33.__Year of funding.__"Year of funding" means the fiscal year during which state subsidies are disbursed to school administrative units, except as specified in section 15005, subsection 1.

§15673.__Relationship to School Finance Act of 1985

The provisions of chapter 606 apply except as described in this section.

1. Operating costs mill rate. The operating costs mill rate, as described in chapter 606, is in effect for the limited purposes of determining the state and local shares of each school administrative unit's program costs allocation and its debt service allocation and for determining the amount required to provide the total state share of the operating allocation under this Act.__For each individual school administrative unit, the amounts described in section 15681 are used rather than the amounts in section 15608, subsection 1; section 15609, subsection 1, paragraph A; or section 15610, subsection 1, paragraph A.

§15674.__Pupil counts

1. Pupil counts used for determination of operating costs. In addition to the additional weighted counts authorized under section 15675 and except as provided in subsection 2, the pupil count used for operating costs in this Act is the sum of:

A.__The average number of secondary school-age persons enrolled in an adult education course counted during the most recent calendar year counted pursuant to section 8605, subsection 2;

B. The average number of students in equivalent instruction programs during the most recent calendar year, as reported pursuant to section 5021, subsection 8; and

C. The greater of:

(1) The average of the 2 pupil counts for April 1st and October 1st of the most recent calendar year prior to the year of funding, reported in accordance with section 6004, including the counts of students enrolled in an alternative program made in accordance with section 5104-A; and