Arizona Governors Executive Budget Recommendation For Fiscal Years 2014-2015
January 18, 2013
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer recommended that the state implement a performance-based education plan for fiscal years 2014-2015 that links school funding to student academic performance. The recommendation was part of the Governors proposed budget. If adopted, it would change the basic school aid formulacurrently $5,244 per studentto reduce the attendance-based allocation to fund bonuses to schools that have high student achievement or improve student performance on standardized tests. The new approach would be phased in over five years. In fiscal year 2014 performance funding would represent one-percent of the . . .