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Average Daily Membership
(ADM) is a count of resident and state-placed students who receive an elementary
and secondary education at public expense. Resident students are counted during the
first 40 days of the current school year, while state-place students are counted
for the final 135 days of the previous school year and the first 40 days of the current
school year.
The figures provided
in this report reflect the data received at the Vermont Department of Education on
or before April 10, 2001.
The total statewide ADM is 102,727.26 for elementary and secondary students, representing
a 1.19% decrease from the FY00 ADM count of 103,953.47.
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Elementary:
Average daily membership of elementary students includes those in Early Education
programs, PreKindergarten, Kindergarten, 1st through 6th grades, and Elementary Ungraded
classes.
Secondary: Average daily membership of secondary students includes those in
grades 7-12 and Secondary Ungraded classes, as well as Adult without Diploma.
Ungraded Students: Elementary or secondary students in any education program
not organized on the basis of standard grade designations. This includes regular
and special classes for exceptional students with no grade designation.
State-placed Student:
- A student who has
been placed in a school district other than the district of residence of the pupil’s
parent, parents, or guardian or in an approved residential facility by a Vermont
state agency, a Vermont licensed child placement agency, a designated community mental
health agency, or any other agency as defined by the commissioner; OR
- A student 18 years
of age or older, living in a community residence as a result of placement by a Vermont
state agency, a Vermont licensed child placement agency, a designated community mental
health agency, and whose costs are paid for in whole or in part by one of these agencies
and resides in a school district other than the district of the pupil’s parent or
parents; OR
- A pregnant or postpartum
pupil attending school at an approved education program in a residential facility
or outside the school district of residence.
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