ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-fourth Legislature

Second Regular Session

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SB 1234: additional assistance; restoration

Sponsor:  Senator Allen S, LD 6

Caucus & COW

Overview

Eliminates reductions of district additional assistance (DAA) and charter additional assistance (CAA) scheduled for FYs 2021 and 2022.

History

As part of the school finance formula, school districts and charter schools receive DAA or CAA, respectively. Both DAA and CAA are outlined in statute, with DAA authorized through a statutory formula and CAA authorized through per pupil funding amounts (A.R.S. §§ 15-961, 15-185(B)(4)).

Reductions to DAA and CAA first occurred in FY 2010. Laws 2019, Chapter 265 reduced the suspension of additional assistance in FY 2020 as follows:

1)    DAA from $193,102,400 to $128,734,900; and

2)    CAA from $10,221,600 to $6,814,400.

Under current law, DAA and CAA are scheduled to be reduced as follows:

 

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

DAA

$128,734,900

$64,367,400

$0

CAA

$6,814,400

$3,407,200

$0

 

Provisions

1.    Eliminates the reductions of DAA and CAA scheduled for FYs 2021 and 2022. (Sec. 1, 2)

2.    Directs the Arizona Department of Education to restore funding to DAA and CAA in FY 2021. (Sec. 1, 2)

3.    Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1, 2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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