Bill Text: AZ HB2337 | 2011 | Fiftieth Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: School finance; kindergarten funding

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-24 - Referred to House ED Committee [HB2337 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2011-HB2337-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: school finance; kindergarten funding

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fiftieth Legislature

First Regular Session

2011

 

 

HB 2337

 

Introduced by

Representative Olson

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 15‑901.02, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to school finance.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 15-901.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE15-901.02.  Voluntary full-day kindergarten instruction; definition

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 choose either half‑day kindergarten instruction or full‑day kindergarten instruction.  Except as provided by federal law and notwithstanding section 15‑185, a school district or charter school that chooses to offer more than a half day of kindergarten instruction must collect tuition on behalf of each kindergarten pupil who receives more than a half day of instruction.  The tuition collected must be equivalent to the total formula funding that the school district or charter school receives for a kindergarten pupil who receives half‑day kindergarten instruction.  A school district or charter school may divide the total tuition due on behalf of each pupil into regular installments due throughout the school year.  If a charter school chooses to offer voluntary full‑day kindergarten instruction, any necessary capital monies needed to implement voluntary full‑day kindergarten instruction shall be provided by the charter school.

B.  For the purposes of this section, "formula funding" means:

1.  For district schools, the sum of the school district's revenue control limit as determined in section 15‑947 or 15‑951, the capital outlay revenue limit as determined in section 15‑951 or 15‑961 and the soft capital allocation of a school district as determined in section 15‑951 or 15‑962.

2.  For charter schools, the sum of the charter school's base support level and additional assistance as determined in section 15‑185. END_STATUTE