REFERENCE TITLE: schools; 200-day calendar; funding |
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-first Legislature Second Regular Session 2014
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HB 2088 |
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Introduced by Representative Carter
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AN ACT
amending section 15‑902.04, 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 15-902.04, 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 or charter holder that elects to provide two hundred days of instruction 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 or charter school shall increase its annual instructional hours by ten per cent in order to receive the base level increase prescribed in this section.