Bill
Number: H.B. 2229
Brophy
McGee Floor Amendment
Reference
to: House engrossed bill
Amendment
drafted by: Catcher Baden
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Clarifies school
districts are not prohibited from offering any career and technical education
(CTE) course that does not qualify for funding as a JTED course or program.
2. Clarifies JTED members
are subject to conflict of interest requirements.
3. Specifies the CTE Division
of ADE determines whether a satellite JTED course or program meets statutory
requirements.
4. Prohibits the criteria
developed to assign letter grades to JTEDs from being based solely on the
criteria prescribed in the federal Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act and
requires ADE to provide a copy of the information on JTEDs’ achievement
profiles and letter grade classifications to each JTED board.
5. Includes postsecondary
enrollment rates and military service rates in JTEDs’ performance indicators.
6. Includes in the CTE
Division’s annual report on JTEDs, the required maintenance of effort and how
monies were used to supplement and not supplant base year CTE courses.
Page 2, line
20, after "based" insert "ONLY"
Page 3, line
25, after the period insert "THIS SECTION DOES NOT RESTRICT
A SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFERING ANY career and technical education COURSE THAT DOES
NOT QUALIFY FOR FUNDING AS A JOINT DISTRICT COURSE OR PROGRAM."
Page 4, line
16, after the period insert "members of a joint technical
education district governing board are subject to the conflict of interest
requirements prescribed in section 38-503."
Page 9, line
14, after the second "education" insert ", WHICH
SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER THE CRITERIA PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 15-391, PARAGRAPHs 3
and 5 HAVE BEEN MET"
Page 11,
after line 34, insert:
"Sec. 3. Section
15-393.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE15-393.01. Joint
technical education districts; annual report; performance and accountability
A. The
department of education shall include each joint technical education district
in the department's annual achievement profiles required by section 15‑241. Subject
to approval by the state board of education, the department of education shall
develop specific criteria applicable to joint districts THAT MAY
NOT BE based SOLELY ON THE CRITERIA PRESCRIBED IN THE CARL D. PERKINS
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT, AS AMENDED BY THE CARL D. PERKINS VOCATIONAL AND
APPLIED TECHNOLOGy EDUCATION ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1990, AS AMENDED BY THE CARL D.
PERKINS VOCATIONAL AND TECHNical education ACT OF 1998, and shall include joint districts in the letter grade
classification system prescribed in section 15‑241. The department shall
include all of the following performance indicators in the annual achievement
profiles and letter grade classificationAND
PROVIDE A COPY OF THE INFORMATION TO EACH JOINT TECHNICAL EDUCATION DISTRICT
GOVERNING BOARD:
1. The
graduation rate of all students enrolled in a career and technical education
program or course.
2. The
completion rate for each program offered by the joint district.
3. Performance
on assessments required pursuant to section 15-391, paragraph 5, subdivision
(b).
4. Postgraduation
employment rates, postsecondary enrollment rates and military
service rates for students who complete a career and technical education
program.
B. A
joint district is subject to the performance audits pursuant to section 41‑1279.03,
subsection A, paragraph 9. The auditor general shall consider the differences
and applicable laws for a joint district when conducting a performance audit
for a joint district.
C. On
or before December 31 of each year, the career and technical education division
of the department of education shall submit a joint technical education
district annual report to the governor, the president of the senate and the
speaker of the house of representatives and shall submit a copy of this report
to the secretary of state. The career and technical education
division of the department of education shall submit a copy of this report to
the joint legislative budget committee for review. The annual report
shall include the following:
1. The
average daily membership of each joint district, including the average daily
membership of each centralized campus, satellite campus and leased centralized
campus as defined in section 15‑393.
2. The
actual student count of each joint district, including the student count of
each centralized campus, satellite campus and leased centralized campus as
defined in section 15‑393.
3. The
programs and corresponding courses offered by each joint district, including
the location of each program and course.
4.
For each joint district based on program or course location:
(a) The
student enrollment of each program and corresponding course.
(b) The
percentage of students who enrolled in the second year of each program and
corresponding course relative to the number of students in the same cohort who
enrolled in the first year of each program and corresponding course.
(c) The
percentage of students who completed each program relative to the number of
students in the same cohort who began the program.
5. The
costs associated with each program offered by the joint district.
6. A
listing of any programs or courses that were discontinued by review of the
career and technical education division pursuant to section 15‑393,
subsection V.
7. A
listing of any programs or courses that were continued by review of the career
and technical education division pursuant to section 15‑393, subsection
V.
8. A
listing of any programs or courses that were added by the career and technical
education division.
9. FOR
APPLICABLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT AND HOW MONIES
WERE USED TO SUPPLEMENT AND NOT SUPPLANT BASE YEAR CAREER AND TECHNICAL
EDUCATION COURSES, INCLUDING EXPENDITURES RELATED TO PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT AND
FACILITIES.
9. 10. Any
other data or information deemed necessary by the department of education.
D. The
office of the auditor general, in consultation with the department of
education, shall develop and establish uniform cost reporting guidelines,
policies and procedures for joint technical education district programs. Any
guideline, policy or procedure shall allow for the effective
comparison
of cost between joint technical education district programs."
Amend title
to conform