SB 1174
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
First Regular Session
Senate: ED DPA 7-0-0-0 | 3rd Read 20-9-1-0
SB 1174: average daily membership; student withdrawals
Sponsor: Senator Kavanagh, LD 3
Committee on Education
Overview
Specifies withdrawals, as it relates to average daily membership (ADM) calculations, means
students who are formally withdrawn from schools or students who are absent for 10 consecutive
school days, except for excused absences. States a student who is absent for nine or fewer
consecutive school days is not a withdrawal.
History
ADM is a key component used in Arizona's school finance system to determine a school district's
or charter school's funding. Enrolled students are counted using ADM, which is the total
enrollment of fractional (part-time) and full-time students, minus withdrawals, of each school day
through the first 100 or 200 days in session, as applicable, for the current year.
Students who are formally withdrawn from schools and students who are absent for 10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), are counted as withdrawals when calculating ADM. The effective date of a
withdrawal is retroactive to the last day of the student's actual attendance or excused absence. A
school district or charter school must report student absence data to ADE at least once every 60
days in a school year.
Statute details the ADM a part-time or full-time student generates according to the program or
grade level the student is enrolled in. The student must meet outlined instructional time and hour
requirements, as well as daily attendance requirements, to generate ADM as specified (A.R.S. §
15-901).
ADE is authorized to conduct financial, compliance or ADM audits of school districts and charter
schools. The ADM audit process compares a school district's or charter school's reported ADM
information to ADE's student data system. If there are discrepancies, ADE's audit will calculate
and report the necessary funding adjustment to the school district's or charter school's basic state
aid (A.R.S. § 15-239).
Provisions
1. Alters the definition of withdrawals, as it relates to ADM, to mean students who are formally
withdrawn from schools or students who are absent for 10 consecutive school days, except
for excused absences, rather than students who are formally withdrawn from schools and
students who are absent for 10 consecutive school days, except for excused absences. (Sec.
1)
2. Clarifies, for ADM computation purposes, that a student who is absent for nine or fewer
consecutive school days, including the last day of the school year, is not a withdrawal and
may not be subtracted from the total student enrollment. (Sec. 1)
3. Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1)
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