Arizona 57th Legislature - Second Regular Session Status: Passed House 2 R cosponsors

HB 2381 — school districts; superintendents; benefits; restrictions

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The latest version of House Bill 2381 has added a specific focus on benefits and restrictions related to school superintendents in school districts. Meanwhile, some introductory details referencing the bill's title and its sponsors have been removed for brevity. This change highlights the bill's emphasis on regulating superintendent benefits, which could impact how these leaders are compensated and held accountable in the education system. This matters because it could influence the management and expenditure of funds within school districts.

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Fifty-seventh Legislature Education Second Regular Session H.B.
House Engrossed school districts;
2381 PROPOSED SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B.
superintendents;
2381 (Reference to House engrossed bill) Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert:
benefits;
"Section 1.
restrictions State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session HOUSE BILL 2381 AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 15-503, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES;
Section 15-393, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
RELATING TO SCHOOL EMPLOYEES.
15-393.
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Career technical education boards;
2381 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
report;
Section 1.
definitions A.
Section 15-503, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
The management and control of a career technical education district are vested in the career technical education district governing board, including the content and quality of the courses offered by the district, the quality of teachers who provide instruction on behalf of the district, the salaries of teachers who provide instruction on behalf of the district, THE FUNDING FOR THE DISTRICT'S AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP and the reimbursement of other entities for the facilities used by the district.
15-503.
This section does not restrict a school district from offering any career and technical education course that does not qualify for funding as a career technical education course or career technical education district program.
Superintendents, principals, head teachers and school psychologists;
Unless the governing boards of the school districts participating in the formation of the career technical education district vote to implement an alternative election system as provided in subsection B of this section, the career technical education board consists of five members elected from five single member districts formed within the career technical education district.
terms of employment;
The single member district election system shall be submitted as part of the plan for the career technical education district pursuant to section 15-392 and shall be established in the plan as follows:
evaluation;
contract delivery and acceptance;
nonretention notice A.
The A SCHOOL DISTRICT governing board may:
The governing boards of the school districts participating in the formation of the career technical education district shall define the boundaries of the single member districts so that the single member districts are as nearly equal in population as is practicable, except that if the career technical education district lies in part in each of two or more counties, at least one single member district may be entirely within each of the counties comprising the career technical education district if this district design is consistent with the obligation to equalize the population among single member districts.
Employ a superintendent or principal, or both.
If the governing board employs a superintendent, the governing board shall determine the qualifications for the superintendent by action taken at a public meeting.
The governing board shall require a superintendent to have a valid fingerprint clearance card that is issued pursuant to title 41, chapter 12, article 3.1.
The boundaries of each single member district shall follow election precinct boundary lines, as far as practicable, in order to avoid further segmentation of the precincts.
Appoint a head teacher.
A person who is a registered voter of this state and who has been a resident of the single member district for at least one year immediately preceding the date of the election is eligible for election to the office of career technical education board member from the single Senate Amendments to H.B.
Jointly with another governing board employ a superintendent or a principal, or both.
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If the governing board jointly employs a superintendent, the governing boards shall jointly determine the qualifications for the superintendent by action taken at a public meeting.
The terms of office of the members of the career technical education board shall be as prescribed in section 15-427, subsection B.
The governing boards shall require a superintendent to have a valid fingerprint clearance card that is issued pursuant to title 41, chapter 12, article 3.1.
An employee of a career technical education district or the spouse of an employee shall not hold membership on a governing board of a career technical education district by which the employee is employed.
A member of one school district governing board or career technical education district governing board is ineligible to be a candidate for nomination or election to or serve simultaneously as a member of any other governing board, except that a member of a governing board may be a candidate for nomination or election for any other governing board if the member is serving in the last year of a term of office.
A member of a governing board shall resign the member's seat on the governing board before becoming a candidate for nomination or election to the governing board of any other school district or career technical education district, unless the member of the governing board is serving in the last year of a term of office.
Members of a career technical education district governing board are subject to the conflict of interest requirements prescribed in section 38-503.
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Nominating petitions shall be signed by the number of qualified electors of the single member district as provided in section 16-322.
The governing boards of the school districts participating in the formation of the career technical education district may vote to implement any other alternative election system for the election of career technical education district board members.
The term of employment of superintendents may be for any period not exceeding three years, except that if the superintendent's contract with the school district is for multiple years pursuant to this subsection, the school district shall not offer to extend or renegotiate the contract until no earlier than fifteen months before the expiration of the contract EXPIRES.
If an alternative election system is selected, it shall be submitted as part of the plan for the career technical education district pursuant to section 15-392, and the implementation of the system shall be as approved by the United States justice department.
The term of employment of principals may be for any period not exceeding three years, except that if the principal's contract with the school district is for multiple years the school district shall not offer to extend or negotiate the contract until May of the year preceding the final year of the contract.
The school district governing board or the CHARTER SCHOOL governing body of the charter school shall communicate the superintendent's or principal's duties with respect to the classroom site fund established by section 15-977.
Career technical education districts are subject to the following provisions of this title:
The governing board shall establish systems for the evaluation of the performance of principals and other school administrators and certificated school psychologists in the school district.
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In the development DEVELOPING and adoption of ADOPTING these performance evaluation systems, the governing board shall avail itself of the advice of its administrators and certificated school psychologists.
Chapter 1, articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Each evaluation shall include recommendations as to areas of improvement in the performance of the certificated school psychologist if the performance of the certificated school psychologist warrants improvement.
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2381 the certificated school psychologist to make specific recommendations as to areas of improvement in the certificated school psychologist's performance.
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The governing board designee shall provide assistance and opportunities for the certificated school psychologist to improve performance and shall follow up with the certificated school psychologist after a reasonable period of time for the purpose of ascertaining that the certificated school psychologist is demonstrating adequate performance.
Articles 2, 3 and 5 of this chapter.
The evaluation process for certificated school psychologists shall include appeal procedures for certificated school psychologists who disagree with the evaluation of their performance, if the evaluation is for use as criteria for establishing compensation or dismissal.
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Section 15-361.
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Chapter 4, articles 1, 2 and 5.
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Chapter 5, articles 1 and 3.
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Sections 15-701.01, 15-722, 15-723, 15-724, 15-727, 15-728, 15-729 and 15-730.
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Chapter 7, article 5.
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Chapter 8, articles 1, 3 and 4.
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Sections 15-828 and 15-829.
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Chapter 9, article 1, article 6, except for section 15-995, and article 7.
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Sections 15-941, 15-943.01, 15-953 and 15-973.
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Sections 15-1101 and 15-1104.
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Chapter 10, articles 2, 3, 4 and 8.
Notwithstanding subsection C of this section, the following apply to a career technical education district:
On or before May 15 each year, the governing board shall offer a contract for the next school year to each certified administrator and certificated school psychologist who is in the last year of the person's contract unless, on or before April 15, the governing board, a member of the board acting on behalf of the governing board or the superintendent of the school district gives notice to the administrator or certificated school psychologist of the governing board's intention not to offer a new contract.
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If the governing board has called for an override election for the third Tuesday in May as provided in section 15-481, the governing board shall offer a contract for the next school year to each certified administrator or certificated school psychologist who is in the last year of the person's contract on or before June 15 unless, no NOT later than five days after the override election excluding Saturday, Sunday and legal holidays, the governing board, a member of the governing board acting on behalf of the governing board or the superintendent of the school district gives notice to the administrator or the certificated school psychologist of the governing board's intention not to offer a new contract.
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The administrator's or the certificated school psychologist's acceptance of the contract shall be indicated within thirty days after the date of the written contract or the offer is revoked.
A career technical education district may issue bonds for the purposes specified in section 15-1021 and in chapter 4, article 5 of this title to an amount in the aggregate, including the existing indebtedness, not exceeding one percent of the net assessed value of the full cash value of the property within the career technical education district.
The administrator or certificated school psychologist accepts the contract by signing the contract and returning it to the governing board or by making a written instrument that accepts the terms of the contract and delivering the written instrument to the governing board.
For the purposes of this paragraph, "full cash value" and "net assessed value" have the same meanings prescribed in section 42-11001.
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The number of governing board members for a career technical education district shall be as prescribed in subsection A of this section.
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The student count for the first year of operation of a career technical education district as provided in this article shall be determined as follows:
(a) Determine the estimated student count for career technical education district classes that will operate in the first year of operation.
This estimate shall be based on actual registration of pupils as of March 30 scheduled to attend classes that will be operated by the career technical education district.
The student count for the school district of residence of the pupils registered at the career technical education district shall be adjusted.
The adjustment shall cause the school district of residence to reduce the student count for the pupil to reflect the courses to be taken at the career technical education district.
The school district of residence shall review and approve the adjustment of its own student count as provided in this subdivision before the pupils from the school district can be added to the student count of the career technical education district.
(b) The student count for the new career technical education district shall be the student count as determined in subdivision (a) of this paragraph.
(c) For the first year of operation, the career technical education district shall revise the student count to the actual average daily membership as prescribed in section 15-901, subsection A, paragraph 1 for students attending classes in the career technical education district.
A career technical education district shall revise its student count, the base support level as provided in section 15-943.02, the revenue control limit as provided in section 15-944.01 and the district additional assistance as provided in section 15-962.01 before May 15.
A career technical education district that overestimated its student count shall revise its budget before May 15.
A career technical education district that underestimated its student count may revise its budget before May 15.
(d) After March 15 of the first year of operation, the school district of residence shall adjust its student count by reducing it to reflect the courses actually taken at the career technical education district.
The school district of residence shall revise its student count, the base support level as provided in section 15-943, the revenue control limit as provided in section 15-944 and the district additional assistance as provided in section 15-962.01 prior to May 15.
A district that underestimated the student count for students attending the career technical education district shall revise its budget before May 15.
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2381 district that overestimated the student count for students attending the career technical education district may revise its budget before May 15.
(e) The procedures for implementing this paragraph shall be as prescribed in the uniform system of financial records.
For the purposes of this paragraph, "school district of residence" means the school district that included the pupil in its average daily membership for the year before the first year of operation of the career technical education district and that would have included the pupil in its student count for the purposes of computing its base support level for the fiscal year of the first year of operation of the career technical education district if the pupil had not enrolled in the career technical education district.
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A student includes any person enrolled in the career technical education district without regard to the person's age or high school graduation status, except that:
(a) A student in a kindergarten program or in any of grades one through eight who enrolls in courses offered by the career technical education district shall not be included in the career technical education district's student count or average daily membership.
(b) A student in a kindergarten program or in any of grades one through eight who is enrolled in career and technical education courses shall not be funded in whole or in part with monies provided by a career technical education district, except that a pupil in grade eight may be funded with monies generated by the $.05 qualifying tax rate authorized in subsection F of this section.
(c) A student who has graduated from high school or received a general equivalency diploma or who is over twenty-one years of age shall not be included in the student count of the career technical education district for the purposes of chapter 9, articles 3, 4 and 5 of this title.
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A career technical education district may operate for more than one hundred eighty days per year, or less, with the equivalent number of hours of instruction.
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A career technical education district may use the carryforward provisions of section 15-943.01.
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A school district that is part of a career technical education district shall use any monies received pursuant to this article to supplement and not supplant base year career and technical education courses, and directly related equipment and facilities, except that a school district that is part of a career technical education district and that has used monies received pursuant to this article to supplant career and technical education courses that were offered before the first year that the school district participated in the career technical education district or the first year that the school district used monies received pursuant to this article or that used the monies for purposes other than for career and technical education courses shall use one hundred percent of the monies received pursuant to this article to supplement and not supplant base year career and technical education courses.
Each applicable school district shall provide a report to the career technical education board and the department of education outlining the required -4- Senate Amendments to H.B.
2381 maintenance of effort and how monies were used to supplement and not supplant base year career and technical education courses and directly related equipment and facilities.
THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION BOARD SHALL MONITOR HOW MONIES THAT ARE DISTRIBUTED BY THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE ARE USED.
THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION BOARD SHALL MAINTAIN ANY FINANCIAL RECORDS, DOCUMENTATION OR INFORMATION THAT IS REASONABLY NECESSARY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION BOARD SHALL SUBMIT TO EACH PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICT AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT INCLUDES THE AGGREGATE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION DISTRICT EXPENDITURES AND THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION DISTRICT EXPENDITURES THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORT CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSES OR PROGRAMS THAT ARE PROVIDED AT EACH PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICT.
ON REQUEST FROM A PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION BOARD SHALL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND DETAILS ABOUT THE EXPENDITURES.
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A career technical education district shall use any monies received pursuant to this article to enhance and not supplant career and technical education courses and directly related equipment and facilities.
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A career technical education district or a school district that is part of a career technical education district or a charter school shall only include pupils in grades nine through twelve and pupils in the school year immediately following graduation in the calculation of student count or average daily membership if the pupils are enrolled in courses that are approved jointly by the governing board of the career technical education district and each participating school district or charter school for satellite courses taught within the participating school district or charter school, or approved solely by the career technical education district for centrally located courses.
Funding may be provided for not more than four years for the same student.
Student count and average daily membership from courses that are not part of an approved program for career and technical education shall not be included in student count and average daily membership of a career technical education district.
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A career technical education district may build, maintain and provide housing facilities and support services for students who are in foster care or who meet the definition of unaccompanied youth as defined in the McKinney-Vento homeless assistance act (P.L.
100-77;
101 Stat.
482;
42 United States Code section 11434a).
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NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPH 7 OF THIS SUBSECTION, A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT IS PART OF A CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION DISTRICT MAY CARRY FORWARD NOT MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF ANY MONIES RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE FOR ANY PURPOSE RELATED TO CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION, AS DETERMINED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY APPLY TO THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION BOARD TO USE MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF ANY MONIES RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE BY SUBMITTING A CAPITAL PLAN TO THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION BOARD WITH THE APPLICATION.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY SPEND MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE MONIES THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVES PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE IN ANY FISCAL YEAR ONLY IF BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS ARE MET:
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2381 (a) THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION BOARD APPROVES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S CAPITAL PLAN BEFORE THE EXCESS EXPENDITURES OCCUR.
(b) ALL EXCESS EXPENDITURES ARE PURSUANT TO THE CAPITAL PLAN.
The career technical education board shall appoint a superintendent as the executive officer of the career technical education district.
Notice of the governing board's intention not to reemploy the administrator or certificated school psychologist shall be made by delivering the notice personally to the administrator or the certificated school psychologist or by sending the notice by certified mail, postmarked on or before the applicable deadline prescribed in subsection D of this section, and directed to the administrator or the certificated school psychologist at the person's place of residence as recorded in the school district records.
Taxes may be levied for the support of the career technical education district as prescribed in chapter 9, article 6 of this title, except that a career technical education district shall not levy a property tax pursuant to law that exceeds $.05 per $100 assessed valuation except for bond monies pursuant to subsection D, paragraph 1 of this section.
The governing board shall make available the evaluation and performance classification of each principal in the school district to - 2 - H.B.
Such taxes shall be obtained from a levy of taxes on the taxable property used for secondary tax purposes.
2381 school districts and charter schools that are inquiring about the performance of the principal for hiring purposes.
The schools in the career technical education district are available to all persons who reside in the career technical education district and to pupils whose school district of residence within this state is paying tuition on behalf of the pupils to a district of attendance that is a member of the career technical education district, subject to the rules for admission prescribed by the career technical education board.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, IF A SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYS A SUPERINTENDENT, AN ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT OR AN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY OFFER OR PROVIDE AN EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT, INCLUDING LIFE INSURANCE, A MOTOR VEHICLE ALLOWANCE, A CELL PHONE ALLOWANCE AND EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO A RETIREMENT PLAN, TO THE SUPERINTENDENT ONLY IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFERS OR PROVIDES THE EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT ON SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TERMS TO ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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IF A SCHOOL DISTRICT ALLOWS A SUPERINTENDENT DESCRIBED IN THIS SUBSECTION TO RECEIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE ALLOWANCE, THE SUPERINTENDENT IS INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRAVEL THAT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO MILEAGE AND THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY USE A MOTOR VEHICLE THAT IS OWNED OR LEASED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ONLY TO TRANSPORT STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES OR LEARNING MATERIALS TO OR FROM A SCHOOL OR SCHOOL-RELATED ACTIVITY.
The career technical education board may collect tuition for adult students and the attendance of pupils who are residents of school districts that are not participating in the career technical education district pursuant to arrangements made between the governing board of the school district and the career technical education board.
THIS SUBSECTION DOES NOT PREVENT A SUPERINTENDENT DESCRIBED IN THIS SUBSECTION FROM BEING A PASSENGER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE THAT IS OWNED OR LEASED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARPOOLING.
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The career technical education board may accept gifts, grants, federal monies, tuition and other allocations of monies to erect, repair and equip buildings and for the cost of operating the schools of the career technical education district.
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One member of the career technical education board shall be selected chairperson.
The chairperson shall be selected annually on a rotation basis from among the participating school districts.
The chairperson of the career technical education board shall be a voting member.
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A career technical education board may enter into agreements to provide for administrative, operational and educational services and facilities with either:
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A community college district.
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A university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents only if the community college district, if any, for each county in which the career technical education district is located is not able to offer the course or program in the next school year.
For the purposes of this paragraph, a community college district is not able to offer a course or program if both of the following apply:
(a) On or before November 1 of each year, the career technical education board notifies the president or chancellor of the community college district in writing that the career technical education district seeks to offer one or more courses or programs, or both, that are BOTH:
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2381 (i) Not offered through an existing agreement between the career technical education board and the community college district.
(ii) Are Available through a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents.
(b) The president or chancellor of the community college district either:
(i) Not later than thirty days after the president or chancellor receives the notice pursuant to subdivision (a) of this paragraph, notifies the superintendent of the career technical education district in writing that no community college district is able to offer the course or program in the next school year.
(ii) Fails to respond to the superintendent of the career technical education district within thirty days after the president or chancellor of the community college district receives the notice pursuant to subdivision (a) of this paragraph.
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Any agreement between the governing board of a career technical education district BOARD and another career technical education district BOARD, a school district, a charter school, a university or a community college district shall be in the form of an intergovernmental agreement or other written contract THAT IS EXECUTED ON OR BEFORE JULY 1 OF THE FIRST YEAR IN WHICH A CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSE OR PROGRAM WILL BE OFFERED AT A SATELLITE CAMPUS PURSUANT TO THE AGREEMENT OR CONTRACT.
The auditor general shall modify the uniform system of financial records and budget forms in accordance with this subsection.
The intergovernmental agreement or other written contract shall completely and accurately specify each of the following:
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The financial provisions of the intergovernmental agreement or other written contract and the format for the billing of all services.
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The accountability provisions of the intergovernmental agreement or other written contract.
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The responsibilities of each career technical education district, each school district, each charter school, each university and each community college district that is a party to the intergovernmental agreement or other written contract.
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The type of instruction that will be provided under the intergovernmental agreement or other written contract, including individualized education programs pursuant to section 15-763.
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The quality of the instruction, EACH INSTRUCTOR, INCLUDING THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, RELEVANT INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE AND INDUSTRY-RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, that will be provided under the intergovernmental agreement or other written contract.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE CHARTER SCHOOL, THE UNIVERSITY OR THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SHALL OVERSEE THE EVALUATION OF THE INSTRUCTOR UNLESS THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT OR WRITTEN CONTRACT PROVIDES OTHERWISE.
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The transportation services that will be provided under the intergovernmental agreement or other written contract and the manner in which transportation costs will be paid.
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The amount that the career technical education district will contribute to a course and the amount of support required by the school district, the charter school, the university or the community college.
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That the services provided by the career technical education district, the school district, the charter school, the university or the community college district be proportionally calculated in the cost of delivering the service.
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That the payment for services shall not exceed the cost of the services provided.
IF THE AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP THAT IS GENERATED BY A SATELLITE PROGRAM OR COURSE IS INSUFFICIENT TO PAY FOR THE COSTS OF DELIVERING THE PROGRAM OR COURSE AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL, THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL MAY USE FUNDING THAT IS GENERATED BY OTHER CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS OR COURSES AND THAT EXCEEDS THE COSTS OF DELIVERING THE OTHER CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS OR COURSES TO PAY FOR THE SHORTFALL.
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That the career technical education district will provide the following minimum services for all member districts:
(a) Professional development of career and technical teachers in the career technical education district who are teaching programs or courses at a satellite campus.
(b) Ongoing evaluation and support of satellite campus programs and courses to ensure quality and compliance.
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An itemized listing of other goods and services that are provided to the member district and that are paid for by the retention of satellite campus student funding.
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THAT ANY PARTY TO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT OR WRITTEN CONTRACT MAY BRING AN ACTION AGAINST ANOTHER PARTY UNDER THE AGREEMENT OR CONTRACT ONLY AFTER PARTICIPATING IN GOOD FAITH IN MEDIATION THAT IS ADMINISTERED BY A TRAINED AND IMPARTIAL MEDIATOR.
EACH PARTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING ANY COSTS INCURRED BY THE PARTY FOR THE MEDIATION, INCLUDING COSTS INCURRED FOR LEGAL REPRESENTATION, AND THE PARTY'S PRO RATA SHARE OF THE MEDIATION FEES.
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THAT IF A CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION DISTRICT AND A SCHOOL DISTRICT DO NOT AGREE TO A SPECIFIED APPORTIONMENT ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ACTING AS THE STATE BOARD OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SHALL MEDIATE THE DISPUTE AND DETERMINE THE APPORTIONMENT FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR NOT LATER THAN AUGUST 1.
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A member school district or charter school may not submit requests to approve or add satellite campus career technical education district programs or courses directly to the career and technical education division of the department of education but shall submit all appropriate application documentation and materials for programs or courses to the career technical education district.
On approval from the career technical education board, a career technical education district shall only submit requests to approve or add satellite campus career technical education district programs or courses directly to the career and technical education division of the department of education, which shall determine whether the criteria prescribed in section 15-391, paragraphs 2 and 4 have been met.
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2381 division of the department of education determines that a course does not meet the criteria for approval as a career technical education course, the governing board of THE DIVISION SHALL PROVIDE TO the career technical education district BOARD A WRITTEN DETERMINATION THAT INCLUDES THE REASONS FOR THE DIVISION'S DETERMINATION, AND THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION BOARD may appeal this decision THE DETERMINATION to the state board of education acting as the state board of vocational education.
THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION BOARD AND THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL ACCEPT AND CONSIDER REQUESTS PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION FROM JULY 1 THROUGH JUNE 30 OF EACH YEAR AND SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER TO APPROVE EACH REQUEST NOT LATER THAN _____ DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THE REQUEST.
IF THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION BOARD DOES NOT APPROVE A REQUEST, THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION BOARD SHALL PROVIDE TO THE MEMBER SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL A WRITTEN DETERMINATION THAT INCLUDES THE REASONS FOR THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION BOARD'S DETERMINATION.
A PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL MAY AMEND A REQUEST THAT IS NOT APPROVED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION TO ADDRESS THE REASONS FOR THE DISAPPROVAL.
THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION BOARD SHALL CONSIDER AN AMENDED REQUEST THAT IS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION IN THE SAME MANNER AS AN INITIAL REQUEST.
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Notwithstanding any other law, the average daily membership for a pupil who is enrolled in a career technical education course and who does not meet the criteria specified in subsection P, Q or R of this section shall be 0.25 for each course, except the sum of the average daily membership shall not exceed the limits prescribed by subsection D, P, Q or R of this section, as applicable.
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If a career and technical education course or program is provided on a satellite campus, the sum of the average daily membership, as provided in section 15-901, subsection A, paragraph 1, for that pupil in the school district or charter school and career technical education district shall not exceed 1.25.
The school district or charter school and the career technical education district shall determine the apportionment Of the 1.25 average daily membership for that pupil between the school district or charter school and the career technical education district, A MAXIMUM OF 1.0 SHALL BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL AND A MAXIMUM OF 0.25 SHALL BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION DISTRICT, UNLESS OTHERWISE APPORTIONED PURSUANT TO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL AND THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION DISTRICT SHALL DETERMINE THE APPORTIONMENT OF THE 0.25 AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP PURSUANT TO A FULLY EXECUTED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT.
IN THE ABSENCE OF A FULLY EXECUTED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL SHALL NOT REPORT AN AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP FOR A SATELLITE CAMPUS COURSE OR PROGRAM, AND AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP SHALL NOT BE GENERATED FOR THAT COURSE OR PROGRAM.
A pupil who attends a course or program at a satellite campus and who is not enrolled in the school district or charter school where the satellite campus is located may generate the average daily membership of up to 0.25 for one hundred fifty instructional hours of enrollment for instruction received during any hour of the day, during any -9- Senate Amendments to H.B.
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P.
The sum of the average daily membership of a pupil who is enrolled in both the school district and career technical education course or career technical education program provided by a community college or university pursuant to subsection K of this section or at a centralized campus shall not exceed 1.75.
The average daily membership for a pupil who is enrolled in a career technical education course or career technical education program provided by a community college or university shall be 0.25 for the accumulation of every three community college or university credits for which a student is enrolled in career technical education courses.
The member school district and the career technical education district shall determine the apportionment of the average daily membership and student enrollment for that pupil between the member school district and the career technical education district, except that the amount apportioned shall not exceed 1.0 for either entity.
Notwithstanding any other law, the average daily membership for a pupil who is in grade nine, ten, eleven or twelve or in the school year immediately following graduation and who is enrolled in a course that meets for at least one hundred fifty minutes per class period at a centralized campus shall be 0.75.
To qualify for funding pursuant to this subsection, a centralized campus shall offer programs and courses to all eligible students in each member district of the career technical education district.
Students in an approved career technical education program may generate an average daily membership of up to 1.75 for instruction received during any hour of the day, during any day of the week and at any time between July 1 and June 30 of each fiscal year.
Average daily membership shall not be calculated on the one hundredth day of instruction for the purposes of this section.
Average daily membership shall be calculated by dividing the instructional hours of enrollment by six hundred hours, except that:
1.
At least one hundred fifty hours and less than three hundred hours equals 0.25 average daily membership.
2.
At least three hundred hours and less than four hundred fifty hours equals 0.5 average daily membership.
3.
At least four hundred fifty hours and less than six hundred hours equals 0.75 average daily membership.
4.
At least six hundred hours equals 1.0 average daily membership.
Q.
The average daily membership for a pupil who is in grade nine, ten, eleven or twelve or in the school year immediately following graduation and who is enrolled in a course that meets for at least one hundred fifty minutes per class period at a leased centralized campus shall not exceed 0.75.
Students in an approved career technical education program provided by a leased centralized campus may generate an average daily membership for instruction received during any hour of the day, during any day of the week and at any time between July 1 and June 30 of each fiscal year.
Average daily membership shall be calculated by -10- Senate Amendments to H.B.
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1.
At least one hundred fifty hours and less than three hundred hours equals 0.25 average daily membership.
2.
At least three hundred hours and less than four hundred fifty hours equals 0.5 average daily membership.
3.
At least four hundred fifty hours and less than six hundred hours equals 0.75 average daily membership.
4.
At least six hundred hours equals 1.0 average daily membership.
R.
The sum of the average daily membership, as provided in section 15-901, subsection A, paragraph 1, of a pupil who is enrolled in both the school district and in career technical education courses provided at a leased centralized campus shall not exceed 1.75 if all of the following conditions are met:
1.
The course qualifies as a career technical education course.
2.
The course is offered to all eligible students in each member district of the career technical education district and enrolls students from multiple high schools.
3.
The career technical education district program in which the course is included addresses a specific industry need and has been developed in cooperation with that industry, or the leased facility is a state or federal asset that would otherwise be unused or underutilized.
4.
The lease is established at fair market value if the lease is executed for a facility located on the site of a member district and was approved by the joint committee on capital review, except that a lease that was executed or renewed before December 31, 2012 is not subject to approval by the joint committee on capital review.
S.
A student who is enrolled in an accommodation school may be treated as a student of the school district in which the student physically resides for the purposes of enrollment in a career technical education district and shall be included in the calculation of average daily membership for either the career technical education district or the accommodation school, or both.
T.
Notwithstanding any other law, the student count for a career technical education district shall be IS equivalent to the career technical education district's average daily membership.
Students in an approved career technical education program provided by a satellite campus, centralized campus or leased centralized campus may generate an average daily membership subject to the limits prescribed by subsections D, N, O, P, Q and R of this section, as applicable, for instruction received during any hour of the day, during any day of the week and at any time between July 1 and June 30 of each fiscal year.
Average daily membership shall not be calculated on the one hundredth day of instruction for the purposes of this section.
The department may not restrict the instructional time by limiting the particular days of the week or time of the fiscal year for instruction to occur.
THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY FUNDING RELATED TO THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION DISTRICT'S AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP.
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A school district or charter school may not prohibit or discourage students who are enrolled in that school district or charter school from attending courses offered by a career technical education district, including requiring students to generate a full 1.0 average daily membership or to enroll in more courses than are needed to graduate before enrolling in and attending programs or courses offered by a career technical education district.
V.
The governing board of the career technical education district may contract with any charter school that is located within the boundaries of the career technical education district to allow that charter school to offer career and technical education courses or programs as a satellite campus.
W.
Beginning in 2020 and every five years thereafter, the career and technical education division of the department of education shall review career technical education district programs and career technical education courses to ensure compliance, quality and eligibility.
Any program or course deemed to not meet the requirements set forth by law shall not be funded for the current school year and shall be removed from the approved program and course list for the purposes of funding.
The career and technical education division may establish a staggered schedule for reviewing each career technical education district.
X.
Notwithstanding subsection D, paragraphs 4 and 9 and subsections P, Q and R of this section, for a student in grade nine, funding shall be provided pursuant to this section only if the student reaches the fortieth day of grade eleven enrolled in an approved career technical education program and meets the requirements prescribed in subsection Z of this section.
At that time funding shall be provided for that student for grade nine and for any subsequent year in which the student is eligible for funding pursuant to this section.
Y.
On or before September 1 of each year, the office of economic opportunity in collaboration with the department of education shall compile an in-demand regional education list of the approved career technical education programs that lead to a career path in high demand with median-to-high-wage jobs in that region.
The office of economic opportunity shall incorporate industry feedback as part of developing the in-demand regional educational list.
The office of economic opportunity shall submit the in-demand regional education list to the Arizona career and technical education quality commission for review and approval.
Z.
Notwithstanding subsection D, paragraphs 4 and 9 and subsections P, Q and R of this section, for a student in grade nine or in the school year immediately following graduation, funding shall be provided pursuant to this section only if the student is enrolled in a program that was included on the in-demand regional education list compiled pursuant to subsection Y of this section for that student's region for the year in which the student began the program.
AA.
For the purposes of this section:
1.
"Base year" means the complete school year in which voters of a school district elected to join a career technical education district.
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"Centralized campus" means a facility that is owned and operated by a career technical education district to offer career technical education district programs or career technical education courses.
3.
"Lease" means a written agreement in which the right to occupy or use real property is conveyed from one person or entity to another person or entity for a specified period of time.
4.
"Leased centralized campus" means a facility that is leased and operated by a career technical education district to offer career technical education district programs or career technical education courses.
5.
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Passed 32 Yea · 25 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 02502
Republican 32001
Total 322503
% of votes cast 53%42%0%5%
How each member voted (60)
Member Party Vote
Aaron Márquez Democrat Nay
Alma Hernandez Democrat Not Voting
Anna Abeytia Democrat Nay
Betty J Villegas Democrat Nay
Brian Garcia Democrat Nay
Cesar Aguilar Democrat Nay
Christopher Mathis Democrat Nay
Consuelo Hernandez Democrat Nay
Elda Luna-Nájera Democrat Nay
Janeen Connolly Democrat Nay
Junelle Cavero Democrat Nay
Kevin Volk Democrat Nay
Lorena Austin Democrat Nay
Lupe Contreras Democrat Nay
Lydia Hernandez Democrat Nay
Mae Peshlakai Democrat Nay
Mariana Sandoval Democrat Nay
Myron Tsosie Democrat Nay
Nancy Gutierrez Democrat Nay
Oscar De Los Santos Democrat Not Voting
Patty Contreras Democrat Nay
Quantá Crews Democrat Nay
Sarah Liguori Democrat Nay
Seth Blattman Democrat Nay
Stacey Travers Democrat Nay
Stephanie Simacek Democrat Nay
Stephanie Stahl Hamilton Democrat Nay
Alexander Kolodin Republican Yea
Beverly Pingerelli Republican Yea
Chris Lopez Republican Yea
David Livingston Republican Yea
David Marshall, Sr. Republican Yea
Gail Griffin Republican Yea
James Taylor Republican Yea
Jeff Weninger Republican Yea
John Gillette Republican Yea
Joseph Chaplik Republican Not Voting
Julie Willoughby Republican Yea
Justin Olson Republican Yea
Justin Wilmeth Republican Yea
Khyl Powell Republican Yea
Laurin Hendrix Republican Yea
Leo Biasiucci Republican Yea
Lisa Fink Republican Yea
Lupe Diaz Republican Yea
Matt Gress Republican Yea
Michael Carbone Republican Yea
Michael Way Republican Yea
Michele Peña Republican Yea
Neal Carter Republican Yea
Nick Kupper Republican Yea
Pamela Carter Republican Yea
Quang H Nguyen Republican Yea
Rachel Keshel Republican Yea
Ralph Heap Republican Yea
Selina Bliss Republican Yea
Steve Montenegro Republican Yea
Teresa Martinez Republican Yea
Tony Rivero Republican Yea
Walt Blackman Republican Yea

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