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AZ SB1258

Bill

Status

Failed

2/14/2011

Primary Sponsor

Rich Crandall

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Origin

Senate

Fiftieth Legislature - First Regular Session (2011)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona's online instruction funding formula by changing average daily membership calculations for kindergarten through grade 12, replacing hourly instruction-based calculations with enrollment-based snapshots taken on September 15, November 15, January 15, and March 15.

  • Reduces full-time online student funding from 95% to an unspecified percentage and part-time online student funding from 85% to an unspecified percentage of the base support level (specific percentages appear to be redlined in the text).

  • Modifies high school part-time student funding requirements, changing the instructional hours threshold from 580 hours to 540 hours for students enrolled in three subjects at 75% average daily membership.

  • Changes seventh and eighth grade full-time student instructional hour requirements from 1,068 hours to 1,000 hours beginning in fiscal year 2010-2011.

  • Updates bonded indebtedness calculations to reference "student count" instead of "average daily membership" when determining the $1,500 per student threshold for class B bond issuance limits.

Legislative Description

School finance; per pupil funding

Last Action

Senate ED Committee action: Held

2/14/2011

Full Bill Text

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