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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1174
average daily membership; student withdrawals
Purpose
Defines withdrawals for the purposes of average daily membership (ADM) as students
who are formally withdrawn from schools or students who are absent for 10 consecutive school
days, except for excused absences.
Background
Under the school finance formula, students are counted using ADM, which is the total
enrollment of fractional and full-time students, minus withdrawals, of each school day through the
first 100 days or 200 days in session, as applicable for the current year. Withdrawals include
students who are formally withdrawn from schools and students who are absent for 10 consecutive
school days, except for excused absences identified by the Arizona Department of Education
(ADE). School districts and charter schools must report student absence data to ADE at least once
every 60 days in session. The effective date of withdrawal is retroactive to the last day of the
student's actual attendance or excused absence.
A student is a full-time student and generates 1.0 ADM, if enrolled in an instructional
program that meets for at least: 1) 712 hours for grades one through three; 2) 890 hours for grades
four through eight; and 3) 720 hours, consisting of at least four subjects, for high school students.
A common school fractional student generates 0.25, 0.5 or 0.75 ADM if the student is enrolled for
a corresponding percentage of the time a full-time student is enrolled. A high school fractional
student generates 0.25 ADM for each subject in which the student is enrolled that meets for 180
hours (A.R.S. ยง 15-901).
If modifying the meaning of withdrawals for the purposes of ADM results in a change to
school district and charter school ADM, there may be a fiscal impact to the state General Fund.
Provisions
1. Defines withdrawals for the purposes of ADM as students who are formally withdrawn from
schools or students who are absent for 10 consecutive school days, except for excused absences
identified by ADE, rather than specifying that withdrawals include students who are formally
withdrawn from schools and students who are absent for 10 consecutive school days, except
for excused absences identified by ADE.
2. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
January 31, 2023
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