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AZ SB1662

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/10/2025

Primary Sponsor

Sally Gonzales

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

AI Summary

  • Adds "tribal student" as a new funding category in the school finance formula, defined as pupils who identify as American Indian or Alaskan Native in enrollment information.

  • Establishes a support level weight of 0.021 for tribal students in the Group B funding calculation under section 15-943, similar to weights for other disadvantaged student populations.

  • Adds the definition of "tribal student" to section 15-901 to clarify that pupils identifying as American Indian or Alaskan Native in their enrollment information qualify for this funding designation.

  • Expands the Group B educational improvements category to explicitly include tribal students alongside existing populations such as English learners, students eligible for free/reduced-price lunches, and students with disabilities.

Legislative Description

Group B weight; tribal students

School Finance

Last Action

Senate read second time

2/11/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules2/10/2025
Appropriations2/10/2025
Education Accountability and Reform2/10/2025

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