Arizona Revised Statutes Title 15. Education § 15-922. Reporting duties of the school district; definition

A. Each school district, within twelve days after the first one hundred days or two hundred days in session, as applicable, shall certify to the superintendent of public instruction, in an electronic format as prescribed by the department of education, the following:

B. A school district shall meet the requirements of this section to receive state aid. The superintendent of public instruction may withhold a school district's apportionment of state aid if the superintendent of public instruction determines that the school district is not complying with the requirements of this section. A school district may include in the calculation of daily route mileage any vehicle that meets the definition of a school bus prescribed in this section or any motor vehicle described in § 15-925. The department of education shall not deny transportation funding or state aid for a school district that transports pupils in any vehicle that meets the definition of a school bus prescribed in this section or any motor vehicle described in § 15-925.

C. For the purposes of this article and § 15-901, “school bus” or “bus” means a school bus as defined in § 28-101, except that the passenger capacity standards prescribed in that section do not apply.