Arizona Laws 15-961. District additional assistance; growth rate
A. District additional assistance per student count is established as follows:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 15-961
- Budget year: means the fiscal year for which the school district is budgeting and that immediately follows the current year. See Arizona Laws 15-901
- Common school district: means a political subdivision of this state offering instruction to students in programs for preschool children with disabilities and kindergarten programs and either:
(a) Grades one through eight. See Arizona Laws 15-901
- Current year: means the fiscal year in which a school district is operating. See Arizona Laws 15-901
- High school district: means a political subdivision of this state offering instruction to students for grades nine through twelve or that portion of the budget of a common school district that is allocated to teaching high school subjects with permission of the state board of education. See Arizona Laws 15-901
- School district: means a political subdivision of this state with geographic boundaries organized for the purpose of the administration, support and maintenance of the public schools or an accommodation school. See Arizona Laws 15-101
- Student count: means average daily membership as prescribed in this subsection for the fiscal year before the current year, except that for the purpose of budget preparation student count means average daily membership as prescribed in this subsection for the current year. See Arizona Laws 15-901
- Subject: means a division or field of organized knowledge, such as English or mathematics, or a selection from an organized body of knowledge for a course or teaching unit, such as the English novel or elementary algebra. See Arizona Laws 15-101
1. For school districts with a student count of less than one hundred for kindergarten programs and grades one through eight, $663.81. For school districts with a student count of one hundred or more and less than six hundred for kindergarten programs and grades one through eight, multiply $474.47 by the weight that corresponds to the student count for kindergarten programs and grades one through eight for the school district as provided in section 15-943, paragraph 1, subdivision (a), column 3. For a school district with a student count of six hundred or more in kindergarten programs and grades one through eight, the limit is $549.45.
2. For school districts with a student count of less than one hundred for grades nine through twelve, $732.87. For school districts with a student count of one hundred or more and less than six hundred for grades nine through twelve, multiply $494.39 by the weight that corresponds to the student count for grades nine through twelve for the school district as provided in section 15-943, paragraph 1, subdivision (b), column 3. For a school district with a student count of six hundred or more in grades nine through twelve, the limit is $600.86.
3. For programs for preschool children with disabilities, $549.45.
B. District additional assistance for a school district shall be computed as follows:
1. Select the applicable district additional assistance per student count for the school district.
2. Multiply the amount or amounts selected in paragraph 1 of this subsection by the appropriate student count of the school district.
3. If a school district’s student count used for the budget year is greater than one hundred five percent of the student count used for the current year‘s budget, increase the adjusted district additional assistance determined in paragraph 2 of this subsection by fifty percent of the actual percentage increase in the school district’s student count.
C. An amount for the purchase of required textbooks and related printed subject matter materials shall be used to increase the district additional assistance for a school district as determined in subsection B, paragraph 2 or 3 of this section, whichever is applicable. This amount shall equal the student count in grades nine through twelve multiplied by $84.93.
D. Notwithstanding subsections A, B and C of this section, district additional assistance for a common school district that is not within a high school district or for a transporting school district is district additional assistance as prescribed in this section but excluding pupils who are admitted to another school district as provided in section 15-824, subsection A, paragraph 2 or 3, except that if the school district transports high school pupils, the district additional assistance amount prescribed in this section shall be increased by an amount equal to fifty percent of the district additional assistance per pupil amount prescribed for the school district pursuant to this section multiplied by the number of high school pupils transported.