Bill Text: AZ SB1303 | 2015 | Fifty-second Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Special education; cost study

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-03 - Referred to Senate ED Committee [SB1303 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2015-SB1303-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: special education; cost study

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-second Legislature

First Regular Session

2015

 

 

SB 1303

 

Introduced by

Senators Farley, Bradley, Dalessandro, McGuire, Pancrazi: Allen; Representative Meyer

 

 

AN ACT

 

AMENDING section 15‑236, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating 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.  Section 15-236, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE15-236.  Special education programs; program and fiscal audits; cost study

A.  The department of education shall conduct program and fiscal audits of selected district special education programs.  The audits shall be designed to determine the degree of compliance with existing statutes and regulations and the appropriate placement of students in special education programs.  A report of the findings of such audits shall be completed on or before February 3 of each year.  If the department of education determines that a child has been inappropriately placed in a special education program of a school district, the district's weighted student count for educational support services for students in group B as provided in section 15‑943 shall be recomputed and the district's entitlement to state aid adjusted accordingly.

B.  For each fiscal year the department of education shall request a separate line item appropriation for program and fiscal audits of special education programs in the budget estimate submitted pursuant to section 35‑113.

C.  On or before December 1, 2015 and every two years thereafter, the department of education shall complete a cost study of special education programs.  This study shall include the cost of providing special education programs to pupils pursuant to chapter 7, article 4 of this title. END_STATUTE