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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature First Regular Session 2015
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HOUSE BILL 2622 |
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AN ACT
amending section 15‑948, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to school finance.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 15-948, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
15-948. Adjustment for growth in student count
A. Any school district, after the first one hundred days or two hundred days in session, as applicable, of the current year, may determine if it is eligible to increase its revenue control limit and district support level for the current year due to growth in the student population as follows:
1. Determine the student count used for calculating the base support level for the current year.
2. Determine the average daily membership or adjusted average daily membership, whichever is applicable, through the first one hundred days or two hundred days in session, as applicable, of the current year.
3. Subtract the amount determined in paragraph 1 of this subsection from the amount determined in paragraph 2 of this subsection.
4. If the amount determined in paragraph 2 of this subsection is greater than the amount determined in paragraph 1 of this subsection, the governing board of the school district may compute an increase to its revenue control limit and district support level for the current year.
B. A school district, after the first one hundred days or two hundred days in session, as applicable, of the current year, may determine if it is eligible to compute an increase to its revenue control limit for the current year due to growth in the number of pupils in the group B categories of moderate or severe intellectual disability, visual impairment, hearing impairment, multiple disabilities, multiple disabilities with severe sensory impairment, orthopedic impairment, preschool severe delay and pupils with emotional disabilities enrolled in private special education programs or in school district programs for pupils with severe disabilities as follows:
1. Determine the weighted student count for all group B children with disabilities used for calculating the base support level for the current year.
2. Determine the weighted average daily membership for all group B children with disabilities through the first one hundred days or two hundred days in session, as applicable, of the current year.
3. Subtract the amount determined in paragraph 1 of this subsection from the amount determined in paragraph 2 of this subsection.
4. If the amount determined in paragraph 2 of this subsection is greater than the amount determined in paragraph 1 of this subsection, the governing board of the school district may compute an increase to its revenue control limit and district support level for the current year by using the amount determined in paragraph 3 of this subsection for the weighted student count and the base level for the district for the current year.
C. If a school district meets the criteria specified in subsection A or B of this section, or both, the governing board of the school district, after notice is given and a public hearing held as provided in section 15‑905, subsection D, at any time before May 15 may revise its budget to include the increase in its revenue control limit and district support level for the current year utilizing the procedure prescribed in subsection A or B of this section, or both. Not later than May 18, the budget as revised shall be submitted electronically to the superintendent of public instruction.
D. If the revised budget is adopted by the governing board at the public hearing and submitted electronically as provided in subsection C of this section, the school district shall receive state aid based on the adjusted revenue control limit or the adjusted district support level in the manner specified in section 15‑971, except that in no event shall the school district receive less state aid than it would have received if it had not used this section.
E. If the adjusted revenue control limit results in an expenditure of funds in excess of school district revenues for the current year, the county school superintendent shall include within the revenue estimate for the budget year funds necessary to meet the liabilities incurred by the school district in the current year in excess of revenues received for the current year.
F. Notwithstanding any other law, if a school district elects to increase its revenue control limit and district support level for the current year pursuant to subsection a of this section, the school district shall adjust its revenue control limit and district support level in each subsequent year to the actual average daily membership in the current year. Notwithstanding any other law, if a school district elects to increase its revenue control limit for the current year pursuant to subsection b of this section, the school district shall adjust its revenue control limit in each subsequent year to the actual average daily membership in the current year.