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REFERENCE TITLE: school districts; unification assistance |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Forty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session 2010
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HB 2587 |
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Introduced by Representative Tobin
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AN ACT
amending section 15‑912.01, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to unified school districts.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 15-912.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
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 the following amounts:
1. Through December 31, 2006, five per cent of the revenue control limit.
2. 1. Beginning January 1, 2007, For the first year of operation, 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, and stationery and similar issues.
2. In addition to the amount prescribed in paragraph 1, for the second and third years of operation, three per cent of the revenue control limit. Monies budgeted pursuant to this paragraph shall be used only to equalize the salaries of teachers employed by the school district. A school district that budgets monies pursuant to this paragraph shall develop a new organization flow chart for the school district that is designed to reduce administrative costs, increase the amount of dollars used in the classroom and use the savings from reduced administrative costs to equalize the salaries of teachers employed by the school district.
C. A school district which that 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.