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Each year, the ASBA Governmental Relations team compiles the voting records of our state legislators on significant policy bills affecting K-12 public education.
TO USE THIS RESOURCE:
► View/download the voting records for your legislative district by clicking on the links below.
► Use the Summaries of Bills by Category below (or as printable pdf) to see how your legislators voted on issues most important to you.
► Contact your legislators about their positive and negative votes cast on K-12 education issues. Senate Members House Members
► You may also use these records as a starting point when advocating for candidates and voting in this year's primary and general elections.
It must be noted that voting records don't illustrate the full involvement and critical role certain legislators play in shaping legislation and determining final outcomes.
2010 VOTING RECORDS BY LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT
LD1 – Voting Records
Sen. Steve Pierce, Rep. Lucy Mason, Rep. Andy Tobin
LD2 – Voting Records
Sen. Albert Hale, Rep. Tom Chabin, Rep. Chris Deschene
LD3 – Voting Records
Sen. Ron Gould, Rep. Nancy McLain, Rep. Doris Goodale
LD4 – Voting Records
Sen. Jack Harper, Rep. Tom Boone, Rep. Judy Burges
LD5 – Voting Records
Sen. Sylvia Allen, Rep. Bill Konopnicki, Rep. Jack Brown
LD6- Voting Records
Sen. Dave Braswell, Rep. Carl Seel, Rep. Amanda Reeve
LD7 – Voting Records
Sen. Ed Bunch, Rep. Ray Barnes, Rep. Nancy Barto
LD8 – Voting Records
Sen. Carolyn Allen, Rep. Michele Reagan, Rep. John Kavanagh
LD9 – Voting Records
Sen. Bob Burns, Rep. Rick Murphy, Rep. Debbie Lesko
LD10 – Voting Records
Sen. Linda Gray, Rep. Jim Weiers, Rep. Doug Quelland
LD11 – Voting Records
Sen. Barbara Leff, Rep. Adam Driggs, Rep. Eric Meyer
LD12 – Voting Records
Sen. John Nelson, Rep. Jerry Weiers, Rep. Steve Montenegro
LD13 – Voting Records
Sen. Richard Miranda, Rep. Martha Garcia, Rep. Anna Tovar
LD14 – Voting Records
Sen. Debbie McCune-Davis, Rep. Chad Campbell, Rep. Robert Meza
LD15 – Voting Records
Sen. Ken Cheuvront, Rep. David Lujan, Rep. Kyrsten Sinema
LD16 – Voting Records
Sen. Leah Landrum Taylor, Rep. Cloves Campbell, Jr., Rep. Ben Miranda
LD17 – Voting Records
Sen. Meg Burton Cahill, Rep. Ed Ableser, Rep. David Shapira
LD18 – Voting Records
Sen. Russell Pearce, Rep. Cecil Ash, Rep. Steve Court
LD19 – Voting Records
Sen. Chuck Gray, Rep. Kirk Adams, Rep. Rich Crandall
LD20 – Voting Records
Sen. John Huppenthal, Rep. John McComish, Rep. Rae Waters
LD21 – Voting Records
Sen. Jay Tibshraeny, Rep. Warde Nichols, Rep. Steve Yarbrough
LD22 – Voting Records
Sen. Thayer Verschoor, Rep. Andy Biggs, Rep. Laurin Hendrix
LD23 – Voting Records
Sen. Rebecca Rios, Rep. Barbara McGuire, Rep. Frank Pratt
LD24 – Voting Records
Sen. Amanda Aguirre, Rep. Lynne Pancrazi, Rep. Russ Jones
LD25 – Voting Records
Sen. Manny Alvarez, Rep. Pat Fleming, Rep. David Stevens
LD26 – Voting Records
Sen. Al Melvin, Rep. Nancy Young Wright, Rep. Vic Williams
LD27 – Voting Records
Sen. Jorge Luis Garcia, Rep. Olivia Cajero Bedford, Rep. Phil Lopes
LD28 – Voting Records
Sen. Paula Aboud, Rep. David Bradley, Rep. Steve Farley
LD29 – Voting Records
Sen. Linda Lopez, Rep. Matt Heinz, Rep. Daniel Patterson
LD30 – Voting Records
Sen. Frank Antenori, Rep. David Gowan, Rep. Ted Vogt
SUMMARIES OF BILLS BY CATEGORY
► PERSONNEL ISSUES
HB 2227 (SCHOOLS; TEACHER CONTRACTS; ACCEPTANCE – Hendrix) – This bill would require teacher to return his/her contract within 15 business days upon receipt rather than the current 30 days. Further, the bill also includes the school personnel changes included in HB 2011, along with a retroactivity clause to Nov. 24, 2009, when the legislation took effect; passed in the 2009 3rd Special Session to defend against any litigation that would overturn these provisions. ASBA supported as a priority bill; Chapter 98; 2010 Laws.
SB 1040 (TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL EVALUATIONS – Huppenthal) – This bill would require the State Board of Education to establish and maintain a model framework for a teacher and principal evaluation instruments that uses a minimum of 33 percent and up to 50 percent of quantitative data on student academic progress and includes best practices for professional development and evaluator training. Districts and charter schools are required to use this instrument to annually evaluate individual teachers and principals beginning in school year 2012-2013. Last, the bill includes fixes to defective enactments to 15-536 and 15-538.01. ASBA supported; Chapter 297; 2010 Laws.
HB 2298 (PREPARATION PROGRAMS; TEACHER CERTIFICATION – McComish) – This bill requires the State Board of Education to allow a variety of teacher and administrator preparation program providers to offer a variety of preparation models and courses of study for alternative certification. ASBA supported; Chapter 49; 2010 Laws.
HB 2521 (SCHOOLS; SUPERINTENDENT CONTRACTS; PERFROMANCE PAY – Murphy) – This bill requires 20 percent of a superintendent's salary and benefits to be for performance pay and prescribes a mechanism for calculating performance pay that districts may implement – 25 percent of performance pay determined by student academic gain and 25 percent based on parental satisfaction surveys. ASBA supported; Chapter 261; 2010 Laws.
► MANDATES/LOCAL CONTROL
SB 1309 (PARENTS; RIGHTS – Gray C) – This bill outlines extensive parental rights related to healthcare, education, recordings, scans, genetic testing and the upbringing of a minor child. ASBA opposed; Chapter 307; 2010 Laws.
SB 1097 (SCHOOLS; DATA; NONCITIZEN STUDENTS – Pearce) – This bill would require, to the extent permitted by federal law, school districts to submit data to the Arizona Department of Education on students who attend school and are undocumented. Further, the bill requires ADE to submit a report each year with a variety of items and allows the Superintendent of Public Instruction to withhold state aid for noncompliance. ASBA opposed; never heard in the House.
SB 1070 (IMMIGRATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS – Pearce) – This bill would require school districts, along with other political subdivisions, to comply with and assist in the enforcement of federal immigration laws. ASBA opposed; Chapter 113; 2010 Laws.
SB 1308 (SCHOOLS; INSTRUCTION; DATING ABUSE – Gray L) – This bill would allow the voluntary adoption of dating abuse policy and requires district governing boards to review and consider its adoption at a public meeting by June 30, 2011, and requires a domestic violence organization to be notified at least two weeks prior to the meeting. ASBA opposed; Chapter 335; 2010 Laws.
HB 2282 (POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS; GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY – Montenegro) – This bill would require school districts, along with other local governments, to establish and maintain an official website of receipts and expenditures over $5,000 by Jan. 1, 2013. ASBA opposed; Chapter 288; 2010 Laws.
► FUNDING/TAXATION
HB 2008 (K-12 EDUCATION; BUDGET RECONCILIATION; 2010-2011 – Adams) This bill included for the K-12 Education FY11 budget over $500 million in cuts, as well as two contingency budgets depending on the outcome of Prop. 100. ASBA opposed; Chapter 8, 7th Special Session; 2010 Laws.
HB 2386 (SCHOOL DISTRICT OVERRIDE ELECTIONS – Boone) – This bill makes changes to current school district budget override statutes to complement the changes made during the 2009 Special Session. Further, this bill keeps override levels for FY11 at the level prior to the cuts contained in HB 2008 and that elimination of the "K" weight would not apply to the budget limit for FY11 overrides and contains an emergency clause. ASBA supported; Chapter 179E; 2010 Laws.
SB 1284 (SCHOOL FINANCE REVISIONS – Huppenthal) – This bill requires ADE to apply any change to state law that occurs after the effective date and modifies or impacts the school finance formula so it applies to the entire fiscal year the change became effective. Further, the bill allows districts to use a two-year Prop. 301 phase-down with non-supplanting provisions included. ASBA supported; Chapter 306; 2010 Laws.
HCR 2039 (TEMPORARY SUSPENSION; VOTER-PROTECTED FUNDING – Kavanagh) – This referendum would put on the November 2010 General Election ballot a temporary suspension of voter-protected funds. From Fiscal Years 2011 through 2014, up to 50 percent of voter-protected funding can be diverted to similar purposes as those authorized by the ballot measures (i.e. Prop. 301 monies would be diverted for education purposes). ASBA opposed; never heard in Senate COW.
HCR 2041 (FUNDING BALLOT MEASURES; REAUTHORIZATION – Stevens) – This referendum would put on the November 2010 General Election ballot the stipulation that every ballot measure is good for only eight years, at which time it must be put back to the voters for reauthorization. This measure would apply retroactively. ASBA opposed; failed senate third read.
HB 2128 (OMNIBUS; JTEDS – Crandall) – This bill makes a number of changes to JTED statues, including financial provisions and program v. course definitions. ASBA supported; Chapter 17E, 2010 Laws.
HB 2664 (STOS; TAX CREDIT REQUIREMENTS – Murphy) – This bill only modifies the requirements for the STOs that accept individual income tax credits and no longer includes an increase to these credits except for an inflationary increase. ASBA opposed; Chapter 293; 2010 Laws.
SB 1274 (STOS; CONTRIBUTION DATE – Yarbrough) – This bill extends the deadline to April 15 (currently, it is Dec. 31 for the taxable year) for individual STO contributions to be claimed, which is estimated to cost the state general fund $2.9 million. ASBA opposed; Chapter 188, 2010 Laws.
► MAJOR POLICY INITIATIVES
SB 1286 (SCHOOLS; ACHIEVEMENT PROFILES; LETTER GRADES – Huppenthal) – This bill would include school districts into the current AZ Learns labeling system and change the current labels from excelling to failing to meet academic standards to A through F. Further, the bill states that 50 percent of the school and district classification must be on academic performance measurements and 50 percent must be on all student academic gain and 50 percent on the measurement of the lowest 25 percent of students making academic gain. ASBA opposed; Chapter 247; 2010 Laws.
HB 2731 (HIGH SCHOOLS; GRADUATION; BOARD EXAMINATIONS – Crandall) – This bill is commonly referred to as the "Move on When Ready" bill and creates the Grand Canyon Diploma to enable high school students to choose different educational pathways. ASBA was neutral; Chapter 333; 2010 Laws.
HB 2732 (SCHOOLS; THIRD GRADE RETENTION – Crandall) – This is the "Move on When Reading" legislation to ensure every third grader is reading at grade level. It contains a number of provisions regarding parental notification of school promotion policies; delays the application of the third-grade promotion competency requirements until the 2013-2014 school year and adds a conditional enactment contingent upon Proposition 100 being approved by the voters in the May 18, 2010, special election. ASBA supported; Chapter 296; 2010 Laws.
HB 2733 (DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; DATA COLLECTION – Crandall) – This bill requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to enter into contracts with public or private entities to evaluate the existing system of data collection, compilation and reporting conducted by the Arizona Department of Education on or before Aug. 1, 2010. ASBA supported; Chapter 334; 2010 Laws.
HCR 2001 (EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH; REPEAL – Adams) – This referendum will appear on the November 2010 ballot to repeal First Things First, redirect $324 million in reserve funds to the state general fund and redirect future tobacco tax revenues to the state general fund. ASBA opposed; transmitted to the Secretary of State.
