HB2537 Summary

• Appropriates state general fund and other revenue sources totaling approximately $9.86 billion for fiscal year 2017-2018 to fund state agencies, universities, and programs across Arizona.

• Includes $34 million for a 1.06 percent teacher salary increase in schools and $2.6 million in onetime rural school assistance funding.

• Appropriates $22.5 million to GIITEM (Gang and Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission) at the Department of Public Safety with specific focus on immigration enforcement and border security operations.

• Provides $15 million to three universities (Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, University of Arizona) for capital improvements and operating expenditures, including designated funding for specific academic centers.

• Establishes various fund transfers, payment deferrals, and automation project funding including $56.8 million for statewide information technology and security infrastructure upgrades.