LAC 28:XLIII.717. Definitions Applicable to Allotments, Grants, and Use of Funds

A. As used in this chapter: 1. State—the state of Louisiana; and 2. Average Per-Pupil Expenditure in Public Elementary Schools and Secondary Schools in the United States— a. without regard to the source of funds: i. the aggregate current expenditures, during the second fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made (or, if satisfactory data for that year are not available, during the most recent preceding fiscal year for which satisfactory data are available) of all LEAs in the 50 States and the District of Columbia); plus ii. any direct expenditures by the state for the operation of those agencies; divided by iii. the aggregate number of students in average daily attendance to whom those agencies provided free public education during that preceding year.