Chapter 9. SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE  


Article 1. General Provisions for School District Budgets
Sec 15-901. Definitions
Sec 15-901. Definitions
Sec 15-901.01. Inflation adjustments
Sec 15-901.02. Voluntary full-day kindergarten instruction
Sec 15-901.03. Transfers; review
Sec 15-901.05. Application of school finance changes
Sec 15-901.06. Dropout recovery programs; written learning plan; requirements; definitions
Sec 15-902.01. Student revenue loss phasedown
Sec 15-902.03. Procedures for determining average daily membership
Sec 15-902.04. Optional two hundred days of instruction
Sec 15-903. Budget format; prohibited expenditures
Sec 15-904. School district annual financial report; publication; summary
Sec 15-905. School district budgets; notice; adoption; aggregate budget limit; summary; adjustments; impact aid fund; definition
Sec 15-905.01. Truth in taxation; calculation; notice and hearing; vote on tax increase
Sec 15-906. Procedure for payment of levy fund liabilities payable on June 30; lapsing of levy funds with balance for reduction of taxes
Sec 15-907. Incurring liabilities in excess of school district budget; petition; approval; procedure for expenditures
Sec 15-908. Revenue control limit for school district after consolidation
Sec 15-909. Financial provisions for accommodation schools; definition
Sec 15-910. School district budgets; excess utility costs; desegregation costs; tuition costs for bond issues; costs for registering warrants; report
Sec 15-910.01. School district budgets; career and technical education and vocational education center expenses
Sec 15-910.02. Energy and water savings accounts
Sec 15-911. Aggregate expenditure limitation; aggregate expenditures of local revenues; adjustments
Sec 15-912. Consolidation assistance
Sec 15-912.01. Unification assistance
Sec 15-913. Education program; juvenile detention centers
Sec 15-913.01. Education program; county jails
Sec 15-914. Financial and compliance audits
Sec 15-914.01. Accounting responsibility; definition
Sec 15-914.02. School district audit
Sec 15-915. Correction of state aid or budget limit errors; definition
Sec 15-916. Expenditure of state grant monies not included in budget
Article 1.1. Career Ladder and Other Performance Incentive Programs
Sec 15-920. Performance pay; budget balance carryforward; definitions
Sec 15-920.01. Arizona performance based compensation system task force; members; evaluation; reporting
Article 2. Pupil Transportation
Sec 15-921. Duties of superintendent of public instruction
Sec 15-922. Duties of the school district; definition
Sec 15-923. Contracts for transportation
Article 3. School District Revenue Limitation for Maintenance and Operation
Sec 15-941. Teacher experience index; computation; definition
Sec 15-943. Base support level
Sec 15-943.01. Maintenance and operation budget balance; definition
Sec 15-943.02. Base support level for joint technical education districts
Sec 15-943.03. Budget balance exemption
Sec 15-943.04. English learner classroom personnel bonus fund; payment of English language classroom personnel bonuses
Sec 15-944. Base revenue control limit
Sec 15-944.01. Additional expenditures exempt in whole or in part from revenue control limit
Sec 15-945. Transportation support level
Sec 15-946. Transportation revenue control limit
Sec 15-947. Revenue control limit; district support level; general budget limit; unrestricted total capital budget limit; district additional assistance limit
Sec 15-947.01. Revenue control limit; general budget limit; total capital budget limit for joint technical education districts
Sec 15-948. Adjustment for growth in student count
Sec 15-949. Small school districts; exemption from general budget limit; budget revision
Sec 15-950. Revenue control limits for new school districts
Sec 15-951. District additional assistance, district support level and student count for a common school district not within a high school district
Sec 15-952. Additional monies for teacher compensation; definitions
Sec 15-953. Increases in the base level
Sec 15-954. Adjustment for tuition loss
Article 4. Provisions for Capital Outlay and Capital Levy
Sec 15-961. District additional assistance; growth rate
Sec 15-962.01. District additional assistance allocation for joint technical education districts
Sec 15-963. Capital transportation adjustment for small school districts
Sec 15-964. Federal impact adjustment
Sec 15-965. Schools; impact aid; teacher housing
Article 5. State and Local Assistance to School Districts and Accommodation Schools
Sec 15-971. Determination of equalization assistance payments from county and state funds for school districts
Sec 15-972. State limitation on homeowner property taxes; additional state aid to school districts; definitions
Sec 15-973. Apportionment of funds; expenditure limitation
Sec 15-973.01. Assistance for education fund
Sec 15-974. Equalization assistance for education for accommodation schools
Sec 15-975. Method of determining funds payable to a joint common school district
Sec 15-976. Assistance for school districts for children whose parents are employed by certain state institutions; expenditure limitation
Sec 15-977. Classroom site fund; definitions
Sec 15-978. Classroom site fund budget limit; school district
Sec 15-979. Instructional improvement fund
Sec 15-980. Uncollected property tax; property tax loss; supplemental state aid
Article 6. County Finance Responsibilities for School Districts
Sec 15-991. Annual estimate by county school superintendent of monies for ensuing year; review and approval by property tax oversight commission
Sec 15-991.01. Tax levy for property not located in a school district
Sec 15-992. School district tax levy; additional tax in districts ineligible for equalization assistance; definition
Sec 15-993. Tax levy for high schools
Sec 15-994. State equalization assistance property tax levy
Sec 15-995. Special district assessment for adjacent ways by school district
Sec 15-996. Duties of county treasurer relating to school district's monies
Sec 15-997. Authority of county officers as to funds, taxes and boundaries of joint common school district
Sec 15-998. Liability of treasurer for failure to keep separate account or give notice; enforcement
Sec 15-999. Preference of payment of warrants; use of balance of school fund remaining at close of fiscal year
Sec 15-1000. County school fund
Sec 15-1001. Special county school reserve fund
Sec 15-1002. Administration of county school reserve fund; uses
Article 7. Bond Issues and Bonded Indebtedness
Sec 15-1021. Limitation on bonded indebtedness; limitation on authorization and issuance of bonds
Sec 15-1022. Tax levy for bonds; administration and disposition of tax; cancellation of paid bonds
Sec 15-1023. Issuance of bonds
Sec 15-1023.01. Municipal property corporation financing prohibited; definition
Sec 15-1024. Interest on bonds; sale; disposition of proceeds; definition
Sec 15-1025. Investment and reinvestment of debt service fund
Sec 15-1027. Administration of school district debt service funds by county treasurer
Sec 15-1028. Disposition of surplus tax monies
Sec 15-1029. Rights of bondholder; additional state tax
Sec 15-1030. Cancellation of unsold bonds; notice; hearing
Sec 15-1031. Power to use outstanding bond authorizations of common school districts or high school districts
Sec 15-1032. Capital facilities; bonded indebtedness liability for unified school districts
Sec 15-1033. Certification of school district bonds by attorney general
Article 8. Student Accountability Information System
Sec 15-1041. Student accountability information system
Sec 15-1042. Timeline; student level data; definition
Sec 15-1043. Student level data; confidentiality
Sec 15-1044. Arizona e-learning task force; duties
Sec 15-1045. Education database; pupil privacy