School Finance has manually calculated initial add-on payments for gifted students in accordance with Laws 2021, Chapter 404 and the files below describe the calculation process and details for each district and charter. The additional funding for districts and charters will appear as adjustments to the base support level in BSA55 reports. Calculations will be updated one time after statewide recalculation in July to reflect final student data. 

FY 2022 Gifted Add-on Payment Summary

FY2022 Gifted Group B Funding.xlsx

Please refer to our September Hot Topic about reporting gifted students for more information.

In FY 2023, the gifted add-on weight is expected to be fully implemented in ADE student data and payment systems and will appear in the BSA55 report along with other add-on funding

FY2022 School Finance Fiscal Operations Updates

Base Level Amount 15-901

$4,390.65 ($4,445.53 w/1.25% Teacher Compensation 15-952)

$84.92/1.97% total increase

$52.10/ 1.21% inflation

$32.82/ Teacher Salary Increase ($50M previously funded one-time from Classroom Site Fund)

Transportation Support Level 15-945

1.21% inflation to support per route mile

0.5 or fewer: $2.77

0.5-1.0: $2.27

More than 1.0: $2.77

District Additional Assistance (DAA) and Charter Additional Assistance (CAA) 15-185 and 15-961

1.21% inflation to CAA

Grades PSD-8: $1,897.90

Grades 9-12: $2,211.97

No change to DAA per student count

Reduction to DAA and CAA has been eliminated in FY2022

Qualifying Tax Rate

Unified School Districts and Common School Districts not within a High School District (Type 03): $3.5388

Common School Districts within High School District and High School Districts: $1.7694

Group B Add On

New add-on category "G" with support level weight 0.007 - Means educational programs for gifted pupils who score at or above the ninety-seventh percentile, based on national norms, on a test adopted by the State Board of Education.

Increased support level weight for MD-SC, A-SC, SID-SC to 5.988 (previously 5.833)

Increased support level weight for DD,ED,MIID, SLD to 0.093 (previously 0.003)

State Aid Rollover 

$865,727,700 of the FY22 basic state aid appropriation to school districts is deferred until July 2022. 

This is $65M lower than FY2021

 Does not apply to charters or school districts with less than 2000 ADM.

Classroom Site Fund 15-977

$733 per weighted pupil 

Prop 123 Additional Funding Laws 2015, 1^st Special Session, Chapter 1, Section 6

$75,000,000 (FY21-FY26)

Results-Based Funding

$68,600,000 allocated based on Spring 2019 AZ Merit Test Results notwithstanding 15-249.08

Certificates of Educational Convenience   Forms/Memos   15-825/ 15-976

School Finance is no longer accepting copies of certificates throughout the fiscal year. Counties will submit one electronic data sheet June 30, 2022 for all certificates issued the FY2021-2022 year.

School Finance Fiscal Operations – Related Statutes

Additional Monies for Teacher Compensation (1.25% base level increase) 15-952

Arizona Department of Corrections 15-1372

Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections 15-1371

Arizona Online Instruction 15-808

Certificates of Educational Convenience   15-825   15-976

Charter Equalization 15-185

Classroom Site Fund 15-977

College Credit by Examination Incentive Program 15-249.06

County Jails   15-913.01

County Juvenile Detention 15-913

County Small School 15-365

Definitions 15-901

Determination of equalization assistance payments from county and state funds 15-971

District Cash Advance of State Aid   15-973

District Equalization 15-943

Early Literacy Grants 15-249.09

Instructional Improvement Fund 15-979

Optional Two Hundred Days of Instruction (5% base level increase) 15-902.04

Result Based Funding 15-249.08

Small School Capital Transportation 15-963

State equalization assistance property tax levy 15-994

Teacher Experience Index 15-941

Unorganized Territory 15-1001

FY2021 Prop 123 Payment 2 has been calculated and was distributed June 7, 2021. This completes the full distribution of $75,000,000.00. The file linked below will show the FY2021 Prop 123 amounts per LEA. Districts are listed first by county, followed by charters alphabetically. The yellow highlighted column is FY21 Prop 123 Payment 2 and the most recent distribution, but the other columns indicate the full FY21 Prop 123 Amount for that LEA, as well as FY21 Prop 123 Payment 1 for that LEA.

FY2021 Prop 123 Amounts

Distance Learning adjustments to the FY 2021 Base Support Level have been recalculated and will appear on page 4 of the APOR55 and CHAR55 reports. The updated adjustment amounts are based on Distance Learning Reports submitted by Friday, April 16th and updated Average Daily Membership for all districts and charters.

A complete list of the adjustment calculations and amounts is below:

FY 2021 Distance Learning Base Support Level Adjustments as of 5-1-2021

To revise your 2021 budget, please see the posted Hot Topic for instructions.