Common use of Apportionment of Costs to New Members Clause in Contracts

Apportionment of Costs to New Members. 1. The share of operating costs which will be paid by a new member community will be determined consistent with subsection IV(E) except that, for purposes of calculating that community’s four (4) year rolling average of pupil enrollment, the number of “out of district” students from that community which were enrolled in the regional district school during each of the applicable four (4) years will be regarded as that community’s “pupil enrollment” during those years for purposes of this calculation. 2. The Regional School Committee, prior to the admittance of a new member community, will have the option of negotiating a phase in of the amount of capital costs which will be assessed to that new member community during the first three years of membership in the District. Beginning no later than the fourth year of membership and thereafter, however, the new member community will be assessed the full capital cost apportionment that will result from an application of subsection IV(D).