PROPOSED
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1599
(Reference to Senate engrossed bill)
Page 1, between lines 1 and 2, insert:
"Section 1. Section 15-189.05, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
15-189.05. Charter school budgets; posting of teacher salary information; annual report; civil penalty
A. The budget for each charter school shall contain the following information:
1. The average salary of all teachers employed by the charter school for the current year.
2. The average salary of all teachers employed by the charter school for the previous year.
3. The dollar increase in the average salary of all teachers employed by the charter school for the current year.
4. The percentage increase in the average salary of all teachers employed by the charter school for the current year.
B. Each charter school shall prominently post the information required by subsection A of this section on its website home page separately from its budget.
C. On or before November 30 of each year, the department of education shall electronically submit to the joint legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting a report that compiles the information required by subsection A of this section for all charter schools statewide. The department of education shall prominently post the report on the department's website.
D. Beginning January 1, 2024, if the department of education determines that a charter school is in violation of the posting requirement prescribed in subsection B of this section, including a posting that does not contain all of the information required pursuant to subsection A of this section, the department shall notify the charter school that it is in violation of this section and that the department may impose a civil penalty if the charter school does not correct the violation. If the department of education determines that the charter school has failed to correct the violation within sixty days after the notice is issued pursuant to this subsection, the department of education shall impose a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each day that the violation continues after the sixty-day period. Actions taken under this subsection are subject to appeal pursuant to title 41, chapter 6, article 10."
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