Bill Text: AZ SB1205 | 2016 | Fifty-second Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Education funding; incarceration study committee
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-25 - Referred to Senate PSMT Committee [SB1205 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2016-SB1205-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: education funding; incarceration study committee |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-second Legislature Second Regular Session 2016
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SB 1205 |
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Introduced by Senator Sherwood
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AN ACT
ESTABLISHING THE education funding and incarceration STUDY COMMITTEE.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Education funding and incarceration study committee; membership; duties; report; delayed repeal
A. The education funding and incarceration study committee is established consisting of the following members:
1. Two members of the senate who are appointed by the president of the senate and who are members of different political parties. The president of the senate shall designate one of these members to serve as cochairperson of the committee.
2. Two members of the house of representatives who are appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and who are members of different political parties. The speaker of the house of representatives shall designate one of these members to serve as cochairperson of the committee.
3. The director of the state department of corrections or the director's designee.
4. The director of the department of juvenile corrections or the director's designee.
5. One certified teacher who is appointed by the governor.
6. One certified school counselor who is appointed by the governor.
7. One employee of the department of education who is appointed by the superintendent of public instruction.
8. One faculty member from a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents who has expertise in data collection or analysis, statistics or economics and who is appointed by the governor.
9. One faculty member from a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents who has expertise in law, criminology or sociology or another relevant field and who is appointed by the governor.
10. One member who represents an entity that provides education services to at‑risk youth and who is appointed by the governor.
11. One member who represents an entity that advocates for student's academic preparedness and who is appointed by the governor.
B. Members of the committee are not eligible to receive compensation but are eligible for reimbursement of expenses pursuant to title 38, chapter 4, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes.
C. A majority of the members of the committee constitutes a quorum.
D. The committee shall conduct a thorough study of all matters relating to the correlation between the funding levels of kindergarten programs and grades one through twelve to the rate of incarceration in the state department of corrections and the rate of recidivism. The study shall review the spending levels per student or inmate for the previous ten years, data on high school graduation and incarceration trends, ethnic and gender ratios for student and inmate populations and incarceration and recidivism rates in communities where low‑performing schools are located.
E. The committee shall submit a report of its findings and any recommendations to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives on or before December 1, 2017 and shall provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state.
F. This section is repealed from and after September 30, 2018.
