HB 2537
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
First Regular Session
HB 2537: school transparency portal; reporting; requirements
Sponsor: Representative Pingerelli, LD 28
Committee on Education
Overview
Lists additional school level data that must be included in the school financial transparency portal.
History
Laws 2021, Chapter 404 directs the Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA), beginning in
FY 2022, to contract with a third party to develop a transparent and easily accessible school
financial transparency portal. This portal must include the following school level data for charter
schools, individual schools operated by a school district and school districts:
1) the detailed total revenues generated by weighted student count;
2) the total allocated federal, state and local revenues;
3) the allocation of Classroom Site Fund monies;
4) the amounts allocated for teacher pay and benefits, classroom supplies, student support
and other expenditures;
5) a comparison of the funding information for each school in the same local education
agency (LEA); and
6) any other information necessary for a transparent comparison between schools with
respect to revenues, expenditures, student demographics or academic achievement.
The Arizona Department of Education and the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools must
provide any necessary data or financial information requested by ADOA or the contractor for the
portal (A.R.S. § 15-747).
Provisions
1. Adds that the school financial transparency portal must include:
a) the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) positions at each individual school, disaggregated
by position type;
b) the average salary and salary range for each type of FTE position at each individual
school;
c) each entry in the school district's or charter school's general ledger;
d) the amount allocated for each current and prospective capital project or facility expense
and the funding sources; and
e) the school district's or charter school's proposed, adopted and revised budgets, if
applicable. (Sec. 1)
2. Clarifies the school financial transparency portal must contain a comparison of the funding
information for each school in the same school district or charter school, rather than LEA.
(Sec. 1)
3. Makes conforming changes. (Sec. 1)
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