Arizona
Bill: HB 1293
Status: 03/06/2013 – THIRD READ 16 12 2 0 Y PASSED; TRANSMIT TO HOUSE
Sponsored by Sen. Chester Crandell, R-Heber, passed the Senate Education Committee on February 21 and the Appropriations Committee on February 26. It would establish the outcome-based funding pilot program. Each participating school district and charter school would receive up to $6,500 for each participating pupil in kindergarten programs and grades one through eight and up to $7,500 for each participating pupil in grades nine through twelve. The school districts and charter schools would receive 50 percent of the per pupil funding according to monthly apportionment schedules prescribed by the state board of education and would receive the remaining 50 percent upon the successful demonstration of outcomes. The state board of education would distribute an additional $250 to school districts and charter schools that participate in the pilot program for each participating pupil who obtains a grade of 3.0 on a four–point grading scale in a dual enrollment or concurrent enrollment math or science course. Each student who participates in the pilot program would be administered an examination to determine the pupil’s baseline academic level for outcome–based funding and the Education Board would determine appropriate assessments. It would also require teaching universities to provide instruction on outcome–based instructional strategies and competency–based instructional strategies for prospective teachers enrolled in colleges of education.