Arizona Laws 15-902.01. Student revenue loss phasedown
A. A school district that loses at least five hundred students from its student count as a result of the formation of a joint unified school district pursuant to section 15-450 and that does not receive tuition for those students for the budget year may increase its base support level for the budget year by an amount as follows:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 15-902.01
- Base: means the revenue level per student count specified by the legislature. See Arizona Laws 15-901
- Base support level: means the base support level as provided in section 15-943. See Arizona Laws 15-901
- 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
- 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
- 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
1. For the first year of the loss, six hundred fifty thousand dollars.
2. For the second year following the loss, six hundred thousand dollars.
3. For the third year following the loss, five hundred thousand dollars.
4. For the fourth year following the loss, three hundred thousand dollars.
5. For the fifth year following the loss, one hundred thousand dollars.
B. In addition to any adjustment for tuition loss received pursuant to section 15-954, a union high school district that loses at least fifty students from its tuition count as a result of the formation of a joint unified school district pursuant to section 15-450 and that does not receive tuition for those students for the budget year may increase its base support level for the budget year by an amount as follows:
1. For the first year of the loss, one hundred thousand dollars.
2. If during the second year following the initial loss of students the union high school district loses an additional fifty students as a result of the formation of a joint unified school district pursuant to section 15-450 and does not receive tuition for those students for the budget year, two hundred thousand dollars.
3. If during the third year following the initial loss of students the union high school district loses an additional fifty students beyond the second year’s additional loss as a result of the formation of a joint unified school district pursuant to section 15-450 and does not receive tuition for those students for the budget year, three hundred twenty-five thousand dollars.
4. If the union high school district was eligible for the three hundred twenty-five thousand dollars as provided in paragraph 3 of this subsection, for the fourth year following the initial loss of students, two hundred thousand dollars.
5. If the union high school district was eligible for the two hundred thousand dollars as provided in paragraph 4 of this subsection, for the fifth year following the initial loss of students, one hundred thousand dollars.