Arizona Laws 15-1464. State aid per capita distribution for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs; fund; appropriation; report
A. In addition to the appropriation prescribed in section 15-1463, subsection A, this state shall pay to each community college district state aid for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs in the following manner:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 15-1464
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Community college: means an educational institution that is operated by a district board and that provides a program of not more than four years' training in the arts, sciences and humanities beyond the twelfth grade of the public or private high school course of study or vocational education, including terminal courses of a technical and vocational nature and basic adult education courses. See Arizona Laws 15-1401
- Course: means organized subject matter in which instruction is offered within a given period of time and for which credit toward promotion, graduation or certification is usually given. See Arizona Laws 15-101
- District: means a community college district that is established pursuant to sections 15-1402 and 15-1403 or Section 15-1402. See Arizona Laws 15-1401
- District board: means the community college district governing board. See Arizona Laws 15-1401
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Fiscal year: means the year beginning July 1 and ending June 30. See Arizona Laws 15-101
- Full-time equivalent student: means student enrollment for fifteen community college semester credit units per semester. See Arizona Laws 15-1401
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- 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 fiscal year 1992-1993 for a community college district that had less than five thousand actual full-time equivalent students according to the most recent fiscal year actual full-time equivalent student count, the amount determined by multiplying the number of actual full-time equivalent students according to the most recent fiscal year actual full-time equivalent student count by two hundred seven dollars.
2. For fiscal year 1992-1993 for a community college district that had five thousand or more actual full-time equivalent students according to the most recent fiscal year actual full-time equivalent student count, the amount determined by multiplying the number of actual full-time equivalent students according to the most recent fiscal year actual full-time equivalent student count by one hundred fifty-eight dollars.
3. Beginning with fiscal year 1993-1994, the legislature shall adjust by the growth rate for common and high school districts as provided by law, subject to appropriation, the amount of state aid to community college districts as provided in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection.
B. The basis for computing full-time equivalent students for the science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs per capita distribution shall be on the same basis as the computation prescribed in Section 15-1466.01.
C. In addition to the formula to determine the appropriations prescribed in section 15-1463, subsection A and subsection A of this section, this state may pay additional amounts for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs to a community college district based on requests from the district.
D. Appropriations for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs made pursuant to subsections A and C of this section and section 15-1463 shall be made to an account designated as the science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs fund. Monies in the fund shall be used for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs purposes, and the expenditures may include:
1. Partnerships with businesses and educational institutions.
2. Additional faculty for improved and expanded classroom instruction and course offerings.
3. Technology, equipment and technology infrastructure for advanced teaching and learning in classrooms or laboratories.
4. Student services such as assessment, advisement and counseling for new and expanded job opportunities.
5. The purchase, lease or lease-purchase of real property, for new construction, remodeling or repair of buildings or facilities on real property.
E. At the beginning of each fiscal year, the district board shall present to the department of administration a claim for the annual amount appropriated by the legislature and assigned to the district for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs purposes. The department of administration shall draw a warrant in payment of the claim and shall transmit the warrant to the state treasurer who shall disburse the monies to the district for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs purposes, to be expended as provided by law. If no community college exists, the department shall establish a fund for new future community college districts to be disbursed as needed.
F. Notwithstanding subsection E of this section, a community college district may request the state treasurer to disburse the monies to the local government investment pool for deposit into the district’s account as established in section 35-326.
G. Each district has the option of using up to twenty percent of its total science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs aid appropriation for operating aid purposes or taking this same amount out of the district’s total operating state aid appropriation and using it for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs purposes.
H. On or before December 1 of every even-numbered year, each community college district shall submit a report of its science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs plan activities and the expenditures authorized in this section to the governor, president of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, joint legislative budget committee and Arizona commerce authority. The report shall include the purpose and goals for which the science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs monies were expended by each district with a general accounting of the expenditures. Each community college district shall transmit a copy of this report to the secretary of state.