Section 550. Definitions

In this article:
    1. "Commissioner" shall mean the state commissioner of education.
    2.  "Qualifying school" shall mean a nonprofit elementary or secondary
  school in the state of New York, other than a public school,  which  (a)
  is  providing  instruction  in  accordance  with  article  seventeen and
  section thirty-two hundred four of this chapter, (b) has not been  found
  to  be  in  violation  of  Title  VI of the Civil Rights Act of nineteen
  hundred sixty-four, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. § 2000  (d),  (c)  which  is
  entitled  to a tax exemption under section five hundred one (a) and five
  hundred one (c)(3) of the Federal  Internal  Revenue  Code  of  nineteen
  hundred  fifty-four,  as amended, and (d) has been designated during the
  base year as serving a high  concentration  of  pupils  from  low-income
  families for purposes of Title IV of the Federal Higher Education Act of
  nineteen hundred sixty-five (20 U.S.C.A. § 425).
    3.  "Base  year"  shall mean the school year immediately preceding the
  current year.
    4.  "Current  year"  shall  mean  the  school  year  during  which  an
  apportionment is to be paid pursuant to this article.
    5.  "Health,  welfare  and safety grants" shall mean the apportionment
  made pursuant to this article which shall be used  for  the  maintenance
  and  repair  of  nonpublic school facilities and equipment to ensure the
  health, welfare and safety of enrolled pupils.
    6. "Maintenance and repair" shall mean the provision of  heat,  light,
  water,  ventilation  and  sanitary  facilities; cleaning, janitorial and
  custodial services; snow removal; necessary  upkeep  and  renovation  of
  buildings, grounds and equipment; fire and accident protection; and such
  other items as the commissioner may deem necessary to ensure the health,
  welfare and safety of enrolled pupils.
    7.   "Average  daily  attendance"  shall  mean  the  total  number  of
  attendance days of enrolled pupils in grades one through  twelve  during
  the  base  year, divided by the number of days the school was in session
  during such year.