BUDG-25 reports for all school districts have been posted to the School Finance website.  FY 2026 June BUDG-25 reports have been calculated using the FY 2026 June BSA-55 information.

• District BUDG-25, BUDG-75, and BSA-55 reports are available to download from this School Finance website. For further instructions on how to navigate the website, please view this Hot Topic.

Please contact the Budget Team ([email protected]) if you have any questions.

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Base Level Amount 15-901 & 15-943

2.00% / $102.27 total increase

• $5,215.53

Transportation Support Level 15-945

2.00% increase to support per route mile:

• 0.5 or fewer: $3.07
• 0.5-1.0: $2.52
• More than 1.0: $3.07

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

2.00% increase to CAA:

• Grades PSD-8: $2,174.54
• Grades 9-12: $2,534.38

Qualifying Tax Rate 41-1276

Unified School Districts and Common School Districts not within a High School District (Type 03): $3.0256
Common School Districts within High School District and High School Districts: $1.5128

State Aid Rollover 15-973

$800,727,700 of the FY 2027 basic state aid appropriation to school districts is deferred until July 2027.

This is equal to FY 2026.

Does not apply to charters or school districts with less than 4,000 ADM.

Classroom Site Fund 15-977 & JLBC FY2027 Estimate

$883 per weighted pupil

($41 Increase)

State Aid Supplement

One-time supplemental proportional funding for School Districts and Charter Districts based on weighted student counts. The additional amount received by each charter and district will increase budget capacity; districts can use their apportionment in either Maintenance & Operation or Unrestricted Capital Outlay funds.

$75,000,000

One Time Supplement for CAA & DAA

One-time supplemental funding for Charter Additional Assistance (CAA) and District Additional Assistance (DAA) will be allocated on a proportional basis. The additional amount received by each charter and district will increase budget capacity; districts can use their apportionment in either Maintenance & Operation or Unrestricted Capital Outlay funds.

CAA statewide amount: $5,858,000
DAA statewide amount: $23,142,000

One Time Supplement for FRPL

One-time supplemental funding for Free and Reduced Priced Lunch (FRPL) will be allocated on a pro rata basis using FRPL weighted ADM. The amount apportioned to each charter and district will increase budget capacity; districts can use their apportionment in either Maintenance & Operation or Unrestricted Capital Outlay funds.

FRPL statewide amount: $37,000,000.00

School Finance Fiscal Operations – Related Statutes

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

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

Instructional Improvement Fund 15-979

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

Small School Capital Transportation 15-963

Teacher Experience Index 15-941

Unorganized Territory 15-1001

The Arizona Department of Education School Finance team, in coordination with the Auditor General’s Office, anticipates the release of the final FY2027 District and Charter Expenditure Budget Forms by Friday June 19, 2026.

These final budget forms will incorporate all changes resulting from the enacted state budget and any applicable updates in State law.

IMPORTANT: Districts that have already proposed their budgets using the FY2027 preliminary budget forms should NOT utilize the final forms for budget adoption, unless the district chooses to repropose their FY2027 budget with the final forms.

Entities that have not yet proposed their FY2027 budgets should utilize the final budget forms upon release.

Districts have the following options to choose from when proposing and adopting their FY2027 budgets:

Additional guidance and supporting documentation will be provided at the time of release. School Finance will continue to communicate updates through Hot Topics as needed.

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The Charter Estimated Counts template has been updated to include additional funding type fields such as FRPL and GIFTED. These new fields will need to indicate a "yes" or a "no" for students that participate in these programs. If you do not have this information to report yet, you can simply report "no" for each student. 

All charters must download and use the updated version of the Charter Estimated Counts template for submissions. 

Please download the updated template from the Charter Estimated Counts application. 

Charter districts that have previously attempted to upload their file using the old template will need to reupload a successful file. You will be contacted by the SF Analyst team if you are impacted. 

If additional assistance is needed, please submit a HelpDesk ticket.

The School Finance Budget System is now available for fiscal year 2027 budget file submissions. Please navigate to ADEConnect Applications and click on “School Finance Budget System” to begin submitting your fiscal year 2027 budget files.

If you experience issues accessing the page or uploading files, please clear your browser’s cookies and cache before contacting the School Finance Budget Team at [email protected].

Please review the documents for submission and publication instructions: 

• FY 2027 School District Annual Expenditure Budget Submission and Publication Information
• FY 2027 Charter School Annual Budget Forms Submission and Publication Information 

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BUDG-25 reports for all school districts have been posted to the School Finance website.  FY 2026 May BUDG-25 reports have been calculated using the FY 2026 May BSA-55 information.

• District BUDG-25, BUDG-75, and BSA-55 reports are available to download from this School Finance website. For further instructions on how to navigate the website, please view this Hot Topic.

Please contact the Budget Team ([email protected]) if you have any questions.

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Budget forms for the upcoming fiscal year are typically published shortly after the state budget passes to incorporate any changes in state law. Since the FY 2027 state budget has not yet passed, School Finance and the Auditor General's Office are planning to publish preliminary budget forms to allow districts and charters to plan budget preparation processes and governing board meetings.

The Auditor General's Office expects to publish preliminary budget forms for use in budget proposal and adoption by Friday May 22nd if the State budget has not passed and does not appear likely to pass the following week. It is recommended to revise budgets in early FY 2027 to incorporate changes in State law. Please note that preliminary budget forms will account for an annual inflation change of 2.00% in the Base Level Amount (BLA), but will not anticipate any other changes to State law. Districts in which the qualifying levy is greater than the equalization base (non-state-aid districts) in particular, should be aware of the impact of preliminary forms on the budget and discuss property tax rate considerations with counties if preliminary budget forms are used with revisions expected. We will provide a timeframe for final budget form issuance once final changes in State law are known.

If the State budget passes before May 22nd, or appears likely to pass the following week, the Auditor General’s Office will not publish preliminary forms and will instead publish the final budget forms as soon as possible after the budget passes. The final forms will account for all changes in State law, and it may not be necessary to revise the budget in early FY 2027.

As a reminder, if the preliminary budget forms are utilized for the proposed budget, then the preliminary budget forms must also be utilized for the adopted budget. A district must not propose their budget using the preliminary forms then adopt their budget using the final forms.

School Finance will continue to provide updates via Hot Topic when more information is available.

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As mandated by A.R.S. § 15-1042(B), all School Districts and Charter Districts are required to submit data electronically to receive funding. As part of this process, School Districts and Charter Districts must create an instructional calendar for each school site. The Superintendent or authorized representative must certify that each calendar has met the minimum instructional time requirements defined in A.R.S. § 15-901. School Districts and Charter Districts must enter the instructional calendars in student information systems (SIS) for submission to AzEDS. AzEDS will be available for FY 2027 instructional calendars and student data transactions beginning on 6/1/2026.

If the instructional calendar deadline has not been met, the initial release of state aid will be delayed.

Click here to review the full calendar memo. 
Click here to review the Calendar Integrity Reference Guide. 
 

If additional assistance is needed, please submit a HelpDesk ticket.
 

Pursuant to A.R.S. § 15-185(B)(2), the student count of a charter school shall be determined initially by using an "estimated count" based on the actual registration of pupils before the beginning of the school year. 
 
The Charter Estimated Counts application will open for data submission on 05/31/2026. The deadline to submit Charter Estimated Counts is 07/1/2026. 

• Charters can be paid based on Charter Estimated Counts for the first two payments of the year.
• Payment 3 will be based on FY2027 AzEDS ADM data.
• Charter Estimated Counts cannot be revised after the 7/1/2026 deadline.

Click here to review the full Charter Estimated Counts memo.
Click here to review the new Charter Estimated Counts manual.

If additional assistance is needed, please submit a HelpDesk ticket.

Average Daily Membership (ADM) is calculated using data submitted in the Arizona Education Data Standards (AzEDS) system. Data capture stores a static copy of ADM every month on the data capture deadline. ADM is the basis of state aid funding. Monthly state aid payments are a percentage of the annual equalization assistance less previous payments year-to-date.

Ensure data is reconciled and free of integrity errors prior to the monthly data capture dates. Reports are published at https://schoolfinancereports.azed.gov/.

The FY 2027 API is available from 6/1/2026 to 7/15/2027.

*Alternative to FY 2027 AzEDS data available for the first two payments only. Districts will be paid based on AzEDS prior-year ADM, which does not apply to Charters. Charters will be paid based on estimated counts submitted via the ADEConnect Charter Estimated Counts application.