2012 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 15 Education
15-919.05 Optional performance incentive programs; determination of equalization assistance payments from county and state monies

15-919.05. Optional performance incentive programs; determination of equalization assistance payments from county and state monies

(Rpld. 7/1/15)

A. A school district that has chosen to calculate its budget using an increase in the base level shall notify the state board of its decision and shall have its equalization assistance for education as prescribed in section 15-971 computed as follows:

1. For a high school district or a common school district within a high school district that does not offer instruction in high school subjects as provided in section 15-447, the qualifying tax rate as provided in section 15-971, subsection B, paragraph 1 shall be increased by two cents for each percentage increase in the base level as provided in section 15-919.04.

2. For a unified school district, a common school district not within a high school district or a common school district within a high school district that offers instruction in high school subjects as provided in section 15-447, the qualifying tax rate as provided in section 15-971, subsection B, paragraph 2 shall be increased by four cents for each percentage increase in the base level as provided in section 15-919.04.

B. Except as provided in section 15-972, subsection E, the primary property tax rate set to fund the amount specified pursuant to subsection A of this section shall not be included in the computation of additional state aid for education as provided in section 15-972.