Eligibility for funding - Application process

1. To be eligible for payment for an English language learner program, a school district must provide a program of instruction for English language learners that meets the requirements of this chapter. The school district must also submit an application in the form and manner prescribed by the department. Applications are due by December first. 2. School districts applying as a multidistrict association of school districts may submit one application. An application submitted by a multidistrict association of school districts must include a signature from each member school district. The application must include a plan for management of funding and services. Payments will be made to individual school districts. 3. A year-end report must be submitted to the department in the form and manner prescribed by the department. School districts that have applied as a multidistrict association of school districts may submit one year-end report on behalf of all member districts. 4. A school district may apply for funding for English language learner students that are enrolled as a member of the school district on December first or had been enrolled as a member of the school district but left the district before December first. Students who have been members of more than one school district prior to December first shall be considered members of the most recent district for payment purposes.