AZ SB1026

Changes eligibility for joint technical education district (JTED) funding to include ninth-grade students, replacing the previous restriction that limited funding to grades ten through twelve.

Allows ninth-grade students to be included in student count and average daily membership calculations for JTED courses, with specific funding provisions for grade nine students using the five-cent qualifying tax rate.

Modifies multiple references throughout Arizona Revised Statutes section 15-393 from "grades one through nine" to "grades one through eight" to reflect the new ninth-grade eligibility.

Applies the same average daily membership calculation rules (0.25 per course, 1.75 maximum limits) to ninth-grade students as existing tenth through twelfth-grade students in JTED programs.