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types of State funding distributed to a State charter school can be divided conceptually into several main categories: (i) General Education Revenue, (ii) transportation revenue, (iii) special education revenue, (iv) Building Lease Aid, (v) compensatory aid, and(vi) other state funding. General Education Revenue. General Education Revenue is paid to a charter school as though it were a traditional school district. The amount is distributed from the State through a statutory formula. In Minnesota, funding is determined by pupil units, or a Minnesota resident pupil under age 21. The system of pupil units,as defined by Minn. Stat. §126C.05 subd. 1,is applied to a charter school by first determining the Average Daily Membership of students in each grade level. Average Daily Membership is a pupil count that reflects actual student enrollment over the school year. It is determined by calculating the sum for all pupils of the number of days in the charter school's school year that each pupil is enrolled, divided by the number of days the charter school is in session. In the 2013 Legislative session, the State Legislature changed the Average Daily Membership formula to create funding for all-day every-day kindergarten. The new formula went into effect for fiscal year 2017. For fiscal year 2017 and thereafter, the Average Daily Membership is multiplied by the following factor to determine the pupil units: (i) a kindergarten pupil who is enrolled in a free all-day, every day kindergarten program available to all kindergarten pupils at the pupil's school is counted as 1.0 pupil units; (ii) a kindergarten pupil that is not enrolled in a free all-day, every day kindergarten program available to all kindergarten pupils at the pupil's school is counted as .55 pupil units. (iii) a pupil in grades 1-6 is counted as 1.0 pupil units; (iv) a pupil in grades 7-12 is counted as 1.2 pupil units; (v) a pupil in postsecondary enrollment programs is counted as .12 units. Under Minnesota law, basic revenue for each district equals the formula allowance multiplied by the adjusted marginal cost pupil units for the school year. The State Legislature generally determines the amount of aid per pupil in odd numbered years. For the 2021 legislative session, the legislature increased the formula allowance by 2.45%for fiscal year 2021-2022 and 2.0%for fiscal year 2022-2023,resulting in state per pupil funding of$6,727 and $6,863 for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 fiscal years, respectively. The amount of aid per pupil unit for the next school year, the current school year, and the past ten fiscal school years, as provided by the State Legislature, is as shown on the following table: State Per Pupil Fiscal Year Funding' 2022-2023 $603 2021-2022 6,727 2020-2021 6,566 2019-2020 6,438 2018-2019 6,312 2017-2018 608 2016-2017 6,067 2015-2016 5,948 2014-2015 5,831 2013-2014 5,302 2012-2013 5,224 2011-2012 55174 2010-2011 5,124 *Reflects the basic formula allowance only, including transportation. Excluded components include sparsity, operating capital, training&experience, equity, referendum equalization, and gifted&talented. 38