the middle
school (grades 6-8) level, and 1.17 for the high school (grades 9-12) level. The base per pupil amount shall be adjusted by the CPI in the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011
school years as required pursuant to subsection b. of section 4 of this act. For subsequent school years, the base per pupil amount and the grade level weights
shall be established in the Educational Adequacy Report, with the base per pupil amount
adjusted by the CPI for each of the two school years following the first school year
to which the report is applicable. 1
N.J.S.A. § 18A:7F-46. 2
N.J.S.A. § 18A:7F-50.
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