HB 2749 Summary

• Expands the school safety program to include funding for school counselors and school social workers in addition to school resource officers and juvenile probation officers on school campuses.

• Establishes the Arizona industry credentials incentive program providing $1,000 awards to school districts and career technical education districts for high school graduates who earn industry-recognized certifications or licenses.

• Adjusts base support levels for school funding, updating fiscal year 2019-2020 base level to $4,150.43 per student and adjusting various educational support formulas and transportation rates.

• Modifies charter additional assistance amounts and extends several education programs including the college credit by examination incentive program and results-based funding program with updated termination dates.

• Updates state equalization assistance property tax rates and administrative procedures for school facility funding and emergency deficiency corrections.