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REFERENCE TITLE: schools; revenues;
expenditures; database |
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State of
Arizona House of
Representatives Fifty-fourth
Legislature Second Regular
Session 2020 |
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HB 2459 |
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Introduced by Representatives Fillmore: Finchem |
AN ACT
amending Title
15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section
15-120.01; relating to school finance.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-120.01, to read:
15-120.01. Expenditure and
revenue website database; definition
A. On or
before September 1, 2021, each charter school governing body and school
district governing board shall develop, maintain and make publicly available a
single, searchable expenditure and revenue website database that allows the
public to review at no cost information concerning monies that the charter
school or school district collects and spends.
B. Each expenditure and revenue website
database shall include all of the following data concerning all monies that the
charter school or school district spends:
1. The name and principal location or
address of the entity receiving the monies, except that information concerning
a payment to an employee of the charter school or school district shall
identify the individual employee by name and business address or location only.
2. The amount of monies spent.
3. The funding source of the monies
spent.
4. The date of the expenditure.
5. The name of the budget program,
activity or category supporting the expenditure.
6. A description of the purpose for
the expenditure.
7. To the extent possible, a unique
identifier for each expenditure.
C. The
expenditure data shall be provided in an open‑structured data format that
both:
1. May be downloaded by the user.
2. Allows the user to systematically
sort, search and access all data.
D. Each expenditure and revenue
website database shall contain only information that is a public record under title
39, chapter 1 or that is not confidential or otherwise protected from public
disclosure pursuant to state or federal law.
E. Each charter school governing body
or school district governing board shall do all of the following:
1. Update the financial data
contained on the website database at least monthly.
2. Archive the financial data, which
shall remain accessible and searchable on the website database.
3. Make the website database easily
accessible from the main page of the charter school's or school district's
website.
4. Establish and make easily
accessible an automated rich site summary feed to which users of the website
database may subscribe for notification of updates to the website database.
F. For the purposes of this section,
"entity":
1. Means a corporation, association,
union, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, grantee,
contractor, local government or other legal entity, including a nonprofit
corporation, or an employee of the charter school or school district.
2. Does not include an individual
recipient of public assistance.