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2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-901.05 - Application of school finance changes

15-901.05.
Application of school finance changes
To the extent permitted by the Constitution of Arizona,  unless otherwise specified by law,  the department shall apply any change to state law that occurs after July 29,  2010 and that modifies or impacts the school finance formulas prescribed in this title,  including the base support level,  the base revenue control limit,  the transportation support level,  the transportation revenue control limit,  the district additional assistance,  the general budget limit or the unrestricted budget limit,  on the effective date of that change to state law so that it applies to the entire fiscal year in which the change became effective.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-902.01 - Student revenue loss phasedown

15-902.01.
Student revenue loss phasedown
A. A school district that loses at least five hundred students from its student count as a result of the formation of a joint unified school district pursuant to section 15-450 and that does not receive tuition for those students for the budget year may increase its base support level for the budget year by an amount as follows:
1. For the first year of the loss,  six hundred fifty thousand dollars.
2. For the second year following the loss,  six hundred thousand dollars.
3. For the third year following the loss,  five hundred thousand dollars.
4. For the fourth year following the loss,  three hundred thousand dollars.
5. For the fifth year following the loss,  one hundred thousand dollars.
B. In addition to any adjustment for tuition loss received pursuant to section 15-954,  a union high school district that loses at least fifty students from its tuition count as a result of the formation of a joint unified school district pursuant to section 15-450 and that does not receive tuition for those students for the budget year may increase its base support level for the budget year by an amount as follows:
1. For the first year of the loss,  one hundred thousand dollars.
2. If during the second year following the initial loss of students the union high school district loses an additional fifty students as a result of the formation of a joint unified school district pursuant to section 15-450 and does not receive tuition for those students for the budget year,  two hundred thousand dollars.
3. If during the third year following the initial loss of students the union high school district loses an additional fifty students beyond the second year's additional loss as a result of the formation of a joint unified school district pursuant to section 15-450 and does not receive tuition for those students for the budget year,  three hundred twenty-five thousand dollars.
4. If the union high school district was eligible for the three hundred twenty-five thousand dollars as provided in paragraph 3 of this subsection,  for the fourth year following the initial loss of students,  two hundred thousand dollars.
5. If the union high school district was eligible for the two hundred thousand dollars as provided in paragraph 4 of this subsection,  for the fifth year following the initial loss of students,  one hundred thousand dollars.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-902.03 - Procedures for determining average daily membership

15-902.03.
Procedures for determining average daily membership
A. The department of education shall recompute and aggregate average daily membership for the previous fiscal year no later than August 30. The department shall inform school districts and charter schools of their final average daily membership no later than September 15. No later than November 1 of each year,  state aid calculations for all school districts and charter schools for the previous fiscal year must be finalized and the budget limits for school districts must be adjusted. Any future adjustments in student counts,  if discovered by the school district or charter school,  shall be made pursuant to section 15-915.
B. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section,  school districts may continue to make budget adjustments pursuant to section 15-905 and make corrections pursuant to section 15-915.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-902.04 - Optional two hundred days of instruction; definition

15-902.04.
Optional two hundred days of instruction;  definition
A. A school district,  charter holder or private residential facility that elects to provide at least two hundred days of instruction may increase its base level by five percent. A school district,  charter holder or private residential facility that elects to provide at least two hundred days of instruction shall obtain approval from the department of education before the beginning of the fiscal year that the school district,  charter holder or private residential facility is planning on offering instruction for at least two hundred days. The school district,  charter holder or private residential facility shall ensure that the last day of instruction in any school year occurs before June 30. The school district,  charter school or private residential facility shall increase its annual instructional hours by at least ten percent in order to receive the base level increase prescribed in this section.
B. For the purposes of this section,  " private residential facility"  has the same meaning prescribed in section 15-1181.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-906 - Procedure for payment of levy fund liabilities payable on June 30; lapsing of levy funds with balance for reduction of taxes

15-906.
Procedure for payment of levy fund liabilities payable on June 30;  lapsing of levy funds with balance for reduction of taxes
A. Annually on or before June 30,  each school district shall prepare for all levy funds a list of liabilities for goods received or services rendered on or before June 30 that will not be paid by June 30 of the current fiscal year.
B. Each school district having levy fund liabilities payable on June 30 shall file an advice of encumbrance with the county school superintendent on or before July 18,  in the manner and on a form to be prescribed in the uniform system of financial records. The county school superintendent shall encumber amounts that are included in year-to-date expenditures not to exceed the budget and that are available to pay the liabilities pursuant to section 15-304.
C. The county school superintendent may draw warrants against the obligated in contract amounts pursuant to subsection B of this section for a period of sixty days immediately following the close of the fiscal year.
D. After expiration of the period of sixty days immediately following the close of each fiscal year,  the remaining obligated in contract balance shall lapse and no further payments from the maintenance and operation,  unrestricted capital outlay and adjacent ways funds shall be made on any claim for expenditures of the prior fiscal year.
E. School districts that are subject to section 15-914.01 shall adhere to the duties described in section 15-304 for the purposes of this section.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-907 - Incurring liabilities in excess of school district budget; petition; approval; procedure for expenditures

15-907.
Incurring liabilities in excess of school district budget;  petition;  approval;  procedure for expenditures
A. In the event of excessive and unexpected legal expenses or for an emergency for which the school district did not receive funding pursuant to section 41-5721 because there were insufficient monies in the emergency deficiencies correction fund,  the governing board of the school district may petition the county school superintendent,  or in the case of an accommodation school,  the county school superintendent may petition the county board of supervisors,  requesting authority to incur liabilities in excess of the school district budget,  in an amount the governing board deems necessary. The governing board of the school district shall follow the procedures for the truth in taxation notice and hearing prescribed in section 15-905.01,  subsection B.
B. The county school superintendent shall forward the petition together with the superintendent's recommendation and a copy of the budget of the school district to the board of supervisors.
C. The board of supervisors shall hold a hearing on the petition within twenty days after receipt and shall determine whether the petition shall be allowed,  allowed after revision or denied.
D. If the petition is allowed in whole or in part,  the governing board shall be authorized to incur liabilities in accordance with the petition,  and a copy of the order of the board of supervisors authorizing the incurring of such liabilities shall be filed with the county school superintendent. The county school superintendent,  on presentation of proper vouchers,  shall draw warrants against the additional allowance. Any liability so incurred shall be in addition to the aggregate budget estimate of the school district for the succeeding year.
E. The portion of the primary tax rate to fund these liabilities in excess of the school district budget as provided in this section shall not be included in the computation of additional state aid for education prescribed in section 15-972.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-908 - Revenue control limit for school district after consolidation

15-908.
Revenue control limit for school district after consolidation
A resulting school district after consolidation of a school district and unorganized territory or areas within another school district as provided in section 15-459,  subsection C or section 15-460,  subsection A shall compute its allowable revenue control limit for the first budget year as follows:
1. Divide the allowable revenue control limit for the budget year of the school district before consolidation by the student count for the school district for the budget year.
2. Multiply the quotient obtained in paragraph 1 of this section by the student count of the resulting school district for the budget year. The product is the revenue control limit of the resulting school district in the first budget year.
3. The student count used for unorganized territory is the student count of pupils who resided in the unorganized territory before consolidation.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-909 - Financial provisions for accommodation schools; definition

15-909.
Financial provisions for accommodation schools;  definition
A. An accommodation school shall compute a revenue control limit,  a district support level and a district additional assistance allocation limit for each fiscal year of operation.
B. For the purpose of computing a revenue control limit,  a district support level and a district additional assistance allocation limit,  " accommodation school"  has the same meaning prescribed in section 15-101.
C. State aid shall be apportioned as provided in section 15-973 to each county accommodation school.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-912 - Consolidation assistance

15-912.
Consolidation assistance
A. A resulting school district after merger of school districts may budget for consolidation assistance as provided in subsection B of this section if the school districts which merge include any of the following:
1. A common school district and at least one other common school district or at least one unified school district.
2. A high school district and at least one other high school district or at least one unified school district.
3. A unified school district and at least one other unified school district or at least one high school district or at least one common school district.
B. The eligible school district may increase the revenue control limit and the district support level for the first year of operation by an amount determined as follows:
1. Through December 31,  2006,  five per cent of the revenue control limit.
2. Beginning January 1,  2007,  the amount of any transitional costs that are directly associated with routine formalities that are necessary as a result of consolidation such as changing of signs,  letterhead,  stationery and similar issues.
C. A school district which budgets for consolidation assistance pursuant to this section may not budget for unification assistance pursuant to section 15-912.01 during the one year period for which the consolidation assistance is in effect.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-912.01 - Unification assistance

15-912.01.
Unification assistance
A. New unified school districts formed after a subdivision and unification as provided in section 15-458,  subsection G or section 15-459,  subsection B,  paragraph 5 or new unified school districts formed from a common school district and a high school district pursuant to section 15-448 may budget for unification assistance as provided in subsection B of this section.
B. The eligible school district may increase the revenue control limit and the district support level for the first year of operation by an amount determined as follows:
1. Through December 31,  2006,  five per cent of the revenue control limit.
2. Beginning January 1,  2007,  the amount of any transitional costs that are directly associated with routine formalities that are necessary as a result of unification such as changing of signs,  letterhead,  stationery and similar issues.
C. A school district which budgets for unification assistance pursuant to this section may not budget for consolidation assistance pursuant to section 15-912 during the one year period for which the unification assistance is in effect.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-915 - Correction of state aid or budget limit errors; definition

15-915.
Correction of state aid or budget limit errors;  definition
A. If the superintendent of public instruction determines that the calculation of state aid for a school district or charter school or the calculation of the school district's or charter school's budget limits within the previous three years did not conform with statutory requirements,  the superintendent shall require correction of the errors as follows:
1. Corrections may be made in the current year or in the budget year,  except that in case of hardship to the school district,  the superintendent may approve corrections partly in one year and partly in the year after that year.
2. Errors in the calculation of state aid shall be corrected by increasing or decreasing the state aid to the school district or charter school in the year or years in which the correction is made.
3. Errors in the calculation of the school district's or charter school's budget limits shall be corrected at a public hearing by requiring the governing board to reduce or by allowing it to increase its budget by the amount of the correction to be made that year. Overbudgeting errors corrected as provided in this paragraph are exempt from section 15-905,  subsections L and M. Not later than three days after the hearing and correction,  the budget as revised shall be submitted electronically to the superintendent of public instruction. This paragraph does not require a decrease in state aid that is not otherwise required by paragraph 2 of this subsection.
B. Subject to the review by the joint legislative budget committee,  the superintendent of public instruction shall adjust state aid for a school district in the current year if the governing board of a school district requests the recalculation of state aid for a prior year due to a change in assessed valuation that occurred as the result of any of the following:
1. A court judgment in accordance with section 42-16213.
2. A decision by a county board of equalization in accordance with section 42-16108.
3. A decision by the state board of equalization in accordance with section 42-16162.
4. The correction of a property tax error pursuant to title 42,  chapter 16,  article 6.
C. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section,  a school district or charter school may not make upward revisions to its average daily membership counts for a particular school year after June 30 of the subsequent school year.
D. For the purposes of this section,  " state aid" :
1. For school districts,  means state aid as determined in section 15-971 and additional state aid as determined in section 15-972.
2. For charter schools,  means state aid as determined in section 15-185.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-916 - Expenditure of state grant monies not included in budget

15-916.
Expenditure of state grant monies not included in budget
If the governing board of a school district receives a grant from this state for a specific program and did not include the grant in the district's budget,  the governing board may,  with the approval of the county school superintendent,  authorize the expenditure of the grant monies in excess of the budget by action taken at a public meeting of the governing board. Within thirty days of the action,  the governing board shall notify the department of education of the amount of the expenditures authorized. The amount which the district may expend in excess of the budget is equal to the amount of the grant monies which were not included in the budget for that fiscal year.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-920 - Performance pay; budget balance carryforward; definitions

15-920.
Performance pay;  budget balance carryforward;  definitions
A. Notwithstanding any other law,  a school district that uses a performance pay component in its salary schedule may budget any budget balance in the maintenance and operation section of the budget that is attributable to performance pay and that is not earned in the current fiscal year for use in the budget year. The carryforward shall be used in the following year's performance pay component of the salary schedule. The amount budgeted pursuant to this subsection shall not be included in the allowable budget balance carryforward calculated pursuant to section 15-943.01. The amount budgeted pursuant to this subsection is specifically exempt from the revenue control limit.
B. For purposes of this section:
1. " Budget balance"  means the difference between actual and budgeted expenditures for the performance pay component of the salary schedule.
2. " Performance pay component"  means any portion of a school district's salary schedule,  other than a career ladder program or an optional performance incentives program established pursuant to this article,  that is based on factors directly related to a teacher's classroom performance.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-921 - Duties of superintendent of public instruction

15-921.
Duties of superintendent of public instruction
A. The superintendent of public instruction shall supervise the provision of pupil transportation services.
B. The superintendent of public instruction shall evaluate the transportation program and routes for the purpose of evaluating accurate transportation support levels for the budget year.
C. For each fiscal year the superintendent of public instruction shall,  on or before May 15,  inform each school district of the daily route mileage which shall be used in the determination of the school district's transportation support level for the budget year.
D. The superintendent of public instruction shall be responsible for assembling the information provided by the school district and for determining the accuracy of such information.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-922 - Reporting duties of the school district; definition

15-922.
Reporting duties of the school district;  definition
A. Each school district,  within twelve days after the first one hundred days or two hundred days in session,  as applicable,  shall certify to the superintendent of public instruction,  in an electronic format as prescribed by the department of education,  the following:
1. The daily route mileage of the school district in the current year. The route mileage shall not include more than thirty miles each way to and from the school of attendance or to and from a pickup point on a regular transportation route to transport eligible students who reside in nonadjacent school districts.
2. The route mileage of the school district in the current year transporting eligible students for extended school year services in accordance with section 15-881.
3. The number of eligible students transported during the current year.
B. A school district shall meet the requirements of this section to receive state aid. The superintendent of public instruction may withhold a school district's apportionment of state aid if the superintendent of public instruction determines that the school district is not complying with the requirements of this section. A school district may include in the calculation of daily route mileage any vehicle that meets the definition of a school bus prescribed in this section or any motor vehicle described in section 15-925. The department of education shall not deny transportation funding or state aid for a school district that transports pupils in any vehicle that meets the definition of a school bus prescribed in this section or any motor vehicle described in section 15-925.
C. For the purposes of this article and section 15-901,  " school bus"  or " bus"  means a school bus as defined in section 28-101,  except that the passenger capacity standards prescribed in that section do not apply.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-923 - Contracts for transportation; requirement; report

15-923.
Contracts for transportation;  requirement;  report
A. As an alternative to maintaining and operating a transportation program or in conjunction with a transportation program,  a school district,  if it is found to be economically advantageous,  may contract for vehicles and other transportation services. Contracts may be with another political subdivision,  a common or contract carrier or a private party.
B. In order to expediently process contracts for the provision of transportation,  a school district may select a preapproved contract carrier or private party that meets both of the following criteria:
1. Provides one or more of the following:
(a) Electric school buses.
(b) Electric school bus charging infrastructure.
(c) Charging and charging management services.
(d) Electric school bus services.
2. Has filed with and received approval from the school bus advisory council established by section 28-3053.
C. In addition to other powers and duties prescribed by title 11,  chapter 2,  article 4,  any board of supervisors,  at the request of any or all of the governing boards of the school districts within the county,  may provide necessary student transportation. If the board of supervisors and the governing board or boards of such school districts mutually agree that such an arrangement is economically advantageous,  the governing board of the school district is authorized to sell or lease its bus or buses to the board of supervisors for such purposes. Agreement between the parties shall be by written contract.
D. An eligible student who is transported part by contract and part by school district transportation facilities may not be counted as more than one eligible student.
E. Miles driven to transport eligible students may not be reported as daily route miles by more than one school district.
F. Each school district shall submit electronically to the department of education a report regarding the routes contracted,  the contractor contract information,  the number of eligible students transported by each contractor and any additional information requested by the department of education.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-924 - In lieu of transportation grants

15-924.
In lieu of transportation grants
A. Notwithstanding any other law,  beginning in the 2021-2022 school year,  a school district may use a portion of its transportation funding allocated pursuant to sections 15-945 and 15-946 to provide in lieu of transportation grants to parents of students who attend the school district pursuant to a plan submitted to the department of education. School districts may issue grants to support individual parents or neighborhood carpools in transporting students to school. A school district's transportation funding allocation may not be reduced or otherwise diminished due to the school district awarding grants pursuant to this section.
B. Notwithstanding any other law,  beginning in the 2021-2022 school year,  a charter school may use a portion of its charter additional assistance funding allocated pursuant to section 15-185 to provide in lieu of transportation grants to parents of students who attend the charter school pursuant to a plan submitted to the department of education. Charter schools may issue grants to support individual parents or neighborhood carpools in transporting students to school. Participating charter schools shall report to the department regarding the monies awarded to parents as required by the department.
C. The department of education shall adopt policies and procedures to account for expenditures under this section and to require proof of attendance for students whose transportation is supported through grants under this section.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-925 - School transportation; allowable vehicles

15-925.
School transportation;  allowable vehicles
Notwithstanding any other law,  a school district or charter school in this state or a privately owned and operated entity that is contracted for compensation with a school district or charter school in this state may use a motor vehicle that is designed to carry at least eleven and not more than fifteen passengers or a motor vehicle that is designed as a type A school bus or type B school bus as defined by the department of public safety to carry at least eleven and up to fifteen passengers to transport students to or from home or school on a regularly scheduled basis in accordance with the safety rules adopted by the department of public safety pursuant to sections 28-900 and 28-3228.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-943 - Base support level

15-943.
Base support level
The base support level for each school district shall be computed as follows:
1. The following support level weights shall be used in paragraph 2,  subdivision (a) of this section for the following school districts:
(a) For school districts whose student count in kindergarten programs and grades one through eight is classified in column 1 of this subdivision,  the support level weight for kindergarten programs and grades one through eight is the corresponding support level weight prescribed in column 2 or 3 of this subdivision,  whichever is appropriate:
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Support Level Weight Support Level Weight
For Small Isolated For Small
Student Count School Districts School Districts
1-99 1.559 1.399
100-499 1.358 + [0.0005 x (500 1.278 + [0.0003 x (500
- student count)] - student count)]
500-599 1.158 + [0.002 x (600 1.158 + [0.0012 x (600
- student count)] - student count)]
(b) For school districts whose student count in grades nine through twelve is classified in column 1 of this subdivision,  the support level weight for grades nine through twelve is the corresponding support level weight prescribed in column 2 or 3 of this subdivision,  whichever is appropriate:
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Support Level Weight Support Level Weight
For Small Isolated For Small
Student Count School Districts School Districts
1-99 1.669 1.559
100-499 1.468 + [0.0005 x (500 1.398 + [0.0004 x (500
- student count)] student count)]
500-599 1.268 + [0.002 x (600 1.268 + [0.0013 x (600
- student count)] student count)]
2. Subject to paragraph 1 of this section,  determine the weighted student count as follows:
(a)
Support Weighted
Level Student Student
Grade Base Group A Weight Count Count
PSD 1.000 + 0.450 = 1.450 x =
K-8 1.000 + 0.158 = 1.158 x =
9-12 1.163 + 0.105 = 1.268 x =
Subtotal A
(b)
Support Weighted
Funding Level Student Student
Category Weight Count Count
HI 4.771 x =
K-3 0.060 x =
K-3 reading 0.040 x =
ELL 0.115 x =
MD-R,  A-R and
SID-R 6.024 x =
MD-SC,  A-SC and
SID-SC 5.988 x =
MD-SSI 7.947 x =
OI-R 3.158 x =
OI-SC 6.773 x =
P-SD 3.595 x = ________
DD,  ED,  MIID,  SLD,
SLI and OHI 0.292 x =
ED-P 4.822 x =
MOID 4.421 x = ________
VI 4.806 x =
G 0.007 x =
FRPL 0.022 x = ________
Subtotal B
(c) Total of subtotals A and B:
3. Multiply the total determined in paragraph 2 of this section by the base level.
4. Multiply the teacher experience index of the district or 1.00,  whichever is greater,  by the product obtained in paragraph 3 of this section.
5. For the purposes of this section,  the student count is the average daily membership as prescribed in section 15-901 for the current year,  except that for the purposes of computing the base support level used in determining school district rollover allocations and school district budget override amounts,  the student count is the average daily membership as prescribed in section 15-901 for the prior year.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-943.01 - Maintenance and operation budget balance; definition

15-943.01.
Maintenance and operation budget balance;  definition
A. The governing board of a school district may budget any budget balance in the maintenance and operation section of the budget,  as provided in section 15-903,  from the current fiscal year for use in the maintenance and operation section of the budget in the budget year. The amount that may be budgeted as the budget balance carryforward in any one fiscal year shall not include any budget balance attributable to any reduction in the district's general budget limit,  including reductions for items that are exempt from the revenue control limit and for which expenditures are limited to a designated purpose such as monies levied pursuant to section 15-910,  subsection G. The amount budgeted as the budget balance carryforward is specifically exempt from the revenue control limit.
B. If the actual amount of the allowable budget balance carryforward is less than the amount budgeted for the budget balance carryforward,  the governing board shall adjust the general budget limit and expenditures before May 15 based on the actual allowable budget balance carryforward. If the actual amount of the allowable budget balance carryforward is more than the amount budgeted for the budget balance carryforward,  the governing board may adjust its budget before May 15 based on the actual amount of the allowable fund balance carryforward. Not later than May 18,  the budget as revised shall be submitted electronically to the superintendent of public instruction.
C. If the governing board is eligible to budget for a budget balance carryforward as provided in subsection A of this section,  the governing board may transfer an amount from the district's ending cash balance of the maintenance and operations fund to the school opening fund. The school opening fund is a cash controlled fund as provided in section 15-905,  subsection N,  and may be spent only for the additional maintenance and operations expenses incurred in the first year of operation of a new school within the school district. The monies in the school opening fund are not subject to reversion,  except that at the end of five years of no activity in the fund,  any remaining monies revert to the maintenance and operations fund. Any monies so reverted may be considered additional budget balance for that fiscal year.
D. If a governing board transfers monies as provided in subsection C of this section,  the amount so transferred in a fiscal year shall be subtracted from the amount the district would otherwise be eligible to budget for that fiscal year as provided in subsection A of this section. The difference,  if any,  is the maximum amount that may be budgeted for that fiscal year as a budget balance carryforward.
E. For the purposes of this section,  " budget balance"  means the difference between actual and budgeted expenditures.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-943.02 - Base support level for career technical education districts

15-943.02.
Base support level for career technical education districts
A. The base support level for each career technical education district shall be computed as follows:
Grade/ Support Student Weighted
Category Level Count Student
Weight Count
9-12 1.339 x ________ = ________
B. Multiply the total determined in subsection A of this section by the base level.
C. Multiply the teacher experience index of the district or 1.00,  whichever is greater,  by the product obtained in subsection B of this section.
D. For the purposes of this section,  the student count is the average daily membership as prescribed in section 15-901 for the current year,  except that for the purposes of computing the base support level used in determining school district rollover allocations,  the student count is the average daily membership as prescribed in section 15-901 for the prior year.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-943.04 - English learner classroom personnel bonus fund; payment of English language classroom personnel bonuses

15-943.04.
English learner classroom personnel bonus fund;  payment of English language classroom personnel bonuses
The English learner classroom personnel bonus fund is established consisting of monies appropriated for this purpose. The department of education shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated. Applications from school districts and charter schools for monies from the fund shall be submitted by February 28 of each year. The department of education shall distribute monies in the fund to school districts and charter schools in equal amounts not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars for every English learner,  as defined in section 15-751,  who was instructed in an English learner program in the past academic year,  who achieved English proficiency and who exited the English learner program. School districts and charter schools shall use the monies distributed pursuant to this section to pay bonuses directly to classroom personnel,  excluding principals and administrators,  who are involved in English learner programs. A school district or charter school shall not receive more than one distribution from the English learner classroom personnel bonus fund for the same pupil.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-944 - Base revenue control limit

15-944.
Base revenue control limit
A. The base revenue control limit for each school district for fiscal year 1980-1981 is computed as follows:
1. Add the amounts in the fiscal year 1979-1980 budget effective May 15,  1980 for general operating and special education.
2. Subtract the following budgeted revenues from the sum obtained in paragraph 1 of this subsection:
(a) Tuition paid for attendance of nonresident pupils.
(b) State assistance as provided in section 15-976.
(c) Special education revenues as provided in section 15-825,  subsection D and section 15-1204.
(d) Proceeds from the sale or lease of school property as provided in section 15-1102.
3. Add the increase in the base support level from fiscal year 1979-1980 to fiscal year 1980-1981 to the difference obtained in paragraph 2 of this subsection.
B. The equalization factor for each school district is computed as follows:
1. Divide the sum obtained in subsection A,  paragraph 3 of this section by the base support level for fiscal year 1980-1981.
2. Subtract 1.0 from the quotient obtained in paragraph 1 of this subsection to obtain the equalization factor.
C. The revenue variation factor for each fiscal year is as follows:
1. For fiscal year 1981-1982,  0.80.
2. For fiscal year 1982-1983,  0.60.
3. For fiscal year 1983-1984,  0.40.
4. For fiscal year 1984-1985,  0.20.
D. The base revenue control limit for each school district during the five years in which the equalization plan is in operation is computed as follows:
1. Multiply the equalization factor by the revenue variation factor for the applicable year. Beginning with fiscal year 1983-1984 if the resulting product is less than negative 0.08,  use negative 0.08 for computation purposes as provided in paragraph 2 of this subsection.
2. Multiply the product obtained in paragraph 1 of this subsection by the base support level for the applicable year.
3. Add the base support level for the applicable year to the product obtained in paragraph 2 of this subsection.
E. For fiscal year 1985-1986 and each fiscal year thereafter,  the base revenue control limit equals the base support level for the same fiscal year.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-944.01 - Additional expenditures exempt in whole or in part from revenue control limit

15-944.01.
Additional expenditures exempt in whole or in part from revenue control limit
Beginning January 1,  1990,  no school district is permitted to budget for items that are exempt either in whole or in part from the revenue control limit and that are funded by revenues generated by a levy of taxes on the taxable property in the school district,  except that a school district may budget for those items that are exempt either in whole or in part from the revenue control limit as authorized by law before January 1,  1990.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-947.01 - Revenue control limit; general budget limit; total capital budget limit for career technical education districts

15-947.01.
Revenue control limit;  general budget limit;  total capital budget limit for career technical education districts
A. The revenue control limit for a career technical education district is equal to the base support level determined in section 15-943.02.
B. The general budget limit for each career technical education district,  for each fiscal year,  is the sum of the following:
1. The revenue control limit for the budget year.
2. District additional assistance for the budget year.
3. Tuition revenues for attendance of nonresident pupils.
4. Title VIII of the elementary and secondary education act of 1965 assistance determined for children with disabilities,  children with specific learning disabilities and children residing on Indian lands as provided in section 15-905,  subsections K and O.
5. Expenditures for excess utility costs as provided in section 15-910.
C. The unrestricted capital budget limit for each career technical education district for the budget year is as provided in section 15-947,  subsection D.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-950 - Revenue control limits for new school districts

15-950.
Revenue control limits for new school districts
A resulting common,  high or unified school district after consolidation of school districts as provided in section 15-459,  subsection B,  paragraph 2 or 3 or subsection C shall determine,  in the first budget year,  its allowable revenue control limit as follows:
1. Determine the allowable revenue control limit for the budget year for each of the school districts to be consolidated as it would have been in the absence of the consolidation.
2. Add the revenue control limits determined in paragraph 1 of this section. The sum is the revenue control limit of the resulting school district in the first year for which a budget is computed.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-953 - Increases in the base level

15-953.
Increases in the base level
If a school district receives approval to calculate its budget using an increase in the base level pursuant to any law for a given fiscal year,  that increase in the base level applies only to the fiscal year for which approval was given. In order to calculate its budget using an increase in the base level for any subsequent fiscal year the school district must receive specific approval to do so as prescribed by law.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-954 - Adjustment for tuition loss

15-954.
Adjustment for tuition loss
A. The district may increase its base support level for tuition loss as prescribed in subsection B of this section if all of the following apply:
1. A school district receives tuition for high school pupils from a school district which is inside or outside of this state and which does not offer instruction in one or more high school grade levels.
2. The school district which had received the tuition loses the tuition because the other school district begins to offer instruction in one or more high school grade levels not previously offered.
3. The number of pupils for whom the district loses the tuition is equal to at least five per cent of the average daily membership of pupils educated by the district in grades nine through twelve for the year prior to the year in which the other school district begins to offer the instruction.
B. The maximum amount by which a district may increase its base support level for tuition loss is determined as follows:
1. Determine the amount of tuition lost between the year before the other school district begins to offer instruction,  which is the base year,  and the year after the base year.
2. For the year after the base year,  the maximum amount is seventy-five per cent of the amount determined in paragraph 1.
3. For the second year after the base year,  the maximum amount is fifty per cent of the amount determined in paragraph 1.
4. For the third year after the base year,  the maximum amount is twenty-five per cent of the amount determined in paragraph 1.
C. If the resident school district is a joint unified district and phases in the instruction over more than one year:
1. The computation prescribed by subsection A,  paragraph 3 of this section shall be made separately for each phase by dividing the number of pupils in the phase by the average daily membership of pupils in grades nine through twelve who are educated by the district of attendance in the year prior to the year in which the resident district begins to offer instruction for this phase.
2. The base year and the maximum amounts determined pursuant to subsection B of this section shall be computed separately for each phase.
3. The total increase in the base support level for a given fiscal year shall be the sum of the computations for each phase calculated pursuant to paragraph 2 of this subsection.
D. If the school district does not qualify for equalization assistance as provided in section 15-971,  the part of the primary property tax rate set to fund the tuition loss as provided in this section shall not be included in the computation of additional state aid revenues as prescribed in section 15-972.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-963 - Capital transportation adjustment for small school districts

15-963.
Capital transportation adjustment for small school districts
A. A school district may apply to the state board of education for a capital transportation adjustment for the purchase of a transportation vehicle if the district meets all of the following requirements:
1. Has a student count of fewer than six hundred in kindergarten programs and grades one through twelve.
2. Transports as eligible students at least one-third of the total student count of the school district.
3. Has an approved daily route mileage per eligible student transported of more than 1.0,  computed as prescribed in section 15-945,  subsection A,  paragraph 4.
B. If a school district receives a capital transportation adjustment as provided in this section,  district additional assistance for that district shall be equal to district additional assistance determined as prescribed in section 15-961 plus any additional amount approved by the state board of education.
C. The state board of education may grant a capital transportation adjustment to a school district which meets the qualifications prescribed in subsection A of this section,  except that the total amount of all additional amounts approved as capital transportation adjustments for all school districts for a fiscal year shall not exceed twenty per cent of the total amount which a county may budget for that fiscal year in all small district service program funds as provided in section 15-365,  subsection F.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-964 - Federal impact adjustment

15-964.
Federal impact adjustment
A. The governing board of a school district may compute a federal impact adjustment to the unrestricted capital budget limit. The maximum amount of the federal impact adjustment is the sum of the following:
1. Twenty-five percent of the monies received from forest reserve funds by the school district in the prior fiscal year as provided in section 41-736.
2. For a school district that is not an accommodation school,  the lesser of:
(a) Twenty-five percent of the title VIII of the elementary and secondary education act of 1965 revenues received in the prior fiscal year.
(b) The total amount of title VIII of the elementary and secondary education act of 1965 revenues received in the prior fiscal year minus the sum of the following:
(i) The amount of title VIII of the elementary and secondary education act of 1965 assistance used to increase the general budget limit as provided in section 15-905,  subsections K and O for the prior fiscal year.
(ii) The amount budgeted for title VIII of the elementary and secondary education act of 1965 administrative costs as provided in section 15-905,  subsection P for the current year.
(iii) The amount budgeted for principal and interest on impact aid revenue bonds pursuant to section 41-5804 for the current year.
B. The federal impact adjustment shall only be budgeted and expended for new construction,  major renovation of buildings or expenditures that may be budgeted in the unrestricted capital fund.
C. If the governing board underestimated the amount of the federal impact adjustment for the current year,  the board may adjust the unrestricted capital budget limit and the budget before May 15. If the board overestimated the amount of the federal impact adjustment for the current year,  the board shall adjust the unrestricted capital budget limit and the budget before May 15. Not later than May 18,  the budget as revised shall be submitted electronically to the superintendent of public instruction.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Education › § 15-973.01 - Assistance for education fund

15-973.01.
Assistance for education fund
A. The assistance for education fund is established consisting of monies received pursuant to section 43-617.
B. The state board of education shall administer the fund. On notice from the state board,  the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the fund as provided by section 35-313 and monies earned from investments shall be credited to the fund. Monies in the fund:
1. Are continuously appropriated to the state board of education.
2. Are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190,  relating to lapsing of appropriations.
C. The state board of education shall distribute monies in the fund to the department of education to fund solutions teams assigned to schools pursuant to section 15-241.02.