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REFERENCE TITLE: JTED satellite campuses; letter grades |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-third Legislature Second Regular Session 2018
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HB 2319 |
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Introduced by Representative Bowers
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AN ACT
amending section 15‑393.01, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to joint technical education districts.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 15-393.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
15-393.01. 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. If a joint district includes a centralized campus and one or more satellite campuses, the centralized campus and each satellite campus shall be assigned a separate letter grade classification. The department shall include all of the following performance indicators in the annual achievement profiles and letter grade classification and 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.
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.