(a) The ELL funding amount shall be:
- (1) The amount authorized by law; multiplied by
- (2) The district’s identified ELL students in the current school year.
- (b) The number of identified ELL students shall be a total of all students identified as not proficient in the English language based upon the statewide Entrance and Exit Procedures criteria, including an approved English proficiency assessment instrument.
(c)
- (1) The number of identified ELL students used for the funding calculation will be the Cycle 2 data submitted to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education each school year.
- (2) Districts must also have a clear APSCN Language Minority Student Error Report in order for funds to be released by the division.
- (d) An ELL student shall be counted as no more than one (1) student for ELL funding purposes.