Bill Text: AZ HB2283 | 2010 | Forty-ninth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Schools; expenditures; classroom instruction
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-15 - Referred to House APPROP Committee [HB2283 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2010-HB2283-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: schools; expenditures; classroom instruction |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Forty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session 2010
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HB 2283 |
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Introduced by Representatives Montenegro, Antenori, Gowan, Lesko, Seel: Ash, Biggs, Court, Crump, Hendrix, Nichols, Stevens, Weiers JP
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AN ACT
AMENDING TITLE 15, CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 1, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 15-903.01; 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 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-903.01, to read:
15-903.01. Budget; classroom instruction expenditures; waiver; posting; definition
A. A school district shall spend at least seventy per cent of its operational budget on classroom instruction expenditures.
b. A school district that does not spend at least seventy per cent of its operational budget on classroom instruction expenditures in fiscal year 2010-2011 shall increase the percentage of its operational budget that it spends on classroom instruction expenditures by at least two per cent each subsequent fiscal year until the school district spends at least seventy per cent of its operational budget on classroom instruction expenditures.
C. A school district shall submit its proposed annual operational budget to the superintendent of public instruction who shall verify that the district's classroom instruction expenditures comply with this section.
D. If a school district is unable to meet the requirement prescribed in either subsection A or subsection B, the school district may petition the superintendent of public instruction for a one-year waiver from the requirements of subsections A and B of this section. The waiver request shall include proposals that are designed to eventually enable the school district to meet the requirement prescribed in subsection A. The superintendent of public instruction shall notify the school district within thirty days after the submission of the waiver petition whether the superintendent will grant, deny or shorten the duration of the waiver request.
E. A school district that is unable to meet the requirement prescribed in subsection A shall post on its website a detailed accounting of its expenditures and shall specify the following information:
1. The number and job title of each employee whose total annual salary exceeds one hundred thousand dollars.
2. The types and costs of benefits awarded to employees of the school district.
3. Travel expenditures that are not specifically related to the transportation of pupils.
4. Expenditures paid to consultants.
5. Expenditures paid to attorneys.
6. Expenditures paid to organizations, associations and other entities.
F. For the purposes of this section, "classroom instruction expenditures" includes monies spent for teacher salaries, classroom supplies, field trips, after‑school activities, counseling, libraries, sports, arts, music and other direct educational expenses.
