Second Regular Session S.C.R. 1027
PROPOSED
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.C.R. 1027
(Reference to printed resolution)
Page 1, line 8, after "litigation" insert "; definitions"
Page 3, line 6, strike ", with approval of the governor,"
Line 11, after "years" insert "only on the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of each house of the legislature and approval by the governor"
Line 36, after the comma strike remainder of line
Strike lines 37 through 43
Line 44, strike "1." insert "the annual distributions from the permanent funds"; strike the comma insert "shall be"; strike "six" insert "eight"
Page 4, line 2, after "earnings" strike remainder of line
Strike line 3
Line 7, strike "paragraph" insert "subsection"; after "appropriated" strike remainder of line
Strike lines 8 through 18, insert:
"as follows:
1. For increased expendable earnings under section 37-521, subsection B, paragraph 4, Arizona Revised Statutes:
(a) Four and four-tenths percent to school districts and charter schools to hire and to increase compensation for teachers and classroom support personnel.
(b) One and one-half percent to school districts and charter schools to hire and to increase compensation for student support services personnel.
(c) One-half percent to the school facilities division within the department of administration, or its successor, to award grants to school districts and charter schools to support the costs of capital and technology expenses, including building improvements and construction costs to address school facilities security concerns or other school safety needs identified by the division.
2. For increased expendable earnings that are distributed to the schools and asylum for the deaf, dumb and blind land fund:
(a) Four and four-tenths percent to the Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind to hire and to increase compensation for teachers and classroom support personnel.
(b) One and one-half percent to the Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind to hire and to increase compensation for student support services personnel.
(c) One-half percent to the school facilities division within the department of administration, or its successor, to award grants to the Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind to support the costs of capital and technology expenses, including building improvements and construction costs to address school facilities security concerns or other school safety needs identified by the division.
O. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Classroom support personnel" means any nonadministrative school personnel who provide classroom support and instructional support services as prescribed by the school district governing board or charter school governing body, including certificated personnel, librarians, nurses, counselors, social workers, speech pathologists, behavioral coaches and psychologists.
2. "Student support services personnel" means any classified, nonadministrative school personnel who provide student support services as prescribed by the school district governing board or charter school governing body, including classroom aides, media specialists, health assistants, security personnel, student food service personnel, clerical staff, student transportation personnel and school site plant operators.
3. "Teacher" means any nonadministrative school personnel who instruct students or support student academic achievement as prescribed by the school district governing board or charter school governing body, including certificated and noncertificated teachers, classroom teachers, early childhood education teachers, mentor teachers, instructional coaches and academic interventionists.
2. Article XI, section 11, Constitution of Arizona, is proposed to be amended as follows if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:
11. Schools; inflation adjustments; exceptions; definitions
Section 11. A. On or before February 1 of each year, if the state transaction privilege tax growth rate and the total nonfarm employment growth rate are each at least one percent, but less than two percent, the director of the office of strategic planning and budgeting, or its successor agency, and the director of the joint legislative budget committee, or its successor agency, shall jointly notify the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives. On receipt of the notification, the legislature is not required to make may forgo the inflation adjustments required by section 15-901.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, for the next fiscal year only on the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of each house of the legislature.
B. On or before February 1 of each year, if the state transaction privilege tax growth rate and the total nonfarm employment growth rate are each less than one percent, the director of the office of strategic planning and budgeting, or its successor agency, and the director of the joint legislative budget committee, or its successor agency, shall jointly notify the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives. On receipt of the notification, the legislature shall not may make the inflation adjustments required by section 15-901.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, for the next fiscal year only on the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of each house of the legislature.
C. Beginning in fiscal year 2024-2025, on or before February 1 of each year, if the total amount of general fund appropriations for the Arizona department of education, or its successor agency, is at least forty-nine percent but less than fifty percent of the total general fund appropriation for the current fiscal year, the director of the office of strategic planning and budgeting, or its successor agency, and the director of the joint legislative budget committee, or its successor agency, shall jointly notify the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives. On receipt of the notification, the legislature:
1. Is not required to make May forgo the inflation adjustments required by section 15-901.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, for the next fiscal year only on the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of each house of the legislature.
2. May reduce the base level for the next fiscal year by the amount of the inflation adjustments required by section 15-901.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, made for the current fiscal year only on the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of each house of the legislature.
D. Beginning in fiscal year 2024-2025, on or before February 1 of each year, if the total amount of general fund appropriations for the Arizona department of education, or its successor agency, is at least fifty percent of the total general fund appropriation for the current fiscal year, the director of the office of strategic planning and budgeting, or its successor agency, and the director of the joint legislative budget committee, or its successor agency, shall jointly notify the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives. On receipt of the notification, the legislature:
1. Is not required to make the inflation adjustments required by section 15-901.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, for the next fiscal year.
2. May reduce the base level for the next fiscal year by two times the amount of the inflation adjustments required by section 15-901.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, made for the current fiscal year.
E. If the inflation adjustments required by section 15-901.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, are not required to be made or are prohibited from being made pursuant to this section for a fiscal year, the omitted inflation adjustment amounts:
1. Are not required to be paid or distributed in any subsequent fiscal year.
2. Become a part of the calculation of the base level for subsequent fiscal years.
F. If base level reductions are made pursuant to subsection C or D of this section for a fiscal year, the reduced amounts:
1. Are not required to be paid or distributed in any subsequent fiscal year.
2. Do not become part of the calculation of the base level for subsequent fiscal years.
G. This section preserves the authority vested in the legislature pursuant to this constitution.
H. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Total nonfarm employment growth rate" means the percentage change in the seasonally adjusted total nonfarm employment in this state from the final month of the most recent calendar year to the final month of the immediately preceding calendar year, as reported by the Arizona department of administration or its successor agency.
2. "State transaction privilege tax growth rate" means the percentage change in the revenues derived from the state transaction privilege tax that are distributed to the state general fund from the most recent calendar year to the immediately preceding calendar year, as reported by the Arizona department of revenue or its successor agency.
Sec. 3. Nonseverability
If any portion of this proposition is finally adjudicated invalid, the entire proposition is void."
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