Is average daily attendance calculated differently for charter schools that operate multiple tracks?
Yes. The State Board of Education (SBE) has adopted a policy called “Charter School Average Daily Attendance-Alternative Calculation Method” that allows a waiver of CCR, Title 5, Section 11960 (Outside Source) to be granted to a charter school to operate multi-tracks and to separately calculate average daily attendance for each track, rather than for the school as a whole. Waivers are usually requested by the charter authorizing entity on behalf of the charter school. For a charter school to receive full apportionment funding, it must offer a minimum of 175 days of instruction.
