Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 387.124, 387.1242, 387.1244 and 387.528:

1. The apportionment to a charter school, computed on a yearly basis, is equal to the sum of the basic support per pupil in the county in which the pupil resides plus the amount of local funds available per pupil pursuant to NRS 387.163 and all other funds available for public schools in the county in which the pupil resides minus the sponsorship fee prescribed by NRS 388A.414 and minus all the funds attributable to pupils who are enrolled in the charter school but are concurrently enrolled part-time in a program of distance education provided by a school district or another charter school. If the apportionment per pupil to a charter school is more than the amount to be apportioned to the school district in which a pupil who is enrolled in the charter school resides, the school district in which the pupil resides shall pay the difference to the Department for distribution to the charter school.

2. The apportionment to a charter school that is sponsored by the State Public Charter School Authority or by a college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education, computed on a yearly basis, is equal to the sum of the basic support per pupil in the county in which the pupil resides plus the amount of local funds available per pupil pursuant to NRS 387.163 and all other funds available for public schools in the county in which the pupil resides, minus the sponsorship fee prescribed by NRS 388A.414 and minus all funds attributable to pupils who are enrolled in the charter school but are concurrently enrolled part-time in a program of distance education provided by a school district or another charter school.

3. The apportionment to a charter school, for pupils who are enrolled full-time in a program of distance education and reside in a county school district in which 5,000 or fewer pupils are enrolled, computed on a yearly basis, is equal to the estimated weighted average per pupil basic support guarantee calculated as described in NRS 387.122 and established by law for all the school districts and charter schools within this State plus the amount of local funds available per pupil pursuant to NRS 387.163 and all other funds available for public schools in the county in which the pupil resides, minus the sponsorship fee prescribed by NRS 388A.414 and minus all the funds attributable to pupils who are enrolled in the charter school but are concurrently enrolled part-time in a program of distance education provided by a school district or another charter school. If the apportionment per pupil to such a charter school is more than the amount to be apportioned to the school district in which a pupil who is enrolled in the charter school resides, the school district in which the pupil resides shall pay the difference to the Department for distribution to the charter school.

4. The apportionment to a charter school, for pupils who are enrolled full-time in a program of distance education and reside in a county school district in which more than 5,000 pupils are enrolled, computed on a yearly basis, is equal to the sum of the basic support per pupil in the county in which the pupil resides plus the amount of local funds available per pupil pursuant to NRS 387.163 and all other funds available for public schools in the county in which the pupil resides, minus the sponsorship fee prescribed by NRS 388A.414 and minus all the funds attributable to pupils who are enrolled in the charter school but are concurrently enrolled part-time in a program of distance education provided by a school district or another charter school. If the apportionment per pupil to such a charter school is more than the amount to be apportioned to the school district in which a pupil who is enrolled in the charter school resides, the school district in which the pupil resides shall pay the difference to the Department for distribution to the charter school.

5. The governing body of a charter school may submit a written request to the Superintendent of Public Instruction to receive, in the first year of operation of the charter school, an apportionment 30 days before the apportionment is required to be made pursuant to NRS 387.124. Upon receipt of such a request, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may make the apportionment 30 days before the apportionment is required to be made. A charter school may receive all four apportionments in advance in its first year of operation.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 890; A 1969, 1174; 1971, 519; 1973, 1424; 1975, 1376, 1741; 1977, 701; 1979, 1588; 1983, 1907; 1987, 420; 1993, 1430; 1995, 2486; 1997, 1862, 2710; 1999, 599, 3308; 2001, 3145; 2005, 1262, 2413; 2007, 1203, 1990, 2578; 2011, 770, 2373; 2015, 1839, 2090, 3715, 3717; 2019, 2038) — (Substituted in revision for part of NRS 387.124)