HB 2341
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
First Regular Session
HB 2341: county jails; education programs; appropriation
Sponsor: Representative Shah, LD 5
Committee on Education
Overview
Increases the funding a pupil who is enrolled in a county jail education program generates and
appropriates a blank amount from the state General Fund (GF) for county jail education programs.
History
A county that operates a county jail must offer an education program to all prisoners who: 1) are
21 years old or younger; 2) do not have a high school diploma or a general equivalency diploma;
and 3) are confined to the county jail. The county school superintendent and the county sheriff
must agree on the method to deliver this program.
A county may operate its county jail education program through an accommodation school that
provides alternative education services. Currently, pupils enrolled in an accommodation school
county jail education program are funded at 72% of the amount the pupil would generate if they
were enrolled in another accommodation school program.
Alternatively, the county school superintendent may establish a county jail education fund if the
county chooses not to operate an accommodation school county jail education program. The
county jail education fund for each program consists of a base amount of $14,400, plus a variable
amount, both of which are funded with state GF monies, subject to appropriation.
For nondisabled pupils, this variable amount is $10.80 per instructional day. The variable amount
for a pupil who is a child with a disability is calculated according to a statutory formula that takes
into consideration an amount equal to 72% of the amount the pupil would receive under the
special education institutional voucher formula, as well as $72 for capital outlay costs (A.R.S. §§
15-913.01, 15-1204).
Provisions
1. Funds a pupil who is enrolled in an accommodation school county jail education program or
who is funded through a county jail education fund at the full amount, rather than 72% of the
amount, the pupil generates according to statute. (Sec. 1)
2. Increases the amount added for capital outlay costs for a disabled child funded through a
county jail education fund from $72 to $100. (Sec.1)
3. Appropriates a blank amount from the state GF in FY 2024 to the Superintendent of Public
Instruction to distribute to county school superintendents for county jail education programs.
(Sec. 2)
4. Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1)
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