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Arizona Revised Statutes Title 15. Education § 15-943. Base support level

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

The base support level for each school district shall be computed as follows:

1. The following support level weights shall be used in paragraph 2, subdivision (a) of this section for the following school districts:

(a) For school districts whose student count in kindergarten programs and grades one through eight is classified in column 1 of this subdivision, the support level weight for kindergarten programs and grades one through eight is the corresponding support level weight prescribed in column 2 or 3 of this subdivision, whichever is appropriate:

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Support Level Weight

Support Level Weight

For Small Isolated

For Small

Student Count

School Districts

School Districts

1-99

1.559

1.399

100-499

1.358 + [0.0005 x (500

1.278 + [0.0003 x (500

- student count)]

- student count)]

500-599

1.158 + [0.002 x (600

1.158 + [0.0012 x (600

- student count)]

- student count)]

(b) For school districts whose student count in grades nine through twelve is classified in column 1 of this subdivision, the support level weight for grades nine through twelve is the corresponding support level weight prescribed in column 2 or 3 of this subdivision, whichever is appropriate:

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Support Level Weight

Support Level Weight

For Small Isolated

For Small

Student Count

School Districts

School Districts

1-99

1.669

1.559

100-499

1.468 + [0.0005 x (500

1.398 + [0.0004 x (500

- student count)]

- student count)]

500-599

1.268 + [0.002 x (600

1.268 + [0.0013 x (600

- student count)]

- student count)]

2. Subject to paragraph 1 of this section, determine the weighted student count as follows:

(a)

Support

Weighted

Level

Student

Student

Grade

Base

Group A

Weight

Count

Count

PSD

1.000

+

0.450

=

1.450

x

____________

=

_____________

K-8

1.000

+

0.158

=

1.158

x

____________

=

_____________

9-12

1.163

+

0.105

=

1.268

x

____________

=

_____________

Subtotal

A

_____________

(b)

Funding

Support
Level

Student

Weighted
Student

Category

Weight

Count

Count

HI

4.771

x

____________

=

___________________

K-3

0.060

x

____________

=

___________________

K-3 reading

0.040

x

____________

=

___________________

ELL

0.115

x

____________

=

___________________

MD-R, A-R and

SID-R

6.024

x

____________

=

___________________

MD-SC, A-SC and

SID-SC

5.988

x

____________

=

___________________

MD-SSI

7.947

x

____________

=

___________________

OI-R

3.158

x

____________

=

___________________

OI-SC

6.773

x

____________

=

___________________

P-SD

3.595

x

____________

=

___________________

DD, ED, MIID, SLD,

SLI and OHI

0.292

x

____________

=

___________________

ED-P

4.822

x

____________

=

___________________

MOID

4.421

x

____________

=

___________________

VI

4.806

x

____________

=

___________________

G

0.007

x

____________

=

___________________

FRPL

0.022

x

____________

=

___________________

Subtotal

B

___________________

(c) Total of subtotals A and B:

___________________

3. Multiply the total determined in paragraph 2 of this section by the base level.

4. Multiply the teacher experience index of the district or 1.00, whichever is greater, by the product obtained in paragraph 3 of this section.

5. For the purposes of this section, the student count is the average daily membership as prescribed in § 15-901 for the current year, except that for the purposes of computing the base support level used in determining school district rollover allocations and school district budget override amounts, the student count is the average daily membership as prescribed in § 15-901 for the prior year.

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