1. 1. Except as provided in subsection 3 of this section, each special district formed under provisions of sections 162.670 to 162.999 shall receive an amount for each eligible pupil equal to the sum of the amounts received by all districts comprising the special district for the current school year under provisions of section 163.031, RSMo, divided by the total number of eligible pupils in the schools of such districts. A student enrolled in classes or programs in both the special district and a component district or a pupil enrolled in a local district who needs itinerant or temporary services provided by the special district shall continue his enrollment in the local district for purposes of apportionment of state aid on average daily attendance. The special district may include the pupil in classes approved for special categorical aid. The district providing transportation may claim state transportation aid.
2. 2. Any special school district which is in a county of the first classification which has a population greater than nine hundred thousand is entitled to apportionment of state aid even though the tax rate levied by the special school district is less than that required by section 163.021, RSMo.
3. 3. For the purposes of determining state aid pursuant to section 163.031, RSMo, the operating levy for school purposes of a school district within any special school district which is not in a county of the first classification which has a population greater than nine hundred thousand shall include the operating levy for school purposes of the special school district in which such school district is located, and the district's number of eligible pupils shall reflect the average daily attendance of all pupils resident in the district and educated by the district or by the special school district, or both. The department shall pay the funds so calculated to the school district and the special school district, respectively, in the same proportion as the school district's operating levy or special school district's operating levy, respectively, bears to the total of the operating levies of the school district and the special school district, except this distribution shall not decrease any district's allocation of formula money per eligible pupil below that which the district received for the 1992-93 school year. Such state aid shall constitute foundation formula state aid provided to such special school district pursuant to section 163.031, RSMo.

(L. 1973 H.B. 474 § 58, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1441, A.L. 1998 S.B. 781)