15-797. Financial provisions for pupils in
alternative education programs
A. School districts may count pupils for daily attendance as provided in section
15-901 who are not actually and physically in attendance in a recognized common or high
school but who are enrolled in and actually and physically in attendance in an
alternative education program which is provided by any public body or private person and
which meets the standards that the state board of education and the governing board
prescribe for the course of study given in the common and high schools.
B. The governing board of a school district shall prescribe procedures for
verifying the attendance of pupils enrolled in an alternative education program which is
provided by any public body or private person.
C. The governing board may make payments for the cost of the education of pupils as
provided in this article not to exceed the cost per student count as provided in section
15-824, subsection G.
D. School districts operating alternative schools pursuant to this section and
charter schools operating on approved alternative calendars pursuant to section 15-183
may count pupils as having attended full time in any week for which the pupil was
enrolled in and physically attended at least twenty hours of instruction during that
week.
E. School districts operating alternative schools pursuant to this section and
charter schools operating on approved alternative calendars pursuant to section 15-183
shall comply with the annual hours of instruction requirement pursuant to section 15-901.
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