Bill Text: AZ HB2338 | 2020 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Appropriation; schools; trees
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-19 - Assigned to House RULES Committee [HB2338 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2020-HB2338-Introduced.html
REFERENCE TITLE: appropriation;
schools; trees |
State of
Arizona House of
Representatives Fifty-fourth
Legislature Second Regular
Session 2020 |
HB 2338 |
|
Introduced by Representatives Epstein: Andrade, Blanc, Bolding, Butler, Cano,
Espinoza, Friese, Gabaldón, Jermaine, Longdon, Pawlik, Peten, Powers Hannley,
Rodriguez, Salman, Sierra, Terán |
AN ACT
appropriating
monies to the department of education.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Appropriation; department of education; schools; trees; exemption
A. The sum of $400,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the department of education to distribute to public schools to plant low-biogenic volatile organic compound-emitting trees on school campuses that are appropriate to each school's respective climate.
B. Until December 31, 2020, the department shall distribute the monies appropriated pursuant to this section on a first‑come, first-served basis only to public schools in this state at which seventy-five percent or more of the students are eligible for free or reduced‑price lunches under the national school lunch and child nutrition acts (42 United States Code sections 1751 through 1793). If any monies remain undistributed, from and after December 31, 2020, the department shall distribute the remaining monies on a first‑come, first‑served basis to public schools in this state. The department may not distribute more than $1,500 to a school campus.
C. The department may require each public school that receives monies pursuant to this section to issue a report regarding the school's use of monies received. A public school that receives monies pursuant to this section may partner with nonprofit organizations to plant the trees on the school's campus.
D. The appropriation made in subsection A of this
section is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised
Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.