Fifty-fifth Legislature                                                         

First Regular Session                                                           

 

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2418

(Reference to printed bill)

 

 

 


Page 1, between lines 1 and 2, insert:

"Section 1. Section 15-779.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE15-779.02. Gifted pupils; scope and sequence; annual financial report

A. The governing board of each school district shall develop a scope and sequence for the identification process of and curriculum modifications for gifted pupils to ensure that gifted pupils receive gifted education commensurate with their academic abilities and potentials.  Programs and services for gifted pupils shall be provided as an integrated, differentiated learning experience during the regular school day.  The scope and the sequence shall:

1. Provide for routine screening for gifted pupils using one or more tests adopted by the state board as prescribed in section 15-203, subsection A, paragraph 15 and section 15-779.01.  School districts may identify any number of pupils as gifted but shall identify as gifted at least those pupils who score at or above the ninety-seventh percentile, based on national norms, on a test adopted by the state board of education.

2. Include an explanation of how gifted education for gifted pupils differs from regular education in such areas as:

(a) Content, including a broad based broad-based interdisciplinary curriculum.

(b) Process, including higher level higher-level thinking skills.

(c) Product, including variety and complexity.

(d) Learning environment, including flexibility.

3. Include criteria, which shall be reviewed by the state board of education and the department of education at least once every four years, that address the elements of program design, identification, curriculum, instruction, social development, emotional development, professional development of administrators, teachers, school psychologists and counselors, parent involvement, community involvement, program assessment and budgeting. The budget information shall include separate data on identification and program costs and any other data required by the superintendent of public instruction to administer and evaluate the program effectively.

B. The governing board shall submit the scope and the sequence to the department of education for approval on or before July 1 if any changes were made during the previous fiscal year.  The governing board shall submit the scope and the sequence to the department of education for approval on or before July 1 every five years if no changes were made during the previous five years.  All school districts shall provide to gifted pupils gifted education commensurate with their academic abilities and potentials.

C. If the governing board fails to submit the scope and sequence for gifted pupils as prescribed in subsection B of this section or if the scope and sequence submitted by the governing board fails to receive full approval by the superintendent of public instruction, the school district is not eligible to receive state aid for the group A weight for seven per cent percent of the student count and shall compute the weighted student count for pupils in group A as provided in section 15-943 by adjustment of adjusting the student count accordingly. On or before December 1 of each year, the department of education shall notify those school districts that appear to be in noncompliance and note the specific areas of deficiencies that must be corrected on or before April 1 of the following year to be eligible to use the actual student count rather than an adjusted student count.  On or before April 15 of each year, the department shall notify those districts that must use an adjusted student count for the next fiscal year's state aid as provided in chapter 9 of this title.

D. The annual financial report of a school district as prescribed in section 15-904 shall include all of the following:

1. The amount of monies spent on programs for gifted pupils. and

2. The number of pupils enrolled in programs or receiving services by grade level.

3.  the amount of monies spent on the identification of gifted pupils.END_STATUTE"

Renumber to conform

Page 8, line 19, after "pupils" insert "who score at or above the ninety-seventh percentile, based on national norms, on a test adopted by the state board of education"

Line 23, strike the third comma insert "pupils and"; strike the fourth comma insert "pupils and pupils with"

Line 24, strike "and gifted pupils"

Page 12, after line 11, insert:

"Sec. 4. Appropriations; department of education; assessment to identify gifted pupils

The sum of $850,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in each of fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 to the department of education to procure an assessment that local education agencies may administer to pupils in second grade to identify gifted pupils as prescribed in section 15-779.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act."

Amend title to conform


And, as so amended, it do pass

 

MICHELLE UDALL

CHAIRMAN

 

 

2418EDUCATION

02/09/2021

04:55 PM

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