Email the district’s completed Report of Special Election Results form as an attachment to [email protected]. It is appreciated if the district will rename the results form to include the district’s name. As well, please include the district’s name in the subject line of the email.
A.R.S. § 15-901.08 authorizes districts and charter districts to adopt Instructional Time Models (ITMs) to provide flexibility in how instructional hours are provided to students.
Note: The FAQ from this Hot Topic was revised on 4/12/2022 to add information from the Governor's Office regarding this program.
Districts and charters are required to report to ADE the number of days of in-person, teacher-led instruction that were offered to all students during the 2020-2021 school year. We understand that the Governor’s Office intends to use the reported data to allocate funds this fall and therefore it is imperative that all districts and charters complete the required reporting.
Please see the reporting instructions in the original email from ADE to school leaders below. The original message is followed by the answers to frequently asked questions about this requirement.
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Dear School Leaders,
As passed by the state legislature, the Arizona Department of Education is required to collect information on whether LEAs offered in-person, teacher-led instruction for at least 100 days of the 2020-2021 school year.
"School districts and charter schools in this state shall report to the Department of Education whether they offered in-person, teacher-led instruction for at least 100 days of the 2020-2021 school year, except that school districts and charter schools with fewer than 180 days of instruction pursuant to section 15-341.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, shall report whether they offered in-person, teacher-led instruction for an equivalent proportion of instructional days. The report shall delineate the number of days of in-person, teacher-led instruction that was offered by the school site.” - Laws 2021, Chapter 404, Section 108
The Department is required to submit a report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Governor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting that compiles the reported information above.
This communication is to ask you to please submit the following information for all schools in your LEA no later than July 28, 2021. In order to complete the form, you will need to download and complete the In-Person, Teacher-led Instruction Reporting template and upload it into the form. You will also need your Entity ID, which can be found here.
Please Contact ADE School Finance with any questions at [email protected].
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Frequently Asked Questions:
Note:
Click here to determine which schools the Governor's Office has determined are eligible for funding.
Click here for information about the funding program.
Q: Should days on which only on-site support services were offered be included?
A: No, please report the total number of instructional days that all students were offered the option to attend in-person, teacher-led instruction.
Q: If the school was providing in-person, teacher-led instruction for special education students only. Should that count as a day of in-person, teacher-led instruction?
A: No, please report the total number of instructional days that all students were offered the option to attend in-person, teacher-led instruction.
Q: Do summer camp numbers count towards this report?
A: No, please report the number of instructional days during the school year that all students had the option to attend in-person, teacher-led instruction.
Q: At several of our sites, we offered hybrid models in which groups of students attended in-person instruction on specific days of the week. For example, for a portion of the year, any given student attended in-person instruction one day per week although the campus was open for in-person instruction four days per week. In this model, should we report one day of in-person instruction each week or four days each week?
A: In this model, you would report four days of in-person instruction per week to report the number of instructional days that the school offered the option to attend in-person.
Q: Our hybrid model consisted of morning and afternoon groups. Over the course of the week, each student attended in person for five half-days (with the other half consisting of remote instruction while the opposite group attended in person). Should this be reported as 2.5 days of in-person instruction for the week or five days of in-person instruction?
A: In this model, you would report five days of in-person instruction. It is not necessary to report or adjust for the length of each instructional day.
Q: Can one file be submitted for all LEAS or does it need to be submitted by individual school?
A: One file should be submitted for each LEA, but the file can include information for all schools within the LEA.
Q: Our district successfully uploaded the in-person, teacher-led instruction reporting for SY2020-2021, but we also received an error message. We would like to confirm that the data has been received or if we would need to re-submit.
A: Please email [email protected] to confirm that the report has been received.
Q: I uploaded and submitted incorrect reports, can you archive the incorrect reports so I can upload the correct ones?
A: Yes, please email [email protected] and request that the incorrect reports be deleted. After the incorrect reports are deleted, you will be able to resubmit new reports.
In the budget that was passed the 2021 legislative session (Laws 2021, Chapter 404, Section 108) was a provision stating:
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, 1st 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.
Note: The SB 1139 summary linked from this Hot Topic was revised on 3/21/2022 to clarify that there were no changes made to the compensation system on which a governing board is required to vote.
Over the past year, several changes have been applied to the Classroom Site Fund (CSF) resulting in expanded allowances and additional monies for the fund. Most notably, on March 18, 2021, Governor Ducey signed SB 1139 modifying distribution requirements for monies from the CSF.
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, the Arizona Department of Education is happy to announce that monies from the Classroom Site Fund may now be used toward guidance and psychological services, including school counselors, school psychologists, and school social workers.
You’ll find a full list of changes, eligible expenses, and guidance from the ADE Office of Policy & Government Relations and School Finance team in our new CSF Guidance and Summary linked below.
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.