REFERENCE TITLE: appropriations; education |
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature Second Regular Session 2016
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HB 2624 |
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Introduced by Representatives Meyer, Alston, Benally, Bolding, Cardenas, Clark, Fernandez, Gabaldón, Gonzales, Hale, Larkin, Mach, Mendez, Otondo, Plumlee, Rios, Saldate, Wheeler: Andrade, Espinoza, Friese, Kopec, McCune Davis, Velasquez
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AN ACT
Appropriating monies for education.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. In addition to any other appropriations and subject to applicable laws, the sums or sources of revenue set forth in this act are appropriated for the fiscal years indicated and only from the funding sources listed for the purposes and objects specified. If monies from funding sources in this act are unavailable, no other funding source may be used.
Sec. 2. ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEM
2016-17
Graduate medical education $ 12,000,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 12,000,000
Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
2016-17
District additional assistance $ 40,000,000
JTEDs – restoration of funding 30,000,000
JTEDs – full funding for
large districts 1,747,400
Starting teacher retention bonus 35,000,000
Teacher mentoring 15,000,000
Total appropriation ‑ department
of education $ 121,747,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 121,747,400
The department of education shall distribute the amount appropriated in the JTEDs – restoration of funding line item on a pro rata basis based on the average daily membership of each joint technical education district.
The department shall distribute the monies in the starting teacher retention bonus line item to school districts and charter schools based on unweighted student counts. A school district or charter school shall use the monies to award retention bonuses to first‑year teachers who sign a second‑year contract and to second‑year teachers who sign a third‑year contract and for other bonuses determined by the school district or charter school to retain experienced teachers.
A school district or charter school that conducts a teacher mentoring program that requires a mentor teacher to work with a mentee teacher on lesson planning, classroom management, time management and other areas of professional development, as determined by the mentor teacher and the principal or other administrative head of the school, shall report to the department of education the number of first-year, second-year and third-year teachers being mentored in the program. The department shall distribute the monies in the teacher mentoring line item to the school district or charter school, and the school district or charter school receiving the monies shall use the monies to pay mentor teachers a stipend of the following amount:
1. $1,500 for mentoring each first-year teacher in the program.
2. $1,000 for mentoring each second-year teacher in the program.
3. $500 for mentoring each third-year teacher in the program.
Sec. 4. ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS
2016-17
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 57,000,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 57,000,000
The Arizona board of regents shall distribute the $57,000,000 appropriation for performance funding to the three universities under its jurisdiction in accordance with a performance funding model determined by the board.
Sec. 5. Arizona board of regents; appropriation; veterinary medicine program; fiscal year 2016-2017
The sum of $8,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2016‑2017 to the Arizona board of regents for distribution to the university of Arizona for the Oro Valley veterinary medicine program.
Sec. 6. Financial aid trust fund; appropriation; fiscal year 2016-2017
In addition to any other appropriation made in fiscal year 2016-2017, the sum of $20,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2016-2017 to the financial aid trust fund established pursuant to section 15-1642, Arizona Revised Statutes.