ERIC ED432050: Annual Report of the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction: Highlights for Fiscal Year 1997-1998.

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Annual Report of the Arizona Superintendent of Public
TITLE
Instruction: Highlights for Fiscal Year 1997-1998.
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix.
INSTITUTION
1999-01-00
PUB DATE
562p.; For the 1994-95 report, see ED 403 306.
NOTE
Numerical/Quantitative Data (110)
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Annual Reports; *Educational Finance; Elementary Secondary
DESCRIPTORS
Education; *Expenditures; *School District Spending; School
Funds; State Aid; Statistical Data; Tables (Data)
*Arizona
IDENTIFIERS
ABSTRACT
Arizona devoted 57.4 percent of total appropriations to
education, and descriptions of how the education appropriations were spent
are presented in three sections. Section 1 provides general statistical
information and offers specifics on state funding and revenues; revenue by
source; expenditure history; average daily membership history; state summary
of number and type of public schools; pupil enrollment figures for both
public and charter schools, including enrollment by grade and racial/ethnic
group; private-school enrollment and statistics; state, federal, and private
funds administered; programs under the State Board of Education; the annual
financial report of the county school superintendents; food-service program
information; definitions for per-pupil expenditures; current expenditures;
and expenditures by type of fund or project. Section 2 looks at school
district, county, and state data, as well as specifics on enrollment;
assessed valuation; tax rates; teachers' salaries; outstanding bonds;
staffing summary; actual revenues and budget and actual expenditures; and
gifted programs enrollment and expenditures. The third section presents
summary financial and statistical data on each of the state's charter schools
and includes information on enrollment and other categories. An index of
charter schools and state summaries appears at the end of this section.
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the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction
Highlights for Fiscal Year 1997
1998
4Message from the Superintendent
Overview of school funding in Arizona
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Educational Research and Improvernent
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ATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION
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DEPARTMENT MISSION AND GOALS
SECTION I
General Statistical Information
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State Funding and Revenues
8
Revenue by Source
9
Expenditure History
10
Average Daily Membership History
12
State Summary of Number and Type of Public Schools
District Summary of Pupil Enrollment
13
By Grade and Racial/Ethnic Group
Charter Summary of Pupil Enrollment
14
By Grade and Racial/Ethnic Group
15
Private Schools Enrollment and Statistics
State, Federal, and Private Funds Administered
18
Under State Board of Education Authority
24
Annual Financial Report of the County School Superintendents
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Food Service Program Information
35
Definitions for Per Pupil Expenditures
36
Current Expenditures
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Expenditures by Type of Fund or Project
SECTION H
Arizona School District, County, and State
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Summary of Financial Data
Resident and Nonresident ADM
Enrollment
Assessed Valuation
Tax Rates
Teachers' Salaries
Outstanding Bonds
Staffing Summary
Actual Revenues and Budget and Actual Expenditures
Gifted Programs Enrollment and Expenditures
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Index of School District, County and State Summaries
SECTION III
Arizona Charter Schools, County, and State
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Summary of Financial Data
ADM
Enrollment
Actual Revenues and Budget and Actual Expenditures
Gifted Programs Enrollment and Expenditures
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Index of Charter Schools and State Summaries
information submitted to the Arizona
The information contained in this report was compiled from unaudited
Department of Education.
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
JANUARY 15, 1999
The focus of the Arizona Department of Education's work in 1998 can be summarized in
two words: achievement and accountability. As schools across the state incorporated
Arizona's nationally recognized Academic Standards into their classrooms, we saw a
significant increase in our students' Stanford 9 test results. Our high schools
strengthened course offerings to prepare students for Arizona's Instrument to Measure
Standards (AIMS). And all of our schools have sharpened their efforts on providing
essential
every student with the fundamental skills -- reading, writing and mathematics
to their future success.
The high school version of AIMS will be administered to all sophomores in the spring of
1999, and will become a graduation requirement for the class of 2002. Assessments in
grades 3, 5 and 8 will follow in 2000. Educators, parents and students now have clear
guidelines for what students should know and be able to do, and a way to measure
student progress in achieving those benchmarks.
Teachers, too, will be required to demonstrate proficiency in the classroom before
earning a permanent teaching certificate, in addition to passing a more rigorous paper-
and-pencil test. If we are demanding excellence from our students, we can expect no less
from our teaching corps.
In order to improve our financial accountability to taxpayers, the Department is
developing a Student Accountability Information System, which will improve
recordkeeping, reduce reporting errors, and give the public unprecedented access to
budgetary information at the school level. Support for public education is contingent on
public confidence that we are spending tax dollars wisely and well.
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educational market,
Charter schools continue to occupy an ever-expanding niche of the
helping to absorb Arizona's growing student population. As parents become more
in
informed consumers of the educational choices available, demands for accountability
with the
this arena have also increased. We remain committed to providing parents
traditional or charter
information they need to make the best choice of public school
for their child.
Finally, 1998 saw the end of eight years of litigation over school capital finance. With
the passage of Students FIRST, the state now guarantees funding for school construction
in every corner of the state, in a way that is fair and equitable to taxpayers and students.
In 1995 we articulated a belief that all students should have access to extraordinary
education. Although much work remains to be done, in the past four years I believe we
have made significant progress in achieving this vision. I would be reiniss if I did not
thank the Department staff and Arizona educators who share this vision, and who work
daily to make it a reality. My deepest gratitude to you all.
Sinc
Lisa6Graham Kee
Superintendent of Public Instruction
GENERAL STATISTICAL INFORMATION
STATE FUNDING AND REVENUES
EXPENDITURE HISTORY
AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP HISTORY
STATE SUMMARY OF NUMBER AND TYPE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
DISTRICT SUMMARY OF PUPIL ENROLLMENT
BY GRADE AND RACIAL/ETHNIC GROUP
CHARTER SCHOOL SUMMARY OF PUPIL ENROLLMENT
BY GRADE AND RACIAL/ETHNIC GROUP
PRIVATE SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT AND STATISTICS
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STATE FUNDING FOR EDUCATION
$5,139,847,800. The total for all
The general fund appropriation for the State of Arizona in 1997-98 was
57.4 percent of
education including the Board of Regents and Community colleges was $2,951,838,900 or
$2,121,661,200 or 41.3 percent of
the total appropriation. The Department of Education was appropriated
The
The graph below shows the percentage appropriated for other governmental functions.
the total.
majority of the general fund appropriation to the Department of Education is paid in basic and additional state
aid to local school districts and charter schools.
SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS BY AGENCY
FY 98 - GENERAL FUND ONLY
Department of Education
Other Education
41.3%
16'1%
General
Government
6.4%
Health & Welfare
23.0%
Protection& Safety
All Other
11.6%
1.6%
Total revenues available to school districts in 1988-89 through 1997-98 and the percentage by source are
For fiscal years 1989 and 1990, the Total Revenues included Maintenance and
indicated on Table 1.
Operation, Capital Outlay, Adjacent Ways and Debt Service Funds only. For fiscal year 1991 through 1998,
the Total Revenues include School Plant, State and Federal Projects in addition to the four funds included in
previous years.
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Table 1
PERCENT OF REVENUE BY YEAR BY SOURCE
Fiscal
Total
Percent
Percent
Percent
Percent
Percent
Year
Revenues
Federal
State
Intermediate
Local
Cc:11.
1988-89
2,374,612,000
2.70%
48.70%
4.00%
44.60%
1989-90
2,511,652,000
3.20%
46.90%
4.00%
45.90%
1990-91
2,826,107,000
6.50%
45.60%
3.90%
44.00%
1991-92
3,021,949,000
6.50%
45.30%
3.80%
44.40%
1992-93
3,151,501,000
6.30%
44.60%
4.70%
44.40%
1993-94
3,290,684,000
7.00%
44.80%
3.90%
44.30%
1994-95
3,486,916,000
7.00%
47.80%
3.30%
41.90%
1995-96 District
3,808,086,499
7.00%
47.20%
3.10%
42.60%
1995-96 Charter School
35,495,925
2.60%
96.90%
0.00%
0.50%
1995-96 Total
3,843,582,424
7.00%
47.70%
3.10%
42.20%
1996-97 District
3,974,660,831
7.20%
48.10%
3.10%
41.60%
1996-97 Dist Charter Schools
11,523,428
0.80%
44.00%
0.00%
2.80%
52.40%
1996-97 Board Charter School
65,945,215
5.50%
88.10%
0.00%
2.90%
3.50%
1996-97 Total
4,052,129,474
7.20%
48.80%
3.00%
41.00%
1997-98 District
4,286,437,065
8.13%
46.97%
3.00%
41.89%
1997-98 Dist Charter Schools1
18,812,464
45.42%
0.23%
0.00%
0.00%
54.36%
1997-98 Board Charter School
104,015,724
9.67%
83.45%
0.00%
1.45%
5.42%
1997-98 Total
4,409,265,253
8.33%
47.64%
2.92%
0.03%
41.08%
' Percentages of revenue by source
are calculated based on information reported by district sponsored charter schools
on
their Annual Financial Report. For FY 1997-98 districts
were paid over $18 million in state equalization assistance for
their sponsored charter schools. The discrepancy
may be due to charter schools reporting state equalization assistance
as
local payments from the sponsoring district.
EXPENDITURE HISTORY
& 0) for 1997-98 were $3,186,707,446. This represents
The total expenditures for maintenance and operation (M
in total student
M & 0 expenditures. This increase is primarily due to increases
an increase of 5.8% over 1996-97
growth (see Table 3).
Table 2
M & 0 FUND EXPENDITURES BY YEAR
Percent
Fiscal
Increase
Increase
M & 0 Expenditures
Year
8.2%
148,223,178
1, 948,922,297
1988-89
4.6%
88,953,119
2,037,875,416
1989-90
7.7%
156,437,790
2,194,313,206
1990-91
4.8%
104,778,776
2,299,091,982
1991-92
4.7%
107,817,475
2,406,909,457
1992-93
19%
94,684,012
2,501,593,469
1993-94
7.3%
182,042,792
2,683,636,261
1994-95
2,809,326,388
1995-96 District
26,941,583
1995-96 Charter School
5.7%
152,631,710
2,836,267,971
1995-96 Total
4.6%
128.496,520
2,937,822,908
1996-97 District
9,518,730
1996-97 Dist Charter Schools
98.8%
26,634,997
53,576,580
1996-97 Board Charter Schools
5.8%
164,650,247
3,000,918,218
1996-97 Total
5.0%
157,176,288
3,094,999,196
1997-98 District
(1,104,026)
8,414,704
1997-98 Dist Charter Schools
35.7%
29,716,966
83.293,546
1997-98 Board Charter Schools
5.8%
185,789,228
3,186,707,446
1997-98 Total
The graph below shows the rate of increase of M & 0 expenditures.
MAINTENANCE & OPERATION EXPENDITURES
FY 88-89 TO FY 97- 98
$3,500
$3,000
$2500
$2,000
$1,500
$1,030
$500
$0
97-98*
96-97*
95-96*
94-95
93-94
91-92
92-93
89-90
90-91
88-89
FY 96, 97, & 98 includes both Cisticts and Ctiarter Schools
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ADM HISTORY AND DISTRIBUTION
The average daily membership (ADM) in elementary and secondary districts increased by about 197,000
students over the ten-year period of 1988-89 to 1997-98. As shown in Table 3, student growth was less than
3.0% for fiscal years 1988-89 through 1990-91. Since 1991 student growth has increased at a higher rate,
dropping somewhat in the past year. Each year's figures are the basis for equalization assistance payments
in the following fiscal year.
Table 3
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY ADM
1988-89 TO 1997-98
Percent
Secondary
Elementary
Preschool
Fiscal
Total ADM
Change
ADM
ADM
Disabled ADM
Year
2.70%
579,763
160,215
419,084
464
1988-89
1 67%
158,334
589.502
430,531
637
1989-90
605.164
2.65%
159,842
444,474
848
1990-91
3.45%
626,041
166,056
458,761
1,224
1991-92
3.49%
647,899
171,527
474,762
1,610
1992-93
3.49%
670,530
491,337
177,366
1,827
1993-94
3.60%
694,640
183,738
508,858
2,044
1994-95
716,906
191,050
523,783
2,073
1995-96 District
6,888
2,966
3,922
1995-96 Charter School
4.20%
723,794
194,016
527,705
2,073
1995-96 Total
740,907
200,024
2,232
538,651
1996-97 District
13,543
5,775
7,768
1996-97 Charter School
4.06%
754,450
205,799
546,419
2,232
1996-97 Total
205,853
755,7031
547,537
2,313
1997-98 District
8,825
21,1152
12,290
1997-98 Charter School
2.87%
214,678
776,818
559,827
2,313
1997-98 Total
district sponsored charter schools is included in this figure. Detail district pages in section II provide
ADM for
total ADM for district schools only. Detail pages in section III provide ADM for each district sponsored charter
schools.
2 ADM
for state board sponsored charter schools.
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