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AZ SB1106

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/23/2017

Primary Sponsor

Kate Brophy McGee

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-third Legislature - First Regular Session (2017)

AI Summary

  • Establishes a new adjustment mechanism (section 15-948) allowing school districts to increase revenue control limits and district support levels mid-year if student enrollment grows beyond initial projections after the first 100-200 days of the school year.

  • Permits school districts to request additional state aid funding after the first 40 days of the school year to cover anticipated growth in students through the 100-200 day mark, as specified in section 15-973.

  • Allows common school districts offering grade 9 instruction to use growth-based adjustments for revenue control limits, except they cannot use the prior-year funding adjustment mechanism during their first year of offering grade 9.

  • 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 to cover costs associated with prior-year funding.

  • Modifies student count calculations for joint technical education districts, committed youth education systems, and correctional education programs to accommodate the new growth-based funding adjustments.

Legislative Description

Schools; prior-year funding

Schools

Last Action

Senate read second time

1/24/2017

Full Bill Text

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