In part because of the earlier start to the school year this fall, the Lyon County School District’s
average daily enrollment (ADE) is down by 158 points for the first quarter, a sharper decline than
usual and one that could cost the district in the range of $1.5 million in state funding.
The District’s Executive Director of Operations Harman Bains said the district’s ADE is
traditionally lower in the first quarter, but this quarter’s drop is much steeper because the district
started school two weeks earlier this year. In the last few years, the district started school after
Labor Day.
“Traditionally for us students didn’t attend before then,” Bains said. “We saw an uptick after that
holiday. And when you only have two weeks after that to sort of catch up, ADE does take a hit.”
Bains said the district started school later when student enrollment was calculated under the
Nevada State Plan, but now the state has switched to the Pupil Centered Funding Plan.
“As everybody knows, this is how we’re funded as a district,” Bains said. “However, we will
continue to monitor it and in December be able to present you with where we feel the district is
in our December augmented or amended budget. We will share in that how that impacts the
school district."
When asked by Trustee Sherry Parsons to estimate the financial impact to the district, Bains said
just over $1.5 million.
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