Staff Analysis of the Legislation
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SB1230- extraordinary special
education needs fund (Allen) This bill
makes several changes to the extraordinary special education needs fund (Fund).
Administration of the fund is transferred from the State Board of Education to the
Arizona Department of Education (ADE). Adds the
following eligibility criteria to receive a grant from the Fund: = A school district or charter school
with at least 10% of its weighted ADM receiving funding for a list of specified
disabilities = A school district or charter school
is eligible for the small school weight and spent at least 20% of its special
education expenditures from the maintenance and operation budget in the prior
year. A school
district or charter school can apply for more than one grant from the Fund, but
can only receive $200,000 per school year. Appropriates $5M in FY20 from the general fund to the Extraordinary Needs Fund. |