SB 1400
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
First Regular Session
Senate: ED DPA/SE 7-0-0-0 | 3rd Read 25-5-0-0
House: ED DPA 9-0-0-1
SB 1400: technical correction; child hearing programs
NOW: community colleges; noncredit workforce training
Sponsor: Senator Wadsack, LD 17
House Engrossed
Overview
Adds noncredit workforce training full-time equivalent student enrollment (FTSE) in the calculation
of a community college district's (CCD's) expenditure limitation.
History
There are two sets of statutory criteria a CCD course may meet to be offered for credit. The first
set requires the course to: 1) qualify students for a certificate or degree; 2) transfer to a college
or university; 3) provide (or improve) a student's skills for employment or college course; or 4)
provide continuing education and lifelong learning.
Alternatively, the second set stipulates a course may be offered for credit if it: 1) has a formal
course outline; 2) evaluates students based on mastery of course objectives; 3) requires faculty
teaching the course to meet CCD standards; 4) bases credits on the effort required of, and the
competencies gained by, the students; 5) requires students to achieve prerequisite competencies;
6) is developed using the CCD's formal curriculum review process; 7) has an evaluation
component; and 8) meets other CCD requirements. Currently, noncredit courses are courses that
do not meet any of these statutory criteria. The financial responsibility of these courses is with the
CCD (A.R.S. § 15-1410).
The state Constitution subjects each CCD to an annual expenditure limitation that is calculated
based on FY 1980 CCD expenditures, adjusted for FTSE and inflation by the Economic Estimates
Commission (EEC) (Ariz. Const. art. 9, sec. 21). Currently, a CCD's FTSE is calculated, for the
purposes of determining the CCD's expenditure limitation, according to the total of basic actual,
additional short-term and open entry, open exit and skill center FTSE (A.R.S. § 15-1466.01).
Provisions
CCD Expenditure Limitation
1. Adds noncredit workforce training FTSE in the calculation of a CCD's expenditure limitation.
(Sec. 2)
2. Calculates noncredit workforce training FTSE by dividing the total class attended contact
hours of persons who complete the noncredit workforce training by 640. (Sec. 2)
3. Specifies a student who does not complete the noncredit workforce training by June 30 of
each fiscal year is ineligible to be counted in FTSE until the following year. (Sec. 2)
4. Instructs each CCD, by December 31, 2023, to report to the EEC any data or information
necessary for the EEC to determine the CCD's student population for FY 1980. (Sec. 4)
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5. Directs the EEC to use the data or information received from the CCD to determine the
components that comprise the CCD's expenditure limitation. (Sec. 4)
6. Repeals the student population data or information reporting requirement on July 1, 2024.
Noncredit Workforce Training
7. Mandates a noncredit workforce training or career and technical education (CTE) course that
meets the prescribed criteria for a course for credit and that is offered for contact hours instead
of credit hours be:
a) consistent with the Carl D. Perkins CTE Improvement Act of 2006, as amended by the
Strengthening CTE for the 21st Century Act;
b) included on the eligible training provider list maintained pursuant to the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act; or
c) be requested pursuant to a formal agreement or contract with a business or entity. (Sec.
1)
8. Instructs a CCD to maintain skill center, adult basic education and noncredit workforce training
FTSE enrollment records to support the actual clock hours attended or contact hours of
students in these courses. (Sec. 3)
Miscellaneous
9. Requires a course for credit to base the credit hours or contact hours awarded for course
completion on the effort required of, and the competencies gained by, the students. (Sec. 1)
10. Defines noncredit workforce training and contact hours. (Sec. 1, 2)
11. Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1, 2, 3)