25 CFR § 39.144 - What is the small high school adjustment?

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title: "25 CFR § 39.144 - What is the small high school adjustment?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "39.144"
section_name: "What is the small high school adjustment?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "EDUCATION"
part_number: "39"
part_name: "THE INDIAN SCHOOL EQUALIZATION PROGRAM"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "25 U.S.C. 13, 2008; Public Law 107-110, 115 Stat. 1425."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 61864, Oct. 26, 1979, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 47 FR 13327, Mar. 30, 1982."
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# 39.144 What is the small high school adjustment?

(a) The small high school adjustment is a WSU adjustment given to a small high school that meets both of the following criteria:

(1) It has a 3-year average daily membership (ADM) of less than 100 students; and

(2) It operates as part of a school that during the 2003-04 school year also included lower grades.

(b) The following table shows the WSU adjustment given to small high schools. In the table, “X” stands for the ADM.

| ADM of high schoolcomponent | Amount of small high school adjustment | School receives a component small school adjustment under § 39.141 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 50 or fewer students | 6.25 base WSU | Yes. |
| 51 to 99 students | determined using the following formula: WSU = ((100-X)/200)*X/2 | Yes. |
| 50 or fewer students | 12.5 base WSU | No. |
| 51 to 99 students | determined using the following formula: WSU = ((100-X)/200)*X | No. |