Bill Text: AZ SCR1032 | 2010 | Forty-ninth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Schools; classroom instruction expenditures

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-02-24 - Senate ED Committee action: Held [SCR1032 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2010-SCR1032-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: schools; classroom instruction expenditures

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Forty-ninth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2010

 

 

SCR 1032

 

Introduced by

Senators Pearce R, Gorman: Representatives Burges, Court, Seel

 

 

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

 

 

Enacting and ordering the submission to the people of a measure relating to school finance.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Arizona, the House of Representatives concurring:

1.  Under the power of the referendum, as vested in the Legislature, the following measure, relating to school finance, is enacted to become valid as a law if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:

an act

AMENDING title 15, CHAPTER 9, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding SECTION 15-903.01; RELATING TO SCHOOL FINANCE.

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:

START_STATUTE15-903.01.  Budget; classroom instruction expenditures; definition

A.  A school district shall spend at least sixty-five per cent of its budget on classroom instruction expenditures.

B.  A school district shall submit its proposed annual budget to the superintendent of public instruction who shall verify that the school district's expenditures are in compliance with this section.

C.  For the purposes of this section, "classroom instruction expenditures" has the same meaning as dollars spent in the classroom as determined by the auditor general pursuant to section 41-1279.03, subsection A, paragraph 9. END_STATUTE

2.  The Secretary of State shall submit this proposition to the voters at the next general election as provided by article IV, part 1, section 1, Constitution of Arizona.