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Legislative Update

Legislative Update. AASBO Bi-Monthly Meeting March 14, 2012. Topics to Cover Today. School Funding School Personnel School Vouchers & Privatization. School Operations & Accountability Charters The “Out in Left Field” Bills Elections & Politics. School Funding. State Budget

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Legislative Update

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  1. Legislative Update AASBO Bi-Monthly Meeting March 14, 2012

  2. Topics to Cover Today • School Funding • School Personnel • School Vouchers & Privatization • School Operations & Accountability • Charters • The “Out in Left Field” Bills • Elections & Politics

  3. School Funding • State Budget • Governor vs. Legislative • Areas of disagreement: revenue projections, spending on education • Cave Creek Unified School District v. Ducey • Prop. 301 Inflation factor challenged • SB1456 (school finance revisions) • back to 100-day ADM counts • Online Instruction Legislation (SB 1259, HB 2260) • TABOR, bonds, and initiative/referendum resolutions

  4. School Personnel • Retirement • Barnes v. ASRS • HB2264 (ASRS; employee; employer contributions; rate) • Paycheck Deductions • UFCW v. Brewer (SB1365 from 2011) • SB1487 (government employees; union dues; withholding)

  5. School Personnel • HB2497 (school teachers; multiyear contracts) • Anderson v. Valley Union High School District • No Court of Appeals jurisdiction for teachers looking to appeal

  6. School Personnel • Teacher and Principal Evaluations • State Board of Education Teacher and Principal Evaluation Framework • Response to 2010 legislation that requires all teacher and principal evaluations to contain at least 33%, and up to 50% of quantifiable data and implement it in the 2012-2013 school year • HB2823 (schools; teachers; principals; evaluation systems)

  7. School Vouchers and Privatization • Niehaus v. Huppenthal • SB1553 from 2011; “Arizona Empowerment Accounts” • Maricopa Superior Court found constitutional; appeal coming • HB2626 (empowerment scholarship accounts; expansion) • SB1047 (tax credit; student tuition organizations)

  8. School Operations & Accountability • Auditor General Dollars in Classroom Report • Mandated by law to do every year • Does not apply to charters • Dollars not in the classroom inaccurately labeled administration

  9. School Operations & Accountability • SB1061 (national school lunch program; optional) • ELL Reform • SB1033 (schools; ELL instruction; hourly requirements)

  10. School Operations & Accountability • School District Unification • HB2075 (schools; consolidation; unification)

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