Arizona Laws 15-255. Annual report; contents; definition
A. The superintendent of public instruction shall make a report to the governor and the legislature on or before January 15 each year. The report shall be in printed form.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 15-255
- Accommodation school: means either:
(a) A school that is operated through the county board of supervisors and the county school superintendent and that the county school superintendent administers to serve a military reservation or territory that is not included within the boundaries of a school district. See Arizona Laws 15-101
- Charter school: means a public school established by contract with the state board of education, the state board for charter schools, a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents, a community college district or a group of community college districts pursuant to article 8 of this chapter to provide learning that will improve pupil achievement. See Arizona Laws 15-101
- 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
- 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
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- 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
- Unified school district: means a political subdivision of this state offering instruction to students in programs for preschool children with disabilities and kindergarten programs and grades one through twelve. See Arizona Laws 15-901
B. The report shall contain:
1. A full statement of the condition and amount of all funds and property apportioned for the purpose of education.
2. The total current expenditures per pupil and separate per pupil amounts for classroom supplies, classroom instruction excluding classroom supplies, district and school administration, support services-students, and all other support services and operations. These per pupil amounts shall be calculated for the state by type of district or school. The method of calculating these per pupil amounts shall be as prescribed in the uniform system of financial records.
3. The number and grades of schools in each county.
4. The number of children attending schools.
5. The average number of children who have attended the schools during each of the two years previous to July 1 of the year in which the report is made.
6. The number of children attending private schools.
7. The amount of school monies derived from county taxes.
8. The amount of school monies derived other than by county taxes.
9. The amount of federal monies that was received during the previous year and that was specified for Indian education aid and emergency operational aid.
10. The amounts expended for salaries of teachers and superintendents and for building of schools.
11. A statement of plans for the management of schools.
12. Such other information relating to the educational interests of this state as the superintendent deems expedient.
C. In addition to the printed report required by subsections A and B of this section, the superintendent of public instruction shall make available in electronic form a supplemental report that provides detail regarding current expenditures by function code for each individual school district. For the purposes of this subsection, "function code" means the function codes defined in the uniform system of financial records provided for in section 15-272.
D. For the purposes of this section, "type of district or school" means accommodation school, unified school district, common school district not within the boundaries of a high school district, common school district within the boundaries of a high school district, high school district, career technical education district and charter school.