House Bill 1195 Summary

• Defines "average daily membership" (ADM) as total student enrollment divided by instructional days, replacing average daily attendance (ADA) as the basis for MAEP funding calculations beginning with fiscal year 2021-2022.

• Requires the State Auditor to conduct actual student counts in months two and three of each school year with no advance notice, and to certify discrepancies to the State Department of Education for funding adjustments.

• Establishes a 90% attendance threshold: districts funded on ADM must revert to ADA-based funding if actual attendance falls below 90% of their ADM.

• Changes the minimum school term definition from 63% to 60% of the normal school day for both teachers and pupils in regular attendance.

• Removes the provision that a compulsory-school-age child absent more than 37% of the instructional day must be considered absent for the entire day.