FOR CAUCUS & FLOOR ACTION

 

REVISED

 

ARIZONA STATE SENATE

RESEARCH STAFF

KIMBERLY YEE

LEGISLATIVE  RESEARCH ANALYST

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

Telephone: (602) 542-3171

Facsimile: (602) 542-7833

 

 

TO:                  MEMBERS OF THE SENATE          

 

DATE:             April 23, 2002

 

SUBJECT:       Strike Everything Amendment to H.B. 2485 (schools; instructional programs;

                        hour requirements)

                                                                                                                                                           

           

Purpose

 

Allows the State Superintendent to allow a common school district that meets specified criteria to correct state aid errors or budget limit errors made in FY 1999-2000 in a period of no more than four years after the miscalculation is determined and makes a change to the budget format submitted to the Arizona Department of Education (ADE). 

 

Background

 

Current law requires the State Superintendent to require a school district or charter school to correct any budget errors if it is determined that the calculation of state aid or the budget limit for a school district or charter school did not conform with statutory requirements.  Additionally, the corrections may be made by the school district or charter school in the current year or in the budget year.  If a school district or charter school experiences a hardship in making the correction in the budget, the State Superintendent may approve that corrections can be made partly in one year and partly in the following second year. 

 

The strike everything amendment to H.B. 2485 provides for an exemption to this law for Kirkland Elementary School which was overpaid approximately $94,000 by the ADE in FY 1999-2000.  The school anticipates that the school district will need additional time beyond the two years, as required in statute, to correct the budget and reimburse the State for monies due as a result of the overpayment of monies during FY 1999-2000. 

 

The Joint Legislative Budget Committee staff estimates this strike everything amendment would have a net multi-year fiscal impact of zero through FY 2004.  In FY 2002, there would be a cost of $47,000.  The deferred repayment of monies would cause the state general fund to collect $23,500 in both FY 2003 and FY 2004.

 

Provisions

 

1.      Requires the budget format submitted to the ADE to include a description of any corrections or adjustments made to the budget.

 

 

2.      Allows the State Superintendent to allow a common school district that meets specified criteria to correct state aid errors or budget limit errors made in FY 1999-2000 in a period of no more than four years after the miscalculation is determined.

 

3.      Contains technical changes.

 

4.      Provides for a general effective date.

 

Amendments Adopted by Committee

 

·        Adopted the strike everything amendment.

 

House Action                                                               Senate Action

 

ED                   2/11/02       DP      9-0-0-1-0              ED          4/18/02     DPA/SE     7-0-1

3rd Read           4/08/02                  48-2-10-0

 

 

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