Arizona Laws 15-855. School or school district operation on a year-round school year basis; separate budget
A. Any school district which is qualified may operate on a four quarter, three semester or other year-round school year operation basis in cooperation with and under the supervision of the superintendent of public instruction.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 15-855
- Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
- instructional time: means hours or time spent pursuant to an instructional time model adopted under Section 15-901. 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
B. Any school district which operates some but not all of its schools on a year-round school year operation basis shall remove such schools from the school district budget, proportionately reduce the school district budget amounts and employ a separate budget for each of its schools with a year-round school year operation.
C. The superintendent of public instruction shall supervise the conversion of any school district budget as required by subsection B of this section to insure application of all budget requirements.
D. For school districts which maintain an approved year-round school year operation, entitlement to state aid shall be based on the one hundred seventy-five days’ equivalency or two hundred days’ equivalency, as applicable, of instructional time as approved by the superintendent of public instruction during which each student is enrolled.