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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Phoenix, Arizona

 

FINAL REVISED

FACT SHEET FOR H.B. 2508

 

schools; student accountability information system

 

Purpose

Prohibits, beginning April 1, 2002, the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) from making any changes to student level data elements to be collected, except for the student level data elements stipulated in the act.  Stipulates a school district or charter school is not required to submit student level data to the ADE more than once every 20 school days.

Background

The Student Accountability Information System (SAIS), established by Laws 2000, 5th Special Session, Chapter 1 and approved by the State’s general electorate in Proposition 301 in November of 2000, enables school districts and charter schools to electronically transmit student level data relating to school funding via the Internet to the Arizona Department of Education (ADE). 

SAIS is comprised of the following functional areas: budgets and financial reporting, student counts, state aid payments, local education agency data and student detail data, including individual student records.  Student level data collected by the SAIS does not include confidential information protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974.

H.B. 2508 codifies student level data elements to be collected under the SAIS in statute and prohibits the ADE from making any changes to the student level data elements, except for those that are referenced in the act.   The bill also provides that a school district or charter school is not required to submit student level data to the ADE more than once every 20 school days.

There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state general fund associated with this legislation

Provisions

 

1.      Prohibits, beginning April 1, 2002, the ADE from making any changes to student level data elements to be collected, except for the student level data elements stipulated in the act.

 

2.      Provides a list of some of the student level data elements that school districts and charter schools are required to submit to the ADE via the SAIS. 

 

3.      Stipulates a school district or charter school is not required to submit student level data to the ADE more than once every 20 school days.

4.      Contains technical and conforming changes. 

 

5.      Provides for a general effective date.

 

Amendments Adopted by Committee

 

·        Removes a number of the student level data elements referenced in the bill.

 

Amendments Adopted by the Free Conference Committee

 

·        Makes technical changes.

 

 House Action                                                         Senate Action

 

ED                   2/11/02     DP   8-0-1-1-0               ED              4/18/02     DPA     6-0-2

3rd Read           4/08/02             50-0-10-0              3rd Read       4/30/02                 24-3-3

Final Read        5/16/02             57-0-3-0                Final Read   5/16/02                 29-0-1-0

 

 

Signed by the Governor 5/17/02

Chapter 275

 

Prepared by Senate Staff

June 12, 2002