Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 15-991 – Annual estimate by county school superintendent of monies for ensuing year; review and approval by property tax oversight commission

A. The county school superintendent shall recompute the equalization assistance for education for each school district pursuant to section 15-971, subsection A and compute the additional amount to be levied pursuant to section 15-992, subsection B using the property values provided by the county assessor under section 42-17052. The county school superintendent must certify in writing to the property tax oversight commission on or before July 25 of each year the amount of equalization assistance for education and the amount to be levied for each school district from the primary property tax pursuant to section 15-992.
B. The county school superintendent must prepare and file with the governing board of each school district in the county and the property tax oversight commission on or before July 25 of each year a written estimate of the amount of monies required by each school district for the ensuing school year based on the proposed budget adopted by each school district governing board. The estimate shall contain:
1. 1. A statement of the student count of each school district.
2. 2. The additional amounts needed for each school district from the primary property tax and the secondary property tax, as estimated by the county school superintendent. The county school superintendent shall certify those amounts to the board of supervisors and the property tax oversight commission in writing at the time of filing the estimate.
3. 3. The calculation of the amount to be levied as prescribed by section 15-992 using the values provided by the county assessor under section 42-17052.
C. The property tax oversight commission must review the primary property tax calculations filed under subsection B, paragraph 3 of this section.
D. The county school superintendent must file in writing with the county board of supervisors and the property tax oversight commission on or before the third Monday in August of each year the amount that is required to be levied for each school district from both the primary property tax prescribed by section 15-992 and the secondary property tax.
E. On or before September 1, the governing board of a school district shall file with the county school superintendent an estimate of the amount of title VIII of the elementary and secondary education act of 1965 monies it is eligible to receive during the current year. On or before June 1, the governing board shall file with the county school superintendent and the superintendent of public instruction a statement of the actual amount of title VIII of the elementary and secondary education act of 1965 monies it received during the current year. This subsection does not apply to accommodation schools.
F. The department may collect any other similar or related information from school districts that the department may determine is necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.