(1) "school type" for any school shall mean elementary, middle, high, pre-k only, or K-12, as defined by the commissioner, provided that for purposes of this subdivision, a "middle" school shall include any school with the grade organization of either a middle school or a junior high school, and a "high" school shall include any school with the grade organization of either a senior high school or a junior-senior high school;

(2) "underfunded high-need school" shall mean a school within a school district that has been deemed both a significantly high-need school and a significantly low funded school;

(3) "student need index" for any school shall mean the quotient arrived at when dividing the weighted student enrollment as defined herein by the K-12 enrollment for the base year as reported on the statement required pursuant to this section;

(4) "average student need index by school type" shall mean the quotient arrived at when dividing the sum of weighted student enrollment as defined herein for all schools within a school district of the same school type by the K-12 enrollment for the base year for all schools in a school district of the same school type as reported on the statement required pursuant to this section;

(5) "weighted student enrollment" for any school shall mean the sum of: (A) K-12 enrollment plus (B) the product of the number of students eligible to receive free and reduced price lunch multiplied by sixty-five one-hundredths (0.65) plus (C) the product of the number of English language learners multiplied by one-half (0.5), plus (D) the product of the number of students with disabilities multiplied by one and forty-one one-hundredths (1.41), for the base year as reported on the statement required pursuant to this section;

(6) "significantly high-need school" shall mean a school with a student need index greater than the product of the average student need index by school type within the school district multiplied by one and five one-hundredths (1.05);

(7) "per pupil expenditures" for any school shall mean the quotient arrived at when dividing the expenditure amount as reported for the base year in the statement required pursuant to this section, excluding expenditures for prekindergarten and preschool special education programs and central district costs by the weighted student enrollment of the school;

(8) "average per pupil expenditures by school type" shall mean the quotient arrived at when dividing (A) the sum of the expenditure amounts reported for the base year in the statement required pursuant to this section, excluding expenditures for prekindergarten and preschool special education programs and central district costs, for all schools within a school district of the same school type by (B) the weighted student enrollment for the base year for all schools in a school district of the same school type as reported on the statement required pursuant to this section;

(9) "significantly low funded school" shall mean a school within a school district that has per pupil expenditures less than the product of the average per pupil expenditures by school type within the school district multiplied by ninety-five one-hundredths (0.95).

(10) "base year" shall mean the base year as defined in paragraph b of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this part.

(11) "current year" shall mean the current year as defined in paragraph a of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this part. * NB Repealed June 30, 2023