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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session
VETOED
FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1530/H.B. 2577
K-12 education; 2023-2024.
Purpose
Makes statutory and session law changes relating to K-12 education necessary to implement the FY 2024 state budget.
Background
The Arizona Constitution prohibits substantive law from being included in the general appropriations, capital outlay appropriations and supplemental appropriations bills. However, it is often necessary to make statutory and session law changes to effectuate the budget. Thus, separate bills called budget reconciliation bills (BRBs) are introduced to enact these provisions. Because BRBs contain substantive law changes, the Arizona Constitution provides that they become effective on the general effective date, unless an emergency clause is enacted.
S.B. 1530 contains the budget reconciliation provisions for changes relating to K-12 education.
Provisions
Base Support Level
1. Increases the base level for FY 2024 from $4,775.27 to $4,870.78.
2. Increases, from 0.018 to 0.022, the Group B support level weight for children who are eligible for the federal Free-and-Reduced Lunch Program (FRPL) and other school programs dependent on a poverty measure.
Transportation Funding
3. Increases the transportation support level formula per-route-mile amount for FY 2024 as follows:
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FY 2023 |
FY 2024 |
|
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0.5 or less |
2.83 |
2.89 |
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Between 0.5 and 1.0 |
2.32 |
2.37 |
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Over 1.0 |
2.83 |
2.89 |
Additional Assistance
4. Increases the district additional assistance (DAA) amount per student count for FY 2024 as follows:
6. Increases the Charter Additional Assistance (CAA) amount per student count for FY 2024:
a) from $1,985.58 to $2,049.12, for students in preschool programs for children with disabilities, kindergarten programs and grades 1 through 8; and
b) from $2,314.16 to $2,388.21, for students in grades 9 through 12.
Results-Based Funding
7. Continues to suspend the statutory Results-Based Funding distributions and requires the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) to distribute monies from the Results-Based Funding Fund in FY 2024 as follows:
a) $225 per student count for each district or charter school that:
i. has less than 60 percent of enrolled pupils eligible for FRPL or an equivalent measure, including the community eligibility provision; and
ii. performed in the top 13 percent of all Arizona schools on the statewide assessment in spring 2022;
b) $400 per student count for each district or charter school that:
i. has at least 60 percent of enrolled pupils eligible for FRPL, or an equivalent measure, including the community eligibility provision; and
ii. performed in the top 13 percent of schools on the statewide assessment in spring 2022 of those schools with at least 60 percent of enrolled pupils eligible for FRPL, or an equivalent measure;
c) $225 per student count for each district or charter school that:
i. has at least 60 percent of enrolled pupils eligible for FRPL, or an equivalent measure including the community eligibility provision; and
ii. performed within the top 13.1 to 27 percent of schools on the statewide assessment in spring 2022 of those schools with at least 60 percent of enrolled pupils eligible for FRPL or an equivalent measure; and
d) $400 per student count for each alternative high school that performed in the top 27 percent of schools on the statewide assessment in spring 2022, with at least 60 percent of enrolled pupils eligible for FRPL or an equivalent measure.
8. Specifies that an alternative high school is eligible for results-based funding only if it reports the average percentage of pupils who received a passing score on both the math and language arts portions of the statewide assessment during testing conducted in spring 2022.
Miscellaneous
9. Conforms the tax year 2023 qualifying tax rates to reflect the required truth-in-taxation rate adjustment.
10. Continues to state as the intent of the Legislature and the Governor that school districts increase the total percentage of classroom spending over the previous year’s percentages in the combined categories of instruction, student support and instructional support as prescribed by the Auditor General.
11. Makes technical and conforming changes.
12. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Governor's Veto Message
The Governor indicates in her veto message that S.B. 1530, and the FY 2024 state budget as a whole, does not address her priorities to work together on a budget that addresses the state's housing crisis, lowers costs, prepares the workforce and invests in public education.
Senate Action House Action
APPROP 1/31/23 DP 6-4-0 APPROP 2/1/23 DP 9-6-0-0
3rd Read 2/1/23 16-14-0 3rd Read 2/13/23 31-27-2
(S.B. 1530 was substituted for H.B. 2577 on 3rd Read)
Vetoed by the Governor 2/16/23
Prepared by Senate Research
February 17, 2023
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