Common use of Apportionment of Operating Costs Clause in Contracts

Apportionment of Operating Costs. The District will utilize the statutory method in the apportionment of operating costs. Pursuant to this method, the District will deduct from operating costs the total of any revenue from Chapter 70 state aid, Chapter 71 Regional Transportation Reimbursement, and any other revenue as determined by the Regional School Committee. The balance of all operating costs, except those described in subsection IV,F below, shall be apportioned to each member community as follows. Each member community’s share of operating costs will be the sum of the following: (a) the member’s required local contribution to the District as determined by the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education (hereinafter “the Commissioner”); (b) the member’s share of that portion of the District’s net school spending, as defined by G.L. chapter 70, section 2, that exceeds the total of the required local contributions for all of the members; and (c) the member’s share of costs for transportation and all other expenditures (exclusive of capital costs as defined in subsection IV,(B) above) that are not included in the District’s net school spending. A member’s share of (b) and (c) above will be calculated by computing the ratio which that member’s pupil enrollment in the regional district school, using a rolling average based on the four (4) most recent annual October 1 enrollment figures, bears to the total pupil enrollment in the regional district school from member communities, using a rolling average based on the four

Apportionment of Operating Costs. The District will utilize the statutory method in the apportionment of operating costs. Pursuant to this method, the District will deduct from operating costs the total of any revenue from Chapter 70 state aid, Chapter 71 Regional Transportation Reimbursement, and any other revenue as determined by the Regional School Committee. The balance of all operating costs, except those described in subsection IV,F below, shall be apportioned to each member community as follows. Each member community’s share of operating costs will be the sum of the following: (a) the member’s required local contribution to the District as determined by the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education (hereinafter “the Commissioner”); (b) the member’s share of that portion of the District’s net school spending, as defined by G.L. chapter 70, section 2, that exceeds the total of the required local contributions for all of the members; and (c) the member’s share of costs for transportation and all other expenditures (exclusive of capital costs as defined in subsection IV,(B) above) that are not included in the District’s net school spending. A member’s share of (b) and (c) above will be calculated by computing the ratio which that member’s pupil enrollment in the regional district school, using a rolling average based on the four (4) most recent annual October 1 enrollment figures, bears to the total pupil enrollment in the regional district school from member communities, using a rolling average based on the fourfour (4) most recent annual October 1 enrollment figures.