Bill Text: AZ HB2385 | 2017 | Fifty-third Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Schools; accounting; budgeting; reporting
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-04-27 - Chapter 211 [HB2385 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2017-HB2385-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: schools; accounting; budgeting; reporting |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-third Legislature First Regular Session 2017
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HB 2385 |
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Introduced by Representatives Boyer: Carter, Cook, Lawrence, Leach, Livingston, Norgaard, Shooter, Shope, Ugenti-Rita, Weninger, Senators Allen S, Lesko, Montenegro
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AN ACT
amending sections 15‑271, 15‑342 and 15‑746, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to school budgeting.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 15-271, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
15-271. Duties of auditor general for uniform financial records system
A. The auditor general shall determine the accounting systems, accounting methods and accounting procedures for utilization by school districts. The systems, methods and procedures shall facilitate easy display of this information in a searchable digital format. Beginning in fiscal year 2018‑2019, the systems, methods and procedures shall include a format and methodology for accounting at the school level for schools operated by school districts and charter schools that include the following:
1. The total weighted dollars generated by each school's student enrollment and the actual budget allocation to each school from that total weighted funding.
2. The allocation at each school from federal, state and local override dollars. Each of these allocations shall be accounted for separately. For the purposes of this paragraph, "state dollars" includes classroom site monies and must be consistent with the information reported in section 15‑977, subsections A and J.
3. The total amount of monies received pursuant to section 15‑249.06.
4. The total allocated for teacher pay and benefits, classroom supplies and student support from the total amount allocated to each school.
5. The percentage of monies retained at the central office of the school district or the charter school's sponsor and how those dollars are allocated for administrative staff, services and facilities.
B. The auditor general in conjunction with the department of education shall prescribe a uniform system of financial records for utilization by all school districts each fiscal year.
C. The uniform system of financial records prescribed by the auditor general shall:
1. Provide for the reporting of the information prescribed in subsection A of this section in a manner that facilitates inclusion of this data in the report cards prescribed by section 15‑746.
1. 2. Provide for adjustment in consideration of existing capabilities available at a reasonable cost to school districts.
2. 3. Allow schools to maintain necessary records at a minimum cost.
3. 4. Prescribe guidelines applicable to procurement practices for use by school districts for amounts less than those prescribed in section 15‑213, subsection A.
4. 5. Prescribe methods for the apportionment of revenues, including apportionment of various revenues to maintenance and operations, capital outlay and adjacent ways.
5. 6. Prescribe methods for the apportionment of revenues in excess of the revenue control limit in the same manner as the revenues in paragraph 4 5 of this subsection.
6. 7. Prescribe guidelines for the apportionment of the pupil enrollment and attendance as provided in section 15‑808, subsection F.
7. 8. Provide the department of education, the auditor general, the governor and the legislature with sufficient uniform information to assist in determining equitable distribution of state aid to school districts.
8. 9. Provide information including that includes at a minimum:
(a) The student count and maintenance and operation expenditures with separate subsections for regular education programs, special education programs and operating expenditures for pupil transportation.
(b) Capital outlay expenditures.
(c) Debt service and special projects of all school districts.
D. The auditor general shall inform any school district which that fails to establish and maintain the uniform system of financial records and shall detail in writing the deficiencies of the school district system giving the district ninety days to correct the deficiencies.
E. The auditor general shall report to the department of education any school district which that either fails to establish and maintain the uniform system of financial records prescribed by the auditor general or fails to correct deficiencies in the system within ninety days after receiving notice of the deficiencies.
F. A school district may but shall is not be required to maintain or provide financial records other than those prescribed by the auditor general.
Sec. 2. Section 15-342, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
15-342. Discretionary powers
The governing board may:
1. Expel pupils for misconduct.
2. Exclude from grades one through eight children under six years of age.
3. Make such separation of groups of pupils as it deems advisable.
4. Maintain such special schools during vacation as deemed necessary for the benefit of the pupils of the school district.
5. Permit a superintendent or principal or representatives of the superintendent or principal to travel for a school purpose, as determined by a majority vote of the board. The board may permit members and members‑elect of the board to travel within or without the school district for a school purpose and receive reimbursement. Any expenditure for travel and subsistence pursuant to this paragraph shall be as provided in title 38, chapter 4, article 2. The designated post of duty referred to in section 38‑621 shall be construed, for school district governing board members, to be the member's actual place of residence, as opposed to the school district office or the school district boundaries. Such expenditures shall be a charge against the budgeted school district funds. The governing board of a school district shall prescribe procedures and amounts for reimbursement of lodging and subsistence expenses. Reimbursement amounts shall not exceed the maximum amounts established pursuant to section 38‑624, subsection C.
6. Construct or provide in rural districts housing facilities for teachers and other school employees that the board determines are necessary for the operation of the school.
7. Sell or lease to the state, a county, a city, another school district or a tribal government agency any school property required for a public purpose, provided the sale or lease of the property will not affect the normal operations of a school within the school district.
8. Annually budget and expend funds for membership in an association of school districts within this state.
9. Enter into leases or lease‑purchase agreements for school buildings or grounds, or both, as lessor or as lessee, for periods of less than ten years subject to voter approval for construction of school buildings as prescribed in section 15‑341, subsection A, paragraph 7.
10. Subject to chapter 16 of this title, sell school sites or enter into leases or lease‑purchase agreements for school buildings and grounds, as lessor or as lessee, for a period of ten years or more, but not to exceed ninety‑nine years, if authorized by a vote of the school district electors in an election called by the governing board as provided in section 15‑491, except that authorization by the school district electors in an election is not required if one of the following requirements is met:
(a) The market value of the school property is less than fifty thousand dollars or the property is procured through a renewable energy development agreement, an energy performance contract, which among other items includes a renewable energy power service agreement, or a simplified energy performance contract pursuant to section 15‑213.01.
(b) The buildings and sites are completely funded with monies distributed by the school facilities board.
(c) The transaction involves the sale of improved or unimproved property pursuant to an agreement with the school facilities board in which the school district agrees to sell the improved or unimproved property and transfer the proceeds of the sale to the school facilities board in exchange for monies from the school facilities board for the acquisition of a more suitable school site. For a sale of property acquired by a school district prior to July 9, 1998, a school district shall transfer to the school facilities board that portion of the proceeds that equals the cost of the acquisition of a more suitable school site. If there are any remaining proceeds after the transfer of monies to the school facilities board, a school district shall only use those remaining proceeds for future land purchases approved by the school facilities board, or for capital improvements not funded by the school facilities board for any existing or future facility.
(d) The transaction involves the sale of improved or unimproved property pursuant to a formally adopted plan and the school district uses the proceeds of this sale to purchase other property that will be used for similar purposes as the property that was originally sold, provided that the sale proceeds of the improved or unimproved property are used within two years after the date of the original sale to purchase the replacement property. If the sale proceeds of the improved or unimproved property are not used within two years after the date of the original sale to purchase replacement property, the sale proceeds shall be used towards payment of any outstanding bonded indebtedness. If any sale proceeds remain after paying for outstanding bonded indebtedness, or if the district has no outstanding bonded indebtedness, sale proceeds shall be used to reduce the district's primary tax levy. A school district shall not use this subdivision unless all of the following conditions exist:
(i) The school district is the sole owner of the improved or unimproved property that the school district intends to sell.
(ii) The school district did not purchase the improved or unimproved property that the school district intends to sell with monies that were distributed pursuant to chapter 16 of this title.
(iii) The transaction does not violate section 15‑341, subsection G.
11. Review the decision of a teacher to promote a pupil to a grade or retain a pupil in a grade in a common school or to pass or fail a pupil in a course in high school. The pupil has the burden of proof to overturn the decision of a teacher to promote, retain, pass or fail the pupil. In order to sustain the burden of proof, the pupil shall demonstrate to the governing board that the pupil has mastered the academic standards adopted by the state board of education pursuant to sections 15‑701 and 15‑701.01. If the governing board overturns the decision of a teacher pursuant to this paragraph, the governing board shall adopt a written finding that the pupil has mastered the academic standards. Notwithstanding title 38, chapter 3, article 3.1, the governing board shall review the decision of a teacher to promote a pupil to a grade or retain a pupil in a grade in a common school or to pass or fail a pupil in a course in high school in executive session unless a parent or legal guardian of the pupil or the pupil, if emancipated, disagrees that the review should be conducted in executive session and then the review shall be conducted in an open meeting. If the review is conducted in executive session, the board shall notify the teacher of the date, time and place of the review and shall allow the teacher to be present at the review. If the teacher is not present at the review, the board shall consult with the teacher before making its decision. Any request, including the written request as provided in section 15‑341, the written evidence presented at the review and the written record of the review, including the decision of the governing board to accept or reject the teacher's decision, shall be retained by the governing board as part of its permanent records.
12. Provide transportation or site transportation loading and unloading areas for any child or children if deemed for the best interest of the district, whether within or without the district, county or state.
13. Enter into intergovernmental agreements and contracts with school districts or other governing bodies as provided in section 11‑952. Intergovernmental agreements and contracts between school districts or between a school district and other governing bodies as provided in section 11‑952 are exempt from competitive bidding under the procurement rules adopted by the state board of education pursuant to section 15‑213.
14. Include in the curricula it prescribes for high schools in the school district career and technical education, vocational education and technology education programs and career and technical, vocational and technology program improvement services for the high schools, subject to approval by the state board of education. The governing board may contract for the provision of career and technical, vocational and technology education as provided in section 15‑789.
15. Suspend a teacher or administrator from the teacher's or administrator's duties without pay for a period of time of not to exceed ten school days, if the board determines that suspension is warranted pursuant to section 15‑341, subsection A, paragraphs 21 and 22.
16. Dedicate school property within an incorporated city or town to such city or town or within a county to that county for use as a public right‑of‑way if both of the following apply:
(a) Pursuant to an ordinance adopted by such city, town or county, there will be conferred upon the school district privileges and benefits that may include benefits related to zoning.
(b) The dedication will not affect the normal operation of any school within the district.
17. Enter into option agreements for the purchase of school sites.
18. Donate surplus or outdated learning materials, educational equipment and furnishings to nonprofit community organizations where the governing board determines that the anticipated cost of selling the learning materials, educational equipment or furnishings equals or exceeds the estimated market value of the materials.
19. Prescribe policies for the assessment of reasonable fees for students to use district‑provided parking facilities. The fees are to be applied by the district solely against costs incurred in operating or securing the parking facilities. Any policy adopted by the governing board pursuant to this paragraph shall include a fee waiver provision in appropriate cases of need or economic hardship.
20. Establish alternative educational programs that are consistent with the laws of this state to educate pupils, including pupils who have been reassigned pursuant to section 15‑841, subsection E or F.
21. Require a period of silence to be observed at the commencement of the first class of the day in the schools. If a governing board chooses to require a period of silence to be observed, the teacher in charge of the room in which the first class is held shall announce that a period of silence not to exceed one minute in duration will be observed for meditation, and during that time no activities shall take place and silence shall be maintained.
22. Require students to wear uniforms.
23. Exchange unimproved property or improved property, including school sites, where the governing board determines that the improved property is unnecessary for the continued operation of the school district without requesting authorization by a vote of the school district electors if the governing board determines that the exchange is necessary to protect the health, safety or welfare of pupils or when the governing board determines that the exchange is based on sound business principles for either:
(a) Unimproved or improved property of equal or greater value.
(b) Unimproved property that the owner contracts to improve if the value of the property ultimately received by the school district is of equal or greater value.
24. For common and high school pupils, assess reasonable fees for optional extracurricular activities and programs conducted when the common or high school is not in session, except that no fees shall be charged for pupils' access to or use of computers or related materials. For high school pupils, the governing board may assess reasonable fees for fine arts and vocational education courses and for optional services, equipment and materials offered to the pupils beyond those required to successfully complete the basic requirements of any other course, except that no fees shall be charged for pupils' access to or use of computers or related materials. Fees assessed pursuant to this paragraph shall be adopted at a public meeting after notice has been given to all parents of pupils enrolled at schools in the district and shall not exceed the actual costs of the activities, programs, services, equipment or materials. The governing board shall authorize principals to waive the assessment of all or part of a fee assessed pursuant to this paragraph if it creates an economic hardship for a pupil. For the purposes of this paragraph, "extracurricular activity" means any optional, noncredit, educational or recreational activity that supplements the education program of the school, whether offered before, during or after regular school hours.
25. Notwithstanding section 15‑341, subsection A, paragraphs 7 and 9, construct school buildings and purchase or lease school sites, without a vote of the school district electors, if the buildings and sites are totally funded from one or more of the following:
(a) Monies in the unrestricted capital outlay fund, except that the estimated cost shall not exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars for a district that utilizes section 15‑949.
(b) Monies distributed from the school facilities board established by section 15‑2001.
(c) Monies specifically donated for the purpose of constructing school buildings.
This paragraph shall not be construed to eliminate the requirement for an election to raise revenues for a capital outlay override pursuant to section 15‑481 or a bond election pursuant to section 15‑491.
26. Conduct a background investigation that includes a fingerprint check conducted pursuant to section 41‑1750, subsection G for certificated personnel and personnel who are not paid employees of the school district, as a condition of employment. A school district may release the results of a background check to another school district for employment purposes. The school district may charge the costs of fingerprint checks to its fingerprinted employee, except that the school district may not charge the costs of fingerprint checks for personnel who are not paid employees of the school district.
27. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, sell advertising as follows:
(a) Advertisements shall be age appropriate and not contain promotion of any substance that is illegal for minors such as alcohol, tobacco and drugs or gambling. Advertisements shall comply with the state sex education policy of abstinence.
(b) Advertising approved by the governing board for the exterior of school buses may appear only on the sides of the bus in the following areas:
(i) The signs shall be below the seat level rub rail and not extend above the bottom of the side windows.
(ii) The signs shall be at least three inches from any required lettering, lamp, wheel well or reflector behind the service door or stop signal arm.
(iii) The signs shall not extend from the body of the bus so as to allow a handhold or present a danger to pedestrians.
(iv) The signs shall not interfere with the operation of any door or window.
(v) The signs shall not be placed on any emergency doors.
(c) The school district shall establish an advertisement fund that is composed of revenues from the sale of advertising. The monies in an advertisement fund are not subject to reversion.
28. Assess reasonable damage deposits to pupils in grades seven through twelve for the use of textbooks, musical instruments, band uniforms or other equipment required for academic courses. The governing board shall adopt policies on any damage deposits assessed pursuant to this paragraph at a public meeting called for this purpose after providing notice to all parents of pupils in grades seven through twelve in the school district. Principals of individual schools within the district may waive the damage deposit requirement for any textbook or other item if the payment of the damage deposit would create an economic hardship for the pupil. The school district shall return the full amount of the damage deposit for any textbook or other item if the pupil returns the textbook or other item in reasonably good condition within the time period prescribed by the governing board. For the purposes of this paragraph, "in reasonably good condition" means the textbook or other item is in the same or a similar condition as it was when the pupil received it, plus ordinary wear and tear.
29. Notwithstanding section 15‑1105, expend surplus monies in the civic center school fund for maintenance and operations or unrestricted capital outlay, if sufficient monies are available in the fund after meeting the needs of programs established pursuant to section 15‑1105.
30. Notwithstanding section 15‑1143, expend surplus monies in the community school program fund for maintenance and operations or unrestricted capital outlay, if sufficient monies are available in the fund after meeting the needs of programs established pursuant to section 15‑1142.
31. Adopt guidelines for standardization of the format of the school report cards required by section 15‑746 for schools within the district.
32. Adopt policies that require parental notification when a law enforcement officer interviews a pupil on school grounds. Policies adopted pursuant to this paragraph shall not impede a peace officer from the performance of the peace officer's duties. If the school district governing board adopts a policy that requires parental notification:
(a) The policy may provide reasonable exceptions to the parental notification requirement.
(b) The policy shall set forth whether and under what circumstances a parent may be present when a law enforcement officer interviews the pupil, including reasonable exceptions to the circumstances under which a parent may be present when a law enforcement officer interviews the pupil, and shall specify a reasonable maximum time after a parent is notified that an interview of a pupil by a law enforcement officer may be delayed to allow the parent to be present.
33. Enter into voluntary partnerships with any party to finance with funds other than school district funds and cooperatively design school facilities that comply with the adequacy standards prescribed in section 15‑2011 and the square footage per pupil requirements pursuant to section 15‑2041, subsection D, paragraph 3, subdivision (b). The design plans and location of any such school facility shall be submitted to the school facilities board for approval pursuant to section 15‑2041, subsection 0. If the school facilities board approves the design plans and location of any such school facility, the party in partnership with the school district may cause to be constructed and the district may begin operating the school facility before monies are distributed from the school facilities board pursuant to section 15‑2041. Monies distributed from the new school facilities fund to a school district in a partnership with another party to finance and design the school facility shall be paid to the school district pursuant to section 15‑2041. The school district shall reimburse the party in partnership with the school district from the monies paid to the school district pursuant to section 15‑2041, in accordance with the voluntary partnership agreement. Before the school facilities board distributes any monies pursuant to this subsection, the school district shall demonstrate to the school facilities board that the facilities to be funded pursuant to section 15‑2041, subsection O meet the minimum adequacy standards prescribed in section 15‑2011. If the cost to construct the school facility exceeds the amount that the school district receives from the new school facilities fund, the partnership agreement between the school district and the other party shall specify that, except as otherwise provided by the other party, any such excess costs shall be the responsibility of the school district. The school district governing board shall adopt a resolution in a public meeting that an analysis has been conducted on the prospective effects of the decision to operate a new school with existing monies from the school district's maintenance and operations budget and how this decision may affect other schools in the school district. If a school district acquires land by donation at an appropriate school site approved by the school facilities board and a school facility is financed and built on the land pursuant to this paragraph, the school facilities board shall distribute an amount equal to twenty per cent percent of the fair market value of the land that can be used for academic purposes. The school district shall place the monies in the unrestricted capital outlay fund and increase the unrestricted capital budget limit by the amount of the monies placed in the fund. Monies distributed under this paragraph shall be distributed from the new school facilities fund pursuant to section 15-2041. If a school district acquires land by donation at an appropriate school site approved by the school facilities board and a school facility is financed and built on the land pursuant to this paragraph, the school district shall not receive monies from the school facilities board for the donation of real property pursuant to section 15-2041, subsection F. It is unlawful for:
(a) A county, city or town to require as a condition of any land use approval that a landowner or landowners that entered into a partnership pursuant to this paragraph provide any contribution, donation or gift, other than a site donation, to a school district. This subdivision only applies to the property in the voluntary partnership agreement pursuant to this paragraph.
(b) A county, city or town to require as a condition of any land use approval that the landowner or landowners located within the geographic boundaries of the school subject to the voluntary partnership pursuant to this paragraph provide any donation or gift to the school district except as provided in the voluntary partnership agreement pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) A community facilities district established pursuant to title 48, chapter 4, article 6 to be used for reimbursement of financing the construction of a school pursuant to this paragraph.
(d) A school district to enter into an agreement pursuant to this paragraph with any party other than a master planned community party. Any land area consisting of at least three hundred twenty acres that is the subject of a development agreement with a county, city or town entered into pursuant to section 9‑500.05 or 11‑1101 shall be deemed to be a master planned community. For the purposes of this subdivision, "master planned community" means a land area consisting of at least three hundred twenty acres, which may be noncontiguous, that is the subject of a zoning ordinance approved by the governing body of the county, city or town in which the land is located that establishes the use of the land area as a planned area development or district, planned community development or district, planned unit development or district or other land use category or district that is recognized in the local ordinance of such county, city or town and that specifies the use of such land is for a master planned development.
34. Enter into an intergovernmental agreement with a presiding judge of the juvenile court to implement a law related law‑related education program as defined in section 15‑154. The presiding judge of the juvenile court may assign juvenile probation officers to participate in a law related law‑related education program in any school district in the county. The cost of juvenile probation officers who participate in the program implemented pursuant to this paragraph shall be funded by the school district.
35. Offer to sell outdated learning materials, educational equipment or furnishings at a posted price commensurate with the value of the items to pupils who are currently enrolled in that school district before those materials are offered for public sale.
36. If the school district is a small school district as defined in section 15‑901, and if permitted by federal law, opt out of federal grant opportunities if the governing board determines that the federal requirements impose unduly burdensome reporting requirements.
37. Develop policies and procedures to allow principals to budget for or assist with budgeting federal, state and local monies.
Sec. 3. Section 15-746, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
15-746. School report cards
A. Each school shall distribute an annual report card that contains at least the following information:
1. A description of the school's regular, magnet and special instructional programs.
2. A description of the current academic goals of the school.
3. A summary of the results achieved by pupils enrolled at the school during the prior three school years as measured by the Arizona instrument to measure standards test and the nationally standardized norm‑referenced achievement test as designated by the state board and as reported in the annual report prescribed by section 15‑743, a summary of the pupil progress on an ongoing and annual basis, showing the trends in gain or loss in pupil achievement over time in reading, language arts and mathematics for all years in which pupils are enrolled in the school district for an entire school year and for which this information is available and a summary of the pupil progress for pupils who are not enrolled in a district for an entire school year.
4. The school's current expenditures per pupil for classroom supplies, classroom instruction excluding classroom supplies, administration, support services‑students, and all other support services and operations. The current expenditures per pupil by school shall include allocation of the district‑wide expenditures to each school, as provided by the district. The report shall include a comparison of the school to the state amount for a similar type of district as calculated in section 15‑255. The method of calculating these per pupil amounts and the allocation of expenditures shall be as prescribed in the uniform system of financial records.
4. Beginning in the 2018‑2019 school year, the funding information required at the school level pursuant to section 15‑271, subsection A. The report card shall include a comparison of the school to other schools in the local education agency.
5. The attendance rate of pupils enrolled at the school as reflected in the school's average daily membership as defined in section 15‑901.
6. The total number of incidents that occurred on the school grounds, at school bus stops, on school buses and at school sponsored school‑sponsored events and that required the contact of a local, county, tribal, state or federal law enforcement officer pursuant to section 13‑3411, subsection F, section 13‑3620, section 15‑341, subsection A, paragraph 31 or section 15‑515. The total number of incidents reported shall only include reports that law enforcement officers report to the school are supported by probable cause. For the purposes of this paragraph, a certified peace officer who serves as a school resource officer is a law enforcement officer. A school may provide clarifying information if the school has a school resource officer on campus.
7. The percentage of pupils who have either graduated to the next grade level or graduated from high school.
8. A description of the social services available at the school site.
9. The school calendar, including the length of the school day and hours of operations.
10. The total number of pupils enrolled at the school during the previous school year.
11. The transportation services available.
12. Beginning in the 2000‑2001 school year and until July 1, 2006, the reading instruction programs used by the school for kindergarten programs and grades one, two and three, pursuant to section 15‑704. The report card shall include a district comparison of test scores among the different programs of reading instruction and shall identify the program of reading instruction used in each classroom.
13. 12. A description of the responsibilities of parents of children enrolled at the school.
14. 13. A description of the responsibilities of the school to the parents of the children enrolled at the school, including dates the report cards are delivered to the home.
15. 14. A description of the composition and duties of the school council as prescribed in section 15‑351 if such a school council exists.
16. 15. For the most recent year available, the average current expenditure per pupil for administrative functions compared to the predicted average current expenditure per pupil for administrative functions according to an analysis of administrative cost data by the joint legislative budget committee staff.
17. 16. If the school provides instruction to pupils in kindergarten programs and grades one through three, the ratio of pupils to teachers in each classroom where instruction is provided in kindergarten programs and grades one through three.
18. 17. The average class size per grade level for all grade levels, kindergarten programs and grades one through eight. For the purposes of this paragraph, "average class size" means the weighted average of each class.
B. The department of education shall develop a standardized report card format that meets the requirements of subsection A of this section. The department shall modify the standardized report card as necessary on an annual basis. The department shall distribute to each school in this state a copy of the standardized report card that includes the required test scores for each school. Additional copies of the standardized report card shall be available on request.
C. After each school has completed the report card distributed to it by the department of education, the school, in addition to distributing the report card as prescribed in subsection A of this section, shall send a copy of the report card to the department. The department shall prepare an annual report that contains the report card from each school in this state.
D. The school shall distribute report cards to parents of pupils enrolled at the school, no later than the last day of school of each fiscal year, and shall present a summary of the contents of the report cards at an annual public meeting held at the school. The school shall give notice at least two weeks before the public meeting that clearly states the purposes, time and place of the meeting.
Sec. 4. Auditor general; identification of efficient and transparent reporting methods and formats
The auditor general shall facilitate a process with charter schools and schools operated by school districts to identify the most efficient and transparent methods and formats for reporting the information required in section 15-271, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act. For special education pupils, this shall include clear identification of the source of expenditures and whether these expenditures are equal to, less than or more than base funding, weighted funding and federal funding.
