SB 1599
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
First Regular Session
Senate: ED DP 4-3-0-0 | 3rd 16-12-2-0
SB 1599: school districts; teacher salaries; posting
Sponsor: Senator Mesnard, LD 13
Committee on Education
Overview
Directs the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) to notify a school district if the school district
is in violation of average teacher salary posting requirements and establishes a civil penalty for
uncorrected violations.
History
The Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Auditor General are required to prescribe a
budget format that all school districts must use. This budget format must contain distinct sections
for maintenance and operation, debt service, special projects, capital outlay, adjacent ways and
Classroom Site Fund. Laws 2018, Chapter 285 further requires a school district's budget format
to contain the prominent display of the average teacher salary for the current year and the
previous year, as well as the dollar and percentage increase in the average teacher salary for the
current year. This average teacher salary data must also be prominently posted on the school
district's website home page.
By November 30 annually, ADE must submit a report that compiles the required average teacher
salary data for all school districts to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Governor's
Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting (A.R.S. § 15-903).
A charter school is subject to the same average teacher salary budget and website posting
requirements as a school district. ADE must also compile a report containing the required average
teacher salary data for charter schools (A.R.S. § 15-189.05).
Provisions
1. Requires ADE to prominently post the compiled average teacher salary report for school
districts on its website. (Sec. 1)
2. Directs ADE, beginning January 1, 2024, to notify a school district that is determined by ADE
to be in violation of average teacher salary posting requirements that:
a) the school district is in violation; and
b) ADE may impose a civil penalty if the violation is not corrected. (Sec. 1)
3. Instructs ADE, if it determines a school district has failed to correct a violation within 60 days
after notice, to impose a civil penalty of up to $5,000 for each day the violation continues.
(Sec. 1)
4. Subjects actions taken by ADE to enforce average teacher salary posting requirements to
appeal according to Uniform Administrative Hearing Procedures. (Sec. 1)
5. Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note