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AZ HB2126

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/17/2017

Primary Sponsor

Douglas Coleman

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-third Legislature - First Regular Session (2017)

AI Summary

  • Allows school districts to increase their revenue control limit and district support level during the current year if student population growth exceeds the prior-year student count used for budgeting, after the first 100 or 200 days in session

  • Permits school districts experiencing growth in students with disabilities (Group B categories including severe intellectual disability, visual/hearing impairment, multiple disabilities, and emotional disabilities) to compute increases to their revenue control limit

  • Enables school districts to request early state aid apportionments after the first 40 days in session to fund anticipated student growth through the current school year

  • Appropriates $31,000,000 from the state general fund in fiscal year 2017-2018 to the department of education for distribution to school districts and charter schools on a per-pupil basis for costs associated with prior-year funding

  • Prohibits common school districts offering instruction in grade nine from using the growth adjustment provisions for increases in grade nine student population

Legislative Description

Schools; prior-year funding.

Education

Last Action

House read second time

1/18/2017

Full Bill Text

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