15-901. Definitions A. In this title, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Average daily membership" means the total enrollment of fractional students and full-time students, minus withdrawals, of each school day through the first one hundred days or two hundred days in session, as applicable, for the current year. Withdrawals include students who are […]
15-901.01. Inflation adjustments (Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) If approved by the qualified electors voting at a statewide general election, for fiscal years 2001-2002 through 2005-2006, the legislature shall increase the base level or other components of the revenue control limit by two per cent. For fiscal year 2006-2007 and each fiscal year thereafter, the […]
15-901.02. Voluntary full-day kindergarten instruction; requirements; academic quality A. A school district or charter school may offer full-day kindergarten instruction to pupils who meet the enrollment requirements for kindergarten programs. Parents of pupils who meet the enrollment requirements for voluntary kindergarten programs in a school district or charter school that offers full-day kindergarten instruction may […]
15-901.03. Transfers; review Notwithstanding section 35-173, subsection C, any transfer to or from the amount appropriated for basic state aid entitlement, additional state aid to schools, the special education fund or other state aid to districts line items shall require review by the joint legislative budget committee.
15-901.05. Application of school finance changes To the extent permitted by the Constitution of Arizona, unless otherwise specified by law, the department shall apply any change to state law that occurs after July 29, 2010 and that modifies or impacts the school finance formulas prescribed in this title, including the base support level, the base […]
15-901.06. Dropout recovery programs; written learning plan; requirements; annual report; definitions A. Each school district and charter school that provides instruction to high school pupils may offer a dropout recovery program for eligible pupils. B. The state board of education shall prescribe standards and achievement testing requirements for dropout recovery programs that attempt to ensure […]
15-901.07. Concurrent coursework; calculation of average daily membership; definition A. A school district or a charter school may include students enrolled in concurrent coursework for the purposes of calculating average daily membership if the school district has received approval from the state board of education or the charter school has received approval from its sponsor […]
15-901.08. School year; school month; instructional time models; requirements; funding; definition A. Except as may be otherwise authorized by the superintendent of public instruction to accommodate a year-round school operation or as otherwise prescribed under an instructional time model adopted pursuant to this section, the school year begins July 1 and ends June 30, and […]
15-902.01. Student revenue loss phasedown A. A school district that loses at least five hundred students from its student count as a result of the formation of a joint unified school district pursuant to section 15-450 and that does not receive tuition for those students for the budget year may increase its base support level […]
15-902.03. Procedures for determining average daily membership A. The department of education shall recompute and aggregate average daily membership for the previous fiscal year no later than August 30. The department shall inform school districts and charter schools of their final average daily membership no later than September 15. No later than November 1 of […]
15-902.04. Optional two hundred days of instruction A school district or charter holder that elects to provide two hundred days of instruction may increase its base level by five per cent. A school district or charter holder that elects to provide two hundred days of instruction shall obtain approval from the department of education before […]
15-903. Budget format; prohibited expenditures; annual report A. The superintendent of public instruction in conjunction with the auditor general shall prepare and prescribe a budget format to be utilized by all school districts. B. The budget format shall be designed to allow all school districts to plan and provide in detail for the use of […]
15-904. School district annual financial report; publication; summary A. The governing board of each school district shall publish an annual financial report for the prior fiscal year by November 15. The auditor general in conjunction with the department of education shall prescribe the format of the financial report to be used by school districts. The […]
15-905. School district budgets; notice; adoption; aggregate budget limit; summary; adjustments; impact aid fund; definition A. Not later than July 5 of each year or not later than the publication of notice of the public hearing and board meeting as required by this section, the governing board of each school district shall prepare and furnish […]
15-905.01. Truth in taxation; calculation; notice and hearing; vote on tax increase A. Each school district shall determine its truth in taxation base limit for expenditures as follows: 1. Determine the amounts budgeted in fiscal year 1999-2000 for expenditures in the following categories: (a) Desegregation pursuant to section 15-910. (b) Dropout prevention programs. (c) Career […]
15-906. Procedure for payment of levy fund liabilities payable on June 30; lapsing of levy funds with balance for reduction of taxes A. Annually on or before June 30, each school district shall prepare for all levy funds a list of liabilities for goods received or services rendered on or before June 30 that will […]
15-907. Incurring liabilities in excess of school district budget; petition; approval; procedure for expenditures A. In the event of excessive and unexpected legal expenses or for an emergency for which the school district did not receive funding pursuant to section 41-5721 because there were insufficient monies in the emergency deficiencies correction fund, the governing board […]
15-908. Revenue control limit for school district after consolidation A resulting school district after consolidation of a school district and unorganized territory or areas within another school district as provided in section 15-459, subsection C or section 15-460, subsection A shall compute its allowable revenue control limit for the first budget year as follows: 1. […]
15-909. Financial provisions for accommodation schools; definition A. An accommodation school shall compute a revenue control limit, a district support level and a district additional assistance allocation limit for each fiscal year of operation. B. For the purpose of computing a revenue control limit, a district support level and a district additional assistance allocation limit, […]
15-910. School district budgets; excess utility costs; desegregation costs; tuition costs for bond issues; costs for registering warrants; report (L22, Ch. 285, sec. 3. Eff. 7/1/23. Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) A. The governing board may budget for the district’s excess utility costs that are specifically exempt from the district’s revenue control limit. If approved […]
