Bill Text: AZ HB2708 | 2010 | Forty-ninth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: School districts; state mandates; funding
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-11 - Referred to House ED Committee [HB2708 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2010-HB2708-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: school districts; state mandates; funding |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Forty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session 2010
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HB 2708 |
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Introduced by Representatives Pancrazi, Ableser: Campbell CH, Campbell CL, Heinz, Quelland, Tovar
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AN ACT
amending Title 15, chapter 9, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-981; relating to school finance.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 15, chapter 9, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-981, to read:
15-981. State mandates to school districts; applicability; funding formula; definition
A. If a school district is required to institute a state mandate, the law or action that establishes the state mandate is not applicable to the school district unless the legislature provides for the actual school district costs of instituting the state mandate by:
1. Appropriating monies in an amount sufficient to pay for the state mandate.
2. Prescribing new or increased revenue sources that are dedicated to paying for the state mandate.
B. A state mandate to a school district that the legislature fails to fully fund pursuant to subsection a is not a lawful requirement of the school district to implement, pay for or enforce and requires no action on the part of the school district.
C. The funding provisions of this section do not apply to criminal laws or any other laws or administrative actions that affect all persons, public and private, as a general class of which the school district may be a member.
D. Funding for all state mandates shall be disbursed through a formula derived by the legislature to ensure that each school district in this state receives an equitable share of the funding available based on the actual cost per pupil.
E. For the purposes of this section, "state mandate" means a law, administrative procedure, rule or other action by an administrative body pursuant to a law to institute a new program, an increased level of service of an existing program or additional or increased personnel costs arising out of such a law, administrative procedure, rule or other action.
