(a) Whenever used in this section and section 10-263:

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(1) “Public schools” means nursery schools, kindergartens and grades one to twelve, inclusive;

(2) “Average daily membership” means the number of all pupils of the local or regional board of education enrolled in public schools at the expense of such board of education on October first or the full school day immediately preceding such date, provided the number so obtained shall be decreased by the Department of Education for failure to comply with the provisions of section 10-16 and shall be increased by one one-hundred-eightieth for each full-time equivalent school day of at least five hours of actual school work in excess of one hundred eighty days and nine hundred hours of actual school work and be increased by the full-time equivalent number of such pupils attending the summer sessions immediately preceding such date at the expense of such board of education; “enrolled” shall include pupils who are scheduled for vacation on the above dates and who are expected to return to school as scheduled. Pupils participating in the program established pursuant to section 10-266aa shall be counted in accordance with the provisions of subsection (h) of section 10-266aa;

(3) “Net current expenditures” means total current educational expenditures, less expenditures for (A) pupil transportation; (B) capital expenditures for land, buildings, equipment otherwise supported by a state grant pursuant to chapter 173 and debt service; (C) adult education; (D) health and welfare services for nonpublic school children; (E) all tuition received on account of nonresident pupils; (F) food services directly attributable to state and federal aid for child nutrition and to receipts derived from the operation of such services; and (G) student activities directly attributable to receipts derived from the operation of such services, except that the town of Woodstock may include as part of the current expenses of its public schools for each school year the amount expended for current expenses in that year by Woodstock Academy from income from its endowment funds upon receipt from said academy of a certified statement of such current expenses, and except that the town of Winchester may include as part of the current expenses of its public schools for each school year the amount expended for current expenses in that year by The Gilbert School from income from its endowment funds upon receipt from said school of a certified statement of such current expenses;

(4) “Adjusted equalized net grand list” means the equalized net grand list of a town multiplied by the ratio of the per capita income of the town to the per capita income of the town at the one hundredth percentile among all towns in the state ranked from lowest to highest in per capita income;

(5) “Adjusted equalized net grand list per capita” means the equalized net grand list divided by the total population of a town multiplied by the ratio of the per capita income of the town to the per capita income of the town at the one hundredth percentile among all towns in the state ranked from lowest to highest in per capita income;

(6) “Equalized net grand list”, for purposes of calculating the amount of grant or allocation to which any town is entitled, means the net grand list of such town upon which taxes were levied for the general expenses of such town three years prior to the fiscal year in which such grant is to be paid, equalized in accordance with section 10-261a;

(7) “Total population” of a town means that enumerated in the most recent federal decennial census of population or that enumerated in the current population report series issued by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census available on January first of the fiscal year two years prior to the fiscal year in which a grant is to be paid or an allocation is to be made, whichever is most recent; except that any town whose enumerated population residing in state and federal institutions within such town and attributed to such town by the census exceeds forty per cent of such “total population” shall be counted as follows: Those persons who are incarcerated or in custodial situations, including, but not limited to jails, prisons, hospitals or training schools or those persons who reside in dormitory facilities in schools, colleges, universities or on military bases shall not be counted in the “total population” of a town;

(8) “Per capita income” for each town means that enumerated in the most recent federal decennial census of population or that enumerated in the current population report series issued by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census available on January first of the fiscal year two years prior to the fiscal year in which a grant is to be paid or an allocation is to be made, whichever is most recent;

(9) “School tax rate” means the net current local educational expenditures of the fiscal year three years prior to that in which a grant is to be paid or an allocation is to be made, divided by a town’s adjusted equalized net grand list.

(b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall be construed to in any way penalize those towns which have not adopted the uniform fiscal year.

(c) If a town conducts a census, verified by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, that indicates a greater than twenty per cent difference in population, as calculated pursuant to this subsection, such updated census shall be used in determining such town’s total population pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. The applicability of this subsection shall be determined by calculating (1) the difference between the town’s last decennial census population and the census updated and verified by the Bureau of the Census times (2) the number of years between the last decennial census and the data year upon which the total population is computed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, divided by the number of years between the last decennial census and the year in which the updated census was conducted. The product shall then be added to the town population from the last decennial census. Any town that seeks revision of its total population figures under this subsection shall make application to the Commissioner of Education on or before January first of the fiscal year two years prior to the fiscal year in which a grant is to be paid or an allocation is to be made.