PREFILED JAN 13 2020
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REFERENCE TITLE: Indian education; grant program; appropriation |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session 2020
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HB 2211 |
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Introduced by Representatives Teller: Cano, Fernandez, Hernandez A, Jermaine, Rodriguez, Salman, Tsosie
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AN ACT
amending Title 15, chapter 2, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-244.02; appropriating monies; relating to the office of Indian education.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 15, chapter 2, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-244.02, to read:
15-244.02. Grant program; teachers; American Indian and Alaskan Native concentrated schools; tribal schools; annual report; fund; rules; program termination
A. The office of Indian education shall establish a program to address the needs of American Indian and Alaskan Native students by providing grants to school districts, charter schools and tribal schools to be used to fund stipends, recruitment, retention and professional development of teachers who teach in American Indian and Alaskan Native concentrated schools and in tribal schools and for technical assistance and tribal outreach.
B. The office of Indian education shall develop application procedures and grant recipient selection criteria. In establishing grant recipient selection criteria pursuant to this section, the office of Indian education shall give priority to American Indian and Alaskan Native concentrated schools and tribal schools located in a county of not more than three hundred thousand persons with significant populations of American Indians and Alaskan Natives.
C. On or before December 15, the office of Indian education shall submit to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives, and shall transmit a copy to the secretary of state an annual report that includes all of the following:
1. The name of each school district, charter school and tribal school that receives a grant under the program.
2. The effectiveness of the expenditures of grant monies.
3. Recommendations, if any, for legislative action.
D. The American Indian and Alaskan Native students fund is established consisting of legislative appropriations. The office of Indian education shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated and are exempt from the provisions of section 35‑190 relating to lapsing of appropriations. Monies in the fund shall be used to implement the program established pursuant to this section. The office of Indian education may retain up to five percent of the monies appropriated to the office of Indian education for the purposes of this section for costs associated with administering the program.
E. The office of Indian education may adopt rules to implement the program established pursuant to this section.
F. The program established pursuant to this section ends on July 1, 2030 pursuant to section 41‑3102.
Sec. 2. Appropriation; American Indian and Alaskan Native students fund
The sum of $5,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2020‑2021 to the American Indian and Alaskan Native students fund established by section 15‑244.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, and five FTE positions are appropriated to the office of Indian education for the purposes of implementing the grant program established pursuant to section 15-244.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act.