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REFERENCE TITLE: schools; calculated opportunity index |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session 2022
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HB 2593 |
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Introduced by Representatives Sierra: Abraham, Cano, Hernandez A, Jermaine, Mathis, Pawlik, Quiñonez, Schwiebert, Solorio
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AN ACT
amending Title 15, chapter 9, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-942; amending section 15-943, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to school finance.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 15, chapter 9, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-942, to read:
15-942. Calculated opportunity index; annual report
A. On or before February 1 of each year, The superintendent of public instruction shall determine the Calculated Opportunity INdex as follows:
1. Determine the statewide average percentage of students in school districts and charter schools who are eligible under the national school lunch and child nutrition acts (42 United States Code sections 1751 through 1793) for free or reduced-price lunches or an equivalent measure recognized for participating in the federal free and reduced-price lunch program and other school programs dependent on a poverty measure, including the community eligibility provision for which free and reduced-price lunch data is not available.
2. Determine the average percentage of students at each individual school within a School District or Charter School in this state who are eligible under the national school lunch and child nutrition acts (42 United States Code sections 1751 through 1793) for free or reduced-price lunches or an equivalent measure recognized for participating in the federal free and reduced-price lunch program and other school programs dependent on a poverty measure, including the community eligibility provision for which free and reduced-price lunch data is not available.
3. If the number determined pursuant to paragraph 2 of this subsection is greater than the number determined pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection, determine the number of percentage points that the number determined pursuant to paragraph 2 of this subsection exceeds the number determined pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection and round to the nearest one-tenth of a percentage point. If the number determined pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection is greater than the number determined pursuant to paragraph 2 of this subsection, use zero.
4. Multiply the number determined pursuant to paragraph 3 of this subsection by 0.059.
5. Divide the number determined pursuant to paragraph 4 of this subsection by 100.
6. Divide the average daily membership of the school by the average daily membership for the school district or charter school.
7. Multiply the number determined pursuant to paragraph 6 of this subsection by the number determined pursuant to paragraph 5 of this subsection.
8. Add the product determined pursuant to paragraph 7 of this subsection for all schools within the school district or charter school.
B. On or before October 15 of each year, each district or charter school that received additional funding from the calculated opportunity index shall electronically submit a report to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives, and provide a copy to the secretary of state, showing the academic growth of students at the schools that generated the additional funding. Each school must adopt, before the beginning of the school year, The assessment that will be used at the end of the year to measure student academic growth. Each respective school district governing board shall approve the assessment the school will use to determine student academic growth. The assessments shall be aligned to the state standards.
Sec. 2. Section 15-943, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
15-943. Base support level
The base support level for each school district shall be computed as follows:
1. The following support level weights shall be used in paragraph 2, subdivision (a) of this section for the following school districts:
(a) For school districts whose student count in kindergarten programs and grades one through eight is classified in column 1 of this subdivision, the support level weight for kindergarten programs and grades one through eight is the corresponding support level weight prescribed in column 2 or 3 of this subdivision, whichever is appropriate:
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Support Level Weight Support Level Weight
For Small Isolated For Small
Student Count School Districts School Districts
1-99 1.559 1.399
100-499 1.358 + [0.0005 x (500 1.278 + [0.0003 x (500
- student count)] - student count)]
500-599 1.158 + [0.002 x (600 1.158 + [0.0012 x (600
- student count)] - student count)]
(b) For school districts whose student count in grades nine through twelve is classified in column 1 of this subdivision, the support level weight for grades nine through twelve is the corresponding support level weight prescribed in column 2 or 3 of this subdivision, whichever is appropriate:
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Support Level Weight Support Level Weight
For Small Isolated For Small
Student Count School Districts School Districts
1-99 1.669 1.559
100-499 1.468 + [0.0005 x (500 1.398 + [0.0004 x (500
- student count)] – student count)]
500-599 1.268 + [0.002 x (600 1.268 + [0.0013 x (600
- student count)] – student count)]
2. Subject to paragraph 1 of this section, determine the weighted student count as follows:
(a)
Support Weighted
Level Student Student
Grade Base Group A Weight Count Count
PSD 1.000 + 0.450 = 1.450 x =
K-8 1.000 + 0.158 = 1.158 x =
9-12 1.163 + 0.105 = 1.268 x =
Subtotal A
(b)
Support Weighted
Funding Level Student Student
Category Weight Count Count
HI 4.771 x =
K-3 0.060 x =
K-3 reading 0.040 x =
ELL 0.115 x _______ = ____________
MD-R, A-R and
SID-R 6.024 x ________ = ____________
MD-SC, A-SC and
SID-SC 5.988 x =
MD-SSI 7.947 x =
OI-R 3.158 x =
OI-SC 6.773 x =
P-SD 3.595 x _______ = ____________
DD, ED, MIID, SLD,
SLI and OHI 0.093 x ________ = ____________
ED-P 4.822 x _ =
MOID 4.421 x ________ = ____________
VI 4.806 x _ =
G 0.007 x _ =
Subtotal B
(c) Total of subtotals A and B:
3. Multiply the total determined in paragraph 2 of this section by the base level.
4. Multiply the teacher experience index of the district or 1.00, whichever is greater, by the product obtained in paragraph 3 of this section.
4. Add the teacher experience index of the district or 1.00, whichever is greater, to the calculated opportunity index of the district. For a charter school, add 1.00 to the CALCULATED opportunity index of the charter school.
5. Multiply the sum determined in paragraph 4 of this section by the product obtained in paragraph 3 of this section.
5. 6. For the purposes of this section, the student count is the average daily membership as prescribed in section 15-901 for the current year, except that for the purposes of computing the base support level used in determining school district rollover allocations and school district budget override amounts, the student count is the average daily membership as prescribed in section 15-901 for the prior year.