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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature First Regular Session 2015
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HOUSE BILL 2569 |
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AN ACT
providing for conditions under which a school district may submit corrections to teacher experience index data.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. School districts; teacher experience index; submission of corrected data
A. Notwithstanding sections 15-905 and 15-915 and section 15-941, subsection C, Arizona Revised Statutes, a school district for which the fiscal year 2014-2015 teacher experience index is less than or equal to 1.0000 may submit corrections to teacher experience index data that are required pursuant to section 15-941, Arizona Revised Statutes, if all of the following conditions exist:
1. The school district's average daily membership for the 2013-2014 school year was less than one hundred fifty but more than one hundred thirty‑five.
2. The school district is a common school district.
3. The teacher experience index for the school district pursuant to section 15-941, Arizona Revised Statutes, for fiscal year 2013-2014 was greater than 1.1000 and the current teacher experience index for the school district for fiscal year 2014-2015 is less than or equal to 1.0000.
4. The school district received basic state aid in fiscal year 2013‑2014 and is receiving basic state aid for fiscal year 2014-2015.
5. The school district has completed the submission of teacher experience index data required to be submitted on or before October 15, 2014 under section 15-941, Arizona Revised Statutes, and the resulting preliminary teacher experience index as prescribed in section 15-941, subsection C, Arizona Revised Statutes, is greater than 1.0000.
B. If all the conditions prescribed in subsection A of this section are met, the school district may submit corrections to teacher experience index data, no later than August 15, 2015, that are required pursuant to section 15-941, Arizona Revised Statutes, and the school district may use the resulting teacher experience index in the determination of its base support level for fiscal year 2014-2015.
C. Notwithstanding sections 15-905 and 15-915 and section 15-941, subsection C, Arizona Revised Statutes, a school district for which the fiscal year 2015-2016 teacher experience index is less than or equal to 1.0040 may submit corrections to teacher experience index data that are required pursuant to section 15-941, Arizona Revised Statutes, if all of the following conditions exist:
1. The school district's average daily membership, excluding average daily membership for district sponsored charter schools, for the 2014‑2015 school year is less than one thousand six hundred but more than one thousand five hundred twenty-five.
2. The school district is a common school district.
3. The teacher experience index calculated for the school district pursuant to section 15-941, Arizona Revised Statutes, for fiscal year 2014‑2015 is greater than 1.0280, but less than 1.0300.
4. The teacher experience index for the school district calculated as of March 15, 2015, for fiscal year 2015-2016 is less than 1.0040.
5. The school district received basic state aid in fiscal year 2013‑2014 and is receiving basic state aid for fiscal year 2014-2015.
D. If all the conditions prescribed in subsection C of this section are met, the school district may submit corrections to teacher experience index data, no later than August 15, 2015, that are required pursuant to section 15-941, Arizona Revised Statutes, and the school district may use the resulting teacher experience index in the determination of its base support level for fiscal year 2015-2016.