Section 189:1-d Definitions. - New Hampshire Statutes

In this chapter:
   I. ""Attendance'' means full-time participation in a program of instruction under the direction of a teacher employed by the school district. Educationally disabled home educated pupils educated at school district expense under the direction of a teacher employed by the school district shall be included.
   II. ""Membership'' means pupils of whom attendance is expected, whether a pupil is present or absent on any given day.
   III. ""Average daily membership in attendance'' means the aggregate half-day membership of pupils attending schools operated by a school district divided by the number of half-days of instruction offered. The average daily membership in attendance for preschool and kindergarten pupils shall be divided by the number of instructional days offered to higher-level elementary grades.
   IV. ""Average daily membership in residence'' means the average daily membership in attendance of pupils who are legal residents of the school district pursuant to RSA 193:12 or RSA 193:27, IV and attend a state-approved public or nonpublic school as assigned by the school district in which the pupil resides, or by the state, or attend an approved chartered public school.

Source. 1993, 322:5. 2003, 241:9, eff. July 1, 2003. 2008, 354:1, eff. Sept. 5, 2008. 2009, 297:1, eff. Sept. 29, 2009.