A.R.S. § 15-459 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 459
15-459 Consolidation of districts; petition; election; notice; report; ballots; canvass of votes; governing board
Status: in_force

15-459. Consolidation of districts; petition; election; notice; report; ballots; canvass of votes; governing board

A. On the request of the governing boards of two or more school districts in the same county or in adjacent counties or on receipt of petitions bearing the signatures of ten percent or more of the number of qualified electors who voted in whichever of the last two general elections resulted in the higher number of ballots cast and who reside in each of two or more school districts in the same county or in adjacent counties to consolidate the school districts or parts of the districts, the county school superintendent of each of the counties affected, within ten days, shall call an election to determine the question on consolidation.

B. Consolidations allowed pursuant to subsection A of this section include:

1. To change the boundaries of a school district to include any part of an adjacent school district.

2. If all the common school districts within the boundaries of an existing union high school district desire to consolidate into one common school district.

3. If two or more adjacent school districts of the same type, both or all being common, union high or unified school districts, desire to consolidate into one common, union high or unified school district.

4. If a common school district that is not a part of a union high school district desires to consolidate with an adjacent unified school district.

5. If two or more common school districts desire to consolidate into one school district and unify the consolidated district with a union high school district to form one unified school district.

6. To change the boundaries of a school district that has received a letter grade of A or B pursuant to section 15-241 to include another school district within twenty miles.

C. If a school district provides only financing for pupils who are instructed by another school district in the same county or in an adjacent county, the school district or any part of the school district may be consolidated with the school district providing the instructional program as follows:

1. The governing board of the financing school district approves the consolidation or ten percent of the qualified electors residing in the school district, or that part of the school district proposed for consolidation, petitions the county school superintendent to call an election to approve the proposed consolidation.

2. At an election called by the county school superintendent of each of the counties affected, a majority of the persons voting in the school district, or that part of the school district providing financing, approve the proposed consolidation and a majority of the persons voting in the district providing instruction approve the proposed consolidation.

D. Elections held as provided in subsection C of this section shall be conducted in the same manner as elections prescribed in subsections F through J of this section and shall be held concurrently as prescribed in section 15-458.

E. Sections 15-457, 15-975 and 15-997 apply to school districts that are consolidated as provided in subsection C of this section.

F. Notice of the election to determine consolidation of school districts shall be posted in at least three public places in each of the school districts proposed to be consolidated at least ninety days before the election.

G. The county school superintendent shall prepare and the governing board shall distribute a report on the proposed boundary changes in a manner similar to that prescribed in section 15-481, subsection B.  The report shall contain the following information:

1. The date of the election.

2. The polling places and times they are open.

3. The full cash value, the assessed valuation and the estimated amount of the primary property taxes and the estimated amount of the secondary property taxes under the proposed boundary changes for each of the following:

(a) An owner-occupied residence whose assessed valuation is the average assessed valuation of property classified as class three, as prescribed by section 42-12003 for the current year in the school district.

(b) An owner-occupied residence whose assessed valuation is one-half of the assessed valuation of the residence in subdivision (a) of this paragraph.

(c) An owner-occupied residence whose assessed valuation is twice the assessed valuation of the residence in subdivision (a) of this paragraph.

(d) A business whose assessed valuation is the average of the assessed valuation of property classified as class one, as prescribed by section 42-12001, paragraphs 12 and 13 for the current year in the school district.

4. A consolidation plan to include:

(a) The proposed boundary changes.

(b) The impact of the proposed boundary changes, including where pupils will attend school, changes in pupil transportation services, changes in availability of special education services, changes in pupil-teacher ratio and operational costs.

(c) If subsection P of this section applies to one or more of the existing school districts, a detailed description of desegregation funding and expenses for the resulting school district as set forth in subsection P of this section.

(d) Any other information the county school superintendent deems appropriate to include.

H. Ballots shall be prepared by the county school superintendent, shall be delivered to the inspector at least forty-eight hours before the opening of the polls as prescribed in section 16-509 and shall contain the information prescribed in subsection G, paragraph 3 of this section and the following statement: "Do you support consolidation under the specified provisions of the consolidation plan? Yes ( ) No ( )." If the election is to simultaneously consolidate and unify two or more common school districts, the ballot shall contain: "Do you support the consolidation of the  (insert names of common school districts)  and the subsequent unification of the consolidated districts with the  (insert name of union high school district)  to form one unified school district under the consolidation and unification plan? Yes ( ) No ( )."

I. The county school superintendent shall hold the election during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year consolidation is proposed to be effective on a date prescribed by section 16-204.  The election shall be held in the manner and electors shall possess qualifications as prescribed for the election of governing board members.  The results of the election shall be reported to the county school superintendent.

J. The county school superintendent and the chairman of the board of supervisors, on the seventh day after the election, shall canvass the vote. If a majority of the votes cast in each district approved the consolidation, the districts are consolidated and become one district from and after June 30 next following the election.  If parts of two or more school districts are proposed to be consolidated, a majority of the voters in the part of a school district or districts not included in the proposed consolidation and a majority of the voters in the part of the school district or districts proposed for consolidation must approve the consolidation.

K. If the consolidated district includes territory located in two or more counties, the county of jurisdiction is the county in which the largest number of qualified electors of the consolidated school district resides, except that if all of the existing school buildings are in one county, that county is the county of jurisdiction. The county school superintendent of the jurisdictional county shall perform all duties for and with respect to the consolidated school district as required to be performed by county school superintendents.  The board of supervisors of the jurisdictional county shall perform all duties for and with respect to the consolidated school district as required to be performed by boards of supervisors, except that school district taxes to be levied on property in the portion of the consolidated school district lying in another county shall be levied by the board of supervisors of the other county or counties and on receipt shall be transferred to the county of jurisdiction. All school buildings located within the consolidated school district, together with all equipment and furnishings, become the property of the consolidated school district. Any assumed indebtedness is an indebtedness of the consolidated school district for the purpose of determining the debt incurring authority of the consolidated school district.

L. Consolidation pursuant to this section is not allowed if the resulting school district would have a student count for the current year of more than ten percent of the total student count of all school districts in this state.

M. The governing board is constituted, may conduct meetings and shall prepare policies, curricula and budgets for the new school district after the canvass pursuant to subsection J of this section demonstrates that a majority of the votes cast in each school district approved the consolidation.  These policies shall require that:

1. The base salary and benefits of each employee for the first year of operation of the new school district shall not be lower than the employee's base salary and benefits for the prior year in the previously existing school district.

2. The employee's years of employment in the previously existing school district shall be included in determining the employee's years of employment in the new school district.  An employee who was entitled to continuing employment contract status in the previously existing school district is entitled to continuing employment contract status in the new school district.

3. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection and pursuant to section 15-544, this section does not restrict the ability of the governing board to implement a reduction in force or to scale back salaries of certified teachers, administrators or noncertificated employees for reasons of economy or to improve the efficient conduct of schools within the district following a school district consolidation.

N. If all of the districts to be consolidated have authorization for an override as provided in section 15-481 that would have continued after the consolidation, the override authorization continues for the new district and expires at the time that the earliest override would have expired.

O. If one or more, but not all, of the districts to be consolidated have authorization for an override as provided in section 15-481 that would have continued after the consolidation, the override authorization shall only apply to the schools included under the terms of the prior override authorization. Consolidation of school districts does not consolidate or pool the liability to be taxed for the override, and only property that was located within the boundaries of the district that approved the override before consolidation is to pay taxes to support the override. This subsection also applies if all of the districts to be consolidated have authorization for overrides, but the authorizations are pursuant to different subsections of section 15-481 or the override amounts are not the same percentage of the revenue control limit.

P. Notwithstanding section 15-457, consolidation of school districts does not consolidate or pool the liability of the former school districts into the resulting school district. Outstanding indebtedness incurred by a school district before consolidation shall be repaid without interruption according to existing debt schedules as determined by the county board of supervisors. If a school district consolidates after July 1, 2004, the new school district may pay tuition to the district of attendance when a pupil is precluded by distance or lack of transportation from attending school in the district of a pupil's residence.

Q. If one or more of the previously existing school districts were authorized to budget for expenses of complying with or continuing to implement activities that were required or permitted by court order of desegregation or administrative agreement with the United States department of education office for civil rights directed toward remediating alleged or proven racial discrimination pursuant to section 15-910, this authorization does not expire on the effective date of consolidation but only applies to schools included in the court order or administrative agreement.

R. If the formation of a new consolidated and unified school district is authorized, the terms of the governing board members of the common and union high school districts do not expire on the effective date of the unification. The governing board members of the previously existing school districts shall serve as provided in section 15-430, except that the power of the governing board members of the previously existing school districts acting as the governing board of the unified school district is limited to the maintenance and operation of the previously existing school districts and compliance with the consolidation and unification plan.
A.R.S. § 15-914.02 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 914.02
15-914.02 School district audit
Status: in_force

15-914.02. School district audit

A school district that is subject to audit pursuant to section 41-1279.03 shall comply with the reporting, follow-up and hearing participation requirements of that section.
A.R.S. § 15-160.01 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 160.01
15-160.01 Child abuse hotline; required posting
Status: in_force

15-160.01. Child abuse hotline; required posting

Each school that is operated by a school district and each charter school shall post in a clearly visible location in a public area of the school that is readily accessible to students a sign that contains all of the following:

1. In boldfaced type, the telephone number of the centralized intake hotline that is established pursuant to section 8-455 concerning suspected abuse and neglect of children.

2. Instructions to call 911 for emergencies.

3. Directions for accessing the website of the department of child safety for more information on reporting child abuse, child neglect and the exploitation of children.
A.R.S. § 15-120 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 120
15-120 Suicide prevention training; approved materials; posting; immunity; spending classification
Status: in_force

15-120. Suicide prevention training; approved materials; posting; immunity; spending classification

A. Beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, school districts and charter schools shall provide training in suicide awareness and prevention for school guidance counselors, teachers, principals and other school personnel who work with pupils in grades six through twelve. Each person who is required to obtain training pursuant to this section shall complete that training at least once every three years. The training must include:

1. Training in suicide prevention.

2. Training to identify the warning signs of suicidal behavior in adolescents and teens.

3. Appropriate intervention and referral techniques.

B. The training prescribed in subsection A of this section:

1. Must use evidence-based training materials.

2. May be provided within the framework of existing in-service training programs offered by the school district or charter school or as part of professional development activities.

C. The Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall make available suicide prevention training that complies with the requirements of this section and post this training information on the administration's website. On or before July 1, 2020, the administration shall identify or develop and post on the administration's website a list of approved materials that schools may use to provide the training prescribed in subsection A of this section. The administration shall annually update these approved materials.

D. School personnel, entities or any other persons are not civilly liable for any actions taken in good faith pursuant to this section except in cases of gross negligence, wilful misconduct or intentional wrongdoing.

E. The auditor general shall classify any costs incurred by school districts in implementing this section as classroom spending for the purposes of the annual report prepared pursuant to section 41-1279.03, subsection A, paragraph 9.
A.R.S. § 15-1642 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 2 / Section 1642
15-1642 Financial aid trust fund; aid to students with verifiable financial need; endowment
Status: in_force

15-1642. Financial aid trust fund; aid to students with verifiable financial need; endowment

A. The Arizona board of regents may establish a financial aid trust fund for the purposes of providing immediate aid to students with verifiable financial need, including students who are underrepresented in the population of university students or who by virtue of their special circumstances present unique needs for financial aid, and creating an endowment for future financial aid. Subject to the limits provided in subsection B, paragraph 3 of this section, the board may assess a surcharge on registration fees paid by students for deposit in the fund.  The fund shall also consist of monies deposited pursuant to section 15-1670, subsection F.

B. The board shall adopt rules to govern the financial aid trust fund, including the following:

1. Twenty-five percent of the monies received each year shall be placed in the trust fund as a permanent endowment. The remaining monies received shall be used for immediate aid for students with verifiable financial need. At least fifty percent of the immediate aid monies shall be used for grant aid.

2. The immediate aid monies shall be distributed to the universities on a pro rata basis based on relative student contributions to the fund.

3. The surcharge on student registration shall not exceed one percent of the registration fee for students taking more than six credit surcharge hours. The surcharge hours for students taking fewer than seven credit hours shall equal one-half the surcharge assessed students taking more than six credit hours.

C. Each dollar raised pursuant to the surcharge on student registration shall be matched by $2 appropriated by the legislature.

D. The board shall report every three years to the legislature on the status of the financial aid trust fund. The report shall include the use to which the monies have been put and the impact of such use.

E. Fund monies shall only be used in university assistance programs approved by the board and such monies shall be in addition to, and not in replacement of, existing state or institutional financial aid monies.  Assistance may be provided to full-time or part-time students. Monies appropriated by this state shall not be used to provide assistance to students who are not residents of this state.
A.R.S. § 15-1103 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 1103
15-1103 Insurance proceeds fund; disposition of proceeds
Status: in_force

15-1103. Insurance proceeds fund; disposition of proceeds

A. Monies received for and derived from insurance losses shall be deposited with the county treasurer who shall credit the deposits to the insurance proceeds fund of the respective school district. The insurance proceeds fund of a school district is a continuing fund that is not subject to reversion.

B. The governing board, or the superintendent or chief administrative officer with the approval of the governing board, may apply the proceeds from insurance recoveries to the payment of any outstanding bonded indebtedness of the school district that is payable from the levy of taxes on property within the school district.

C. The governing board, or the superintendent or chief administrative officer with the approval of the governing board, may apply the proceeds of insurance recoveries to construct, acquire, improve, repair or furnish school property after notice. If the proceeds are applied to a project that costs more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars, the governing board, or the superintendent or chief administrative officer with the approval of the governing board, may apply the proceeds after notice and a hearing.
A.R.S. § 15-1343 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 1343
15-1343 Persons entitled to education
Status: in_force

15-1343. Persons entitled to education

A. A person is entitled to an education in the schools for the deaf and the blind without charge if the person is a resident of this state, age three through twenty-one years and sensory impaired to an extent that he cannot acquire an appropriate education in the school district of residence.

B. The school district of residence that refers a pupil for admission to the schools shall determine that the pupil is a resident of this state or is otherwise eligible for an education without charge pursuant to sections 15-823 and 15-824.
A.R.S. § 15-756.05 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 3.1 / Section 756.05
15-756.05 Reassessment and reclassification of English language learners
Status: in_force

15-756.05. Reassessment and reclassification of English language learners

A. The process of reassessment of English language learners for the purpose of determining English language proficiency shall be conducted at least annually at the end of each school year in a manner prescribed by the superintendent of public instruction.

B. A pupil who scores at or above the test publisher's designated score for English proficiency shall be considered English proficient.  The pupil shall no longer be classified as an English language learner and shall be reclassified as English proficient.

C. A pupil who has attained English proficiency pursuant to this section shall be transferred to English language mainstream classrooms.
A.R.S. § 15-363 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 363
15-363 School recreation centers; authority to contract with public recreation boards and agencies
Status: in_force

15-363. School recreation centers; authority to contract with public recreation boards and agencies

A. The governing board may operate school buildings and grounds for the purpose of providing a public play and recreation center. The governing board may organize and conduct in the center community recreation activities which contribute to the physical, mental and moral welfare of youths residing in the vicinity. A school recreation center may be open at times the governing board deems advisable, including evening hours and vacation days, and shall be conducted in accordance with rules prescribed by the governing board.

B. The governing board may cooperate and enter into contracts with other public recreation boards and agencies in carrying out the purposes of this section.
A.R.S. § 15-210 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 210
15-210 Unlawful expenditure of federal monies
Status: in_force

15-210. Unlawful expenditure of federal monies

If a school district expends or attempts to expend monies received pursuant to section 15-207 in a manner other than as directed by the state board of education or as provided by the federal grant, the state board of education shall immediately deliver to the county treasurer of the county in which such district is located written notice directing him to refuse to pay further warrants drawn against monies so provided in the fund prescribed in section 15-209. Copies of the notice shall be served upon the governing board of the school district and the county school superintendent. No further expenditures shall be made by the school district from such monies, and no further monies shall be apportioned or paid to the district until it has complied with the federal regulations and directions of the state board of education. Upon compliance to the satisfaction of the state board of education, the state board shall deliver written notice to the county treasurer and the county school superintendent and thereafter the monies may be expended as provided in section 15-206.
A.R.S. § 15-1744 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 8 / Section 1744
15-1744 Processing and certification of students
Status: in_force

15-1744. Processing and certification of students

A. The board shall, within the limitations and on the terms fixed by the commission and by this article, determine the number of students desiring to take advantage of the educational facilities afforded by the compact and, from those indicating such a desire, select a group in each allowable professional field. In making the selections the board shall only include students who:

1. Have at least an average scholastic attainment record.

2. Are citizens of the United States.

3. Have been actual bona fide residents of Arizona for at least the last five years.

4. Have completed such preliminary education as will qualify them for admission to the professional or graduate school provided by the commission.

B. The names of the students selected shall be certified by the board to the commission through the Arizona members of the commission, along with such data as the commission may require.
A.R.S. § 15-157 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 157
15-157 Emergency administration; epinephrine delivery systems; trained personnel; immunity
Status: in_force

15-157. Emergency administration; epinephrine delivery systems; trained personnel; immunity

Pursuant to a standing order issued by the chief medical officer of the department of health services, the chief medical officer of a county health department, a doctor of medicine licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13, a doctor of naturopathic medicine licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 14, a doctor of osteopathic medicine licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 17, a nurse practitioner licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 15 or a physician assistant licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 25, an employee of a school district or charter school who is trained in the administration of epinephrine delivery systems may administer or assist in the administration of epinephrine delivery systems to a pupil or an adult whom the employee believes in good faith to be exhibiting symptoms of anaphylactic shock while at school or at a school-sponsored activity. Each school district and charter school may stock two or more juvenile doses and two or more adult doses of epinephrine delivery systems at each school pursuant to a standing order issued by the chief medical officer of the department of health services, the chief medical officer of a county health department, a doctor of medicine licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13, a doctor of naturopathic medicine licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 14, a doctor of osteopathic medicine licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 17, a nurse practitioner licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 15 or a physician assistant licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 25. A school district or charter school may accept monetary donations for or apply for grants to purchase epinephrine delivery systems or may participate in third-party programs to obtain epinephrine delivery systems at fair market, free or reduced prices. The chief medical officer of the department of health services, the chief medical officer of a county health department, a doctor of medicine licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13, a doctor of naturopathic medicine licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 14, a doctor of osteopathic medicine licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 17, a nurse practitioner licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 15 or a physician assistant licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 25, a school district, a charter school and employees of a school district or charter school are immune from civil liability with respect to all decisions made and actions taken that are based on good faith implementation of the requirements of this section, except in cases of gross negligence, wilful misconduct or intentional wrongdoing.
A.R.S. § 15-923 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 2 / Section 923
15-923 Contracts for transportation; requirement; report
Status: in_force

15-923. Contracts for transportation; requirement; report

A. As an alternative to maintaining and operating a transportation program or in conjunction with a transportation program, a school district, if it is found to be economically advantageous, may contract for vehicles and other transportation services. Contracts may be with another political subdivision, a common or contract carrier or a private party.

B. In order to expediently process contracts for the provision of transportation, a school district may select a preapproved contract carrier or private party that meets both of the following criteria:

1. Provides one or more of the following:

(a) Electric school buses.

(b) Electric school bus charging infrastructure.

(c) Charging and charging management services.

(d) Electric school bus services.

2. Has filed with and received approval from the school bus advisory council established by section 28-3053.

C. In addition to other powers and duties prescribed by title 11, chapter 2, article 4, any board of supervisors, at the request of any or all of the governing boards of the school districts within the county, may provide necessary student transportation. If the board of supervisors and the governing board or boards of such school districts mutually agree that such an arrangement is economically advantageous, the governing board of the school district is authorized to sell or lease its bus or buses to the board of supervisors for such purposes. Agreement between the parties shall be by written contract.

D. An eligible student who is transported part by contract and part by school district transportation facilities may not be counted as more than one eligible student.

E. Miles driven to transport eligible students may not be reported as daily route miles by more than one school district.

F. Each school district shall submit electronically to the department of education a report regarding the routes contracted, the contractor contract information, the number of eligible students transported by each contractor and any additional information requested by the department of education.
A.R.S. § 15-508 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 508
15-508 Dismissal for failure to comply with certain laws
Status: in_force

15-508. Dismissal for failure to comply with certain laws

Wilful neglect or failure on the part of a school superintendent, principal, teacher or other officer of a school to observe and carry out the requirements of sections 15-532 and 15-710 is sufficient cause for dismissal or removal of such person from his position, and the superintendent of public instruction shall make necessary arrangements for carrying out the provisions of this section.
A.R.S. § 15-550 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 550
15-550 Unprofessional conduct; penalty; definition
Status: in_force

15-550. Unprofessional conduct; penalty; definition

A. A person who has been convicted of a dangerous crime against children as defined in section 13-705 or has been convicted of a violation of section 13-1404 or 13-1406 in which the victim was a minor or section 13-1405 or an act committed in another state or territory that if committed in this state would have been a dangerous crime against children or a violation of section 13-1404 or 13-1406 in which the victim was a minor or a violation of section 13-1405 is guilty of unprofessional conduct and the person's certificate shall be revoked permanently immediately on notification of conviction by the clerk of the court or the magistrate.

B. A person who has been convicted of a preparatory offense as prescribed in section 13-1001 of any of the offenses prescribed in subsection A of this section or any crime that requires the person to register as a sex offender is guilty of unprofessional conduct and the  person's certificate shall be permanently revoked on notification of the conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction.

C. The state board of education shall permanently prohibit a noncertificated person who is convicted of an offense described in subsection A or B of this section from employment at a school district or charter school.

D. A person who is employed by a school district or who is an applicant for employment with a school district, who is arrested for or charged with any nonappealable offense listed in section 41-1758.03, subsection B and who does not immediately report the arrest or charge to the person's supervisor or potential employer is guilty of unprofessional conduct and the person shall be immediately dismissed from employment with the school district or immediately excluded from potential employment with the school district.  This subsection does not entitle a person dismissed pursuant to this subsection to a right to a hearing pursuant to section 15-539, subsection F.

E. A person who is employed by a school district and who is convicted of any nonappealable offense listed in section 41-1758.03, subsection B or is convicted of any nonappealable offense that amounts to unprofessional conduct under this section shall immediately do all of the following:

1. Surrender any certificates issued by the department of education.

2. Notify the person's employer or potential employer of the conviction.

3. Notify the department of public safety of the conviction.

4. Surrender the person's fingerprint clearance card.

F. For the purposes of this section, "noncertificated person" has the same meaning prescribed in section 15-505.
A.R.S. § 15-120.04 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 120.04
15-120.04 Postings on website; satisfaction of requirement
Status: in_force

15-120.04. Postings on website; satisfaction of requirement

Notwithstanding any other law:

1. A school district, a school that is operated by a school district or a charter school may satisfy any statutory requirement to post, prominently display, make accessible or otherwise include specified information on its website by making a link to the information available on the school district's, the school's or the charter school's home page.

2. A school district, a school that is operated by a school district or a charter school may consolidate all information that it is statutorily required to post, prominently display, make accessible or otherwise include on its website on a single webpage and post a link to the webpage on the school district's, the school's or the charter school's home page.
A.R.S. § 15-249.05 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 249.05
15-249.05 Federal monies; state and local monies; separate accounting
Status: in_force

15-249.05. Federal monies; state and local monies; separate accounting

Monies the department receives from the federal government or from federal programs may not be commingled with state and local monies and shall be accounted for within the department in separate accounts from state and local monies.
A.R.S. § 15-943 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 943
15-943 Base support level
Status: in_force

15-943. Base support level

The base support level for each school district shall be computed as follows:

1. The following support level weights shall be used in paragraph 2, subdivision (a) of this section for the following school districts:

(a) For school districts whose student count in kindergarten programs and grades one through eight is classified in column 1 of this subdivision, the support level weight for kindergarten programs and grades one through eight is the corresponding support level weight prescribed in column 2 or 3 of this subdivision, whichever is appropriate:

Column 1          Column 2       Column 3

Support Level Weight    Support Level Weight

For Small Isolated           For Small

Student Count      School Districts    School Districts

1-99        1.559       1.399

100-499     1.358 + [0.0005 x (500  1.278 + [0.0003 x (500

- student count)] - student count)]

500-599     1.158 + [0.002 x (600   1.158 + [0.0012 x (600

- student count)] - student count)]

(b) For school districts whose student count in grades nine through twelve is classified in column 1 of this subdivision, the support level weight for grades nine through twelve is the corresponding support level weight prescribed in column 2 or 3 of this subdivision, whichever is appropriate:

Column 1          Column 2       Column 3

Support Level Weight    Support Level Weight

For Small Isolated          For Small

Student Count      School Districts    School Districts

1-99            1.669       1.559

100-499     1.468 + [0.0005 x (500  1.398 + [0.0004 x (500

- student count)] – student count)]

500-599     1.268 + [0.002 x (600   1.268 + [0.0013 x (600

- student count)] – student count)]

2. Subject to paragraph 1 of this section, determine the weighted student count as follows:

(a)

Support                       Weighted

Level       Student           Student

Grade   Base          Group A Weight  Count          Count

PSD    1.000 +           0.450       =           1.450 x            =

K-8   1.000 +           0.158       =           1.158 x            =

9-12  1.163 +           0.105       =           1.268 x            =

Subtotal      A

(b)

Support                 Weighted

Funding     Level       Student           Student

Category      Weight   Count         Count

HI    4.771 x            =

K-3   0.060 x            =

K-3 reading  0.040 x            =

ELL         0.115 x            =

MD-R, A-R and

SID-R          6.024 x            =

MD-SC, A-SC and

SID-SC         5.988 x            =

MD-SSI       7.947 x            =

OI-R        3.158 x            =

OI-SC       6.773 x            =

P-SD        3.595 x            =     ________

DD, ED, MIID, SLD,

SLI and OHI                0.292 x            =

ED-P        4.822 x            =

MOID        4.421 x            =     ________

VI          4.806 x            =

G            0.007 x            =

FRPL              0.022 x            =     ________

Subtotal    B

(c) Total of subtotals A and B:

3. Multiply the total determined in paragraph 2 of this section by the base level.

4. Multiply the teacher experience index of the district or 1.00, whichever is greater, by the product obtained in paragraph 3 of this section.

5. For the purposes of this section, the student count is the average daily membership as prescribed in section 15-901 for the current year, except that for the purposes of computing the base support level used in determining school district rollover allocations and school district budget override amounts, the student count is the average daily membership as prescribed in section 15-901 for the prior year.
A.R.S. § 15-1028 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 7 / Section 1028
15-1028 Disposition of surplus tax monies
Status: in_force

15-1028. Disposition of surplus tax monies

A. If a bond issue and interest thereon have been fully paid and a balance remains in the debt service fund from taxes collected for payment of the bonds and interest, the balance may be applied on the payment of other outstanding bonded indebtedness of the school district payable from the levy of taxes on property within the school district in which the excess tax monies were collected, or if there is no outstanding bonded indebtedness, the balance remaining in or accruing to the debt service fund, on written request of the governing board of the school district, shall be used for reduction of school district taxes.

B. When a school bond issue and interest thereon have been fully paid and a tax levy has thereafter been made on and taxes collected from property the situs of which is in a school district other than the original school district for which the levy was made, such taxes shall belong to the school district from which they were collected, and the county treasurer shall credit such taxes to the general school fund of the school district. The taxes may be expended by the governing board of the school district as other monies in its general school fund are expended.
A.R.S. § 15-1665 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 4 / Section 1665
15-1665 Acceptance of federal and other monies
Status: in_force

15-1665. Acceptance of federal and other monies

The Arizona board of regents may accept grants of monies from the United States or any of its officers or agencies designated or created to make grants for public construction work, or from any individual, group of individuals, corporation or association.
A.R.S. § 15-721 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 721
15-721 Common schools; course of study; textbooks; approval; selection; library books and materials; definition
Status: in_force

15-721. Common schools; course of study; textbooks; approval; selection; library books and materials; definition

A. The governing board shall approve for common schools the course of study, the basic textbook for each course and all units recommended for credit under each general subject title before implementing the course.

B. If any course does not include a basic textbook, the governing board shall approve all supplemental books used in the course before approving the course.

C. If any course includes a basic textbook and uses supplemental books, the governing board may approve all supplemental books and teaching aids, including instructional computer software, that are used in the course before approving the course.

D. If the course includes a basic textbook and uses supplemental books that have not been approved by the governing board at the time of approval of the course, a teacher may use the supplemental books at any time during the school year. Use of the supplemental books shall be brought to the attention of the governing board during the school year in which they are added for ratification.

E. Notwithstanding any other law, subsections B and C of this section do not apply to supplemental books used in courses or programs instituted pursuant to article 4 of this chapter.

F. The governing board shall:

1. Enforce the course of study and select all textbooks used in the common schools and purchase the textbooks from the publishers. The governing board may budget and spend district school monies for teaching aids, including instructional computer software. For courses that do not require that each student have a textbook other than for classroom instruction, the school district need only purchase one textbook for each student in the largest group that would be receiving classroom instruction at any one time.

2. Require that all meetings of committees authorized for the purposes of textbook review and selection be open to the public as prescribed in title 38, chapter 3, article 3.1.

3. Make available at the school district office for review by the public, for a period of sixty days prior to formal selection of textbooks, a copy of each textbook that is being considered for selection.

4. Make available on the school district's website for review by the public a list of all books and materials purchased after January 1, 2023 for any of the district's school libraries for a period of at least sixty days after the purchase. Each school operated by the school district shall make available on the school's website for review by the public a list of all books and materials purchased after January 1, 2023 for the school library for a period of at least sixty days after the purchase. This paragraph does not apply to the purchase of a book or material that is intended to replace a lost or damaged book or material.

5. Ensure that each common school that is operated by the school district notifies the parents of each pupil enrolled in the school of the opening and closing dates of the public review required under paragraph 4 of this subsection within seven school days before the opening date.

G. The following are exempt from the requirements of subsection F, paragraphs 4 and 5 of this section:

1. Schools without a full-time library media specialist or an equivalent position.

2. School district libraries that have agreements with county free library districts, municipal libraries or other entities pursuant to section 15-362, subsection D.

H. For the purposes of this section, "textbook" means printed instructional materials or digital content, or both, and related printed or nonprinted instructional materials, that are written and published primarily for use in school instruction and that are required by a state educational agency or a local education agency for use by pupils in the classroom, including materials that require the availability of electronic equipment in order to be used as a learning resource.
A.R.S. § 15-1761 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 10 / Section 1761
15-1761 Short title
Status: in_force

15-1761. Short title

This article may be cited as the revised uniform athlete agents act.
A.R.S. § 15-1811 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 14 / Article 1.1 / Section 1811
15-1811 Individuals with disabilities; policies; documentation; dissemination
Status: in_force

15-1811. Individuals with disabilities; policies; documentation; dissemination

A. A university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents or a community college as defined in section 15-1401 must adopt policies that meet both of the following:

1. Make any of the following submitted by an enrolled or admitted student at the university or community college sufficient to establish that the individual is an individual with a disability:

(a) Documentation that the individual has had an individualized education program in accordance with section 614(d) of the individuals with disabilities education act (P.L. 91–230; 84 Stat. 175 to 188), including an individualized education program that is not current on the date of the determination that the individual has a disability. The university or community college may ask for additional documentation from an individual who had an individualized education program but who was subsequently evaluated and determined to be ineligible for services under the individuals with disabilities education act (P.L. 91–230; 84 Stat. 175 to 188), including an individual determined to be ineligible during elementary school.

(b) Documentation describing services or accommodations provided to the individual pursuant to a section 504 plan as defined in section 15-731.

(c) A plan or record of service for the individual from a private school, a local education agency, a state educational agency or an institution of higher education provided in accordance with the Americans with disabilities act of 1990 (P.L. 101–336; 104 Stat. 327).

(d) A record or evaluation from a relevant licensed professional finding that the individual has a disability.

(e) A plan or record of disability from another institution of higher education.

(f) Documentation of a disability due to service in the uniformed services.

2. Are transparent and explicit regarding information about the process by which the university or community college determines eligibility for accommodations for an individual with a disability.

B. A university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents or a community college as defined in section 15-1401 shall disseminate the policies adopted pursuant to subsection A of this section to students, faculty and the public in accessible formats, including during any student orientation and on the university's or community college's website.

C. A university or community college may establish less burdensome criteria than the criteria prescribed in subsection A of this section to establish an individual as an individual with a disability.

D. A university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents or a community college as defined in section 15-1401 shall engage in the interactive process to establish a reasonable accommodation, including requesting additional documentation, if needed, for an individual pursuant to section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973 (P.L. 93-112; 87 Stat. 355; 29 United States Code section 794) and the Americans with disabilities act of 1990 (P.L. 101-336; 104 Stat. 327).

E. This section does not affect the meaning of the terms "reasonable accommodation" or "record of impairment" under the Americans with disabilities act of 1990 (P.L. 101-336; 104 Stat. 327) or the rights or remedies provided under the Americans with disabilities act of 1990 (P.L. 101-336; 104 Stat. 327).
A.R.S. § 15-514 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 514
15-514 Immoral or unprofessional conduct; duty to report; immunity; definitions
Status: in_force

15-514. Immoral or unprofessional conduct; duty to report; immunity; definitions

A. Any certificated personnel, a noncertificated person or a member of a school district governing board or charter school governing body who reasonably suspects or receives a reasonable allegation that a public school employee, including employment through a third-party contractor, has engaged in conduct involving minors that would be subject to the reporting requirements of section 13-3620 shall immediately report or cause reports to be made to a local law enforcement agency.  If the employee who is the subject of the suspicion or allegation is certificated by the state board of education or is a noncertificated person, the person shall also report the suspicion or allegation to the state board of education in writing as soon as is reasonably practicable but not later than three business days after the person first suspects or receives an allegation of the conduct.  A report to a school resource officer or a school safety officer does not satisfy the reporting requirement prescribed by this subsection.

B. The superintendent of a school district or the chief administrator of a charter school who reasonably suspects or receives a reasonable allegation that an act of immoral or unprofessional conduct that would constitute grounds for dismissal or criminal charges by a certificated or noncertificated person has occurred shall report the conduct to the state board of education.

C. A person who in good faith reports or provides information pursuant to this section regarding the immoral or unprofessional conduct of a certificated or noncertificated person is not subject to an action for civil damages as a result.

D. A governing board or school or school district employee who has control over personnel decisions shall not take unlawful reprisal against an employee because the employee reports in good faith information as required by this section. For the purposes of this subsection, "unlawful reprisal" means an action that is taken by a governing board or school or school district employee who has control over personnel decisions as a direct result of a lawful report pursuant to this section and, with respect to the reporting employee, results in one or more of the following:

1. Disciplinary action.

2. Transfer or reassignment.

3. Suspension, demotion or dismissal.

4. An unfavorable performance evaluation.

5. Other significant changes in duties or responsibilities that are inconsistent with the employee's salary or employment classification.

E. Failure to report information as required by this section by a certificated or noncertificated person constitutes grounds for disciplinary action by the state board of education.

F. A governing board or school district employee who has control over personnel decisions and who reasonably suspects or receives a reasonable allegation that a person certificated by the state board of education or a noncertificated person has engaged in conduct involving minors that would be subject to the reporting requirements of section 13-3620 and this article shall not accept the resignation of the certificate holder or noncertificated person until these suspicions or allegations have been reported to the state board of education.

G. If the conduct that is the subject of the suspicions or allegations reported pursuant to this section is a reportable offense, any investigation related to the suspicions, allegations or report is subject to the following:

1. If a school resource officer, school safety officer or school administrator receives a report regarding suspicions or allegations of a reportable offense, the school resource officer, school safety officer or school administrator shall submit to a local law enforcement agency all information relating to the report for the purposes of the local law enforcement agency investigating the reported conduct.

2. A student who is identified as a potential victim of the alleged conduct may be interviewed only as provided by the local county protocol that is adopted pursuant to section 8-817.  This paragraph does not prevent a school employee, school resource officer or school safety officer from receiving a voluntary report from a student who is an alleged victim that a school employee committed a reportable offense.

H. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Noncertificated person" has the same meaning prescribed in section 15-505.

2. "Reportable offense" has the same meaning prescribed in section 13-3620.

3. "School safety officer" means a peace officer who is working in an off-duty capacity at a school.
A.R.S. § 15-154 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 154
15-154 School safety program; purpose; program proposals; requirements; annual report; public records exemption; definitions
Status: in_force

15-154. School safety program; purpose; program proposals; requirements; annual report; public records exemption; definitions

A. The school safety program is established within the department of education to support, promote and enhance safe and effective learning environments for all students by supporting the costs of placing school resource officers, juvenile probation officers, school safety officers, school counselors and school social workers on school campuses. The school safety program may also support the costs of purchasing safety technology, safety training and infrastructure improvements for school campuses as provided in subsection D of this section.  A school district or charter school may apply to participate in the school safety program as provided in this section for up to three fiscal years by submitting by April 15 a program proposal to the department of education. A school district or charter school that receives approval for a three-year program under this subsection may annually submit a modified spending plan for its approved program.

B. A program proposal submitted by a school district or charter school for supporting the costs of placing school resource officers, juvenile probation officers or school safety officers, or any combination of these officers, on a school campus shall contain:

1. A detailed description of the school safety needs of the charter school or school district.

2. A plan to provide the current school building blueprints, floor plans and school safety assessments for each school site to the local law enforcement agency, emergency medical services provider and fire department that provides services to the school site.

3. A plan for implementing a law-related education program or a plan that demonstrates the existence of a law-related education program as a school safety prevention strategy.

4. A plan to use trained school resource officers, juvenile probation officers or school safety officers, or any combination of these officers, in the school.

5. A plan to train school resource officers, juvenile probation officers or school safety officers, or any combination of these officers, on the family educational rights and privacy act, civil rights and adolescent mental health issues.

6. If the school district or charter school has already participated in the school safety program, information on the success, compliance and implementation of the most recent grant.

C. A program proposal submitted by a school district or charter school for supporting the costs of placing school counselors or school social workers, or both, on a school campus shall contain:

1. A detailed description of the school safety needs of the charter school or school district.

2. A plan to provide the current school building blueprints, floor plans and school safety assessments for each school site to the local law enforcement agency, emergency medical services provider and fire department that provides services to the school site.

3. A plan for implementing a school guidance and counseling program that includes the following:

(a) A detailed description of the relationship between the school counselor or the school social worker, or both, and local community resources.

(b) A plan for using school counselor and school social worker services in the school, or both.

(c) A detailed description of the methods for evaluating the effectiveness of the school guidance and counseling plan.

(d) Policies on confidentiality under the school guidance and counseling plan.

(e) Policies on notifying parents and other family members of issues or concerns as identified in the school guidance and counseling plan.

(f) A detailed description of the school's, school district's or charter school's referral procedures to the appropriate community entities and state agencies.

4. If the school district or charter school has already participated in the school safety program, information on the success, compliance and implementation of the most recent approved program proposal.

D. If a school district or charter school whose program proposal pursuant to subsection B or C of this section was approved by the state board of education cannot place one or more of the school resource officers, juvenile probation officers, school safety officers, school counselors or school social workers, or any combination of these individuals, as included in the approved program proposal, the school district or charter school may submit an alternative program proposal for supporting the costs of purchasing safety technology, safety training and infrastructure improvements for its school campus or campuses. An alternative program proposal submitted pursuant to this subsection shall contain:

1. A detailed description of the safety needs of the school district or charter school.

2. A detailed description of the proposed expenditures and capital improvements, including:

(a) The safety needs that each proposed expenditure will address.

(b) The specific technology or training program that the school district or charter school seeks to acquire.

(c) For infrastructure improvements, all costs associated with the improvements, including architectural and engineering fees, safety evaluations and equipment for securing entrances and exits.

3. Any other information requested by the department of education.

E. The department of education shall review and administer the school resource officers, juvenile probation officers and school safety officers program proposals in cooperation with the courts, law enforcement agencies and law-related education providers awarded a contract pursuant to section 41-2534, subject to review and approval by the state board of education. The department of education shall use relevant crime statistics to assess the needs of each program proposal and shall visit school districts and charter schools that submit program proposals in order to verify the information contained in the program proposals. The department of education shall contract to provide guidelines, curricula and support resources for school resource officers, juvenile probation officers and school safety officers to use in implementing a law-related education program.

F. The department of education shall review and administer the school counselors and school social workers program proposals in cooperation with school administrators, principals, teachers, parents and community mental health professionals. The department of education shall use relevant school-level academic, social and emotional statistics to assess the needs of each program proposal and shall visit school districts and charter schools that submit program proposals in order to verify the information contained in the program proposals.

G. The department of education shall review and administer the safety technology, safety training and infrastructure improvements program proposals. The department shall use relevant crime statistics to assess the needs of each program proposal and may visit school districts and charter schools that submit program proposals in order to verify the information contained in the program proposals. The department may approve all or part of a safety technology, safety training or infrastructure improvement program proposal.

H. The department of education, subject to the review and approval of the state board of education, shall distribute monies to the school districts and charter schools that are in compliance with program requirements prescribed in this section and in section 15-154.02 and whose program proposals have been approved by the state board of education.

I. The department of education shall review program proposals submitted by school districts and charter schools for participation in the school safety program and shall select school sites that are eligible to receive funding based on school safety needs pursuant to this section.  The department of education may prioritize program proposals for school resource officer, juvenile probation officer and school safety officer grants to school districts and charter schools that have agreements to share the cost of the school resource officer, juvenile probation officer or school safety officer with a law enforcement agency or the courts.

J. The department of education shall evaluate the effectiveness of all the approved program proposals submitted pursuant to subsections B, C and D of this section within the school safety program and report on the activities of the program and the participants in the school safety program to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the governor on or before November 1 of each year and shall provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state. The evaluation and report shall include survey results from participating schools and data from participating schools on the impact of participating in the school safety program. The department shall establish data guidelines for school safety program participants to follow in reporting pursuant to this subsection.

K. The school safety program established by this section shall include a school safety program guidance manual adopted by the department of education that requires a dispute resolution process to be included in the service agreement between a school district or charter school that submitted a program proposal and received a school resource officer grant or school safety officer grant from the school safety program and the law enforcement agency that provides services to the school district or charter school.

L. Any appropriations that are made to the department of education for the approved program proposals within the school safety program are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.  All monies that are not used for an approved program proposal within the school safety program during the fiscal year for which the monies were appropriated revert to the department of education for distribution to the program in the following fiscal year.

M. Monies received by a school district or charter school under the school safety program shall be spent to implement the approved program proposals.

N. The auditor general shall include the school safety program as part of its ongoing sunset review of agencies and programs.

O. Notwithstanding any other law, school building blueprints and floor plans are not public records and are exempt from title 39, chapter 1.

P. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Law-related education" means interactive education to equip children and youth with knowledge and skills pertaining to the law, school safety and effective citizenship.

2. "Law-related education program" means a program designed to provide children and youth with knowledge, skills and activities pertaining to the law and legal process and to promote law-abiding behavior with the purpose of preventing children and youth from engaging in delinquency or violence and enabling them to become productive citizens.

3. "School counselor" means a professional educator who holds a valid school counselor certificate issued by the department of education.

4. "School guidance and counseling program" means a counseling program that supports, promotes and enhances the academic, personal, social, emotional and career development of all students.

5. "School resource officer" means any of the following:

(a) A peace officer.

(b) A full-authority reserve peace officer who is certified by the Arizona peace officer standards and training board.

(c) An individual who was previously employed as a peace officer in this state, who retired in good standing and who is assigned to participate in the school safety program by a law enforcement agency pursuant to section 15-155.

6. "School safety officer" means a school resource officer who is working in an off-duty capacity.

7. "School social worker" means a professional educator who holds a valid school social worker certificate issued by the department of education.
A.R.S. § 15-1325 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 11 / Article 2 / Section 1325
15-1325 Superintendent and other personnel; appointment; compensation; term of employment; qualifications; nonretention notice
Status: in_force

15-1325. Superintendent and other personnel; appointment; compensation; term of employment; qualifications; nonretention notice

A. There shall be a superintendent of the schools who shall be the executive officer. The superintendent shall be appointed by the board of directors, and the board shall issue one, two or three year contracts for the superintendent. The superintendent is eligible to receive compensation pursuant to section 38-611. The board of directors shall designate the management and supervisory positions. The superintendent, with the approval of and acting on behalf of the board, shall issue one, two or three year contracts for the management and supervisory positions designated by the board pursuant to this section. Compensation for persons who are issued contracts pursuant to this section shall be paid according to a range of compensation approved by the board of directors.

B. The board of directors shall determine the qualifications for the superintendent by action taken at a public meeting. The board of directors shall consider the following qualifications for a candidate for the superintendent position:

1. Experience in the education of students who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, visually impaired and deaf and blind.

2. Experience in the administration of education programs for students who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, visually impaired and deaf and blind.

3. A clear understanding of, and expertise in, the education issues facing deaf and blind students, language acquisition, communication access, independent living and accessible education materials.

C. The board of directors shall establish a system for the evaluation of the performance of the superintendent in consultation with the administration of the schools. The superintendent shall establish a system for the evaluation of the performance of persons who are contracted pursuant to this section in consultation with the staff of the schools.

D. On or before April 15 preceding the expiration of the superintendent's employment contract, the board of directors shall give written notice to the superintendent of the board's intention to offer or not to offer a new employment contract. On or before April 15 preceding the expiration of the contract of a person contracted by the superintendent, acting on behalf of the board pursuant to this section, the superintendent shall give written notice to the person of the board's intention to offer or not to offer the person a new employment contract. If the board decides to offer the superintendent a new employment contract, the board shall offer the new employment contract on or before May 15 preceding the expiration of the superintendent's current employment contract. If the board decides to offer a new employment contract to a person contracted pursuant to this section, the superintendent, acting on behalf of the board, shall offer the new employment contract on or before May 15 preceding the expiration of the current employment contract. The person offered a contract pursuant to this subsection shall accept the contract by signing and returning it to the board within thirty days, or the offer is deemed refused.  If the person adds written terms or conditions to the employment contract offered, the person fails to accept the employment contract.

E. Notice of the board of directors' intention not to reemploy the superintendent or a person contracted pursuant to this section shall be delivered to the superintendent or the person contracted by one of the following:

1. The superintendent, in person, acting on behalf of the board.

2. Certified mail, postmarked on or before the deadline prescribed in subsection D of this section and directed to the place of residence as recorded in the agency's records.
A.R.S. § 15-2401.01 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 2401.01
15-2401.01 Definition of qualified student for Arizona empowerment scholarship accounts; expansion
Status: in_force

15-2401.01. Definition of qualified student for Arizona empowerment scholarship accounts; expansion

Notwithstanding section 15-2401, beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, "qualified student" includes a resident of this state who both:

1. Is eligible to enroll in a public school in this state in any of the following:

(a) A preschool program for children with disabilities.

(b) A kindergarten program.

(c) Any of grades one through twelve.

2. Does not otherwise qualify for an Arizona empowerment scholarship account pursuant to this chapter.
A.R.S. § 15-1306 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1306
15-1306 Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind; local education agency
Status: in_force

15-1306. Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind; local education agency

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or chapter 10, article 7 of this title, the Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind campuses are considered local education agencies for the following purposes:

1. Federal education funding received by this state.

2. State and federal accountability, including reporting requirements.

3. Providing a free and appropriate public education to pupils enrolled in a campus-based model pursuant to the individuals with disabilities education act (20 United States Code chapter 33), including procedural safeguards, complaint procedures, implementation of individualized education programs and reevaluations pursuant to chapter 7, article 4 of this title.

4. Graduation criteria and procedures, including diplomas and transcripts.
A.R.S. § 15-950 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 950
15-950 Revenue control limits for new school districts
Status: in_force

15-950. Revenue control limits for new school districts

A resulting common, high or unified school district after consolidation of school districts as provided in section 15-459, subsection B, paragraph 2 or 3 or subsection C shall determine, in the first budget year, its allowable revenue control limit as follows:

1. Determine the allowable revenue control limit for the budget year for each of the school districts to be consolidated as it would have been in the absence of the consolidation.

2. Add the revenue control limits determined in paragraph 1 of this section. The sum is the revenue control limit of the resulting school district in the first year for which a budget is computed.
A.R.S. § 15-804 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 804
15-804 Attendance officer; appointment; salary
Status: in_force

15-804. Attendance officer; appointment; salary

A. The governing board of a school district may appoint an attendance officer for the school district. The salary of the attendance officer shall be fixed by the governing board and paid from the funds of the school district.

B. If in the opinion of the governing boards of two or more school districts one officer will adequately serve such districts, such officer may be appointed by the districts jointly. His salary may be apportioned as the governing boards provide and shall be paid from the funds of the school districts.
A.R.S. § 15-451 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 451
15-451 Appointment of governing board for joint unified school districts
Status: in_force

15-451. Appointment of governing board for joint unified school districts

A. If the election results in the formation of the joint unified school district, the governing board shall contain the same governing board members of the former school district governing boards. The members shall have authority to adopt a budget and perform such other functions necessary for the school district to become operative at the beginning of the next fiscal year and shall serve until January 1 following the next general election. At the general election held next following the formation and thereafter, members shall be elected as prescribed in section 15-448, subsection E, except that all governing board members of a newly formed unified school district shall be elected to four year terms at the first general election.

B. If any members of the governing boards of the original school districts are residents of the new joint unified school district, those members shall continue to serve on the governing boards of the original school districts until the joint unified school district becomes operative and upon the joint unified school district becoming operative shall be replaced by members who are appointed by the appropriate county school superintendent. The appointed members shall serve until January 1 following the next general election. At the general election next following the formation, new members shall be elected as prescribed in section 15-448, subsection E, except that all governing board members of a newly formed unified school district shall be elected to four year terms at the first general election.
A.R.S. § 15-976 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 976
15-976 Assistance for school districts for children whose parents are employed by certain state institutions; expenditure limitation
Status: in_force

15-976. Assistance for school districts for children whose parents are employed by certain state institutions; expenditure limitation

A. The superintendent of public instruction shall assist school districts in educating children whose parents or legal guardians are employed by and domiciled at the following state institutions and stations: the state hospital, the Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind, intellectual disability centers, port of entry inspection stations and institutions and facilities maintained by the state department of corrections. The school enrollment is deemed for the purpose of determining student count to be enrollment in the school district of actual attendance. The assistance shall be by payment of tuition as follows:

1. For group B children with disabilities, as provided in section 15-825, subsection D.

2. For children other than group B children with disabilities, the costs per student count as prescribed in section 15-824, subsection G minus the amount generated by the equalization base as determined in section 15-971, subsection A for those pupils, except that the tuition for any pupil shall not exceed an amount equal to seven thousand dollars minus the amount generated by the equalization base as determined in section 15-971, subsection A.

B. Claims for such payments shall be made by the school districts through the county school superintendent to the superintendent of public instruction.

C. The total amount of state monies that may be spent in any fiscal year by the superintendent of public instruction pursuant to subsection A of this section shall not exceed the amount appropriated or authorized by section 35-173 for that purpose. This section shall not be construed to impose a duty on an officer, agent or employee of this state to discharge a responsibility or to create any right in a person or group if the discharge or right would require an expenditure of state monies in excess of the expenditure authorized by legislative appropriation for that specific purpose.
A.R.S. § 15-158 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 158
15-158 Emergency administration of inhalers by trained personnel; immunity; definitions
Status: in_force

15-158. Emergency administration of inhalers by trained personnel; immunity; definitions

A. Pursuant to a standing order issued by the chief medical officer of a county health department, a physician licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13 or 17 or a nurse practitioner licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 15, a nurse who is under contract with a school district or charter school or an employee of a school district or charter school who is trained in the administration of inhalers may administer or assist in the administration of an inhaler to a pupil or an adult whom the employee or contracted nurse believes in good faith to be exhibiting symptoms of respiratory distress while at school or at a school-sponsored activity.  A school district or charter school may accept monetary donations for or apply for grants for the purchase of inhalers and spacers or holding chambers or may accept donations of inhalers and spacers or holding chambers directly from the product manufacturer.

B. Chief medical officers of county health departments, physicians licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13 or 17, nurse practitioners licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 15, school districts, charter schools, employees of school districts and charter schools and nurses who are under contract with a school district or charter school are immune from civil liability with respect to all decisions made and actions taken that are based on good faith implementation of the requirements of this section, except in cases of gross negligence, wilful misconduct or intentional wrongdoing.

C. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Bronchodilator" means albuterol or another short-acting bronchodilator that is approved by the United States food and drug administration for the treatment of respiratory distress.

2. "Inhaler" means a device that delivers a bronchodilator to alleviate symptoms of respiratory distress, that is manufactured in the form of a metered-dose inhaler or dry-powder inhaler and that includes a spacer or holding chamber that attaches to the inhaler to improve the delivery of the bronchodilator.

3. "Respiratory distress" includes the perceived or actual presence of coughing, wheezing or shortness of breath.
A.R.S. § 15-1723 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 1723
15-1723 Medical student loans; amount; qualifications; requirements
Status: in_force

15-1723. Medical student loans; amount; qualifications; requirements

A. The board may grant loans from the medical student loan fund established by section 15-1725 to defray the expenses of the medical education of those students at a public or private school of medicine in this state who intend to enter and complete a residency program approved by the accreditation council for graduate medical education or by the American osteopathic association and who are deemed qualified by the board to receive such loans. Loans shall be granted on such terms and conditions as may be imposed by the board and shall be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. One of the qualifications shall be Arizona residency, which shall be determined according to the same criteria prescribed for in-state student status in section 15-1802.

B. The loans granted by the board shall provide for each student tuition plus a living allowance. Beginning in 2006-2007 and continuing each year thereafter, the living allowance shall be not more than $20,000 for each student per year adjusted by the percentage change in the GDP price deflator from the second preceding calendar year to the calendar year immediately preceding the current year.

C. The board shall make a full and careful investigation of the ability, character and qualification of each applicant through a written application and interview process and determine the applicant's fitness to become a loan recipient. The investigation of each applicant shall include an examination of the ability of the applicant to pay the expenses of a medical education. The board shall give preference to qualified applicants who demonstrate a strong commitment to seek a residency program in this state, who intend to become board certified in family practice, general pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, general internal medicine or combined medicine and pediatrics or any other specialty approved by the board and who demonstrate a commitment to practice medicine in this state and to serve in an area listed in subsection E of this section.

D. The services to be performed are service to the state by practicing general practice or any specialty approved by the board in an area listed in subsection E of this section. Service by practicing another specialty of recognized need in this state is allowed only following written approval by the board. The service location is subject to approval by the board.

E. The board may approve service in any of the following locations:

1. A rural and medically underserved area of this state.

2. A medically underserved area of this state.

3. A medically underserved population of this state.

4. Any Indian reservation that is located in this state.

F. The board may specify an area listed in subsection E of this section in the student's contract to allow the student to seek employment in that area as a physician. After the area is specified by the board, that area shall be designated in the student's subsequent contracts as an approved area and as an approved service location.

G. The board shall collect and maintain data on the retention of doctors who practice in an area listed in subsection E of this section.  The board shall collect this data for at least ten years after each loan recipient completes the recipient's service commitment.

H. Private schools of medicine shall reimburse the university of Arizona for any administrative costs related to processing loans for students at private schools of medicine pursuant to subsection A of this section.
A.R.S. § 15-1896 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 14 / Article 11 / Section 1896
15-1896 Faculty employment decisions; religious and political beliefs; definitions
Status: in_force

15-1896. Faculty employment decisions; religious and political beliefs; definitions

A. In making employment decisions, a university or community college shall take into account a faculty member's competence and appropriate knowledge in the field of that faculty member's expertise in order to foster a learning environment that respects a plurality of methodologies and perspectives.  A university or community college shall not make employment decisions on the basis of a faculty member's political or religious beliefs.

B. A university or community college shall not exclude a faculty member from tenure or search committees or hiring committees on the basis of that faculty member's political or religious beliefs.

C. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Community college" has the same meaning prescribed in section 15-1401.

2. "University" means a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents.
A.R.S. § 15-1449 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 12 / Article 3 / Section 1449
15-1449 Control of vehicles and nonpedestrian devices on community college property by district board; sanctions; compliance with emissions inspection; definition
Status: in_force

15-1449. Control of vehicles and nonpedestrian devices on community college property by district board; sanctions; compliance with emissions inspection; definition

A. The district board may adopt policies for the control of vehicles and nonpedestrian devices on property of the institutions under the district board's jurisdiction with respect to the following only:

1. Maximum speed of vehicles and nonpedestrian devices.

2. Direction of travel.

3. Authorized hours of travel.

4. Required stops in traffic.

5. Place, method and time of parking.

6. Nonparking areas and restricted areas.

7. Prohibition of parking in vehicle emissions control areas as defined in section 49-541 of those vehicles which fail to comply with section 49-542.

8. Designation of special parking areas for students, faculty, staff and the general public.

B. The district board may prescribe and collect reasonable fees for specially designated parking areas.  The district board shall cause signs and notices to be posted on the property for the regulation of vehicles and nonpedestrian devices.

C. The policies adopted by the district board pursuant to subsection A of this section shall be enforced administratively under procedures approved by the district board for each institution under its jurisdiction. As to students, faculty and staff, these procedures may involve both student and faculty adjudicating bodies if all procedures give the individual notice and an opportunity to be heard concerning the alleged infractions and any sanction to be imposed on the individual.  Administrative and disciplinary sanctions may be imposed on students, faculty and staff for a violation of the policies including a reasonable monetary penalty, impoundment, regular institutional discipline, withdrawal or suspension of campus parking privileges, encumbrances of records or grades, or both, and oral or written reprimand.  Habitual or flagrant disregard of policies is a ground for suspension or expulsion from the institution for a student and may be taken into consideration as to faculty and staff in regard to amount of salary and continuation of employment.

D. Members of the general public who park their vehicles in an unauthorized manner on the property of an institution under the jurisdiction of the district board shall be warned concerning their unauthorized parking, and if they continue to or habitually park in an unauthorized manner, the vehicles parked in an unauthorized manner may be impounded by the institution and a reasonable fee may be exacted for the cost of impoundment and storage.

E. Members of the general public who violate a policy adopted by the district board pursuant to subsection A of this section regarding the use of nonpedestrian devices on the property of an institution under the jurisdiction of the district board shall be warned of a violation.  A nonpedestrian device may be impounded by the institution, and a reasonable fee may be exacted for the cost of impoundment and storage.

F. Except as provided in section 41-1092.08, subsection H, a person who has received a final administrative ruling concerning a sanction imposed on the person as a result of a violation of a policy adopted pursuant to subsection A of this section has the right to have that ruling reviewed by the superior court in the county in which the institution involved is situated pursuant to title 12, chapter 7, article 6.

G. An institution that is under the jurisdiction of the district board and that is located in a vehicle emissions control area as defined in section 49-541 shall prohibit the issuance of annual permits to park on property under its jurisdiction until the applicant submits an affidavit or shows proof that the applicant's vehicle meets the requirements of section 49-542.

H. In this section, "nonpedestrian devices" includes bicycles, tricycles, unicycles, skateboards, roller skates and equines.
A.R.S. § 15-443 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 443
15-443 Formation of new common school district
Status: in_force

15-443. Formation of new common school district

A. New common school districts may be formed in unorganized territory on presentation to the county school superintendent of a petition which:

1. Is signed by the parents or guardians of at least ten pupils. Persons who sign the petition shall:

(a) Be residents of the proposed new common school district.

(b) Reside more than four miles from any school district schoolhouse.

2. Set forth the boundaries of the proposed common school district.

B. For any common school district formed after July 1, 1988, the tax rate levied for the district shall be at a rate not less than the rate prescribed in section 15-971, subsection B, paragraph 2. Any monies received from the tax levy in excess of the additional amounts prescribed in section 15-991 shall be deposited in the state general fund.
A.R.S. § 15-511 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 511
15-511 Use of school district or charter school resources or employees to influence elections; prohibition; civil penalty; definitions
Status: in_force

15-511. Use of school district or charter school resources or employees to influence elections; prohibition; civil penalty; definitions

A. A person acting on behalf of a school district or a person who aids another person acting on behalf of a school district shall not spend or use school district or charter school resources, including the use or expenditure of monies, accounts, credit, facilities, vehicles, postage, telecommunications, computer hardware and software, web pages, personnel, equipment, materials, buildings or any other thing of value of the school district or charter school, for the purpose of influencing the outcomes of elections.  Notwithstanding this section, a school district may distribute informational pamphlets on a proposed budget override election as provided in section 15-481, subsections B and C or informational pamphlets on a proposed bond election as provided in section 15-491, subsection D if those informational pamphlets present factual information in a neutral manner, except for those arguments presented as prescribed in section 15-481, subsection B, paragraph 9. Nothing in this section precludes a school district from reporting on official actions of the governing board.

B. The prohibition on the use of public resources to influence the outcome of bond, budget override and other tax-related elections includes the use of school district-focused promotional expenditures that occur after an election is called and through election day. This prohibition does not include routine school district communications.

C. This section does not prohibit the use of school district or charter school resources, including facilities and equipment, for government-sponsored forums or debates if the government sponsor remains impartial and the events are purely informational and provide an equal opportunity to all viewpoints.  The rental and use of a public facility by a private person or entity that may lawfully attempt to influence the outcome of an election is permitted if it does not occur at the same time and place as a government-sponsored forum or debate.

D. An employee of a school district or charter school who is acting as an agent of or working in an official capacity for the school district or charter school may not give pupils written materials to influence the outcome of an election or to advocate support for or opposition to pending or proposed legislation.

E. Employees of a school district or charter school may not use the authority of their positions to influence the vote or political activities of any subordinate employee.

F. Notwithstanding section 15-342, paragraph 8, a school district shall not spend monies for membership in an association that attempts to influence the outcome of an election.

G. This section does not deny the civil and political liberties of any person as guaranteed by the United States and Arizona Constitutions.

H. The attorney general shall publish and distribute to school districts and charter schools a detailed guideline regarding activities prohibited under this section.  The attorney general may distribute these guidelines through a website or electronically.

I. The attorney general or the county attorney for the county in which an alleged violation of this section occurred may initiate a suit in the superior court in the county in which the school district or charter school is located for the purpose of complying with this section.

J. For each violation of this section, the court may impose a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars plus any amount of misused funds subtracted from the school district budget against a person who knowingly violates or a person who knowingly aids another person in violating this section. The person determined to be out of compliance with this section shall be responsible for the payment of all penalties and misused funds. School district funds or insurance payments shall not be used to pay these penalties or misused funds.  All misused funds collected pursuant to this section shall be returned to the school district or charter school whose funds were misused.

K. An attorney acting on behalf of a public school may request a legal opinion of the county attorney or attorney general as to whether a proposed use of school district resources would violate this section.

L. All penalties collected by the court for a suit initiated in superior court by the attorney general shall be paid to the office of the attorney general for the use and reimbursement of costs of prosecution pursuant to this section. All penalties collected by the court for a suit initiated in superior court by a county attorney shall be paid to the county treasurer of the county in which the court is held for the use and reimbursement of costs of prosecution pursuant to this section.

M. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Government-sponsored forum or debate" means any event, or part of an event or meeting, in which the government is an official sponsor, which is open to the public or to invited members of the public, and whose purpose is to inform the public about an issue or proposition that is before the voters.

2. "Influencing the outcomes of elections" means supporting or opposing a candidate for nomination or election to public office or the recall of a public officer or supporting or opposing a ballot measure, question or proposition, including any bond, budget or override election and supporting or opposing the circulation of a petition for the recall of a public officer or a petition for a ballot measure, question or proposition in any manner that is not impartial or neutral.

3. "Misused funds" means school district monies or resources used unlawfully pursuant to this section.

4. "Routine school district communications" means messages or advertisements that are germane to the functions of the school district and that maintain the frequency, scope and distribution consistent with past practices or are necessary for public safety.
A.R.S. § 15-218 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 218
15-218 Suicide awareness and prevention training; child abuse and sexual abuse prevention and training; continuing education
Status: in_force

15-218. Suicide awareness and prevention training; child abuse and sexual abuse prevention and training; continuing education

A. The state board of education shall adopt rules to allow certificated teachers and administrators to count suicide awareness and prevention training programs as continuing education credits.

B. The state board of education shall adopt rules to allow certificated teachers and administrators to count awareness and prevention training on issues concerning child abuse and the sexual abuse of children, including warning signs that a child may be a victim of child abuse or sexual abuse, as continuing education credits.

C. Any rules regarding continuing education credits adopted by the state board of education pursuant to this section shall include a reasonable limit of credits that may count towards certification renewal requirements.
A.R.S. § 15-1654 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 1654
15-1654 Qualifications for admission to teacher training program
Status: in_force

15-1654. Qualifications for admission to teacher training program

On or before January 1, 1993, each university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents shall establish qualifications for entrance into the teacher training program of its respective colleges of education.
A.R.S. § 15-207 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 207
15-207 Apportionment and expenditure of federal grants for educational purposes
Status: in_force

15-207. Apportionment and expenditure of federal grants for educational purposes

A. The state board of education shall apportion the monies described in section 15-206 for the aid of the school districts of this state to supplement monies otherwise provided therefor.

B. Monies so apportioned shall be expended by the school districts for the purposes and in the manner set forth in the federal grant. In the absence of federal regulation the state board of education shall determine the purposes and methods of expenditure in accordance with section 15-206. The state board of education may, with the approval of the board of supervisors, authorize expenditure of monies received pursuant to section 15-206 in excess of the annual budgets of school districts.
A.R.S. § 15-231.04 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 231.04
15-231.04 Department of education intellectual property fund
Status: in_force

15-231.04. Department of education intellectual property fund

The department of education intellectual property fund is established consisting of monies received pursuant to section 41-2752. The department shall administer the fund. Subject to legislative appropriation, the department shall use fund monies to improve the maintenance, administration and development of the education learning and accountability system established pursuant to section 15-249.
A.R.S. § 15-1101 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 1101
15-1101 Revolving funds; purpose and manner of procuring
Status: in_force

15-1101. Revolving funds; purpose and manner of procuring

A. If the activities of a school district require immediate cash outlays for items including postage, freight, express, fuel taxes, parcel post, travel or other minor disbursements but not including salaries or wages, which are proper as ultimate claims for payment from school district school funds, the governing board, or the superintendent or chief administrative officer with the approval of the governing board, may apply to the county school superintendent to establish and maintain a revolving fund. The allowable amount of the fund shall be fifty cents per student count, except that for a common school district or high school district, at the request of the governing board, or the superintendent or chief administrative officer with the approval of the governing board, the fund may be increased to an amount of five thousand dollars, but in no event shall the amount of the fund be more than ten thousand dollars, and for a unified school district, at the request of the governing board, or the superintendent or chief administrative officer with the approval of the governing board, the fund may be increased to an amount of ten thousand dollars, but in no event shall the amount of the fund be more than twenty thousand dollars. The application shall state the purposes for which the fund is required and the amount deemed necessary and shall designate the particular official of the school district who shall be the custodian of and be charged with the handling and accounting for the fund.

B. The county school superintendent may allow such application, draw a warrant to the order of the designated custodian and charge the amount against the school district fund, but no revolving fund shall be established unless the designated custodian is bonded for an amount equal to twice the amount of the fund. The cost of the bond shall be a proper charge against the school district.

C. The designated custodian shall periodically submit a voucher with supporting papers covering disbursements from the revolving fund to the county school superintendent who shall issue a warrant for the voucher to reimburse the fund. If the school district is dissolved, consolidated, unified or subdivided, or if the governing board, or the superintendent or chief administrative officer with the approval of the governing board, decides to terminate the revolving fund, the designated employee shall return the original amount of the revolving fund to the county treasurer by the date that the dissolution, consolidation, unification or subdivision of the district becomes effective or within thirty days after the date that the governing board decides to terminate the revolving fund, whichever is appropriate.
A.R.S. § 15-547 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 547
15-547 Preservation of years of employment
Status: in_force

15-547. Preservation of years of employment

The years of employment of a certificated teacher who has been employed by a school district for more than the major portion of three consecutive school years shall be preserved if such teacher transfers from a common school district to a high school district or from a high school district to a common school district if the governing board recognizes the previously established years of employment of the transferred teacher, provided such districts have coterminous boundaries and have a common governing board.
A.R.S. § 15-1805 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 14 / Article 1 / Section 1805
15-1805 Student status guidelines
Status: in_force

15-1805. Student status guidelines

A. The Arizona board of regents shall adopt guidelines applicable to all institutions under their jurisdiction that will ensure uniform criteria to aid the institutions in determining the tuition status of any student and that will establish uniform procedures for review of that status.

B. Community college districts shall adopt policies applicable to all institutions under their jurisdiction that will ensure uniform criteria to aid the institutions in determining the tuition status of any student and that will establish uniform procedures for review of that status.
A.R.S. § 15-457 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 457
15-457 Formation of new joint common school district by subdivision of existing school district; effect on bonded indebtedness; transfer of property
Status: in_force

15-457. Formation of new joint common school district by subdivision of existing school district; effect on bonded indebtedness; transfer of property

A. Any territory incorporated into a joint common school district which is at the time of the creation of such joint common school district part of an existing school district shall thereafter be considered detached from the existing school district.

B. If any such existing school district has outstanding bonded indebtedness, liability for the payment of principal of and interest on such bonded indebtedness shall be prorated between the existing school district and the new joint common school district in the same proportion as the assessed valuation of taxable property in the existing school district bears to the assessed valuation of taxable property in the detached territory, such valuations to be determined according to the assessment rolls of the county in which the existing school district is located, as such rolls exist at the time of the creation of the new joint common school district. Taxes for the payment of such portion of the principal and interest shall be levied on all taxable property in the new joint common school district, but nothing in this subsection shall be construed to relieve from liability to taxation for the payment thereof all taxable property in the theretofore existing school district if necessary to prevent a default in such payment. Voter approval of the creation of the joint common school district shall constitute an approval of such assumption of indebtedness.

C. All school buildings located in the detached territory, as provided in this subsection, together with all equipment and furnishings, shall become the property of the new joint common school district, and the intangible property of the existing school district shall be prorated between the two districts on the same basis used to determine the amount of bonded indebtedness to be assumed.

D. Any assumed indebtedness shall be regarded as an indebtedness of the new joint common school district for the purpose of determining the debt incurring authority of the new joint common school district and the existing school district.
A.R.S. § 15-1650.03 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 2 / Section 1650.03
15-1650.03 Arizona board of regents; resident undergraduate students; cost study; annual cost containment report
Status: in_force

15-1650.03. Arizona board of regents; resident undergraduate students; cost study; annual cost containment report

A. On or before December 15, 2017 and every five years thereafter, the Arizona board of regents shall conduct and complete a comprehensive cost study to determine the actual cost of educating a full-time resident undergraduate student at each university under the jurisdiction of the board. The board shall submit the cost study to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the joint legislative budget committee and shall provide a copy to the secretary of state.  The cost study shall include a detailed breakdown of the costs associated with educating a full-time resident undergraduate student and shall include at least the following:

1. The use of instructional fees at each university, including differentiating between mandatory fees, program fees and course fees.

2. Differentiated costs between programs of study, including differential tuition and program and course fees.

3. The costs of faculty and administration differentiated between the amount of time needed to instruct students and to conduct research.

4. A breakdown of where tuition dollars are allocated, including the amount that is not directly attributable to instructional costs.

5. An analysis of the marginal cost and the average cost of a student depending on the type of program in which the student is enrolled, including online programs.

B. On or before September 1, 2018 and each year thereafter, the Arizona board of regents shall submit a comprehensive university cost containment report for each university under the jurisdiction of the board to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the joint legislative budget committee and shall provide a copy to the secretary of state.  The report shall demonstrate the actions taken by each university to contain increases in the cost of attendance for full-time resident undergraduate students and shall include at least the following:

1. Historical data on tuition and mandatory fee levels and average on-campus housing and meal plan fees at the largest campus for each university during the previous fiscal year and fiscal years 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014.

2. The number of FTES and total salaries of university employees differentiated between faculty, classified staff and administrators at each university during the previous fiscal year and fiscal years 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014.

3. Actions taken by each university to contain costs at the university and the savings associated with those actions.

4. The allocation of faculty resources at each university based on the time needed to instruct students and to conduct other research activities.

5. The number of credit hours required for a baccalaureate degree for the previous academic year and the 2003-2004 academic year for the ten degree programs that had the largest increase in credit hours required for a baccalaureate degree between the 2003-2004 academic year and the 2017-2018 academic year, and between the previous two academic years.

6. Detailed information on nontraditional or lower-cost degree options that each university currently offers, has recently developed or is pursuing.
A.R.S. § 15-1490 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 12 / Article 5 / Section 1490
15-1490 Excision of unconstitutional or ineffective parts of article
Status: in_force

15-1490. Excision of unconstitutional or ineffective parts of article

It is declared that the sections, clauses, sentences and parts of this article are severable, are not matters of mutual essential inducement and any of them may be excised by any court of competent jurisdiction if this article would otherwise be unconstitutional or ineffective. It is the intention of this article to confer upon the board, for and on behalf of the institution, all or any part of the powers in this article provided for, and if any one or more sections, clauses, sentences or parts of this article shall for any reason be questioned in any court of competent jurisdiction and shall be adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remaining provisions thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the specific provision or provisions so held unconstitutional or invalid, and the inapplicability or invalidity of any section, clause, sentence or part of this article in any one or more instances shall not be taken to affect or prejudice its applicability or validity in any other instance.
A.R.S. § 15-1801 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 14 / Article 1 / Section 1801
15-1801 Definitions
Status: in_force

15-1801. Definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Armed forces of the United States" has the same meaning prescribed in section 41-601.

2. "Continuous attendance" means enrollment at an educational institution in this state as a full-time student, as such term is defined by the governing body of the educational institution, for a normal academic year since the beginning of the period for which continuous attendance is claimed. Such person need not attend summer sessions or any other intersession beyond the normal academic year in order to maintain continuous attendance.

3. "Domicile" means a person's true, fixed and permanent home and place of habitation. It is the place where he intends to remain and to which he expects to return when he leaves without intending to establish a new domicile elsewhere.

4. "Emancipated person" means a person who is neither under a legal duty of service to his parent nor entitled to the support of such parent under the laws of this state.

5. "Parent" means a person's father or mother, or if one parent has custody, that parent, or if there is no surviving parent or the whereabouts of the parents are unknown, then a guardian of an unemancipated person if there are not circumstances indicating that such guardianship was created primarily for the purpose of conferring the status of an in-state student on such unemancipated person.
A.R.S. § 15-2406 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 2406
15-2406 Arizona empowerment scholarship accounts; quarterly reports
Status: in_force

15-2406. Arizona empowerment scholarship accounts; quarterly reports

Within sixty days after the last day of each calendar quarter, the department shall submit a report, consistent with federal law, to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the director of the joint legislative budget committee and the director of the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting.  The report must include all of the following:

1. The number of qualified students disaggregated by:

(a) Eligibility category.

(b) For qualified students who are eligible pursuant to section 15-2401.01, the number of qualified students who attended a public school in this state in the school year immediately preceding the first year of each qualified student's enrollment in the Arizona empowerment scholarship account program.

(c) Grade level.

(d) The school district or charter school that each qualified student attended in the school year immediately preceding the first year of each qualified student's enrollment in the Arizona empowerment scholarship account program, if applicable.

(e) English language learners.

(f) Qualified students who are enrolled in the Arizona empowerment scholarship account program as a student with a disability.

(g) The zip code of each qualified student's permanent residence.

2. The annual award amount associated with each Arizona empowerment scholarship account.

3. The amount of approved expenses disaggregated by type of expense as described in section 15-2402, subsection B, paragraph 4.
A.R.S. § 15-720.02 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 720.02
15-720.02 Instruction on personal finance in high schools
Status: in_force

15-720.02. Instruction on personal finance in high schools

A. A school district governing board or charter school may prescribe a separate personal finance course for the graduation of pupils from high school or incorporate personal finance instruction into an existing course or existing curricula for the graduation of pupils from high school, that is in addition to or higher than the course of study and competency requirements that the state board of education prescribes for the graduation of pupils.

B. If a personal finance course is prescribed by a school district governing board or charter school or if personal finance instruction is incorporated into an existing course or existing curricula, the course or incorporated instruction shall include the following:

1. Explanations on how education, career choices and family obligations affect future income.

2. Analyses of how advertising influences consumer choices.

3. The determination of short-term and long-term financial goals and plans, including income, spending, saving and investing.

4. Comparisons of the advantages and disadvantages of using various forms of credit and the determining factors of credit history.

5. Explanations of the risk, return and liquidity of short-term and long-term saving and investment choices.

6. Identification of investment options available to individuals and households.

C. A school district governing board or charter school may develop its own curriculum on personal finance or may use a curriculum on personal finance that is currently used by other public schools in this state or by public schools in other states.  A school district governing board or charter school may use curriculum on personal finance developed by or in conjunction with an organization with expertise in providing instruction to high school pupils on personal finance skills.
A.R.S. § 15-785 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 785
15-785 Career and technical education and vocational education schools; expenses; allocations from federal funds
Status: in_force

15-785. Career and technical education and vocational education schools; expenses; allocations from federal funds

Any school district may organize schools or classes in accordance with the provisions of the federal law accepted by section 15-784 and the rules and regulations of the state board of education. The school district shall be eligible for allocations from federal funds and from the appropriation for the state board of an amount which is not more than seventy-five per cent of all the expenditures for vocational education in such schools or classes. The state board shall make allocations upon signed statements of assurances and reports from the school districts covering the details of such expenditures.
A.R.S. § 15-189 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 189
15-189 Charter schools; total compensation statement
Status: in_force

15-189. Charter schools; total compensation statement

Each fiscal year, the governing body of a charter school shall provide to each charter school employee a total compensation statement that is broken down by category of benefit or payment and that includes, for that employee, at least all of the following:

1. Base salary and any additional pay.

2. Medical benefits and the value of any employer-paid portions of insurance plan premiums.

3. Retirement benefit plans, including social security.

4. Legally required benefits.

5. Any paid leave.

6. Any other payment made to or on behalf of the employee.

7. Any other benefit provided to the employee.
A.R.S. § 15-242.01 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 242.01
15-242.01 Ultraprocessed foods; prohibition; certification; definition
Status: in_force

15-242.01. Ultraprocessed foods; prohibition; certification; definition

A. Beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, any school that participates in a federally funded or assisted meal program shall not serve, sell or allow a third party to sell ultraprocessed food on the school campus during the normal school day.  This subsection does not prevent a student's parent or guardian from providing ultraprocessed food to the student during the normal school day.

B. The department of education shall post on the department's website both of the following:

1. A standardized form that a public school may use to certify that the public school is complying with the requirements prescribed by this section.

2. A list of each public school that has certified to the department that the public school is complying with the requirements prescribed by this section.

C. For the purposes of this section, "ultraprocessed food" means a food or beverage that contains one or more of the following ingredients:

1. Potassium bromate.

2. Propylparaben.

3. Titanium dioxide.

4. Brominated vegetable oil.

5. Yellow dye 5.

6. Yellow dye 6.

7. Blue dye 1.

8. Blue dye 2.

9. Green dye 3.

10. Red dye 3.

11. Red dye 40.
A.R.S. § 15-871 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 8 / Article 6 / Section 871
15-871 Definitions
Status: in_force

15-871. Definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Documentary proof" means written evidence that a pupil has been immunized or has laboratory evidence of immunity that conforms with the standards promulgated pursuant to section 15-872.

2. "Dose" means the number in a series of immunizations that may be prescribed pursuant to section 36-672.

3. "Health agency" means a local health department or similar governmental agency established pursuant to the laws of another state or country and its officers and employees.

4. "Homeless pupil" means a pupil who has a primary residence that is:

(a) A supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations.

(b) An institution that provides a temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized.

(c) A public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for, human beings.

5. "Immunization" means the process of inoculation with a specific antigen to promote antibody formation in the body.

6. "Immunized" means the required initial immunization and boosters or reimmunization prescribed pursuant to section 36-672.

7. "Laboratory evidence of immunity" means written evidence of serologic confirmation of the presence of specific antibodies against an immunization-preventable disease that is signed by a physician or an authorized representative of a health agency.

8. "Local health department" means a local health department established pursuant to title 36, chapter 1, article 4.

9. "Physician" means a person licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13, 17 or 29 or a person licensed to practice allopathic or osteopathic medicine under the laws of another state or country.

10. "Pupil" means a person who is eligible to receive instruction at a school and includes pre-kindergarten age children receiving either services for children with disabilities or day care on a school campus otherwise exempt from day care rules pursuant to section 36-884.

11. "Registered nurse practitioner" has the same meaning prescribed in section 32-1601.

12. "School" means a public, private or parochial school that offers instruction at any level or grade through twelfth grade, except for day care facilities regulated pursuant to title 36, chapter 7.1.

13. "School administrator" means the principal or person having general daily control and supervision of the school or that person's designee.

14. "Suspension" or "suspended" means:

(a) For a pupil attending a public school, the temporary withdrawal of the privilege of attending school pursuant to section 15-843.

(b) For a pupil attending a private or parochial school, the temporary withdrawal of the privilege of attending school pursuant to the policies and procedures of the private or parochial school.
A.R.S. § 15-1821 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 14 / Article 2 / Section 1821
15-1821 Special admission of students under age eighteen; enrollment information; reports
Status: in_force

15-1821. Special admission of students under age eighteen; enrollment information; reports

A. Each community college district board shall adopt policies that require community colleges under its jurisdiction to admit students under age eighteen who have not yet attained a high school diploma or high school certificate of equivalency and who meet the established requirements of the courses for which they enroll.  The Arizona board of regents shall adopt rules that require the universities under its jurisdiction to admit students under age eighteen who have not yet attained a high school diploma or high school certificate of equivalency and who meet the established requirements of the courses for which they enroll.

B. The policies and rules as provided in subsection A of this section shall include the following provisions:

1. A student under age eighteen shall not be denied admission because of age, lack of a high school diploma or high school certificate of equivalency, grade in school, lack of permission of school officials or lack of concurrent enrollment in a public or private school, if the student has achieved at least a specified score on a college entrance examination.

2. A community college or university that admits a student pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection may limit the number of semester credit hours in which the student may enroll to no less than six semester credit hours.

3. A student admitted to a community college or university pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection is not guaranteed admission to a specific degree program or to all courses offered by the community college or university.

C. Each community college district and the Arizona board of regents shall provide all high schools in this state with information that describes the policies and rules, as appropriate, the types of courses available and other information related to the enrollment of students under the age of eighteen. Each unified or high school district school shall make this information available to all students in at least grades nine through twelve.

D. On or before November 15 of each year, the Arizona board of regents shall submit a report to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the state board of education and shall provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state on students under eighteen years of age who had not yet attained a high school diploma or high school certificate of equivalency and who were enrolled in a university course or a program for university credit during the time period of September of the previous fiscal year through August of the current fiscal year.  The annual report shall include at least the following:

1. The number of students who were enrolled.

2. A general narrative of the types of courses or programs in which the students were enrolled.

3. The rules adopted pursuant to subsection A of this section.

E. On or before September 30 of each year, each institution under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents shall submit to the Arizona board of regents in the form specified by the Arizona board of regents the information that the Arizona board of regents needs to compile the report required in subsection D of this section.
A.R.S. § 15-873 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 8 / Article 6 / Section 873
15-873 Exemptions; nonattendance during outbreak
Status: in_force

15-873. Exemptions; nonattendance during outbreak

A. Documentary proof is not required for a pupil to be admitted to school if one of the following occurs:

1. The parent or guardian of the pupil submits a signed statement to the school administrator stating that the parent or guardian has received information about immunizations provided by the department of health services and understands the risks and benefits of immunizations and the potential risks of nonimmunization and that due to personal beliefs, the parent or guardian does not consent to the immunization of the pupil.

2. The school administrator receives written certification that is signed by the parent or guardian and by a physician or a registered nurse practitioner, that states that one or more of the required immunizations may be detrimental to the pupil's health and that indicates the specific nature and probable duration of the medical condition or circumstance that precludes immunization.

B. An exemption pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 2 is only valid during the duration of the circumstance or condition that precludes immunization.

C. Pupils who lack documentary proof of immunization shall not attend school during outbreak periods of communicable immunization-preventable diseases as determined by the department of health services or local health department. The department of health services or local health department shall transmit notice of this determination to the school administrator responsible for the exclusion of the pupils.
A.R.S. § 15-971 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 971
15-971 Determination of equalization assistance payments from county and state funds for school districts
Status: in_force

15-971. Determination of equalization assistance payments from county and state funds for school districts

A. Equalization assistance for education is computed by determining the total of the following:

1. The lesser of a school district's revenue control limit or district support level as determined in section 15-947.

2. District additional assistance of a school district as determined in section 15-961.

B. From the total of the amounts determined in subsection A of this section subtract:

1. The amount that would be produced by levying the applicable qualifying tax rate determined pursuant to section 41-1276 for a high school district or a common school district within a high school district that does not offer instruction in high school subjects as provided in section 15-447.

2. The amount that would be produced by levying the applicable qualifying tax rate determined pursuant to section 41-1276 for a unified school district, a common school district not within a high school district or a common school district within a high school district that offers instruction in high school subjects as provided in section 15-447. The qualifying tax rate shall be applied in the following manner:

(a) For the purposes of the amount determined in subsection A, paragraph 1 of this section:

(i) Determine separately the percentage that the weighted student count in preschool programs for children with disabilities, kindergarten programs and grades one through eight and the weighted student count in grades nine through twelve is to the weighted student count determined in subtotal A as provided in section 15-943, paragraph 2, subdivision (a).

(ii) Apply the percentages determined in item (i) of this subdivision to the amount determined in subsection A, paragraph 1 of this section.

(b) For the purposes of the amounts determined in subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section, determine separately the amount of the district additional assistance attributable to the student count in preschool programs for children with disabilities, kindergarten programs and grades one through eight and grades nine through twelve.

(c) From the amounts determined in subdivisions (a) and (b) of this paragraph, subtract the levy that would be produced by the current qualifying tax rate for a high school district or a common school district within a high school district that does not offer instruction in high school subjects as provided in section 15-447. If the qualifying tax rate generates a levy that is in excess of the total determined in subsection A of this section, the school district is not eligible for equalization assistance. For the purposes of this subsection, "assessed valuation" includes the values used to determine voluntary contributions collected pursuant to title 9, chapter 4, article 3 and title 48, chapter 1, article 8 and the assessed value of all property subject to the government property lease excise tax pursuant to title 42, chapter 6, article 5.

3. The amount that would be produced by levying a qualifying tax rate in a career technical education district, which shall be $.05 per $100 assessed valuation unless the legislature sets a lower rate by law.

C. State aid for equalization assistance for education for a school district shall be the equalization assistance for education for a school district as provided in subsections A and B of this section.

D. Equalization assistance for education shall be paid from appropriations for that purpose to the school districts as provided in section 15-973.

E. A school district shall report expenditures on approved career and technical education and vocational education programs in the annual financial report according to uniform guidelines prescribed by the uniform system of financial records and in order to facilitate compliance with sections 15-255 and 15-904.

F. The additional weight for state aid purposes given to special education as provided in section 15-943 shall be given to school districts only if special education programs comply with chapter 7, article 4 of this title and the conditions and standards prescribed by the superintendent of public instruction pursuant to rules of the state board of education for pupil identification and placement pursuant to sections 15-766 and 15-767.

G. In addition to state general fund appropriations, all amounts received pursuant to section 37-521, subsection B, paragraph 3, section 42-5029, subsection E, paragraph 5 and section 42-5029.02, subsection A, paragraph 5 and from any other source for the purposes of this section are appropriated for state aid to schools as provided in this section.

H. The total amount of state monies that may be spent in any fiscal year for state equalization assistance shall not exceed the amount appropriated or authorized by section 35-173 for that purpose. This section does not impose a duty on an officer, agent or employee of this state to discharge a responsibility or create any right in a person or group if the discharge or right would require an expenditure of state monies in excess of the expenditure authorized by legislative appropriation for that specific purpose.
A.R.S. § 15-1345 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 1345
15-1345 Overage and nonresident students; deposit
Status: in_force

15-1345. Overage and nonresident students; deposit

A. Persons older than the age specified in section 15-1343 and persons who are not residents of this state may be admitted to the school if its capacity will permit, but no person shall be received into or retained in the school to the exclusion or detriment of those for whom it is especially founded.

B. Persons from other states and countries may have the benefits of the school by complying with the conditions of admission for state citizens and by advance payment to the superintendent of an amount fixed by the board.

C. Monies collected pursuant to subsection B of this section shall be deposited in the schools for the deaf and the blind fund established by section 15-1304.
A.R.S. § 15-827 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 827
15-827 Presentation of withdrawal form
Status: in_force

15-827. Presentation of withdrawal form

A. A pupil who enters a school shall present to the principal of the school a properly executed withdrawal form if such pupil previously attended another school in this state.

B. The withdrawal form prescribed by subsection A shall be prepared and distributed by the office of the superintendent of public instruction. The withdrawal form shall in addition to any other data required by the superintendent of public instruction contain space for the reason for withdrawal and the signature of an official of the school from which the pupil has withdrawn.
A.R.S. § 15-712 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 712
15-712 Instruction on alcohol, tobacco, narcotic drugs, marijuana, date rape drugs and other dangerous drugs; chemical abuse prevention programs; definitions
Status: in_force

15-712. Instruction on alcohol, tobacco, narcotic drugs, marijuana, date rape drugs and other dangerous drugs; chemical abuse prevention programs; definitions

A. Instruction on the nature and harmful effects of alcohol, tobacco, narcotic drugs, marijuana, date rape drugs and other dangerous drugs on the human system and instruction on the laws related to the control of these substances and the nonuse and prevention of use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, narcotic drugs, marijuana, date rape drugs and other dangerous drugs may be included in the courses of study in common and high schools, with emphasis on grades four through nine.  Instruction on the nature and harmful effects of alcohol, tobacco, narcotic drugs, marijuana, date rape drugs and other dangerous drugs on a human fetus may be included in the courses of study in grades six through twelve. The instruction may be integrated into existing health, science, citizenship or similar studies and shall meet the criteria for chemical abuse prevention education programs developed pursuant to subsection C of this section.

B. At the request of a school district, the department of education shall provide technical assistance to school districts that choose to implement programs to prevent chemical abuse.

C. The department of education and the department of health services, in consultation with the committee established pursuant to section 41-617, shall establish an interagency committee to coordinate their assistance to school districts.

D. The state board of education may accept gifts and grants and shall distribute them and monies appropriated for chemical abuse prevention programs to school districts to assist with the costs of programs designed to prevent chemical abuse by pupils in kindergarten programs and grades one through twelve. School districts which have approved chemical abuse prevention policies and procedures as prescribed in section 15-345 are eligible for a maximum of one dollar for each pupil or one thousand dollars, whichever is more. If sufficient monies are not available to meet all requests, the state board shall determine which school districts to fund based on need, availability of other programs or sources of revenue and the likelihood of the school district's proposed program successfully meeting needs identified by the school district. A school district shall include the monies it receives for chemical abuse prevention programs under this section in the special projects section of the budget as provided in section 15-903, subsection F.

E. For the purpose of this section:

1. "Date rape drug" means a drug prescribed in section 13-3401, paragraph 30, subdivisions (f) through (m).

2.  "Narcotic drug", "marijuana" and "dangerous drug" have the same meaning prescribed in section 13-3401.
A.R.S. § 15-1023 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 7 / Section 1023
15-1023 Issuance of bonds
Status: in_force

15-1023. Issuance of bonds

A. Upon receipt of the certificate of the appropriate election officer as provided in section 15-493 that a majority of votes cast at the bond election favors issuing the bonds, the school district governing board shall issue the bonds of the school district in the number and amount provided in the proceedings, payable from the debt service fund of the school district, naming the fund, and the monies shall be raised by taxation upon the taxable property in the school district for redemption of the bonds and payment of interest thereon.

B. The governing board of the school district by an order entered upon its minutes shall prescribe the form of the bonds and the interest coupons attached thereto and fix the time when the whole or any part of the principal of the bonds is payable, which shall not be more than twenty years from the date thereof.
A.R.S. § 15-1051 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 9 / Section 1051
15-1051 Definition of noncustodial federal monies
Status: in_force

15-1051. Definition of noncustodial federal monies

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires, "noncustodial federal monies":

1. Means federal monies that are received by the department of education and that meet at least one of the following criteria:

(a) Are designated by the federal government as block grant monies.

(b) Are designated by the federal government as general revenue sharing monies.

(c) Provide this state with broad authority to make spending decisions regarding the development, implementation or operation of a program or service.

(d) Are considered essential to meet total spending obligations of a federally required or matched program or service authorized by the legislature in which the federal government requires at least one percent of the program or service funding to come from this state.

2. Does not include federal monies awarded directly to school districts or charter schools.
A.R.S. § 15-1323 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 11 / Article 2 / Section 1323
15-1323 Board of directors; fund; powers and duties
Status: in_force

15-1323. Board of directors; fund; powers and duties

A. The board may bring actions and proceedings necessary to protect the interests of the schools. Such proceedings shall be instituted in the name of the Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind.

B. The board shall be trustee of all donations of lands, monies or other things of value for the benefit of the schools. Notwithstanding title 35, chapters 1 and 2, the board may invest monies donated to the school through a contract with an investment specialist. The superintendent of the schools shall annually report to the board on the use of monies received as donations or income from donations.

C. The board shall maintain an enterprise fund in which shall be retained fees, rentals and other charges received for the use of school facilities for nonschool events.

D. The board shall:

1. Provide from the funds appropriated for the schools all the necessary staff, services, supplies and equipment.

2. Prescribe the system of records and accounts for the schools.

3. Cause to be kept a record of all important papers.

4. Cause to be kept a set of books and accounts that show every transaction made, every appropriation by the legislature for the schools, the purchase, storage and consumption of supplies for subsistence, construction and other purposes, receipts from all sources and all expenditures made.

E. Books and records of the schools shall be open to public inspection, unless otherwise restricted by law.
A.R.S. § 15-206 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 206
15-206 Federal grants for educational purposes; administration
Status: in_force

15-206. Federal grants for educational purposes; administration

A. The state board of education may accept on behalf of this state from any federal agency monies which have been appropriated by act of Congress for defense in education, reduction of illiteracy, teaching of immigrants, employment and training, educational support services or other educational purpose.

B. The state board of education shall not reserve funds for state use in excess of actual cost not to exceed ten per cent of the grants to this state for provision to school district governing boards under the elementary and secondary education act of 1965, as amended (20 United States Code sections 2911 through 2952 and 2971 through 2976).

C. The state board of education, following regular educational fiscal procedure for counties, shall be the chief educational authority for administration and supervision of the expenditure of federal appropriations described in subsection A, and the state treasurer shall be trustee thereof.
A.R.S. § 15-515 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 515
15-515 Duty to report violations occurring on school premises
Status: in_force

15-515. Duty to report violations occurring on school premises

All school personnel who observe a violation of section 13-3102, subsection A, paragraph 12 or section 13-3111 on school premises shall immediately report the violation to the school administrator. The administrator shall immediately report the violation to a peace officer. The peace officer shall report this violation to the department of public safety for inclusion in the statewide and federal uniform crime reports prescribed in section 41-1750, subsection A, paragraph 2.
A.R.S. § 15-544 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 544
15-544 Limitations on reduction of salaries or personnel
Status: in_force

15-544. Limitations on reduction of salaries or personnel

A. A governing board may reduce salaries or eliminate certificated teachers in a school district in order to effectuate economies in the operation of the district or to improve the efficient conduct and administration of the schools of the school district.

B. Notice of a general salary reduction shall be given each certificated teacher affected.

C. The provisions of this section do not apply to reductions in salary from monies from the classroom site fund pursuant to section 15-977.
A.R.S. § 15-235 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 235
15-235 Division of special education; director; duties; qualifications; advisory committee; members
Status: in_force

15-235. Division of special education; director; duties; qualifications; advisory committee; members

A. A division of special education is established to carry out this section, section 15-236 and chapter 7, article 4 of this title subject to the superintendent of public instruction.

B. There shall be at least one director of the division of special education.

C. The director or directors shall carry out this section, section 15-236 and chapter 7, article 4 of this title and the duties prescribed by the state board of education relating to the administration of this section, section 15-236 and chapter 7, article 4 of this title.

D. The division of special education may review special education programs, including placement of pupils, to determine that program, evaluation and placement procedures comply with sections 15-766 and 15-767 and the rules approved by the state board of education.

E. Only a person who is experienced in special education is eligible for appointment as a director of the division of special education.

F. A special education advisory committee is established that shall advise and consult with the state board of education, the superintendent of public instruction and the director or directors of the division of special education and that shall engage in other activities as are provided in this section.  The advisory committee shall be composed pursuant to the requirements of 20 United States Code section 1412(A)(21)(b) and (c).  The state board of education shall appoint the members of the advisory committee for staggered three year terms. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as original appointments.

G. The advisory committee shall have a minimum of two meetings a year.

H. The advisory committee annually shall elect its own chairman and vice-chairman. The state board of education shall regularly submit, as part of its budget request, any item or items sufficient to cover expenses of the operation of the advisory committee, and of its members in connection with their attendance at meetings of the advisory committee and other advisory committee activities.
A.R.S. § 15-344 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 344
15-344 Administration of prescription, patent or proprietary medications by employees; civil immunity; definition
Status: in_force

15-344. Administration of prescription, patent or proprietary medications by employees; civil immunity; definition

A. Each school district governing board and charter school governing body shall establish policies and procedures governing the administration of a prescription medication or a patent or proprietary medication to students by employees.  In the case of a minor student, such administration shall only occur on the written request or authorization of a parent or legal guardian, except for an emergency administration pursuant to section 15-157 or 15-158 or section 15-341, subsection A, paragraph 43.

B. School districts, charter schools and employees of school districts and charter schools are immune from civil liability for the consequences of the good faith adoption and implementation of policies and procedures pursuant to this section.

C. For the purposes of this section, "administration of a prescription medication or a patent or proprietary medication" means the giving of a single dose of medication or the giving of a treatment package in its original container.
A.R.S. § 15-1486 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 12 / Article 5 / Section 1486
15-1486 Validity of bonds
Status: in_force

15-1486. Validity of bonds

The bonds bearing the signatures of officers in office on the date of the signing thereof shall be valid and binding obligations, notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof and payment therefor any or all of the persons whose signatures appear thereon shall have ceased to be officers of the board. The validity of the bonds shall not be dependent on nor affected by the validity or regularity of any proceedings to acquire the project financed by the bonds or taken in connection therewith.
A.R.S. § 15-874 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 8 / Article 6 / Section 874
15-874 Records; reporting requirements
Status: in_force

15-874. Records; reporting requirements

A. Each pupil's immunizations shall be recorded on the school immunization record. The school immunization record shall be a standardized form developed by the department of health services in conjunction with the department of education and provided by the department of health services and shall be a part of the mandatory permanent student record. The records are open to inspection by the department of health services and the local health department.

B. Each immunization record shall contain at least the following information:

1. The pupil's name and birth date.

2. The date of the pupil's admission to the school.

3. The type of immunizing agents administered to the pupil.

4. The date each dose of immunizing agent is administered to the pupil.

5. The established schedule for completion of immunizations if the pupil is admitted to or allowed to continue to attend a school pursuant to section 15-872, subsection E.

6. Laboratory evidence of immunity if this evidence is presented as part of a pupil's documentary proof.

7. If an exemption from immunization as provided in section 15-873 is submitted to the school administrator, the date the exemption is submitted and the reason for the exemption.

8. Additional information prescribed by the director of the department of health services by rule.

C. A school shall transfer an immunization record with the mandatory permanent student record and provide at no charge, on request, a copy of the immunization record to the parent or guardian of the pupil.

D. By November 30 of each school year, each school district and private school shall complete and file a report with the local health department and the department of health services, using forms provided by the department of health services. The report shall state the number of pupils attending who have completed required immunizations or who have submitted laboratory evidence of immunity, the number of pupils attending with uncompleted required immunizations and the number of pupils attending with an exemption from immunization pursuant to section 15-873.
A.R.S. § 15-1327 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 11 / Article 2 / Section 1327
15-1327 Limitations on reduction of salaries or personnel; notice; reappointment
Status: in_force

15-1327. Limitations on reduction of salaries or personnel; notice; reappointment

A. The board of directors may direct the superintendent to reduce salaries or eliminate permanent employee positions in the Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind in order to effectuate economies in the operation of the schools or to improve the efficient conduct and administration of the schools. The superintendent, with the approval of the board, may designate the positions to be eliminated within an employee classification, and the reduction of personnel shall occur within and be limited to that specific employee classification. A person whose position is eliminated does not have a preferred right to employment in a different employee classification, except that when a vacancy exists in a teaching position and no teacher who is currently employed at any of the schools applies for the position, a person whose position in a management or supervisory position is eliminated has a preferred right to employment as a teacher if that person is qualified for the teaching position.  A person whose position is eliminated and who is transferred to a different position in a lower grade does not have a preferred right to a continued salary based on the former position or to any particular salary level in the lower grade. No reduction in the salary of a certificated teacher or credentialed specialist who has been employed by the schools for more than one year shall be made except in accordance with a general salary reduction in the schools by which the person is employed, and in such a case the reduction shall be applied equitably among all permanent employees.

B. Notice of a general salary reduction shall be given to each certificated teacher and credentialed specialist affected not later than May 15 before the fiscal year in which the reduction is to take effect.

C. A permanent employee who is dismissed for reasons of economy or to improve the efficient conduct and administration of the schools shall have a preferred right of reappointment in the order of original employment by the board of directors in the event of an increase in the number of permanent employees or the reestablishment of services within a period of one year.
A.R.S. § 15-444.01 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 444.01
15-444.01 Common school districts within a high school district; proposed expansion or reduction; notification
Status: in_force

15-444.01. Common school districts within a high school district; proposed expansion or reduction; notification

The governing board of a common school district that is located within a high school district shall notify and obtain permission from the governing board of the high school district before taking any action that results in the expansion or reduction of the common school district's boundaries. The notification and permission required by this section shall take place at least ninety days before the beginning of the fiscal year in which the proposed expansion or reduction is scheduled to take effect.
A.R.S. § 15-730 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 730
15-730 Access to instructional material by parents and guardians
Status: in_force

15-730. Access to instructional material by parents and guardians

On written request, school personnel designated by the governing board shall permit parents or guardians access to instructional materials currently used by or being considered for use by the school district by making available at least one copy of the instructional material for review by the parents or guardians. Parents or guardians may take printed textbooks, printed supplementary books and printed subject matter materials from the school district premises for a period of not more than forty-eight hours. Parents or guardians may review all other materials, including films, only on the school district premises.
A.R.S. § 15-1468 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 12 / Article 4 / Section 1468
15-1468 Equalization aid for community college districts
Status: in_force

15-1468. Equalization aid for community college districts

A. Subject to legislative appropriation, any district that is organized pursuant to section 15-1402 and that has less than the amount of primary assessed valuation prescribed in section 15-1402 shall be paid by this state an amount equal to the following:

1. The difference between the prior year's actual primary assessed valuation of the district and the amount of primary assessed valuation prescribed in section 15-1402.

2. The actual prior year's primary property tax rate for the district.

3. The difference determined in paragraph 1 multiplied by the lesser of the tax rate determined in paragraph 2 or one dollar thirty-seven cents.

B. The equalization aid provided for in subsection A of this section shall be used for the same purposes specified in section 15-1462 and shall be apportioned to any qualifying district pursuant to section 15-1467.

C. This section does not apply to community college districts organized pursuant to section 15-1402.01 or to community college tuition financing districts as prescribed in section 15-1409.
A.R.S. § 15-1671 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 4 / Section 1671
15-1671 University infrastructure capital financing; capital infrastructure funds; appropriations; uses; review; definitions
Status: in_force

15-1671. University infrastructure capital financing; capital infrastructure funds; appropriations; uses; review; definitions

A. A capital infrastructure fund is established for each university. Monies in each capital infrastructure fund are continuously appropriated for the purposes of this section. Each university shall administer its own capital infrastructure fund. Monies in the capital infrastructure funds are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.

B. In fiscal year 2018-2019, the following amounts are appropriated from the state general fund for deposit in the capital infrastructure fund of each university:

1. $11,927,400 to Arizona state university.

2. $10,551,700 to the university of Arizona.

3. $4,520,900 to northern Arizona university.

C. In fiscal years 2019-2020 through 2042-2043, an amount is appropriated annually from the state general fund for deposit in the capital infrastructure fund of each university. The amount appropriated each fiscal year is equal to the amount appropriated pursuant to this section in the preceding fiscal year, adjusted by a growth rate of either two percent or the change in the implicit price deflator for the gross domestic product reported by the United States department of commerce from the second quarter of the second preceding calendar year to the second quarter of the calendar year immediately preceding the fiscal year, whichever is less, but not below the amount appropriated in the preceding fiscal year. Each annual appropriation amount is a current expense of this state in the fiscal year in which it occurs and is not a general obligation indebtedness of this state or of any university.

D. In each fiscal year in which monies are appropriated pursuant to this section, each respective university shall also deposit from its own funds to its capital infrastructure fund a matching amount equal to the amount of general fund monies used for paying debt service on debt financing for capital projects pursuant to subsection E of this section.

E. Each university shall use the monies in its capital infrastructure fund, from whatever source, exclusively for either the costs of, or paying debt service on debt financing for, capital projects. Monies from the capital infrastructure funds established by this section may not be used:

1. For any project reviewed by the joint committee on capital review before April 15, 2017.

2. For the construction, use, furnishing, improvement, operation, marketing, promotion or maintenance of a facility that is used primarily by a professional sports franchise.

3. To pay for operating expenditures.

F. The Arizona board of regents shall not issue total debt financing for which debt service is paid with monies pursuant to this section in a principal amount of more than $1,000,000,000.

G. Each university shall report the required information relating to its capital infrastructure fund in the budget estimate filed by the university pursuant to section 35-113.

H. Before spending any monies in the capital infrastructure fund for any capital project not paid with debt financing, each university shall submit the scope, purpose and estimated cost of the project for review by the joint committee on capital review pursuant to section 41-1252.

I. Before spending any monies in the capital infrastructure fund for any capital project paid with debt financing, each university shall submit the scope, purpose and estimated cost of the project to the joint committee on capital review pursuant to section 15-1682.01 or 15-1683. The project may not proceed until the committee approves the project by a majority vote of a quorum of members.

J. The joint committee on capital review must hear and review a project submitted under subsection H of this section and hear and approve or disapprove a project submitted under subsection I of this section not later than the committee's second meeting after the project is submitted to the committee.

K. The Arizona board of regents, on behalf of each university under its jurisdiction, may enter into or issue debt financings and may additionally secure, pledge for or make payment on such debt financings in whole or in part from monies in the capital infrastructure fund of that university. Debt service payments funded with monies from a university's capital infrastructure fund shall be included in the calculation of that university's debt service limit as prescribed by section 15-1683.

L. The Arizona board of regents, on behalf of each university under its jurisdiction, may refund any debt financing paid with monies pursuant to this section. The refunding debt financing must be secured from the same source of revenues as the debt financing authorized by this section.  The refunding debt financing may be issued at or before maturity of the debt financing being refunded. Refunding debt financing issued as provided by this subsection:

1. Must be submitted by the board for review by the joint committee on capital review. The committee must hear and review a refunding debt financing submitted pursuant to this subsection not later than the committee's second meeting after the refunding debt financing is submitted to the committee.

2. Is not subject to the $1,000,000,000 limit prescribed by subsection F of this section.

M. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Capital project" or "project" means any building, structure, infrastructure or facility that, as determined by the university, is required by or necessary for the use or benefit of the university, including appurtenant equipment and utilities. Capital project does not include a project that is intended to be commercial in nature and for which the majority of the project's business is anticipated to come from the nonuniversity population.

2. "Debt financing" means a lease-purchase or lease-to-own agreement, subject to section 15-1682.01, the issuance of bonds or the entering into of bond agreements pursuant to article 5 of this chapter by the Arizona board of regents on behalf of a university under the board's jurisdiction.

3. "Debt service" means the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on long-term indebtedness, when due, and the costs of registrars, trustees, underwriters and other agents necessary to handle debt instruments and the costs of credit enhancement or liquidity support.

4. "Infrastructure" means nonbuilding improvements that directly support the operation of a building, structure or facility such as utility systems, roadway systems, external lighting systems, irrigation systems, sidewalks and parking lots.
A.R.S. § 15-1453 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 12 / Article 3 / Section 1453
15-1453 Energy and water savings accounts
Status: in_force

15-1453. Energy and water savings accounts

A district board may establish an energy and water savings account in the same manner as a school district pursuant to section 15-910.02 and may fund and use monies for guaranteed energy savings contracts pursuant to section 34-105.
A.R.S. § 15-1152 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 10 / Article 4 / Section 1152
15-1152 School meal programs; nonschool meal programs; powers of state board of education
Status: in_force

15-1152. School meal programs; nonschool meal programs; powers of state board of education

The state board of education may enter into agreements with an agency of the federal government, a governing board or another agency or person, direct the disbursement of federal and state monies in accordance with federal and state law, direct the distribution of commodities as provided by federal and state law, prescribe regulations, employ personnel, give technical advice and assistance to governing boards in connection with establishment and operation of school meal programs, assist in training personnel engaged in operation of school meal programs and take other action it deems necessary to provide for the establishment and maintenance of school meal programs. The state board of education and the governing boards may also accept gifts for use in connection with a school meal program. Agreements entered into pursuant to this section are exempt from section 11-952, subsection D. The form to be used in the agreements shall be approved annually by the attorney general before its use in such agreements. The department of education shall file with the secretary of state by January 1 one blank copy of the agreement form and a list of the agencies with which the department entered agreements during the preceding year.
A.R.S. § 15-1682 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 5 / Section 1682
15-1682 Powers
Status: in_force

15-1682. Powers

The board shall have power for each institution, as defined in this article, to:

1. Acquire, if authorized by the legislature, any project or projects, or any combination thereof, and to secure indirect or third-party financing for or own, operate and maintain the same and establish, own, operate and maintain a system of building facilities.

2. Acquire by purchase, contract, lease-purchase, lease or gift, and hold or dispose of, real or personal property or rights or interest therein.

3. Accept grants, subsidies or loans of monies from a federal agency, or others, on such terms and conditions as may be imposed, and to pledge the proceeds of grants, subsidies or loans of monies received or to be received from the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or others, pursuant to agreements entered into between the board and the United States of America, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or others.

4. Borrow monies and issue bonds to acquire any one project, or more than one, or any combination thereof, if authorized by the legislature, and to refund bonds heretofore or hereafter issued to acquire any project or projects, or to refund any such refunding bonds, or for any one, or more than one, or all of such purposes, or any combination thereof, and to provide for the security and payment of such bonds and for the rights of the holders thereof.

5. Make contracts and leases and execute all instruments and perform all acts and do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers granted in this article.

6. Retain in its treasury:

(a) All monies received from the sale of all bonds issued under this article.

(b) All fees, tuitions, rentals and other charges from students, faculty, staff members and others using or being served by, or having the right to use or the right to be served by, or to operate, any project.

(c) All fees for student activities and student services and all other fees, tuitions and charges collected from students matriculated, registered or otherwise enrolled at and attending each institution pledged under the terms of any resolution authorizing bonds pursuant to this article.

(d) All rentals from any facility or building leased to the United States of America.

7. Obtain lines of credit for cash management or liquidity purposes and to issue commercial paper as provided in section 15-1696.
A.R.S. § 15-342.05 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 342.05
15-342.05 Face coverings; vaccines; requirement prohibition
Status: in_force

15-342.05. Face coverings; vaccines; requirement prohibition

A. Notwithstanding any other law or order, a county, city, town, school district governing board or charter school governing body may not require the use of face coverings by students or staff during school hours and on school property.

B. A school district or charter school may not require a student or teacher to receive a vaccine for COVID-19 or to wear a face covering to participate in in-person instruction.
A.R.S. § 15-423 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 423
15-423 School district precinct registers; date of preparation; contents; copies
Status: in_force

15-423. School district precinct registers; date of preparation; contents; copies

A. By the fifth day preceding the elections for membership on school district governing boards the county recorder shall prepare from the original affidavits of registration at least four printed or typed lists of all uncanceled registrations of each school district in the county, and the lists are the official school district precinct registers.

B. The official school district precinct registers shall contain all information required to be included on precinct registers. The county recorder may combine the precinct register and the official school district precinct register into one common register.

C. The county recorder shall, upon request, provide copies of school district precinct registers in the manner and for the fees prescribed in section 16-168, or section 16-172 for political subdivisions, for copies of precinct registers.

D. By the fifth day preceding a special election or an election held at a time and place other than a general election in a school district, the county recorder shall prepare from the original affidavits of registration at least four printed or typed lists of all uncanceled registrations of each school district election precinct, and the lists are the official school district precinct registers. The official school district precinct registers shall contain all information required to be included on precinct registers. The governing board of the school district shall request of the county recorder and the county recorder shall provide to the school district copies of school district precinct registers in the manner and for the fees prescribed in section 16-172 for copies of precinct registers.
A.R.S. § 15-507 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 507
15-507 Abuse of teacher or school employee in school; classification
Status: in_force

15-507. Abuse of teacher or school employee in school; classification

A person who knowingly abuses a teacher or other school employee on school grounds or while the teacher or employee is engaged in the performance of his duties is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor.
A.R.S. § 15-1703 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 6 / Section 1703
15-1703 Arizona leveraging educational assistance program; grants; criteria
Status: in_force

15-1703. Arizona leveraging educational assistance program; grants; criteria

A. The Arizona leveraging educational assistance program is established to provide student financial assistance in the form of need-based grants to eligible students to attend postsecondary educational institutions in this state.  The Arizona board of regents shall administer the program.

B. A student is eligible to participate in the Arizona leveraging educational assistance program established by this section if the student meets all of the following criteria:

1. Is a resident of this state.

2. Demonstrates financial need under the criteria established by the Arizona board of regents for the program.

3. Is attending, on at least a half-time basis, an approved program at a properly accredited postsecondary educational institution in this state.

C. A participating postsecondary educational institution may receive matching monies from the postsecondary educational fund established by section 15-1704 to provide eligible students with financial assistance in the form of need-based grants. To be eligible to receive state matching monies, each participating postsecondary educational institution, public or private, shall provide an amount of matching monies that equals the amount of monies provided to the institution by this state from the postsecondary educational fund.

D. The Arizona board of regents may require participating postsecondary educational institutions to report on the use of monies distributed under this section, including the number of grants provided and the demographics of students receiving the grants.
A.R.S. § 15-1029 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 7 / Section 1029
15-1029 Rights of bondholder; additional state tax
Status: in_force

15-1029. Rights of bondholder; additional state tax

A. If the board of supervisors fails to make the levy necessary to pay school district bonds or interest coupons at maturity and such bonds or coupons are presented to the county treasurer and payment is refused, the owner may file the bond, together with all unpaid coupons, with the department of administration, taking his receipt therefor. Such bonds and coupons shall be registered with the department of administration.

B. The department of revenue shall add to the tax to be levied by the school district which issued the bonds a sufficient rate to obtain the amount of principal or interest past due prior to the next levy. The tax shall be levied and collected as a part of the school district tax but shall be paid into the state treasury, shall be passed to the special credit of the school district bond tax and shall, as payments mature, be paid by warrants to the holder of registered obligations as shown by the register in the department of administration until such obligations are fully satisfied and discharged. Any balance then remaining shall be remitted to the general account and credit of the school district.
A.R.S. § 15-237 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 237
15-237 Publications; production revolving fund
Status: in_force

15-237. Publications; production revolving fund

A. The department of education may make available to the public at a reasonable cost publications produced by the department. Each separate production of a department publication shall contain a statement as to the number of copies produced, the total production cost and the cost of production per copy. Monies obtained by the sale of publications shall be deposited in the department's production revolving fund for producing further publications.

B. There is established a department of education production revolving fund for use for expenses incurred for producing and distributing publications of the department.

C. The department of education production revolving fund shall be established as a separate account on the books of the department of education.

D. Monies of the department of education production revolving fund shall not revert to the state general fund.
A.R.S. § 15-1102 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 1102
15-1102 Disposition of proceeds from sale or lease of school property; school plant monies; payment of bonded indebtedness; definition
Status: in_force

15-1102. Disposition of proceeds from sale or lease of school property; school plant monies; payment of bonded indebtedness; definition

A. The governing board, or the superintendent or chief administrative officer with the approval of the governing board, may expend the proceeds from the sale or lease of school property for the payment of any outstanding bonded indebtedness of the school district or for the reduction of school district taxes.

B. A common school district or a high school district that has an outstanding bonded indebtedness of seven percent of the current year's assessed valuation or less or a unified school district that has an outstanding bonded indebtedness of fourteen percent of the current year's assessed valuation or less may expend the proceeds from the sale or lease of school property as follows:

1. The total sum of the proceeds from the sale of school property executed before July 1, 2016, for the total sum of the proceeds from the sale of property to a school or the total sum of the proceeds from the lease of school property to persons or entities other than schools for more than one year:

(a) May be expended for maintenance and operation in an amount that does not exceed fifteen percent of the revenue control limit for that year as provided in section 15-947, subsection A in any year.

(b) May be expended for capital outlay in any amount.

2. From and after June 30, 2016, proceeds from the sale of school property that exceed one hundred thousand dollars per sales transaction to persons or entities other than schools may not be expended for maintenance and operation and may be expended for capital outlay in any amount.

C. A common school district or a high school district that has an outstanding bonded indebtedness of greater than seven percent of the current year's assessed valuation or a unified school district that has an outstanding bonded indebtedness of greater than fourteen percent of the current year's assessed valuation may expend the proceeds from the lease or sale of school property as follows:

1. For the total sum of the proceeds from the sale of school property executed before July 1, 2016, for the total sum of the proceeds from the sale of property to a school or for the total sum of the proceeds from the lease of school property to persons or entities other than schools for more than one year:

(a) Up to twenty-five percent of the sales proceeds may be expended for maintenance and operation in an amount that does not exceed fifteen percent of the revenue control limit for that year as provided in section 15-947, subsection A in any year.

(b) The sales or lease proceeds may be expended for capital outlay in any amount.

2. From and after June 30, 2016, for proceeds from the sale of school property that exceed one hundred thousand dollars per sales transaction to persons or entities other than schools:

(a) The sales proceeds may not be expended for maintenance and operation.

(b) At least thirty-eight percent of the sales proceeds shall be used for the payment of any outstanding bonded indebtedness of the school district or for the reduction of school district taxes.

(c) The remainder of the sales proceeds that are not obligated pursuant to subdivision (b) of this paragraph may be expended for capital outlay in any amount.

D. The governing board, or the superintendent or chief administrative officer with the approval of the governing board, shall promptly deposit monies received for and derived from the sale or lease of school property with the county treasurer who shall establish a school plant fund.  Monies placed to the credit of the school plant fund may be expended as provided in this section.  The school plant fund is a continuing fund that is not subject to reversion.

E. Proceeds from sales by condemnation or sales under threat of condemnation may be deposited with the county treasurer for deposit in the condemnation fund or the school plant fund of the school district. The condemnation fund is a continuing fund that is not subject to reversion, except that after ten years any unspent monies shall be placed in the school plant fund to be used as prescribed in this section.  The governing board, or the superintendent or chief administrative officer with the approval of the governing board, may apply the proceeds in the condemnation fund to:

1. The payment of any outstanding bonded indebtedness of the school district that is payable from the levy of taxes on property within the school district.

2. Construct, acquire, improve, repair or furnish school facilities or sites after notice and a hearing.

F. Proceeds from a right-of-way settlement shall be deposited with the county treasurer for deposit in the condemnation fund of the school district. The governing board, or the superintendent or chief administrative officer with the approval of the governing board, shall apply those proceeds in the condemnation fund to construct, acquire, improve, repair or furnish school facilities or sites after notice and a hearing.

G. The restrictions prescribed in subsections B and C of this section do not apply to the proceeds from:

1. Leases of school property to other schools.

2. Leases of school property for less than one year.

3. Sales of school property of less than one hundred thousand dollars per transaction.

H. A lease of school property for less than one year that includes an automatic lease renewal resulting in a total lease duration that exceeds one year is considered a lease for more than one year for the purposes of this section.

I. For the purposes of this section, "capital outlay" means unrestricted capital outlay as prescribed in section 15-903, subsection C.
A.R.S. § 15-1624 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 2 / Section 1624
15-1624 Meetings of board advisory committees; student records; executive session
Status: in_force

15-1624. Meetings of board advisory committees; student records; executive session

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 38-431.01, subsection A, meetings of advisory committees to the board involving student records may be held in executive session. A student whose records are to be considered may request that the meeting be held as a public meeting in which case the meeting pertaining to such student's records shall not be in executive session.
A.R.S. § 15-249.13 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 249.13
15-249.13 Definition of "rural" for purpose of federal funding eligibility
Status: in_force

15-249.13. Definition of "rural" for purpose of federal funding eligibility

For the purpose of federal funding eligibility determinations that are made by the department of education and that involve the geographic location of a school district or charter school, "rural" means located either:

1. In a county with a population that is less than or equal to ten percent of the population of this state.

2. In a county with a population that exceeds ten percent of the population of this state but that is located more than ten miles from a municipality with a population of more than fifty thousand persons.
A.R.S. § 15-782.01 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 782.01
15-782.01 Instructors; specialized teaching certificate; qualifications; rules; definition
Status: in_force

15-782.01. Instructors; specialized teaching certificate; qualifications; rules; definition

A. In addition to any other current certification issued, the state board of education shall issue a specialized standard teaching certificate in STEM or career and technical education to a person who provides instruction in a career and technical education course or program or STEM-related course that is offered by a school district or career technical education district if the person does all of the following:

1. Demonstrates expertise in the subject matter in which the person will provide instruction.

2. Demonstrates at least five years of work experience in the subject matter in which the person will provide instruction.

3. Complies with the fingerprinting and background check requirements prescribed in section 15-512.

B. The state board of education shall adopt rules to carry out the purposes of this section.  A person who is issued a certificate pursuant to this section is not required to meet any requirement prescribed in section 15-532, 15-533 or 15-756.09 or as may be further prescribed by law.

C. For the purposes of this section, "STEM" means science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
A.R.S. § 15-720 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 720
15-720 Noncurriculum related clubs for grades seven and eight; definitions
Status: in_force

15-720. Noncurriculum related clubs for grades seven and eight; definitions

A. It is unlawful for any public school that offers instruction in grades seven and eight to deny equal access to pupils, to deny a fair opportunity to pupils or to discriminate against pupils who wish to conduct a meeting within a limited open forum on the basis of religious content, political content, philosophical content or other content of speech at these meetings.

B. A public school that offers instruction in grades seven and eight shall be deemed to offer a fair opportunity to pupils who wish to conduct a meeting within a limited open forum pursuant to this section if the school policy on noncurriculum group meetings conforms to all of the following:

1. The meetings are voluntary and initiated by pupils.

2. The meetings are not sponsored by the school, the school district, the federal government, this state, any of this state’s political subdivisions or any officer or employee of the school, the school district, the federal government, this state or any of this state’s political subdivisions.

3. Employees or officers of the school, the school district, the federal government, this state or any of this state’s political subdivisions may be present at religious meetings only as nonparticipants.

4. The meetings do not materially and substantially interfere with the orderly conduct of the educational activities of the school.

5. Persons who are not officials or employees of the school or the school district shall not direct, conduct, control or regularly attend the meetings.

C. This section shall not be construed to authorize this state or any of its political subdivisions to engage in any of the following:

1. Influence the form or the content of any prayer or other religious activity.

2. Require any person to participate in prayer or any other religious activity.

3. Spend public monies on noncurriculum group meetings other than the incidental costs of providing methods to announce the time and location of a noncurriculum group’s meeting to seventh and eighth grade pupils and the incidental costs of providing the facilities to conduct the meetings.

4. Compel any officer or employee of the school or the school district to attend a noncurriculum group meeting if the content of the speech at the meeting is contrary to the beliefs of the officer or employee.

5. Allow meetings that are unlawful to take place on school property.

6. Limit the application of this section to groups of a minimum or maximum number of pupils.

7. Violate the constitutional rights of any person.

D. This section shall not be construed to limit the authority of the school, the school district or the officers or employees of the school or the school district to:

1. Maintain order and discipline on the school premises.

2. Protect the safety of pupils and faculty.

3. Allow a school officer or employee or a school district officer or employee to be present at noncurriculum group meetings.

4. Ensure that the attendance of pupils at noncurriculum group meetings is voluntary.

E. As used in this section:

1. "Limited open forum" means an offering or opportunity provided by a school that provides instruction in grades seven and eight for one or more noncurriculum related groups of pupils to meet on the premises of the school during lunch periods, before the commencement of the day’s regularly scheduled courses or after the conclusion of the day’s regularly scheduled courses.

2. "Noncurriculum" means that the group’s activities do not substantially enhance, extend or reinforce the subject matter of an academic course that is currently offered at the school.

3. "Pupil" means a public school student enrolled in the seventh or eighth grade.
A.R.S. § 15-202 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 202
15-202 Meetings; majority required for validation; travel expenses; immunity
Status: in_force

15-202. Meetings; majority required for validation; travel expenses; immunity

A. The state board of education shall hold four regular meetings annually at times it directs. Special meetings may be held on the call of the presiding officer.

B. Concurrence of a majority of all members of the board is necessary for validation of an act of the board.

C. Members shall be allowed travel expenses and reimbursement for subsistence, as provided by title 38, chapter 4, article 2, to be paid on claims approved by the department of administration, as other claims against the state are paid, from the appropriation for the board authorized in the general appropriations bill.

D. Members of the board are immune from personal liability with respect to all acts done and actions taken in good faith within the scope of their authority during duly constituted regular and special meetings with approval of a majority of all members of the board.
A.R.S. § 15-160 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 160
15-160 Student identification cards; suicide prevention; contact information required
Status: in_force

15-160. Student identification cards; suicide prevention; contact information required

A. Beginning July 1, 2021, if a school district governing board or charter school governing body issues identification cards to students in grades nine through twelve, the school district governing board or charter school governing body shall include at least one of the following on each new identification card issued to a student in grade nine through twelve:

1. The telephone number for a national suicide prevention lifeline.

2. The telephone number for a national network of local crisis centers.

3. A statement describing how to access a text-based emotional support service.

4. The telephone number for a local suicide prevention hotline.

B. A school district governing board or charter school governing body may include the information described in subsection A of this section on student identification cards by printing the information on, or by affixing a sticker that contains the information to, the identification cards.
A.R.S. § 15-382 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 382
15-382 Authorization to self-insure; pooling agreements; joint agreements; trustees; liability coverage and pool requirements; definition
Status: in_force

15-382. Authorization to self-insure; pooling agreements; joint agreements; trustees; liability coverage and pool requirements; definition

A. The school district governing board may determine that self-insurance is necessary or desirable in the best interest of the district and may provide for a self-insurance program or programs for the district including risk management consultation. Any risk management consultant or insurance administrator employed by a school district governing board must be licensed under title 20, chapter 2, article 3 or 9, and such license shall be verified by the school district governing board prior to employment.

B. The school district governing board may:

1. Enter into intergovernmental agreements or contracts with pools operated pursuant to section 11-952.01 for participation in programs offered by public agency pools. In addition to the joint purchasing of insurance or reinsurance or the pooling of the retention of risks for property, fidelity and liability losses, these programs may include the joint purchasing of health benefits plan, life or disability insurance, prepaid legal insurance or the pooling of the retention of their risks of losses for health, accident, life or disability claims or the provision of the health and medical services enumerated in section 36-2907.

2. Separately contract with a trustee or board of trustees that provides a common self-insurance program or programs with pooled funds and risks to more than one district, a community college district formed pursuant to chapter 12 of this title or an association of school districts within this state that is funded by member school districts pursuant to section 15-342, paragraph 8 or a pool created for and operated solely for charter schools pursuant to section 11-952.01.  Beginning January 1, 2010, a trustee, board of trustees or pool that contracts with a school district governing board or charter school pursuant to this paragraph shall comply with title 38, chapter 3, article 3.1, title 39, chapter 1 and section 11-952.01, subsections M and N.

3. Enter into cooperative procurement agreements with other districts pursuant to rules adopted pursuant to section 15-213 to participate in programs for either self-insurance or the joint purchase of insurance.

4. Separately establish a self-insurance program solely for its district.

C. If the school district governing board, either alone or in combination with another school district or an association of school districts in this state that is funded by member school districts pursuant to section 15-342, paragraph 8, establishes a self-insurance program, the governing board or an association of school districts shall place all funds into a trust to be used for payment of uninsured losses, claims, defense costs, costs of training designed to reduce losses and claims, the cost of related employee benefits including wellness programs, life, disability and other fully and partially insured group insurance plans, programs that allow for participation in a cafeteria plan that meets the requirements of the United States internal revenue code of 1986, costs of administration and other related expenses. If a member of the governing board or employee of the school district is acting as a trustee, the trust shall be administered by at least five joint trustees, of whom no more than one may be a member of the governing board and no more than one may be an employee of the school district. Funds budgeted for self-insurance programs shall be subject to district budgetary requirements, including but not limited to the requirements that the funds be budgeted within the maintenance and operation section and the budget limitation on increases as prescribed in section 15-905. The funds, upon being placed in the trust, shall not lapse at the close of the fiscal year, except that any cash balance remaining after termination of the program and settlement of all outstanding claims shall be used for reduction of school district taxes for the budget year. The trustees of the trust must be bonded, a stop-loss provision must be incorporated in the trust agreement, and an annual audit must be performed by a certified public accountant and a copy of the report kept on file in the district office for a period of not less than five years.

D. If the self-insurance is for liability losses, excess liability coverage or reinsurance must be obtained as follows:

1. For a single school district, the coverage may include an annual aggregate limit of no more than three million dollars and the maximum retention per occurrence shall be one-half of one per cent of the district's maintenance and operation budget.

2. For a pool, the coverage may include an annual aggregate limit set by the pool and the maximum retention per occurrence shall not exceed one-half of one per cent of the combined maintenance and operation budgets of the districts in the pool.

E. "Self-insurance program" as used in this section means programs established and wholly or partially funded by the school district governing board. Self-insurance programs shall not include a decision by the governing board not to carry insurance upon a particular risk or risks.
A.R.S. § 15-247 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 247
15-247 Reporting; school district overexpenditures
Status: in_force

15-247. Reporting; school district overexpenditures

The department of education shall submit a report on or before December 15 of each year that lists each school district that overexpends its budget in the prior fiscal year and the amount of the overexpenditure by funding source to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives.  A copy of the report shall be delivered to the secretary of state and the director of the Arizona state library, archives and public records.
A.R.S. § 15-944.01 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 944.01
15-944.01 Additional expenditures exempt in whole or in part from revenue control limit
Status: in_force

15-944.01. Additional expenditures exempt in whole or in part from revenue control limit

Beginning January 1, 1990, no school district is permitted to budget for items that are exempt either in whole or in part from the revenue control limit and that are funded by revenues generated by a levy of taxes on the taxable property in the school district, except that a school district may budget for those items that are exempt either in whole or in part from the revenue control limit as authorized by law before January 1, 1990.
A.R.S. § 15-429 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 429
15-429 Election of governing board members of a joint common school district
Status: in_force

15-429. Election of governing board members of a joint common school district

A. A joint common school district shall be governed by a board of five members, one of whom shall reside in and be elected from each of the counties comprising the district and the remaining number shall reside in the district and be elected at large unless the district has implemented an alternative election system as provided in section 15-431. Within ten days after the creation of the joint common school district, the county school superintendent of the jurisdictional county, after notifying the county school superintendent of any other county whose territory, or a portion thereof, is in the new district, shall call a special election, which shall be held within twenty days after the issuance of such call, to elect a governing board for the joint common school district. The polling places for the election shall be located in each county of the district. The election shall be conducted as provided by law for other school districts, except that the members first elected shall serve until January 1 following the next general election. At the general election held next following the special election, and thereafter, the members shall be elected as prescribed for five member boards in sections 15-424 and 15-427.

B. The county school superintendent shall call the first meeting of the newly formed governing board within ten days after its election. Each member shall be given five days' written notice in advance of the meeting. The meeting shall be held at a location convenient to all members. Business shall be conducted as provided by law for the conduct of school districts.
A.R.S. § 15-844 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 8 / Article 3 / Section 844
15-844 Suspension and expulsion proceedings for children with disabilities
Status: in_force

15-844. Suspension and expulsion proceedings for children with disabilities

Notwithstanding sections 15-841 and 15-842, the suspension or expulsion of children with disabilities, as defined in section 15-761, shall be in accordance with the individuals with disabilities education act (20 United States Code sections 1410 through 1485) and federal regulations issued pursuant to the individuals with disabilities education act.