Bill Number: S.B. 1487

                                                                                                             Pierce Floor Amendment

                                                                                                              Reference to: printed bill

                                                                                    Amendment drafted by: Kody Kelleher

 

 

FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION

 

  1. Increases the per pupil Charter School Additional Assistance amounts to reflect current statutory formula amounts plus inflation.

 

  1. Increases the per pupil District Additional Assistance amounts to incorporate the current statutory formula funding levels for Soft Capital Allocation and Capital Outlay Revenue Limit.

 

  1. Requires the Department of Education to proportionally reduce FY 2014 District Additional Assistance by $238,985,500 but limits reductions for school districts with an average daily membership of 1,100 or less to $5 million.

 

  1. Requires the Department of Education to proportionally reduce FY 2014 Charter Additional Assistance by $15,656,000.

Fifty-first Legislature                                                    Pierce

First Regular Session                                                   S.B. 1487

 

PIERCE FLOOR AMENDMENT

 

SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1487

 

(Reference to printed bill)

 

 


Page 3, line 18, strike “six FIVE” insert “six”; strike “SEVENTY-EIGHT” insert “EIGHTY-FOUR”; strike “NINE” insert “NINETEEN”

Line 20, strike “nine EIGHT” insert “nine”; strike “THIRTY-NINE” insert “SIXTY-TWO”

Line 21, strike “TWENTY-THREE” insert “NINETY”

Page 21, line 39, after “cents” strike remainder of line, insert “FIVE HUNDRED SEVEN DOLLARS SIXTY-FOUR” 

Line 42, after “cents” strike remainder of line, insert “THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO”

Line 43, strike “TWENTY-THREE” insert “EIGHTY-FOUR”

Page 22, line 3, after “cents” strike remainder of line

Strike line 4, insert “FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY DOLLARS EIGHTEEN CENTS.”

Line 7, strike “TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE DOLLARS EIGHTY-FOUR CENTS” insert “SIX HUNDRED THIRTEEN DOLLARS TEN CENTS”

Line 10, strike “ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO DOLLARS EIGHTY-TWO CENTS” insert “three hundred ninety-three dollars twenty-five cents“

Line 15, strike “TWO HUNDRED SIX DOLLARS FORTY-SEVEN CENTS” insert “FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT DOLLARS SIXTY-NINE CENTS”

Line 17, after “cents” strike remainder of line

Line 18, strike “NINETY-SEVEN CENTS” insert “FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY DOLLARS EIGHTEEN CENTS”

      Line 43, strike “FIFTY-FIVE”

Line 44, strike “DOLLARS TWO CENTS” insert “ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE DOLLARS SIXTY-NINE CENTS”

Page 23, strike lines 1 through 3


Page 43, after line 43, insert:

“Sec. 29. District additional assistance reduction for school districts                for fiscal year 2013-2014

A.  For fiscal year 2013-2014, the department of education shall reduce by $238,985,500 the amount of basic state aid that otherwise would be apportioned to school districts statewide for fiscal year 2013-2014 for district additional assistance prescribed in section 15-961, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act, and shall reduce school district budget limits accordingly.

B.  For fiscal year 2013-2014, the department of education shall reduce district additional assistance for a school district that is not eligible to receive basic state aid funding for fiscal year 2013-2014 by the amount that its district additional assistance would be reduced pursuant to subsection A of this section if the district was eligible to receive basic state aid funding for fiscal year 2013-2014 and shall reduce the school district's budget limits accordingly.

Sec. 30.  K-12 formula reductions; small districts; maximum

Notwithstanding any other law, the sum of district additional assistance reductions in fiscal year 2013-2014 for school districts with a student count of fewer than 1,100 pupils shall not exceed $5,000,000.

Sec. 31.  Additional assistance funding for charter schools;reduction                  for fiscal year 2013-2014

The department of education shall reduce by $15,656,000 the amount of charter additional assistance funding that otherwise would be apportioned to charter schools statewide for fiscal year 2013-2014 pursuant to section 15-185, subsection B, paragraph 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act.  The funding reduction required under this section shall be made on a proportional basis based on the charter additional assistance funding that


each charter school in the state would have received for fiscal year 2013-2014 without the prescribed reduction.”

Renumber to conform

Amend title to conform


 

 

 

 

5/15/13

5:00 PM

S: KK/ly