Section 33-319 - RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS — RURAL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.

ID Code § 33-319 (2019) (N/A)
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33-319. RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS — RURAL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS. (1) A school district shall be considered a rural school district if it meets one (1) of the following two (2) criteria:

(a) There are fewer than twenty (20) enrolled students per square mile within the area encompassed by the school district’s boundaries; or

(b) The county in which a plurality of the school district’s market value for assessment purposes is located contains less than twenty-five thousand (25,000) residents, based on the most recent decennial United States census.

(2) A public charter school shall be considered a rural public charter school if the school district in which the public charter school is physically located meets the definition of a rural school district, pursuant to subsection (1) of this section. A public charter school that is also a virtual school shall be considered a rural public charter school if over fifty percent (50%) of its enrolled students reside within school districts that meet the definition of a rural school district pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.

History:

[33-319, added 2009, ch. 239, sec. 1, p. 739.]