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REFERENCE TITLE: 200‑day school calendar; funding |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-first Legislature First Regular Session 2013
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HB 2435 |
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Introduced by Representatives Miranda, Hernandez: Goodale, Meyer
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AN ACT
amending section 15‑902.04, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to school finance.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 15-902.04, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
15-902.04. Optional two hundred days of instruction
A school district or charter holder that elects to provide two hundred days of instruction may increase its base level by five eight per cent. A school district, an individual school operated by a school district, multiple schools operated by a school district, or a charter holder, an individual charter school operated by a charter holder or multiple charter schools operated by a charter holder that elects elect to provide two hundred days of instruction shall submit notice to the department of education on or before November 1 in the fiscal year that precedes the beginning of the fiscal year that the school district, an individual school operated by a school district, multiple schools operated by a school district, a charter holder, an individual charter school operated by a charter holder or multiple charter schools operated by a charter holder are planning on offering instruction for two hundred days and shall obtain approval from the department of education before the beginning of the fiscal year that the school district or the charter holder is planning on offering instruction for two hundred days. The school district or charter holder shall ensure that the last day of instruction in any school year occurs before June 30. The school district, an individual school operated by a school district, multiple schools operated by a school district, or a charter school, an individual charter school operated by a charter holder or multiple charter schools operated by a charter holder shall increase its their annual instructional hours by ten per cent in order to receive the base level increase prescribed in this section.
Sec. 2. Optional two hundred days of instruction; eligibility for additional base level increase in fiscal year 2013‑2014
A. Notwithstanding section 15‑902.04, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act, a school district, an individual school operated by a school district, multiple schools operated by a school district, a charter holder, an individual charter school operated by a charter holder or multiple charter schools operated by a charter holder that elect to provide two hundred days of instruction are not eligible to increase their base level by eight per cent in fiscal year 2013‑2014 unless both of the following occur:
1. The school district or charter holder has previously obtained approval to offer two hundred days of instruction from the department of education on or before November 1, 2012.
2. The department of education approves that school district or charter holder to offer two hundred days of instruction for fiscal year 2013‑2014.
B. Notwithstanding section 15‑902.04, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act, a school district, an individual school operated by a school district, multiple schools operated by a school district, a charter holder, an individual charter school operated by a charter holder or multiple charter schools operated by a charter holder that are approved by the department of education to offer two hundred days of instruction but that do not meet the conditions prescribed in subsection A of this section are only eligible to increase the base level by five per cent in fiscal year 2013‑2014.