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9.__Essential programs and services transition percentage.__
"Essential programs and services transition percentage" means the
full estimated cost for all essential programs and services for
that fiscal year that will be funded by a state contribution or by
a required local contribution.

 
10.__Grade 9 to 12 portion.__"Grade 9 to 12 portion" means
those pupils in the secondary grades or high school level.

 
11.__Guidance staff.__"Guidance staff" means full-time public
guidance counselors, directors of guidance or school social
workers, as documented in the department's database.

 
12.__Health staff.__"Health staff" means full-time public
school nurses, as documented in the department's database.

 
13.__High school level. "High school level" means grade 9 to
grade 12.

 
14.__Income weight. "Income weight" means a value between zero
and one that is used to adjust a municipality's ratio of local
median household income to the statewide median household income.__
The income weight plus the property weight, as defined in
subsection 24, must total one.

 
15.__Kindergarten to grade 8 portion. "Kindergarten to grade 8
portion" means those pupils in the elementary grades or a
combination of the elementary school level and middle school
level.

 
16.__Kindergarten to grade 2 student.__"Kindergarten to grade
2 student" means a student in any grade from prekindergarten to
grade 2 who is at least 5 years old on October 15th of the school
year.

 
17.__Librarian.__"Librarian" means a full-time public
librarian or media specialist, as documented in the department's
database.

 
18.__Limited English proficiency student.__"Limited English
proficiency student" means a student who was not born in the
United States or whose native language is a language other than
English and who satisfies the definition of a limited English
proficient student under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of
2001, 20 United States Code, Chapter 70.

 
19.__Media assistant.__"Media assistant" means a full-time
public librarian aide or library technician I, librarian
assistant or library technician II or librarian associate or


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