FY2022 School Finance Fiscal Operations Updates

FY2022 School Finance Fiscal Operations Updates

Base Level Amount 15-901

$4,390.65 ($4,445.53 w/1.25% Teacher Compensation 15-952)

$84.92/1.97% total increase

$52.10/ 1.21% inflation

$32.82/ Teacher Salary Increase ($50M previously funded one-time from Classroom Site Fund)

Transportation Support Level 15-945

1.21% inflation to support per route mile

0.5 or fewer: $2.77

0.5-1.0: $2.27

More than 1.0: $2.77

District Additional Assistance (DAA) and Charter Additional Assistance (CAA) 15-185 and 15-961

1.21% inflation to CAA

Grades PSD-8: $1,897.90

Grades 9-12: $2,211.97

No change to DAA per student count

Reduction to DAA and CAA has been eliminated in FY2022

Qualifying Tax Rate

Unified School Districts and Common School Districts not within a High School District (Type 03): $3.5388

Common School Districts within High School District and High School Districts: $1.7694

Group B Add On

New add-on category "G" with support level weight 0.007 - Means educational programs for gifted pupils who score at or above the ninety-seventh percentile, based on national norms, on a test adopted by the State Board of Education.

Increased support level weight for MD-SC, A-SC, SID-SC to 5.988 (previously 5.833)

Increased support level weight for DD,ED,MIID, SLD to 0.093 (previously 0.003)

State Aid Rollover 

$865,727,700 of the FY22 basic state aid appropriation to school districts is deferred until July 2022. 

This is $65M lower than FY2021

 Does not apply to charters or school districts with less than 2000 ADM.

Classroom Site Fund 15-977

$733 per weighted pupil 

Prop 123 Additional Funding Laws 2015, 1^st Special Session, Chapter 1, Section 6

$75,000,000 (FY21-FY26)

Results-Based Funding

$68,600,000 allocated based on Spring 2019 AZ Merit Test Results notwithstanding 15-249.08

Certificates of Educational Convenience   Forms/Memos   15-825/ 15-976

School Finance is no longer accepting copies of certificates throughout the fiscal year. Counties will submit one electronic data sheet June 30, 2022 for all certificates issued the FY2021-2022 year.

School Finance Fiscal Operations – Related Statutes

Additional Monies for Teacher Compensation (1.25% base level increase) 15-952

Arizona Department of Corrections 15-1372

Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections 15-1371

Arizona Online Instruction 15-808

Certificates of Educational Convenience   15-825   15-976

Charter Equalization 15-185

Classroom Site Fund 15-977

College Credit by Examination Incentive Program 15-249.06

County Jails   15-913.01

County Juvenile Detention 15-913

County Small School 15-365

Definitions 15-901

Determination of equalization assistance payments from county and state funds 15-971

District Cash Advance of State Aid   15-973

District Equalization 15-943

Early Literacy Grants 15-249.09

Instructional Improvement Fund 15-979

Optional Two Hundred Days of Instruction (5% base level increase) 15-902.04

Result Based Funding 15-249.08

Small School Capital Transportation 15-963

State equalization assistance property tax levy 15-994

Teacher Experience Index 15-941

Unorganized Territory 15-1001