PREFILED JAN 05 2018
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REFERENCE TITLE: small school districts; declining enrollment |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-third Legislature Second Regular Session 2018
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HB 2091 |
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Introduced by Representatives Cook: John, Payne
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AN ACT
amending section 15‑902.03, 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 15-902.03, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
15-902.03. Procedures for determining average daily membership
A. The department of education shall recompute and aggregate average daily membership for the previous fiscal year no later than August 30. The department shall inform school districts and charter schools of their final average daily membership no later than September 15. No later than November 1 of each year, state aid calculations for all school districts and charter schools for the previous fiscal year must be finalized and the budget limits for school districts must be adjusted. Any future adjustments in student counts, if discovered by the school district or charter school, shall be made pursuant to section 15‑915.
B. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, school districts may continue to make budget adjustments pursuant to section 15‑905 and make corrections pursuant to section 15‑915.
C. For fiscal years 2018-2019 through 2022-2023, notwithstanding section 15‑901 and subsections A and B of this section, if a school district has a student count of five hundred or less and the school district's enrollment declines in the current fiscal year by at least five percent compared to the previous fiscal year, the final average daily membership determined for that school district in the previous fiscal year shall be used for that school district in the current fiscal year and in the next fiscal year for the purposes of any funding calculation pursuant to this chapter.