SB1405 Summary

• Amends Arizona school district election procedures for budget overrides and bond elections to require ballot arguments for proposed increases be signed as "the governing board of the school district" without listing individual member names.

• Modifies language throughout election statutes to replace "upon" with "on" and "per cent" with "percent" for grammatical consistency.

• Requires the county school superintendent to set and publicly announce argument submission deadlines for override elections at least 90 days in advance, with deadlines posted prominently on the district website.

• Updates ballot language requirements for budget override continuation elections and capital improvement bond elections to comply with the new ballot argument signature requirements.

• Applies changes to multiple election scenarios including revenue control limit overrides, district additional assistance overrides, and bond authorization elections for class B bonds and impact aid revenue bonds.