Bill
SB 1676
Arizona: ensures dual‑credit funding and clarifies FTE counts for community colleges, protecting state aid for high‑school‑taught dual enrollment.
Note: The materials provided appear to combine two different SB 1676 measures from different jurisdictions. Below are clear, separate summaries of each component and a consolidated status timeline based on the provided actions.
Purpose
- Amend Arizona Revised Statutes §15-1466.01 to clarify how community college full‑time equivalent (FTE) student enrollment is calculated for state aid and spending-limit purposes, and to ensure community colleges are fully funded for certain dual‑credit/high‑school-taught classes.
- Make FY 2025‑2026 appropriations to specified community college districts to “fully fund dual enrollment students” as required by the amended statute.
Key provisions
- Clarifies FTE calculations for:
- Basic fall/spring counts (45 days after term start; average of fall and spring).
- Additional short‑term and open‑entry/open‑exit courses using total credit units completed/attended, with June 30 completion cutoff.
- Skill center and adult basic education by dividing completed clock hours by 640.
- Ensures state aid base includes basic actual, additional short‑term, and skill center enrollments.
- Dual‑credit classes taught by a high‑school instructor on a high‑school campus during normal school hours: the community college’s state aid “may not be reduced by fifty percent” (text indicates intent to prevent a 50% reduction in state aid for these students).
- Annual audit requirement by the Auditor General of reported FTEs; audit results reported by October 15.
- Districts may submit one of three FTE estimates to the economic estimates commission (most recent audited count, five‑year average, or up to 5% growth under specified conditions).
- Definition: “noncredit workforce training” cross‑referenced to §15‑1410(B).
Appropriations (FY 2025‑26; from state general fund)
- Listed amounts to 11 community college districts (e.g., Maricopa: $852,800; Pima: $58,900). Total ≈ $1,062,300.
Potential impact
- Preserves (or increases) funding for community colleges delivering dual‑credit courses via high schools, and clarifies FTE counting rules (especially for short‑term and noncredit offerings), which affects state aid allocations and district budget caps.
Purpose
- Amend the Illinois Unified Code of Corrections (Sections 3‑3‑1, 3‑3‑2, 3‑3‑3) to clarify and expand the Prisoner Review Board’s (PRB) authority over mandatory supervised release (MSR), sanctions for violations, and certain youth transfer/assignment decisions.
Key provisions
- Affirm PRB as the authority to:
- Set conditions of MSR and determine whether violations warrant revocation or other sanctions.
- Hear and decide MSR matters by at least one member and, for panels, by at least three members.
- Determine time of discharge from MSR and impose sanctions or revoke MSR for specified sentences.
- Juvenile-to-adult transition provision:
- If a person was prosecuted under the Criminal Code, sentenced under juvenile procedures and committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice, DJJ must notify PRB at least 120 days before the person turns 21.
- PRB must hold a hearing (no fewer than 3 members) to decide whether the individual should be assigned MSR or transferred to the Department of Corrections before age 21.
Potential impact
- Centralizes and clarifies PRB decision‑making authority over MSR and sanctions in Illinois.
- Introduces a formal review process before youths committed to DJJ reach age 21, potentially affecting placement and release conditions.
If you want, I can:
- Produce a short side‑by‑side comparison of the two measures, or
- Retrieve/verify the official bill text and current status from Arizona and Illinois legislative trackers.
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