Bill Text: AZ SB1249 | 2016 | Fifty-second Legislature 2nd Regular | Chaptered
Bill Title: Budget; unification; school districts
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-05-12 - Chapter 220 [SB1249 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2016-SB1249-Chaptered.html
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House Engrossed Senate Bill |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-second Legislature Second Regular Session 2016
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CHAPTER 220
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SENATE BILL 1249 |
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AN ACT
amending Laws 2007, chapter 283, section 6, as amended by laws 2010, chapter 332, section 28; relating to school finance.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Laws 2007, chapter 283, section 6, as amended by Laws 2010, chapter 332, section 28, is amended to read:
Sec. 6. Unification; former common school districts
A. A common school district that is not within the
boundaries of a high school district and that was authorized by the qualified
electors to establish a unified school district with boundaries coterminous
with the boundaries of the common school district in an election held before the effective date of this section July 2, 2007 may continue
calculating its budget and equalization assistance pursuant to section 15-951,
Arizona Revised Statutes, until a high school is constructed for the newly
formed unified school district, or until June 30, 2016
2020, whichever occurs
first.
B. A newly formed unified school district that meets the requirements of subsection A of this section and that phases in instruction for pupils in grades nine through twelve may continue calculating its budget and equalization assistance pursuant to section 15-951, Arizona Revised Statutes, for a maximum of three years after the first year of the operation of the new high school in the newly formed unified school district.
C. Notwithstanding this section or any other law, a school district shall not retroactively adjust its budget for any fiscal year pursuant to this section.
Sec. 2. Unification; former common school districts
This act applies retroactively to from and after June 29, 2016.
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR MAY 12, 2016.
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY 12, 2016.
