(a) The ALE funding amount shall be:

1. (1) The amount authorized by law; multiplied by
2. (2) The district’s eligible ALE students’ full-time equivalents (FTE) in the previous school year as defined in this part.

(c)

1. (1) An eligible ALE student’s FTE shall be calculated as follows:

   1. (A) The sum of the total number of days:

(i) An eligible ALE student attends an eligible ALE; plus

1. (ii) Absent while enrolled in an eligible ALE program; divided by

   1. (B) The number of school days actually taught in the district’s school year.

2. (2) If an eligible ALE student has less than six (6) hours per day of student/teacher interaction time in an eligible ALE, the student’s FTE shall be calculated as:

   1. (A) The result of the calculation in subsection (c); multiplied by
   2. (B) The number of hours that student is taught in an eligible ALE each day; divided by
   3. (C) Six (6) hours.
3. (3) In no case shall an eligible ALE student’s FTE be calculated as greater than one (1.0).

4. (4)

   1. (A) If an eligible ALE student is educated in an eligible ALE for fewer than twenty (20) consecutive days, no ALE funding may be paid for that student unless:

      1. (i) The student:

(b) (b) Is enrolled in an ALE for a combined total of twenty (20) or more consecutive days; or

1. (ii) The student is placed in a residential treatment program.

   1. (B) No school district may receive ALE funding for an eligible ALE student for any day the student is not enrolled in an eligible ALE in that district.

      1. (d) Each student participating in an ALE hybrid program for the required time specified in 6 CAR § 272-204(d)(3)(B) shall be counted as one-half (0.5) FTE for funding purposes.