A. The department of education shall recompute and aggregate average daily membership for the previous fiscal year no later than August 30. The department shall inform school districts and charter schools of their final average daily membership no later than September 15. No later than November 1 of each year, state aid calculations for all school districts and charter schools for the previous fiscal year must be finalized and the budget limits for school districts must be adjusted. Any future adjustments in student counts, if discovered by the school district or charter school, shall be made pursuant to section 15-915.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 15-902.03

  • Average daily membership: means the total enrollment of fractional students and full-time students, minus withdrawals, of each school day through the first one hundred days or two hundred days in session, as applicable, for the current year. See Arizona Laws 15-901
  • Charter school: means a public school established by contract with the state board of education, the state board for charter schools, a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents, a community college district or a group of community college districts pursuant to article 8 of this chapter to provide learning that will improve pupil achievement. See Arizona Laws 15-101
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fiscal year: means the year beginning July 1 and ending June 30. See Arizona Laws 15-101
  • School district: means a political subdivision of this state with geographic boundaries organized for the purpose of the administration, support and maintenance of the public schools or an accommodation school. See Arizona Laws 15-101

B. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, school districts may continue to make budget adjustments pursuant to section 15-905 and make corrections pursuant to section 15-915.

 

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