COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1447
(Reference to Senate engrossed bill)
Page 12, line 1, after the period insert "NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 15-901, SUBSECTION A, PARAGRAPH 1, SUBDIVISION (a), ADJUSTMENTS TO AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT INSTRUCTIONAL TIME TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A FULL-TIME STUDENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15-901, SUBSECTION A, PARAGRAPH 1, SUBDIVISION (b), MAY BE MADE PROPORTIONATELY ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGE BY WHICH THE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME PROVIDED DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PRESCRIBED FOR THAT GRADE LEVEL."
Page 19, between lines 3 and 4, insert:
"Sec. 4. Section 15-797, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
15-797. Financial provisions for pupils in alternative education programs
A. School districts may count pupils for daily attendance as provided in section 15‑901 who are not actually and physically in attendance in a recognized common or high school but who are enrolled in and actually and physically in attendance in an alternative education program which is provided by any public body or private person and which meets the standards that the state board of education and the governing board prescribe for the course of study given in the common and high schools.
B. The governing board of a school district shall prescribe procedures for verifying the attendance of pupils enrolled in an alternative education program which is provided by any public body or private person.
C. The governing board may make payments for the cost of the education of pupils as provided in this article not to exceed the cost per student count as provided in section 15‑824, subsection G.
D. School districts operating alternative schools pursuant to this section and charter schools operating on approved alternative calendars pursuant to section 15‑183 may count pupils as having attended full time in any week for which the pupil was enrolled in and physically attended at least twenty hours of instruction during that week.
E. d. School districts operating alternative schools pursuant to this section and charter schools operating on approved alternative calendars pursuant to section 15‑183 shall comply with the annual hours of instruction requirement pursuant to section 15‑901."
Renumber to conform
Page 35, line 7, strike the first "or" insert a comma; after "subscriptions" insert "or officiating services"
Page 43, strike lines 19 through 23, insert:
"Sec. 10. Section 15-973.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
15-973.01. Assistance for education fund
A. The assistance for education fund is established consisting of monies received pursuant to section 43‑617.
B. The state board of education shall administer the fund. On notice from the state board, the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the fund as provided by section 35‑313 and monies earned from investments shall be credited to the fund. Monies in the fund:
1. Are continuously appropriated to the state board of education.
2. Are exempt from the provisions of section 35‑190, relating to lapsing of appropriations.
C. The state board of education shall accumulate monies until those monies are sufficient to provide a minimum of five dollars per unweighted student count and shall distribute monies in the fund to school districts and charter schools at the same time, in the same manner and in the same proportions as state aid from appropriations made pursuant to sections 15‑185 and 15‑973.
D. Monies in the fund shall not be used to reduce the general fund requirement for state aid.
C. The state board of education shall distribute monies in the fund to the department of education to fund solutions teams assigned to schools pursuant to section 15‑241."
Page 45, strike lines 37 and 38, insert:
"Sec. 13. Section 43-617, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
43-617. Contribution for solutions teams assigned to schools
A. The department shall provide a space on the individual income tax return form in which the taxpayer may designate all or any amount of the taxpayer's refund as a voluntary contribution for state aid to public schools pursuant to funding solutions teams assigned to schools as provided in section 15‑973.01.
B. After subtracting any setoff for debts pursuant to section 42‑1122, the department shall subtract the designated amount from the refund due the taxpayer and transfer it to the state board of education, which shall credit the amount of the contribution to the assistance for education fund established pursuant to section 15‑973.01. The department shall determine the initial administrative cost of this section and report the amount to the state board of education, which shall transfer that amount from the assistance for education fund to the state general fund."
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