REFERENCE TITLE: schools; additional funding weight; disabilities

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-second Legislature

Second Regular Session

2016

 

 

HB 2688

 

Introduced by

Representative Carter

 

 

AN ACT

 

AMENDING section 15‑943, 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 15-943, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE15-943.  Base support level

The base support level for each school district shall be computed as follows:

1.  The following support level weights shall be used in paragraph 2, subdivision (a) of this section for the following school districts:

(a)  For school districts whose student count in kindergarten programs and grades one through eight is classified in column 1 of this subdivision, the support level weight for kindergarten programs and grades one through eight is the corresponding support level weight prescribed in column 2 or 3 of this subdivision, whichever is appropriate:

      Column 1              Column 2                        Column 3

                        Support Level Weight           Support Level Weight

                         For Small Isolated                 For Small

   Student Count          School Districts               School Districts

       1-99            1.559                          1.399

      100-499           1.358 + [0.0005 x (500         1.278 + [0.0003 x (500

                        - student count)]              - student count)]

      500-599           1.158 + [0.002 x (600          1.158 + [0.0012 x (600

                        - student count)]              - student count)]

(b)  For school districts whose student count in grades nine through twelve is classified in column 1 of this subdivision, the support level weight for grades nine through twelve is the corresponding support level weight prescribed in column 2 or 3 of this subdivision, whichever is appropriate:

      Column 1              Column 2                        Column 3

                        Support Level Weight           Support Level Weight

                         For Small Isolated                 For Small

   Student Count          School Districts               School Districts

       1-99            1.669                          1.559

      100-499           1.468 + [0.0005 x (500         1.398 + [0.0004 x (500

                        - student count)]              – student count)]

      500-599           1.268 + [0.002 x (600          1.268 + [0.0013 x (600

                        - student count)]              – student count)]

2.  Subject to paragraph 1 of this section, determine the weighted student count as follows:

(a)

                              Support                       Weighted

                              Level       Student           Student

Grade Base        Group A     Weight       Count            Count

PSD   1.000   +   0.450   =   1.450   x               =             

K-8   1.000   +   0.158   =   1.158   x               =             

9-12  1.163   +   0.105   =   1.268   x               =             

                                        Subtotal     A             

(b)

                              Support                       Weighted

Funding                       Level      Student            Student

Category                      Weight     Count              Count

HI                            4.771   x                =                 

K-3                           0.060   x                =                 

K-3 reading                   0.040   x                =                 

ELL                           0.115   x   _______      =     ____________

MD-R, A-R and    

SID‑R                         6.024   x   ________     =     ____________                                 

MD-SC, A-SC and              

SID-SC                        5.833   x                =                 

MD-SSI                        7.947   x                =                 

OI-R                          3.158   x                =                 

OI-SC                         6.773   x                =                 

P-SD                          3.595   x   _______      =     ____________

DD, ED, MIID, SLD,

SLI and OHI                   0.003   x   ________     =     ____________

ED-P                          4.822   x          _     =                 

MOID                          4.421   x   ________     =     ____________ 

VI                            4.806   x          _     =                 

                                     Subtotal         B                 

(c)  Total of subtotals A and B:                                     

3.  Multiply the total determined in paragraph 2 of this section by the base level.

4.  Multiply the teacher experience index of the district or 1.00, whichever is greater, by the product obtained in paragraph 3 of this section.

5.  Multiply the product obtained in paragraph 4 of this section by an equity assistance weight of _.__.  The monies received by a school district or charter school pursuant to the calculation made under this paragraph may be used only for the costs associated with educating pupils who have been classified as a child with a disability as defined in section 15‑761 or who meet the eligibility requirements for free or reduced-price lunches under the national school lunch and child nutrition acts (42 United States Code sections 1751 through 1785). END_STATUTE