Bill Text: AZ SB1323 | 2013 | Fifty-first Legislature 1st Regular | Engrossed
Bill Title: School district duties; buses
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2013-05-23 - Governor Vetoed [SB1323 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2013-SB1323-Engrossed.html
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House Engrossed Senate Bill |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty‑first Legislature First Regular Session 2013
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SENATE BILL 1323 |
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AN ACT
amending sections 15‑922 and 15-945, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to pupil transportation.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 15-922, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
15-922. Duties of the school district; definition
A. Each school district shall within twelve days after the first one hundred days or two hundred days in session, as applicable, certify to the superintendent of public instruction, in an electronic format as prescribed by the department of education, the following:
1. The daily route mileage of the school district in the current year. The route mileage shall not include more than twenty miles each way to and from the school of attendance or to and from a pickup point on a regular transportation route to transport eligible students who reside in nonadjacent school districts.
2. The route mileage of the school district in the current year transporting eligible students for an extended school year services in accordance with section 15‑881.
3. The number of eligible students transported during the current year.
B. Each school district shall on or before July 15 of the current year certify to the superintendent of public instruction the following:
1. For each bus operated by the school district, the following:
(a) The odometer reading as of the end of the current year.
(b) An inventory of each school bus owned by the school district including:
(i) Manufacturer of the bus.
(ii) Date of purchase.
(iii) Purchase price.
(iv) Capacity for passengers.
(v) Type of fuel used.
2. The total bus mileage during the current year.
3. The road conditions upon which eligible students are transported reported in a format specified by the superintendent of public instruction.
4. The total bus mileage for the current year for academic and career and technical education and vocational education and athletic trips reported in a format specified by the superintendent of public instruction.
C. B. A school district shall meet the requirements of this section to receive state aid. The superintendent of public instruction may withhold a school district's apportionment of state aid if it is determined by the superintendent of public instruction that the school district is not complying with the requirements of this section.
D. C. For the purposes of this article and section 15‑901, "school bus" or "bus" means a bus as defined in section 28‑101, except that the passenger capacity standards prescribed in that section do not apply.
Sec. 2. Section 15-945, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
15-945. Transportation support level
A. The support level for to and from school for each school district for the current year shall be computed as follows:
1. Determine the approved daily route mileage of the school district for the fiscal year prior to the current year.
2. Multiply the figure obtained in paragraph 1 of this subsection by one hundred eighty, or for a school district that elects to provide two hundred days of instruction pursuant to section 15‑902.04, multiply the figure obtained in paragraph 1 of this subsection by two hundred.
3. Determine the number of eligible students transported in the fiscal year prior to the current year.
4. Divide the amount determined in paragraph 1 of this subsection by the amount determined in paragraph 3 of this subsection to determine the approved daily route mileage per eligible student transported.
5. Determine the classification in column 1 of this paragraph for the quotient determined in paragraph 4 of this subsection. Multiply the product obtained in paragraph 2 of this subsection by the corresponding state support level for each route mile as provided in column 2 of this paragraph.
Column 1 Column 2
Approved Daily Route State Support Level per
Mileage per Eligible Route Mile for
Student Transported Fiscal Year 2012‑2013
0.5 or less 2.42
More than 0.5 through 1.0 1.97
More than 1.0 2.42
6. Add the amount spent during the prior fiscal year for bus tokens and bus passes for students who qualify as eligible students as defined in section 15‑901.
B. The support level for academic education, career and technical education, vocational education and athletic trips for each school district for the current year is computed as follows:
1. Determine the classification in column 1 of paragraph 2 of this subsection for the quotient determined in subsection A, paragraph 4 of this section.
2. Multiply the product obtained in subsection A, paragraph 5 of this section by the corresponding state support level for academic education, career and technical education, vocational education and athletic trips as provided in column 2, 3 or 4 of this paragraph, whichever is appropriate for the type of district.
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4
Approved Daily Route
Mileage per Eligible District Type District Type District Type
Student Transported 02 or 03 04 05
0.5 or less 0.15 0.10 0.25
More than 0.5 through 1.0 0.15 0.10 0.25
More than 1.0 0.18 0.12 0.30
For the purposes of this paragraph, "district type 02" means a unified school district or an accommodation school that offers instruction in grades nine through twelve, "district type 03" means a common school district not within a high school district, "district type 04" means a common school district within a high school district or an accommodation school that does not offer instruction in grades nine through twelve and "district type 05" means a high school district.
C. The support level for extended school year services for pupils with disabilities is computed as follows:
1. Determine the sum of the following:
(a) The total number of miles driven by all buses of a school district while transporting eligible pupils with disabilities on scheduled routes from their residence to the school of attendance and from the school of attendance to their residence on routes for extended school year services in accordance with section 15‑881.
(b) The total number of miles driven on routes approved by the superintendent of public instruction for which a private party, a political subdivision or a common or a contract carrier is reimbursed for bringing an eligible pupil with a disability from the place of the pupil's residence to a school transportation pickup point or to the school facility of attendance and from the school transportation scheduled return point or from the school facility to the pupil's residence for extended school year services in accordance with section 15‑881.
2. Multiply the sum determined in paragraph 1 of this subsection by the state support level for the district determined as provided in subsection A, paragraph 5 of this section.
D. The transportation support level for each school district for the current year is the sum of the support level for to and from school as determined in subsection A of this section, the support level for academic education, career and technical education, vocational education and athletic trips as determined in subsection B of this section and the support level for extended school year services for pupils with disabilities as determined in subsection C of this section.
E. The state support level for each approved route mile, as provided in subsection A, paragraph 5 of this section, shall be adjusted by the growth rate prescribed by law, subject to appropriation.
f. School districts must provide the odometer reading for each bus as of the end of the current year and the total bus mileage during the current year.
