Economically disadvantaged students are also referred to as students from low-income backgrounds or students in poverty. Often, the number of students receiving free or reduced lunch is used as the main measure of economically disadvantaged students. Funding from some state programs intended to help economically disadvantaged students, such as the At-Risk line item in the Education Trust Fund, use the number of students receiving free or reduced lunch to provide a small amount of funding to schools to meet the needs of their economically disadvantaged students. (Source: https://admincode.legislature.state.al.us/administrative-code/290-2-1-.05)
