A.R.S. § 15-1427 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 12 / Article 2 / Section 1427
15-1427 Annual report
Status: in_force

15-1427. Annual report

A. By December 1 of each year, each community college district shall make a report for the preceding fiscal year 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 of this report to the secretary of state.

B. The report shall contain the following information regarding the operation of the district:

1. The state of progress of the community colleges operated under this chapter.

2. The courses of study included in the curricula.

3. The number of professors and other instructional staff members employed.

4. The number of students registered and attending classes.

5. The number of full-time equivalent students enrolled during the year.

6. The total number of students not residing in the district, disaggregated by the county of residence for nonresident students who reside in this state and by the state of residence for nonresident students who reside in another state.

7. The amount of receipts and expenditures.

8. A general description of tuition and fees charged for credit courses.

9. A general description of tuition and fees charged for noncredit courses.

10. Such other information as the governor and the joint legislative budget committee deem proper.

C. In each odd-numbered calendar year, the report shall also contain the following information regarding dual enrollment programs operated pursuant to section 15-1821.01:

1. Documentation of compliance with the requirements prescribed in section 15-1821.01, paragraphs 3, 4 and 5, including a list of the members of the faculty advisory committees of each community college.

2. Total enrollments listed by location, by high school grade level and by course.

3. A copy of each addendum to intergovernmental agreements or contracts executed pursuant to section 15-1821.01, paragraph 1.

4. Summary data by community college district and by individual community colleges on the number of scholarships or grants awarded to students.

5. Such other information as the governor and the joint legislative budget committee deem proper.
A.R.S. § 15-536 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 536
15-536 Offer of contract to probationary teacher; acceptance; notice to teacher of intention not to reemploy; definition
Status: in_force

15-536. Offer of contract to probationary teacher; acceptance; notice to teacher of intention not to reemploy; definition

A. On or after March 15 of each year, the governing board shall offer a teaching contract for the next ensuing school year to each probationary teacher, unless the governing board, a member of the governing board acting on behalf of the governing board or the superintendent of the school district gives notice to the teacher of the governing board's intention not to offer a teaching contract or unless such teacher has been dismissed pursuant to section 15-538, 15-539, 15-541 or 15-544. The teacher's acceptance of the contract for the ensuing year must be indicated within fifteen business days after the date of the teacher's receipt of the written contract or the offer is revoked. Receipt under this subsection will be deemed to have occurred when the written contract is personally delivered or placed in the teacher's school provided mailbox, including email, or two days after being placed in a United States postal service mailbox.  The teacher accepts the contract by signing the contract and returning it to the governing board or by making a written instrument that accepts the terms of the contract and delivering it to the governing board. If the written instrument includes terms in addition to the terms of the contract offered by the governing board, the teacher fails to accept the contract.

B. Notice of the governing board's intention not to reemploy the teacher shall be by delivering it personally to the teacher or by sending it by registered or certified mail to the teacher at the teacher's place of residence as recorded in the school district records. The notice shall incorporate a statement of reasons for not reemploying the teacher. If the reasons are charges of inadequacy of classroom performance, the governing board or its authorized representative shall give the teacher written preliminary notice of inadequacy, specifying the nature of the inadequacy with such particularity as to furnish the teacher an opportunity to correct the inadequacies and maintain adequate classroom performance as defined by the governing board pursuant to section 15-538, subsection C. The governing board may delegate to employees of the governing board the general authority to issue preliminary notices of inadequacy of classroom performance to teachers pursuant to this subsection without the need for prior approval of each notice by the governing board. In all cases in which an employee of the governing board issues a preliminary notice of inadequacy of classroom performance without prior approval by the governing board, the employee shall report its issuance to the governing board within ten school days. The written notice of intention not to reemploy shall include a copy of any evaluation pertinent to the charges made and filed with the governing board.

C. This section does not provide a probationary teacher with the right to a hearing pursuant to section 15-539, subsection F.

D. A certificated teacher who is currently a continuing teacher as defined in section 15-538.01 but who has been designated after an evaluation conducted according to the requirements pursuant to section 15-537 in the lowest performance classification for the current school year shall become a probationary teacher for the subsequent school year and shall remain a probationary teacher until that teacher's performance classification is designated in either of the two highest performance classifications.

E. For the purposes of this section, "probationary teacher" means a certificated teacher who is not a continuing teacher.
A.R.S. § 15-1650.06 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 2 / Section 1650.06
15-1650.06 Arizona veterinary loan assistance program; fund; annual report; rules; definitions
Status: in_force

15-1650.06. Arizona veterinary loan assistance program; fund; annual report; rules; definitions

A. The Arizona veterinary loan assistance program is established within the Arizona board of regents.

B. The Arizona veterinary loan assistance fund is established consisting of legislative appropriations.  The board shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated and are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.  On notice from the Arizona board of regents, the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the fund as provided by section 35-313, and monies earned from investment shall be credited to the fund.  The board shall use monies in the fund for the purposes prescribed in this section and may retain up to three percent of the monies deposited in the fund for costs associated with administering the program.

C. A person who obtains a doctor of veterinary medicine degree from a veterinary college after January 1, 2023 and who signs an agreement pursuant to subsection D of this section may apply to the board to participate in the program.

D. To participate in the program, the board shall require an applicant to sign an agreement to both:

1. Remain and work as a full-time veterinarian in this state for the following four years.

2. Work in one of the following practice areas for at least two of the four years:

(a) An agricultural practice in an area designated by the United States department of agriculture as having a shortage.

(b) A nonprofit, county or municipal shelter.

E. At the conclusion of the four-year commitment described in subsection D of this section, the board shall determine whether the veterinarian satisfied the terms of the agreement described in subsection D of this section. If the board determines that the veterinarian satisfied the terms of the agreement described in subsection D of this section, the board shall distribute to the veterinarian from the Arizona veterinary loan assistance fund an amount that is equal to the amount of the veterinarian's outstanding veterinary college educational loan balance or $100,000, whichever is less. The board shall distribute monies from the fund subject to the availability of monies and legislative appropriation and on a first-come, first-served basis. For the purposes of this subsection, "educational loan balance" means the balance of the principal, interest and related expenses of the educational loan.

F. On or before October 1 of each year, the board shall compile a report that details how the Arizona veterinary loan assistance fund monies are being spent and shall submit this report to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives.  The board shall submit a copy of this report to the secretary of state.

G. The board may adopt rules for the purposes of carrying out this section.

H. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Board" means the Arizona board of regents.

2. "Veterinarian" has the same meaning prescribed in section 32-2201.

3. "Veterinary college" has the same meaning prescribed in section 32-2201.
A.R.S. § 15-108 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 108
15-108 Medical marijuana; school campuses; prohibition; definition
Status: in_force

15-108. Medical marijuana; school campuses; prohibition; definition

(Subsection A was added with a 1998 Prop. 105 clause pursuant to L12, Ch. 159)

A. In addition to the limitations prescribed in section 36-2802, subsection B, a person, including a cardholder as defined in section 36-2801, may not lawfully possess or use marijuana on the campus of any public university, college, community college or postsecondary educational institution.  This subsection does not prohibit medical research projects involving marijuana that are conducted on the campus of any public university, college, community college or postsecondary institution as authorized by applicable federal approvals, which may include the United States food and drug administration, the United States drug enforcement administration and the national institutes on drug abuse, and on approval of any applicable university institutional review board.

B. A person may not lawfully possess or use marijuana on the campus of any high school, junior high school, middle school, common school or preschool in this state.
A.R.S. § 15-773 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 773
15-773 Transfer of parental rights at age of majority
Status: in_force

15-773. Transfer of parental rights at age of majority

A. When a pupil with a disability reaches eighteen years of age, all rights previously accorded to the pupil's parent under part B of the individuals with disabilities education act (20 United States Code sections 1400 through 1420) and all rights previously accorded to the pupil's parent under the laws of this state are transferred to the pupil, unless the pupil has been declared legally incompetent.

B. A pupil with a disability who is at least eighteen years of age but under twenty-two years of age and who has not been declared legally incompetent, and who manifests the capacity to give and gives informed consent, may execute a delegation of right to make educational decisions pursuant to this section for the purpose of appointing the pupil's parent or agent to represent the educational interests of the pupil.  A student shall have the right to terminate the agreement at any time and resume the right to make decisions regarding their education.

C. The delegation of right to make educational decisions shall meet all of the following requirements:

1. Contain language indicating the pupil is eighteen years of age or older but under twenty-two years of age.

2. Contain language that the pupil intends to delegate the pupil's educational rights under state and federal law to a specified individual who is at least eighteen years of age.

3. Contain language that the pupil has not been declared legally incompetent.

4. Contain language that the pupil is entitled to be present during the development of any individualized education plan and that any issues or concerns raised by the pupil will be addressed.

5. Not exceed one year in duration, but may be renewed with the written or other formal authorization of the pupil and the person who accepts the delegation each year until the pupil reaches twenty-two years of age.

6. Contain language permitting the pupil to terminate at any time.

7. Be signed by the pupil or contain some other manifestation of assent that the pupil has agreed to the terms of the delegation.

8. Be signed or assented to by the person who accepts the delegation.

9. Be notarized.

D. A notarized instrument that is signed or assented to by the pupil and the person who accepts the delegation and that is in substantially the following form shall be presumed to satisfy the requirements of subsection C:

Delegation of Right to Make Educational Decisions

I, __________________, am eighteen years of age but under twenty-two years of age and a pupil who has the right to make educational decisions for myself under state and federal law. I have not been declared legally incompetent, and as of the date of the execution of this document, I delegate my right to give consent and to make decisions concerning educational matters to __________________, who will be considered my "parent" for the purposes of 20 United States Code section 1401 and will exercise all the rights and responsibilities concerning my education that are conferred on a parent pursuant to state and federal law.  I understand and give my consent that ______________ will make all decisions relating to my education on my behalf.  I understand that I am entitled to be present during the development of any individualized education plan and that any issues or concerns I may have will be addressed.  This delegation will be in effect for one year from today's date and may be renewed only by my written or formal authorization.  I understand that I have the right to terminate this agreement at any time and resume the right to make decisions regarding my education.

E. The delegation of right to make educational decisions pursuant to this section may be given in writing, by audio or video means or in any other alternative format that is necessitated by the pupil's disability.
A.R.S. § 15-208 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 208
15-208 Application by school district for apportionment of federal monies; hearing
Status: in_force

15-208. Application by school district for apportionment of federal monies; hearing

A. A school district which, by reason of an emergency, finds it necessary to expend monies in excess of its annual budget for any purpose set forth in section 15-206 may apply to the state board of education for an apportionment from federal funds available under section 15-207.

B. The board shall conduct a hearing and an investigation concerning the application. If the hearing and investigation disclose that the district needs additional funds for the proper conduct of its school, the board may, in its discretion, apportion such monies as it deems necessary to the district.
A.R.S. § 15-1650.04 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 2 / Section 1650.04
15-1650.04 Contract lobbyist; prohibition
Status: in_force

15-1650.04. Contract lobbyist; prohibition

Notwithstanding any other law, the Arizona board of regents or a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents may not use the state general fund appropriation for contracts with individuals or entities for lobbying services.
A.R.S. § 15-1630 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 2 / Section 1630
15-1630 Abortion at educational facility prohibited; exception
Status: in_force

15-1630. Abortion at educational facility prohibited; exception

No abortion shall be performed at any facility under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents unless such abortion is necessary to save the life of the woman having the abortion.
A.R.S. § 15-352 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / Article 3.1 / Section 352
15-352 Exemptions
Status: in_force

15-352. Exemptions

A. The governing board is not obligated to reconstitute previously formed school councils pursuant to this section if the existing school councils include representation by more than one teacher and more than one parent or guardian of a pupil enrolled at the school.

B. The governing board may allow an alternative school to establish an alternative school council with members other than those specified in section 15-351 if teachers and parents or guardians of pupils enrolled at the school are represented.

C. A school district that has only one school or a student population of less than six hundred students may decide by a vote of the governing board to not participate in the decentralization process required by this article. If the governing board votes to not participate, the district is not subject to this article.
A.R.S. § 15-781 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 781
15-781 Definitions
Status: in_force

15-781. Definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Career and technical education and vocational education" means vocational and technical preparation programs for pupils in grades nine through twelve.

2. "Occupation" means the principal employment, paid or unpaid, of a person.

3. "Program improvement services" means those activities, services and functions carried out to develop, support and improve the quality of career and technical education and vocational education programs, including teacher education, curriculum, guidance and administration.

4. "Program standards" means models designed to serve as a guide in the establishment, maintenance and evaluation of quality career and technical, vocational, and technical education programs.

5. "Training provider" means an agency, council or organization providing career and technical education and vocational education or employment training, or both.

6. "Unpaid employment" means work in recognized occupations for which there is no direct financial compensation.

7. "Vocational and technical preparation" means an organized set of specialized courses which is directly related to the preparation of persons for occupations that normally do not require a baccalaureate or advanced degree for paid or unpaid employment or advancement and which is designed in total to provide a pupil with sufficient skills for entry into an occupation.
A.R.S. § 15-214 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 214
15-214 Braille literacy; rules; requirements; definitions
Status: in_force

15-214. Braille literacy; rules; requirements; definitions

A. The state board of education shall adopt rules to promote braille literacy that:

1. Ensure that each blind pupil receives an individualized braille literacy assessment and appropriate educational services resulting from the assessment, establish standards of proficiency and instruction, provide materials in a computer accessible format capable of braille reproduction and require that certified teachers of visually impaired pupils meet braille competencies as specified in this section.

2. Ensure that, in developing the individualized written education program for each blind pupil, the presumption is that proficiency in braille is essential for that pupil to achieve satisfactory educational progress. Braille instruction and use are not required by this section if, in the course of developing the pupil's individualized education program, all members of the team concur that the pupil's visual impairment does not affect reading and writing performance commensurate with ability. This section does not require the exclusive use of braille if other special education services are appropriate to the pupil's educational needs. The provision of other appropriate services does not preclude braille use or instruction.

3. Ensure that instruction in braille is sufficient to enable each blind pupil to communicate effectively and efficiently in all subject areas with the same level of proficiency expected of the pupil's peers of comparable ability and grade level. The pupil's individualized education program shall specify:

(a) The results of a braille assessment.

(b) The methods by which braille will be implemented.

(c) The date on which braille instruction will begin.

(d) The length of the period of instruction and the frequency and duration of each instructional session.

(e) The level of competency in braille to be achieved by the end of the period of instruction and a description of the objective measures to be used to evaluate the pupil's level of competency.

(f) A list of the appropriate braille materials and equipment needed to allow the pupil to achieve the level of competency specified in the individualized education program.

(g) The rationale for not providing braille if braille is not determined to be an appropriate medium.

4. Ensure that the department of education requires all publishers of textbooks to furnish the department with electronic versions for literary and nonliterary subjects when electronic versions become available for nonliterary subjects, in a standard format approved by the department of education from which braille versions of the textbook can be produced.

5. Ensure that teachers who are certified in educating blind pupils and visually impaired pupils in this state are required to demonstrate competence in braille as measured by successfully completing either:

(a) A national certification in unified English braille examination.

(b) A comparable braille test developed in a university-level teacher preparation program.

B. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Blind pupil" means a pupil who meets one or more of the following conditions:

(a) Cannot successfully use vision as a primary and efficient channel for learning.

(b) Exhibits such a low degree or amount of visual acuity or visual field that vision is not considered as a primary mode of learning.

(c) Has a medically indicated prognosis of visual deterioration.

2. "Braille" means the unified English braille code.
A.R.S. § 15-1622 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 2 / Section 1622
15-1622 Officers; organization; quorum
Status: in_force

15-1622. Officers; organization; quorum

A. The board shall select from its membership a president, secretary, treasurer and such other officers it deems necessary. The same person shall not hold the offices of secretary and treasurer. The board may require the treasurer to give additional bond.

B. A majority of the membership of the board shall constitute a quorum for transaction of business at any meeting regularly called, but a number less than a quorum may adjourn from time to time.
A.R.S. § 15-1681 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 5 / Section 1681
15-1681 Definitions
Status: in_force

15-1681. Definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Acquire" includes to purchase, lease, lease-purchase, erect, build, construct, reconstruct, raze, remodel, repair, replace, alter, extend, expand, better, equip, furnish, develop, improve and embellish a project, and the acquisition, preparation and development of a site or sites therefor.

2. "Board" means the Arizona board of regents or its successor.

3. "Bonds" means any bonds issued pursuant to this article.

4. "Component unit" means an entity for which the nature and significance of its relationship with the board or institution is such that exclusion would cause the board's or institution's financial statements to be misleading or incomplete.

5. "Federal agency" means the United States of America, the president of the United States of America, the department of housing and urban development or such other agency or agencies of the United States of America as may be designated or created to make loans or grants, or both.

6. "Indirect or third party financing":

(a) Means an agreement between the board or an institution and a component unit of an institution, a nonprofit organization or a private developer in which the component unit, organization or developer pays for, issues bonds for or enters into lease or lease-purchase agreements for:

(i) Capital projects on the property of an institution.

(ii) Capital projects intended to house any institution activities.

(iii) Capital projects in which the board or institution guarantees revenues to the component unit, organization or developer or debt service payments on behalf of the component unit, organization or developer.

(iv) Capital projects, which may eventually become state assets.

(b) Does not include a project that is intended to be commercial in nature and if the majority of the project's business is anticipated to come from the nonuniversity population.

7. "Institution" means the university of Arizona, Arizona state university and northern Arizona university or any other college or university under the jurisdiction and control of the board or its successor.

8. "Project" means and includes buildings, structures, areas and facilities which, as determined by the board, are required by or necessary for the use or benefit of each of such institutions, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, student, faculty or staff housing facilities, residence halls, dormitories and apartments; student union and recreational buildings and stadiums; other facilities for student, faculty or staff services; any facility or building leased to the United States of America; parking garages and areas; offices, classrooms, laboratories, dining halls and food service facilities, libraries, auditoriums, or parts thereof, or additions or extensions thereto; heating, lighting and other utility service facilities in connection therewith, or parts thereof, or additions or extensions thereto; whether heretofore acquired and now or hereafter used for any or all of the purposes aforesaid, or as may be hereafter acquired under this article, with all equipment and appurtenant facilities; or any one, or more than one, or all of the foregoing, or any combination thereof, for any institution, including sites therefor.

9. "System of building facilities" means such project or projects as the board by resolution shall collectively designate to be included in a system of building facilities at each institution, either:

(a) Hereafter acquired for each of such institutions under the terms of this article.

(b) Heretofore acquired for each of such institutions prior to May 17, 1974 under the terms of any other law and now located on the campus of each of such institutions, whether unencumbered by or encumbered by a pledge of and lien on the income and revenues derived from the operation thereof for the payment of any bonds theretofore issued by the board for the acquisition thereof.

(c) As provided in both subdivisions (a) and (b) of this paragraph.

(d) Any combination of as provided in subdivisions (a), (b) and (c) of this paragraph.
A.R.S. § 15-705 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 705
15-705 Extracurricular activities; requirements
Status: in_force

15-705. Extracurricular activities; requirements

A. Each governing board after consultation with parents and teachers shall adopt policies and procedures governing requirements for pupils' participation in extracurricular activities for pupils in grade six, if the grade is part of a middle school, and grades seven through twelve. The consultation by the governing board with parents and teachers may be accomplished by holding a public hearing or forming an advisory committee. The requirements shall meet or exceed the minimum requirements prescribed by the state board.

B. The state board of education shall prescribe rules for policies regarding pupils' participation in extracurricular activities including minimum statewide requirements. The minimum statewide requirements:

1. Shall be appropriate to the grade in which the pupil is enrolled.

2. Shall be based on the number of courses passed or failed, on grades received or on a combination of these factors.

3. May incorporate additional factors.

4. Shall take into consideration the minimum course of study and competency requirements prescribed by the state board pursuant to section 15-701.01.
A.R.S. § 15-914 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 914
15-914 Financial and compliance audits
Status: in_force

15-914. Financial and compliance audits

A. The governing board of a school district that is required to comply with the single audit act amendments of 1996 (P.L. 104-156; 110 Stat. 1396; 31 United States Code sections 7501 through 7507) shall contract for at least annual financial and compliance audits of financial transactions and accounts subject to the single audit act amendments of 1996 and kept by or for the school district. The governing board of a school district that is not required to comply with the single audit act and that has adopted an expenditure budget of $2,000,000 or more for the maintenance and operation fund pursuant to section 15-905 shall contract for an annual financial statement audit.  The governing board of a school district that is not required to comply with the single audit act and that has adopted an expenditure budget of less than $2,000,000 but more than $700,000 for the maintenance and operation fund pursuant to section 15-905 shall contract for a biennial financial statement audit.  An independent certified public accountant shall conduct the audit in accordance with generally accepted governmental auditing standards. To the extent permitted by federal law, a school district that is required to participate in an annual audit pursuant to this subsection may convert to a biennial audit schedule if the previous annual audit did not contain any significant negative findings. If a biennial audit of a school district conducted pursuant to this subsection contains any significant negative findings, the school district shall convert back to an annual audit schedule. If a school district is required to convert back to an annual audit schedule pursuant to this subsection because of significant negative findings, the school district may subsequently convert to a biennial audit schedule if the previous two annual audits did not contain any significant negative findings. For the purposes of this subsection, "significant negative finding" means a finding that results in the issuance of a letter of noncompliance from the auditor general.

B. The governing board of a charter school that is required to comply with the single audit act amendments of 1996 shall contract for an annual financial and compliance audit of financial transactions and accounts subject to the single audit act amendments of 1996 and kept by or for the charter school.

C. A charter school that is not subject to the single audit act amendments of 1996 shall contract for at least an annual financial statement audit conducted in accordance with generally accepted governmental auditing standards. An independent certified public accountant shall conduct the audit.

D. For all audits referred to in subsections A, B and C of this section, the independent certified public accountant shall submit a uniform system of financial records compliance questionnaire to the auditor general with the applicable audit reports. The school district or charter school shall send a paper copy or electronic copy of the applicable audit reports to the county school superintendent of the county where the school district is located and the department of education.  The department of education shall make the audit reports available on the department's website.

E. Contracts for all financial and compliance audits and financial statement audits and the completed audits shall be approved by the auditor general as provided in section 41-1279.21. Contracts for all financial and compliance audits and financial statement audits shall comply with the rules for competitive sealed proposals as prescribed by the state board of education in section 15-213.

F. If the school district or charter school will incur costs of financial and compliance audits for the budget year, the governing board of the school district or the governing body of the charter school may increase its base support level for the budget year by an amount equal to the amount expended for the district's or charter school's financial and compliance audits in the year before the current year, increased by the growth rate as prescribed by law, subject to appropriation. In determining the amount expended for the district's or charter school's financial and compliance audits, the school district or charter school shall include only the portion of the audit that must be paid from monies other than federal monies. The department of education and the auditor general shall prescribe a method for determining the increase in the base support level and shall include in the maintenance and operation section of the budget format, as provided in section 15-903, a separate line for financial and compliance audits expenditures.

G. Every audit contract shall include a systematic review of average daily membership, as defined in section 15-901, using methodology that is consistent with guidelines established by the auditor general.  The auditor general shall consider cost when establishing guidelines pursuant to this subsection and, to the extent possible, shall attempt to minimize the cost of the review. The purpose of the review is to determine whether the average daily membership reported by the charter school or school district complies with the laws of this state and the uniform systems of financial records for charter schools and school districts.

H. A school district governing board or a charter school governing body shall publicly accept all audits and compliance questionnaires by roll call vote.
A.R.S. § 15-428 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 428
15-428 Election of governing board members of a union high school district
Status: in_force

15-428. Election of governing board members of a union high school district

A. Members of the governing board of a union high school district shall be elected at the time and place and in the manner that members of other school districts are elected, as nearly as is practicable, except as provided in section 15-427, subsection B.

B. Election officers shall certify the returns to the county school superintendent who shall meet with the chairman of the board of supervisors within thirty days following the date of the election and canvass the returns and issue certificates of election, as provided in section 15-426.
A.R.S. § 15-1402 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 12 / Article 1 / Section 1402
15-1402 Community college districts; requirements; exception
Status: in_force

15-1402. Community college districts; requirements; exception

A. Community college districts may be organized under this chapter for a single county, two or more contiguous counties or an existing community college district and contiguous counties not part of any community college district if the proposed district has a net assessed valuation, based on the valuation for the preceding year, of at least four hundred forty-eight million seventeen thousand two hundred dollars and a minimum population of forty thousand persons who are fifteen or more years of age, as determined by the most recent federal census.

B. Beginning with fiscal year 1993-1994, the minimum net assessed valuation required to organize a community college district as provided in subsection A of this section increases each year by the percentage change in total net assessed valuation for all of the districts that are organized pursuant to this section with a population of less than five hundred thousand persons according to the most recent United States decennial census using actual net assessed valuation numbers from the prior two years.

C. The requirements of this section do not apply to community college districts organized pursuant to section 15-1402.01.
A.R.S. § 15-808.01 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 808.01
15-808.01 Virtual schools; proctored assessments; virtual setting; exemptions; definitions
Status: in_force

15-808.01. Virtual schools; proctored assessments; virtual setting; exemptions; definitions

A. Except as provided in subsection C of this section, each virtual school may administer any assessment that complies with section 15-741 in a virtual setting, if the virtual school does all of the following:

1. Assigns a specific date and time to administer the assessment to participating students in a virtual setting, except as provided in subsection B of this section.

2. Administers the assessment in a synchronous session that is initiated and managed by personnel who are designated by the virtual school.

3. Provides at least one proctor for every ten participating students to monitor the participating students through synchronous video for the entire testing session.  For the purposes of this paragraph, if the testing platform does not allow integrated camera proctoring, the virtual school shall require each participating student to use a second device to provide the proctor with synchronous video that shows the student and the area immediately surrounding the student for the entire testing session.

4. Requires each participating student to remain in the virtual setting until the student is instructed to exit the testing platform by the student's assigned proctor.

5. Verifies each assessment that is submitted by a participating student in a virtual setting pursuant to this subsection.

B. A virtual school that administers an assessment pursuant to subsection A of this section may also administer the assessment in person to any specific student or group of students at a date and time assigned by the virtual school if the virtual school identifies an exception to the virtual setting that is necessary or appropriate, including an exception for a student who has one or more testing accommodations in the student's individualized education program as defined in section 15-761 or section 504 plan as defined in section 15-731 or for an English learner as defined in section 15-751 who needs an in-person assessment.

C. A virtual school may not administer any of the following pursuant to subsection A of this section unless the assessment is available to be proctored in a virtual setting:

1. A college readiness or workforce assessment provided by a national college and career readiness assessment provider.

2. An advanced placement examination.

3. An international baccalaureate examination.

4. An alternate assessment as indicated in a student's individualized education program as defined in section 15-761.

5. An English language proficiency assessment administered pursuant to section 15-756.

D. When sufficient monies are available, the department of education shall include a provision for testing in a virtual setting pursuant to subsection A of this section in each contract that the department executes or extends with a third-party vendor for the provision of any assessment that is not listed in subsection C of this section.  Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, a virtual school may not begin administering an assessment pursuant to subsection A of this section until the first school year after the school year in which the department executes or extends a contract or executes a contract amendment for the assessment that includes the provision prescribed by this subsection.

E. This section does not require a virtual school to administer any assessment, including the assessments listed in subsection C of this section, in a virtual setting.

F. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Assessment" means a formal assessment, test or examination that a public school in this state is required by state or federal law to administer to students who are enrolled in the school.

2. "Virtual school" includes:

(a) A school that participates in Arizona online instruction pursuant to section 15-808.

(b) A dropout recovery program that is provided online pursuant to section 15-901.06.
A.R.S. § 15-829 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 829
15-829 Missing child; notification of school; flagging records; definitions
Status: in_force

15-829. Missing child; notification of school; flagging records; definitions

A. When a child is reported missing by a parent or guardian, the law enforcement agency receiving the report shall notify as soon as is appropriate the school the child was attending, if any, or the county school superintendent if the child was being instructed at home. The notification shall include all of the following:

1. The missing child's name.

2. The missing child's date of birth.

3. The missing child's county and state of birth.

4. The missing child's social security number, if any.

5. The physical description of the missing child.

B. When a school is notified pursuant to subsection A that a child is missing, the school shall flag the records of the child. If a copy of or information regarding the records is requested the school shall immediately report the request concerning the flagged records to a local law enforcement agency.

C. The law enforcement agency receiving the report shall notify the school or county school superintendent if the missing child is recovered and the school or county school superintendent shall remove the flag on the records.

D. For purposes of this section:

1. "Flag" means to mark or identify as pertaining to a missing child, or an indication identifying an item as pertaining to a missing child.

2. "Missing child" means a person who is under the age of eighteen years, whose temporary or permanent residence is in this state or is believed to be in this state, whose location has not been determined and who has been reported as missing to a law enforcement agency.
A.R.S. § 15-1803 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 14 / Article 1 / Section 1803
15-1803 Alien in-state student status; nonresident tuition exemption
Status: in_force

15-1803. Alien in-state student status; nonresident tuition exemption

(Caution:  1998 Prop. 105 applies)

A. An alien is entitled to classification as an in-state refugee student if the person has been granted refugee status in accordance with all applicable laws of the United States and has met all other requirements for domicile.

B. Notwithstanding any other law, a student, other than a nonimmigrant alien as described in 8 United States Code section 1101(a)(15), who meets both of the following requirements is eligible for in-state tuition at any university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents or at any community college as defined in section 15-1401:

1. Attended any public or private high school option or homeschool equivalent pursuant to section 15-802 while physically present in this state for at least two years.

2. Graduated from any public or private high school option or homeschool equivalent pursuant to section 15-802 while physically present in this state or obtained a high school equivalency diploma in this state.

C. Persons without lawful immigration status are eligible for in-state tuition pursuant to subsection B of this section.
A.R.S. § 15-503 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 503
15-503 Superintendents, principals, head teachers and school psychologists; term of employment; evaluation; contract delivery; nonretention notice
Status: in_force

15-503. Superintendents, principals, head teachers and school psychologists; term of employment; evaluation; contract delivery; nonretention notice

A. The governing board may:

1. Employ a superintendent or principal, or both.  If the governing board employs a superintendent, the governing board shall determine the qualifications for the superintendent by action taken at a public meeting.  The governing board shall require a superintendent to have a valid fingerprint clearance card that is issued pursuant to title 41, chapter 12, article 3.1.

2. Appoint a head teacher.

3. Jointly with another governing board employ a superintendent or a principal, or both. If the governing board jointly employs a superintendent, the governing boards shall jointly determine the qualifications for the superintendent by action taken at a public meeting. The governing boards shall require a superintendent to have a valid fingerprint clearance card that is issued pursuant to title 41, chapter 12, article 3.1.

B. The term of employment of superintendents may be for any period not exceeding three years, except that if the superintendent's contract with the school district is for multiple years pursuant to this subsection the school district shall not offer to extend or renegotiate the contract until no earlier than fifteen months before the expiration of the contract.  The term of employment of principals may be for any period not exceeding three years, except that if the principal's contract with the school district is for multiple years the school district shall not offer to extend or negotiate the contract until May of the year preceding the final year of the contract.  The school district governing board or the governing body of the charter school shall communicate the superintendent's or principal's duties with respect to the classroom site fund established by section 15-977.

C. The governing board shall establish systems for the evaluation of the performance of principals and other school administrators and certificated school psychologists in the school district. In the development and adoption of these performance evaluation systems, the governing board shall avail itself of the advice of its administrators and certificated school psychologists. Each evaluation shall include recommendations as to areas of improvement in the performance of the certificated school psychologist if the performance of the certificated school psychologist warrants improvement. After transmittal of an assessment, a governing board designee shall confer with the certificated school psychologist to make specific recommendations as to areas of improvement in the certificated school psychologist's performance. The governing board designee shall provide assistance and opportunities for the certificated school psychologist to improve performance and shall follow up with the certificated school psychologist after a reasonable period of time for the purpose of ascertaining that the certificated school psychologist is demonstrating adequate performance. The evaluation process for certificated school psychologists shall include appeal procedures for certificated school psychologists who disagree with the evaluation of their performance, if the evaluation is for use as criteria for establishing compensation or dismissal.

D. On or before May 15 each year, the governing board shall offer a contract for the next school year to each certified administrator and certificated school psychologist who is in the last year of the person's contract unless, on or before April 15, the governing board, a member of the board acting on behalf of the governing board or the superintendent of the school district gives notice to the administrator or certificated school psychologist of the governing board's intention not to offer a new contract.  If the governing board has called for an override election for the third Tuesday in May as provided in section 15-481, the governing board shall offer a contract for the next school year to each certified administrator or certificated school psychologist who is in the last year of the person's contract on or before June 15 unless, no later than five days after the override election excluding Saturday, Sunday and legal holidays, the governing board, a member of the governing board acting on behalf of the governing board or the superintendent of the school district gives notice to the administrator or the certificated school psychologist of the governing board's intention not to offer a new contract. The administrator's or the certificated school psychologist's acceptance of the contract shall be indicated within thirty days after the date of the written contract or the offer is revoked. The administrator or certificated school psychologist accepts the contract by signing the contract and returning it to the governing board or by making a written instrument that accepts the terms of the contract and delivering the written instrument to the governing board.

E. Notice of the governing board's intention not to reemploy the administrator or certificated school psychologist shall be made by delivering the notice personally to the administrator or the certificated school psychologist or by sending the notice by certified mail, postmarked on or before the applicable deadline prescribed in subsection D of this section, and directed to the administrator or the certificated school psychologist at the person's place of residence as recorded in the school district records.

F. The governing board shall make available the evaluation and performance classification of each principal in the school district to school districts and charter schools that are inquiring about the performance of the principal for hiring purposes.
A.R.S. § 15-1751; Version 2 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 9 / Section 1751; Version 2
15-1751; Version 2 Medical schools; applicants; admissions information; posting; priority consideration; annual report
Status: in_force

15-1751. Medical schools; applicants; admissions information; posting; priority consideration; annual report

(L25, ch. 117, sec. 1. Eff. 1/1/27)

A. If a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents has a medical school, the medical school, consistent with any standards set by the national accrediting organization for the medical school, shall do all of the following:

1. Post admissions information on the medical school's website and include the admissions information in any promotional materials that are distributed to prospective students.  The admissions information required pursuant to this paragraph shall include all of the following:

(a) Minimum qualifications and requirements for admission to the medical school.

(b) The amount of all application fees.

(c) Deadline dates and procedures for prospective students to apply for admission to the medical school.

(d) If applicable, the dates on which the medical school will interview applicants for admission to the medical school.

2. Offer an interview to each applicant from this state who does all of the following:

(a) Submits a timely application pursuant to the medical school's deadlines and procedures for student admissions.

(b) Meets or exceeds the qualifications and requirements for admission to the medical school.

(c) Pays all application fees.

3. If applicable, give priority consideration in the first round of admissions interviews to any applicant who is from this state and who meets the admissions qualifications and requirements that are prescribed by the medical school.

4. On or before October 1, report to the Arizona board of regents all of the following for the prior school year:

(a) The number of applicants from this state who:

(i) Submitted a timely application for admission to the medical school.

(ii) Were interviewed by the medical school pursuant to paragraph 2 of this subsection.

(iii) Were admitted to the medical school.

(b) A description of procedures that the medical school implemented and actions that the medical school undertook to comply with the requirements prescribed by this subsection.

(c) Any other information requested by the Arizona board of regents for the purposes of this section.

B. The university of Arizona school of medicine shall give priority consideration to applicants who demonstrate a willingness to practice in medically underserved areas of this state.

C. For the purposes of this section, an applicant is deemed to be from this state if the applicant either:

1. Is classified as an in-state student pursuant to section 15-1802.

2. Graduated from a high school in this state.
A.R.S. § 15-182 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 182
15-182 State board for charter schools; membership; terms; compensation; duties
Status: in_force

15-182. State board for charter schools; membership; terms; compensation; duties

A. The state board for charter schools is established consisting of the following members:

1. The superintendent of public instruction or the superintendent's designee.

2. Five members of the general public, at least two of whom reside in a school district where at least sixty percent of the children who attend school in the district meet the eligibility requirements established under the national school lunch and child nutrition acts (42 United States Code sections 1751 through 1785) for free lunches, and at least one of whom resides on an Indian reservation, who are appointed by the governor pursuant to section 38-211.

3. Two members of the business community who are appointed by the governor pursuant to section 38-211.

4. A teacher who provides classroom instruction at a charter school and who is appointed by the governor pursuant to section 38-211.

5. An operator of a charter school who is appointed by the governor pursuant to section 38-211.

6. An operator of an alternative charter school, as recognized by the department of education as a school whose sole and clearly stated mission is to serve specific populations of at-risk students, who is appointed by the governor pursuant to section 38-211.

7. Three members of the legislature who serve as advisory members and who are appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives.

B. The superintendent of public instruction shall serve a term on the state board for charter schools that runs concurrently with the superintendent's term of office. The members appointed pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 7 of this section shall serve two-year terms on the state board for charter schools that begin and end on the third Monday in January and that run concurrently with their respective terms of office. Members appointed pursuant to subsection A, paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this section shall serve staggered four-year terms that begin and end on the third Monday in January.

C. The state board for charter schools shall annually elect a president and such other officers as it deems necessary from among its membership.

D. Members of the state board for charter schools are not eligible to receive compensation but are eligible for reimbursement of expenses pursuant to title 38, chapter 4, article 2.

E. The state board for charter schools shall:

1. Exercise general supervision over charter schools that are sponsored by the board, recommend legislation pertaining to charter schools to the legislature and adopt rules and policies that the board deems necessary to accomplish the purposes prescribed in this section.

2. Grant charter status to qualifying applicants for charter schools pursuant to section 15-183.

3. Adopt and use an official seal in the authentication of its acts.

4. Keep a record of its proceedings.

5. Adopt rules for its own government.

6. Determine the policy of the board and the work undertaken by it.

7. Delegate to the superintendent of public instruction the execution of board policies.

8. Prepare a budget for expenditures necessary for the proper maintenance of the board and the accomplishment of its purpose.

F. The state board for charter schools may:

1. Contract.

2. Sue and be sued.

3. Use the services of the auditor general.

4. Subject to title 41, chapter 4, article 4 and legislative appropriation, employ staff.

G. The state board for charter schools may accept gifts or grants of monies or real or personal property from public and private organizations, if the purpose of the gift or grant specified by the donor is approved by the board and is within the scope of the board's powers and duties. The board shall establish and administer a gift and grant fund for the deposit of monies received pursuant to this subsection.
A.R.S. § 15-321 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 321
15-321 Organization; election of officers of the board; meetings; execution of warrants; exemption
Status: in_force

15-321. Organization; election of officers of the board; meetings; execution of warrants; exemption

A. For the purpose of organizing the governing board, the board shall meet at the most convenient public facility in the school district.  If a public facility is not available within the district, the governing board may meet at any available public facility that is convenient to all governing board members, regardless of the county or school district in which the facility is located. The governing board shall meet in January next following the election.

B. At the organization meeting the governing board shall elect from among the membership of the board a president.

C. For the purposes of regular meetings of the governing board, the board shall meet at the most convenient public facility in the school district. If a public facility is not available within the district, the governing board may meet at any available public facility that is convenient to all governing board members, regardless of the county or school district in which the facility is located.

D. The board shall prescribe rules for its own government. It shall hold a regular meeting at least once each month during the regular school year and may hold other meetings as often as called. If action has been taken and documents approved at a meeting, they may be signed subsequently by individual board members.

E. Business shall be conducted at regular or special meetings.  Notice of a special meeting, and of the hour for a regular meeting if no hour is fixed by a rule of the board, shall be delivered personally or by telephone.

F. Notwithstanding section 1-216, if there is a vacancy or vacancies on the governing board, a majority of the remaining members of the governing board constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except that a single member of the governing board does not constitute a quorum.

G. An order on a county school superintendent for a salary or other expense shall be signed by the governing board. An order for a salary or other expense may be signed between board meetings if a resolution to that effect has been passed before the signing at a regular or special meeting of the governing board and the order is ratified by the board at the next regular or special meeting of the governing board.

H. This section does not apply to county school superintendents in the conduct of an accommodation school.
A.R.S. § 15-1466 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 12 / Article 4 / Section 1466
15-1466 State aid; eligibility; limits
Status: in_force

15-1466. State aid; eligibility; limits

A. Subject to legislative appropriation, the legislature shall determine and appropriate the amount of state aid each fiscal year to each district possessing the qualifications as prescribed in this chapter.

B. The state shall determine the amount of state aid, as prescribed in subsection D of this section, appropriated to each district for the fiscal year before the fiscal year for which the state aid is being calculated.

C. Each district qualified under this chapter shall have its state aid adjusted in an amount that reflects the growth or decrease in the full-time equivalent student count of the district calculated as follows:

1. Calculate the growth or decrease in the actual, audited full-time equivalent student count between the second and third most recent fiscal years before the fiscal year for which the state aid is being calculated for each district.

2. Calculate the average appropriation per full-time equivalent student for all districts by dividing the amount determined in subsection B of this section by the actual, audited full-time equivalent student count for all districts in the most recent fiscal year.

3. Multiply the amount calculated in paragraph 1 of this subsection by the average appropriation calculated in paragraph 2 of this subsection.  This amount equals the adjustment required pursuant to this section.

D. The total amount appropriated to each district each fiscal year in accordance with this section shall serve as the amount of state aid to be adjusted in the next fiscal year.  A district is eligible for growth funding pursuant to this section only for the portion of its most recent audited full-time student equivalent count that exceeds the audited full-time student equivalent count recorded for the district for the most recent fiscal year in which an adjustment was previously made pursuant to subsection C of this section.

E. To be eligible for state aid, a district shall:

1. Be equipped with suitable buildings, equipment and campus.

2. Have at least three hundred twenty full-time equivalent students attending in the district.

3. Have complied with all of the requirements of the district board, including budgets and curriculum.

F. The total amount of state monies that may be spent in any fiscal year by a district for operating state aid shall not exceed the amount appropriated or authorized by section 35-173 for that purpose. Notwithstanding section 15-1444, 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, including any duties prescribed in an employment contract entered into pursuant to section 15-1444, subsection A, paragraph 6.

G. In addition to the formula to determine the state aid appropriations prescribed in this section, this state may pay additional amounts for state aid to a district based on requests included in the district's budget request.

H. This section does not entitle a community college operated by a qualified Indian tribe to state aid for community colleges pursuant to this chapter.
A.R.S. § 15-904 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 904
15-904 School district annual financial report; publication; summary
Status: in_force

15-904. School district annual financial report; publication; summary

A. The governing board of each school district shall publish an annual financial report for the prior fiscal year by November 15. The auditor general in conjunction with the department of education shall prescribe the format of the financial report to be used by school districts. The financial report shall contain budgeted and actual expenditures for the preceding fiscal year and shall be prepared and distributed by October 15 by the school district with a copy to the county school superintendent.  A copy of the annual financial report shall be submitted electronically by the school district to the superintendent of public instruction by October 15. On or before October 15, the governing board shall submit the annual financial report for the previous fiscal year to the department of education, which shall prominently display this information about that school district on the website maintained by the department. If the school district maintains a website, the school district shall post a link to the website of the department of education where this information about the school district is posted.

B. In addition to the information required in subsection A of this section, the annual financial report shall contain detailed information on the school district budgeted and actual expenditures from the bond building fund, the unrestricted capital fund, the adjacent ways fund, the deficiencies correction fund and the new school facilities fund, including information on classified salaries, employee benefits, interest and fiscal charges, capital lease agreements, land and improvements, buildings and improvements, furniture and equipment, technology and vehicles and transportation equipment for pupils. The information shall specify whether the expenditures are for school district renovation or for new construction, the cost per square foot and land acquisition costs, as appropriate.

C. Except as provided in subsection D of this section, the governing board shall publish, by November 15, the annual financial report for the school district either in a newspaper of general circulation within the school district, by electronic transmission of the information to the department of education for posting on the department's website or in the official newspaper of the county as prescribed in section 11-255, or the governing board may mail the annual financial report for the school district to each household in the school district. If the governing board chooses to transmit the report electronically to the department of education, the school district shall provide a link on the school district's website to the report on the department's website. If the governing board chooses to publish the report in a newspaper, the size of the newspaper print shall be at least eight-point type. The cost of publication or mailing shall be a charge against the school district.  The publisher's affidavit of publication shall be filed by the governing board of the school district with the superintendent of public instruction within thirty days after publication.

D. The governing board may publish or mail a summary of the annual financial report in the same manner as provided in subsection C of this section. The auditor general in conjunction with the department of education shall prescribe the form of the summary of the annual financial report for use by the governing boards.

E. The superintendent of public instruction shall compile the financial reports of the school districts, including expenditure data for federal and state projects, and shall report to the governor and the legislature on or before January 15 of each year as provided in section 15-255.

F. Beginning in fiscal year 2020-2021, the annual financial report prescribed by this section shall include the school level data for charter schools and schools operated by school districts prescribed in section 15-746, subsection E.
A.R.S. § 15-189.05 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 189.05
15-189.05 Charter school budgets; posting of teacher salary information; annual report
Status: in_force

15-189.05. Charter school budgets; posting of teacher salary information; annual report

A. The budget for each charter school shall contain the following information:

1. The average salary of all teachers employed by the charter school for the current year.

2. The average salary of all teachers employed by the charter school for the previous year.

3. The dollar increase in the average salary of all teachers employed by the charter school for the current year.

4. The percentage increase in the average salary of all teachers employed by the charter school for the current year.

B. Each charter school shall prominently post the information required by subsection A of this section on its website home page separately from its budget.

C. On or before November 30 of each year, the department of education shall electronically submit to the joint legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting a report that compiles the information required by subsection A of this section for all charter schools statewide.
A.R.S. § 15-534 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 534
15-534 Fingerprinting; review and disciplinary action; violation; classification
Status: in_force

15-534. Fingerprinting; review and disciplinary action; violation; classification

A. A person who applies for a certificate as prescribed in section 15-203 shall have a valid fingerprint clearance card that is issued pursuant to title 41, chapter 12, article 3.1.  Applicants who possess a certificate pursuant to section 15-203 and who apply for additional certificates or who apply for renewal of any certificate shall meet one of the following requirements:

1. Have a valid fingerprint clearance card issued pursuant to title 41, chapter 12, article 3.1.

2. Provide proof of the submission of an application for a fingerprint clearance card.  Applicants who have been denied a fingerprint clearance card shall also provide proof that the applicant qualifies for a good cause exception hearing pursuant to section 41-619.55.

B. A person who is certified pursuant to section 15-203 shall maintain a valid fingerprint clearance card during the valid period of the person's certificate or certificates.

C. The state board of education may review and determine whether to renew or not issue a certificate to an applicant for certification on a finding that the applicant engaged in conduct that is immoral or unprofessional or engaged in conduct that would warrant disciplinary action if the person had been certified at the time that the alleged conduct occurred.  The board shall prescribe guidelines for this process.

D. The state board of education may take disciplinary action against or not renew the certificate of a person on a finding that the certificated person engaged in conduct that is immoral or unprofessional or engaged in conduct that would warrant disciplinary action if the person had been certified at the time that the alleged conduct occurred. The board shall prescribe guidelines for this process.

E. The department of education may issue conditional certification before an applicant has obtained a valid fingerprint clearance card. A conditional certificate may be used only for employment in the school district that submits an application to the department of education for conditional certification pursuant to this subsection.  The state board of education may revoke conditional certification if the information on the application for a conditional certificate is false or incomplete, the applicant is denied a fingerprint clearance card or the conditional certificate is used for employment in a school district other than the school district that is indicated on the application for conditional certification. In addition to any other conditions or requirements deemed necessary by the superintendent of public instruction to protect the health and safety of pupils, conditional certification shall be issued before the applicant obtains a fingerprint clearance card if all of the following conditions are met:

1. The school district that is seeking to hire the applicant verifies in writing on a form developed by the department of education the necessity for hiring and placement of the applicant before a fingerprint check is completed.

2. The school district that is seeking to hire the applicant performs all of the following:

(a) Ensures that the department of public safety completes a statewide criminal records check on the applicant. A statewide criminal records check shall be completed by the department of public safety every one hundred twenty days until the date that the fingerprint check is completed.

(b) Completes a search of criminal records in all local jurisdictions outside of this state in which the applicant has lived in the previous five years.

(c) Obtains references from the applicant's current employer and two most recent previous employers except for applicants who have been employed for at least five years by the applicant's most recent employer.

(d) Provides general supervision of the applicant until the applicant receives permanent certification from the department of education.

F. Before employment, schools or school districts shall verify the certification and fingerprint status of applicants who apply for school or school district positions that require certification.

G. Any person who participates in a teacher preparation program that is approved by the state board of education or any person who is contracted by this state, by a school district or by a charter school to provide tutoring services shall obtain a fingerprint clearance card pursuant to this section before the person participates in field experience in this state in which services will be provided directly to pupils. A person who participates in a teacher preparation program that is approved by the state board and who does not participate in field experience or student teaching in this state shall not be required to obtain a fingerprint clearance card pursuant to this section.

H. The state board of education shall notify the department of public safety if the state board of education receives credible evidence that a person who possesses a valid fingerprint clearance card either:

1. Is arrested for or charged with an offense listed in section 41-1758.03, subsection B.

2. Falsified information on the form required by subsection A of this section.

I. A person who makes a false statement, representation or certification in any application for certification is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor.
A.R.S. § 15-944 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 944
15-944 Base revenue control limit
Status: in_force

15-944. Base revenue control limit

A. The base revenue control limit for each school district for fiscal year 1980-1981 is computed as follows:

1. Add the amounts in the fiscal year 1979-1980 budget effective May 15, 1980 for general operating and special education.

2. Subtract the following budgeted revenues from the sum obtained in paragraph 1 of this subsection:

(a) Tuition paid for attendance of nonresident pupils.

(b) State assistance as provided in section 15-976.

(c) Special education revenues as provided in section 15-825, subsection D and section 15-1204.

(d) Proceeds from the sale or lease of school property as provided in section 15-1102.

3. Add the increase in the base support level from fiscal year 1979-1980 to fiscal year 1980-1981 to the difference obtained in paragraph 2 of this subsection.

B. The equalization factor for each school district is computed as follows:

1. Divide the sum obtained in subsection A, paragraph 3 of this section by the base support level for fiscal year 1980-1981.

2. Subtract 1.0 from the quotient obtained in paragraph 1 of this subsection to obtain the equalization factor.

C. The revenue variation factor for each fiscal year is as follows:

1. For fiscal year 1981-1982, 0.80.

2. For fiscal year 1982-1983, 0.60.

3. For fiscal year 1983-1984, 0.40.

4. For fiscal year 1984-1985, 0.20.

D. The base revenue control limit for each school district during the five years in which the equalization plan is in operation is computed as follows:

1. Multiply the equalization factor by the revenue variation factor for the applicable year. Beginning with fiscal year 1983-1984 if the resulting product is less than negative 0.08, use negative 0.08 for computation purposes as provided in paragraph 2 of this subsection.

2. Multiply the product obtained in paragraph 1 of this subsection by the base support level for the applicable year.

3. Add the base support level for the applicable year to the product obtained in paragraph 2 of this subsection.

E. For fiscal year 1985-1986 and each fiscal year thereafter, the base revenue control limit equals the base support level for the same fiscal year.
A.R.S. § 15-953 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 953
15-953 Increases in the base level
Status: in_force

15-953. Increases in the base level

If a school district receives approval to calculate its budget using an increase in the base level pursuant to any law for a given fiscal year, that increase in the base level applies only to the fiscal year for which approval was given. In order to calculate its budget using an increase in the base level for any subsequent fiscal year the school district must receive specific approval to do so as prescribed by law.
A.R.S. § 15-153 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 153
15-153 Crime reporting; policies and procedures; notification; discipline
Status: in_force

15-153. Crime reporting; policies and procedures; notification; discipline

A. Each school district governing board and charter school governing body shall prescribe and enforce policies and procedures for school personnel to report any suspected crime against a person or property that is a serious offense as defined in section 13-706 or that involves a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument or serious physical injury and any conduct that poses a threat of death or serious physical injury to an employee, student or other person on the school property.  The policies shall dictate a process for employees to document and report the conduct, including specifying the employees responsible for making a report to the local law enforcement agency pursuant to section 15-341, subsection A, paragraph 30.  Conduct that is considered to be bullying, harassment or intimidation shall be addressed according to policies adopted pursuant to section 15-341, subsection A, paragraph 36.

B. Each school district governing board and charter school governing body shall prescribe and enforce policies and procedures that require the school district or charter school to notify the parent or guardian of each student who is involved in a suspected crime or any conduct that is described in subsection A of this section, subject to the requirements of federal law.

C. On or before January 1, 2020, each school district or charter school shall post the policies and procedures prescribed by this section on its website.  If the school district or charter school maintains an online manual of policies and procedures, the school district or charter school may post a link to that manual with a reference to the appropriate policies and procedures.

D. A person who violates subsection A of this section may be disciplined for violating the policies of the school district governing board or charter school governing body pursuant to section 15-341, subsection A, paragraphs 21 and 22, and, notwithstanding section 15-341, subsection A, paragraphs 21 and 22, may be subject to dismissal.  Each school district governing board and charter school governing body shall prescribe and enforce policies and procedures that require the school district or charter school to maintain a record on any person who is disciplined pursuant to this subsection and, on request, shall make that record available to any public school, school district governing board or charter school governing body that is considering hiring that person.

E. By July 1, 2020, the department of education shall develop a process to verify that each school district and charter school has adopted the policies and procedures required by this section.

F. Beginning January 21, 2020, a school district or charter school that has not adopted the policies and procedures required by this section is not eligible to apply for school safety program grants pursuant to section 15-154.
A.R.S. § 15-701.02 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 701.02
15-701.02 Instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides
Status: in_force

15-701.02. Instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides

In adopting the course of study and competency requirements pursuant to sections 15-701 and 15-701.01, the state board of education shall include a requirement that students be taught about the Holocaust and other genocides for at least three class periods, or the equivalent, on at least two separate occasions during any of grades seven through twelve.
A.R.S. § 15-1251 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 1251
15-1251 State block grant for early childhood education; evaluation
Status: in_force

15-1251. State block grant for early childhood education; evaluation

A. The state block grant for early childhood education program is established in the state board of education. The purpose of the program is to promote improved pupil achievement by providing flexible supplemental funding for early childhood programs, including preschool programs for economically disadvantaged children, and programs that serve all public school pupils statewide who are in kindergarten programs and grades one, two and three.

B. Funding for the program for each fiscal year shall be allocated based on the number of pupils in kindergarten programs and grades one, two and three in each charter school or school district who were eligible for free lunches during the prior fiscal year under the national school lunch and child nutrition acts (42 United States Code sections 1751 through 1785). Any charter school or school district that did not determine for the prior fiscal year if its pupils in kindergarten programs and grades one, two and three were eligible for free lunches under the national school lunch and child nutrition acts shall receive funding for the program in the current fiscal year based on the number of its pupils in kindergarten programs and grades one, two and three who would have been eligible for free lunches in the prior fiscal year according to the statewide kindergarten programs and grades one, two and three eligibility average for all school districts and charter schools collectively for the prior fiscal year. Notwithstanding this section, a school district or charter school with an average daily membership of more than six hundred pupils in kindergarten programs and grades one, two and three in the prior fiscal year shall have participated in the national school lunch and child nutrition acts free lunches program in the prior fiscal year to be eligible for program funding in the current fiscal year.

C. A school district or charter school that devotes part or all of its program funding to preschool programs shall comply with all of the following requirements:

1. Restrict the preschool program only to preschool children eligible for free or reduced price lunches under the national school lunch and child nutrition acts.

2. Allow participating pupils to receive preschool services only from a public, federally funded or private child care provider, each of which shall be licensed by the department of health services and each of which, beginning in fiscal year 1999-2000, also shall be accredited by a state board of education approved organization that provides accreditation for preschool programs.

3. Provide all federally funded or private child care providers located within the school district or within ten miles of the charter school with information necessary for them to participate in the program, including names and addresses of children selected for participation and of their parents or guardians.

4. Provide all parents or guardians of children selected for the program with a list of licensed federally funded or private child care providers located within the school district or within ten miles of the charter school and explain to parents or guardians that they may choose to have their child receive services under the program from any provider on the list if that provider agrees to participate.

5. Allow at least fifty per cent of pupils selected for the program to receive preschool services from a federally funded or private child care provider of their parent's or guardian's own choosing.

6. Allow any eligible child care provider located within the school district or within ten miles of the charter school to participate in the program if it is willing to provide services at a unit cost similar to that paid to other providers in the area under the program.

7. Limit the use of contracts with federally funded and private child care providers to financial agreements pertaining to numbers of children to be served, hours of service to be provided per child, payment rates and other financial aspects of the program.

8. Limit to five per cent the amount of block grant monies that may be used locally for program administration.

9. Pay participating federally funded and private child care providers in a timely manner.

D. The legislative council shall conduct a programmatic evaluation of the state block grant for early childhood education program every three years.  For this evaluation, the staff of legislative council shall develop outcome measures to indicate the effectiveness of the early childhood education program.  The department of education shall assist the staff of legislative council in collecting any information necessary to complete the evaluation.
A.R.S. § 15-469 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 469
15-469 Lapsing of common school district; conditions; procedure; disposition of property and monies
Status: in_force

15-469. Lapsing of common school district; conditions; procedure; disposition of property and monies

A. If in a common school district there has been a student count of less than eight pupils between the ages of six and twenty-one years for one school year the county school superintendent may suspend the common school district and report the suspension and reasons to the common school district and the board of supervisors at its next meeting.

B. The county school superintendent may provide the common school district additional time to recruit more pupils. If the common school district has a student count of less than eight pupils at the end of the additional time, the board of supervisors may declare the common school district lapsed and attach the territory to one or more of the adjoining school districts, dispose of the property of the lapsed common school district and apply the proceeds to the credit of the lapsed common school district. The county school superintendent shall determine all unbonded indebtedness of the lapsed common school district and draw his warrant, on proper vouchers, on the county treasurer in payment of the unbonded indebtedness. Any balance remaining after such a payment shall be transferred to the county school fund.
A.R.S. § 15-204 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 204
15-204 Acceptance of gifts and grants; gifts and grants fund; use; unexpended monies
Status: in_force

15-204. Acceptance of gifts and grants; gifts and grants fund; use; unexpended monies

A. The state board of education may accept gifts or grants of monies or real or personal property from public and private organizations, if the purpose of the gift or grant specified by the donor is approved by the board and is within the scope of the board's powers and duties. There is established a fund for the placement of such monies which shall be designated as the gift and grant fund.

B. Any such monies received by the state board shall be placed in the appropriate gift and grant fund and expended for the purpose specified by the donor.

C. If all or part of the monies accepted by the board from a donor are not expended prior to the end of the fiscal year in which the gift or grant was accepted, the balance of the amount donated shall remain in the gift or grant fund until needed for the purpose specified by the donor.
A.R.S. § 15-825.01 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 825.01
15-825.01 Certificates of educational convenience; pupils attending out-of-state schools
Status: in_force

15-825.01. Certificates of educational convenience; pupils attending out-of-state schools

A. A school district is eligible to receive payment from state school monies for excess tuition if the following conditions are met:

1. The county school superintendent issues a certificate of educational convenience pursuant to section 15-825, subsection A for one or more pupils who reside in the district to attend a school in an adjacent state that is proximate to the school district when the pupils are precluded by distance, lack of adequate transportation facilities or a parent's or guardian's employment from attending a school in the school district or county of the pupils' residence.

2. The superintendent of public instruction determines that the development of an interstate compact with another state or an intergovernmental agreement between the sending and receiving school districts, which provides for tuition-free attendance in the receiving district, is impracticable or not in the best interests of this state.

3. The total amount of tuition charged by the receiving district is greater than the equalization base amount as determined by section 15-971, subsection A for all of the pupils for whom tuition is being paid pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection.

B. The excess tuition payment shall be calculated as follows:

1. Determine the amount of tuition being charged by the receiving district for pupils attending the district pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 1 of this section.

2. Determine the lesser of the amount determined in paragraph 1 of this subsection or the guaranteed tuition level. The guaranteed tuition level for the receiving district shall be determined for the tuitioned pupils by the department of education based on the receiving state's school finance formula or the actual costs of educating pupils in the receiving district, whichever is appropriate.

3. Subtract the equalization base amount as provided in subsection A, paragraph 3 of this section, from the amount determined in paragraph 2 of this subsection.

C. The excess tuition payment is exempt from the revenue control limit as provided in section 15-947.
A.R.S. § 15-160.04 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 160.04
15-160.04 Routine health care services; employee credentials; training requirements; definition
Status: in_force

15-160.04. Routine health care services; employee credentials; training requirements; definition

A. On request by a student's parent or guardian, each school district or charter school that provides routine health care services to students in the school's health office shall provide the health care credentials, if any, of each individual who provides routine health care services to students in the school's health office.

B. On request by a student's parent or guardian, each school district or charter school shall provide information describing the types of emergency response training, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, that the school district or charter school requires school employees to complete.

C. This section does not require a school district or charter school to release the personally identifiable information of a school employee or an individual who provides routine health care services to students, including the employee's or individual's address, salary, social security number or telephone number.

D. For the purposes of this section, "health care credentials" means a license, certificate, permit or registration to practice a health care profession under title 32.
A.R.S. § 15-1662 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 4 / Section 1662
15-1662 Universities; funds and accounts
Status: in_force

15-1662. Universities; funds and accounts

A. The state treasurer shall maintain the following separate permanent funds and accounts:

1. Universities land fund established by section 37-522.  Distributions from the fund pursuant to article X, section 7, Constitution of Arizona, and monies derived from the lease, sale or other disposition of lands granted by the United States for the use and benefit of the universities shall be deposited in the universities land fund as provided in this section and section 37-522.  Monies accruing to the universities under the laws of the United States pertaining to timber lands shall be deposited in the universities timber land account established by section 37-482, subsection B and may be used for the payment of expenditures which the state land department incurs for the conservation, sale and other administration of timber or timber products as provided in this section and sections 37-482 and 37-522.

2. Normal schools land fund established by section 37-523. Distributions from the fund pursuant to article X, section 7, Constitution of Arizona, and monies derived from the lease, sale or other disposition of lands granted by the United States for the use and benefit of normal schools shall be deposited in the normal schools land fund as provided in this section and section 37-523.

3. Agricultural and mechanical colleges land fund established by section 37-524. Distributions from the fund pursuant to article X, section 7, Constitution of Arizona, and monies derived from the lease, sale or other disposition of lands granted by the United States for the use and benefit of agricultural and mechanical colleges shall be deposited in the agricultural and mechanical colleges land fund as provided in this section and section 37-524.

4. School of mines land fund established by section 37-524. Distributions from the fund pursuant to article X, section 7, Constitution of Arizona, and monies derived from the lease, sale or other disposition of lands granted by the United States for the use and benefit of schools of mines shall be deposited in the school of mines land fund as provided in this section and section 37-524.

5. Military institutes land fund established pursuant to section 37-525.  Distributions from the fund pursuant to article X, section 7, Constitution of Arizona, and monies derived from the lease, sale or other disposition of lands granted by the United States for the use and benefit of military institutes shall be deposited in the military institutes land fund as provided in this section and section 37-525.

B. The Arizona board of regents shall maintain a separate permanent fund to be known as the universities fund. All monies other than those specified in subsection A of this section which are derived from the lease, sale or other disposition of lands or property which are given by any person or by law as a trust fund to be administered by the board in conformity with the terms of the gift shall be deposited in the universities fund. Such monies shall be invested and administered as designated for the use of the universities except such monies as are appropriated for specific purposes from the general fund of this state for the use of the universities.

C. The state treasurer shall keep the monies of the land funds invested in safe interest bearing securities and prudent equity pursuant to article X, section 7, Constitution of Arizona, and as provided by sections 35-313 and 35-314.01, and monies earned from investment shall be credited to the funds.

D. Monies shall not be taken from one fund or deposited in any other fund nor shall any fund or the income from the fund be taken or expended for any object other than as provided by section 37-527 or as provided by the original gift or appropriation.
A.R.S. § 15-1861 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 14 / Article 6 / Section 1861
15-1861 Definitions
Status: in_force

15-1861. Definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

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

2. "Individual conduct that materially and substantially infringes on the rights of other persons to engage in or listen to expressive activity" means conduct by a person who, with the intent to or the knowledge of doing so, materially and substantially prevents the communication of a message or prevents the transaction of the business of a lawful meeting, gathering or procession by doing any of the following:

(a) Engaging in fighting or violent or other unlawful behavior.

(b) Physically blocking or using threats of violence to prevent another person from attending, listening to, viewing or otherwise participating in an expressive activity.

(c) Preventing another person from attending, listening to, viewing or otherwise participating in an expressive activity that is held at a location that is not a public forum, such as an auditorium or lecture hall.

3. "Public forum" includes both a traditional public forum, which is any open, outdoor area on the campus of a university or community college, and a designated public forum, which is any facility, building or part of a building that the university or community college has opened to students or student organizations for expression.

4. "University" means a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents.
A.R.S. § 15-908 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 908
15-908 Revenue control limit for school district after consolidation
Status: in_force

15-908. Revenue control limit for school district after consolidation

A resulting school district after consolidation of a school district and unorganized territory or areas within another school district as provided in section 15-459, subsection C or section 15-460, subsection A shall compute its allowable revenue control limit for the first budget year as follows:

1. Divide the allowable revenue control limit for the budget year of the school district before consolidation by the student count for the school district for the budget year.

2. Multiply the quotient obtained in paragraph 1 of this section by the student count of the resulting school district for the budget year. The product is the revenue control limit of the resulting school district in the first budget year.

3. The student count used for unorganized territory is the student count of pupils who resided in the unorganized territory before consolidation.
A.R.S. § 15-757 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 3.1 / Section 757
15-757 Contracts with private vendors
Status: in_force

15-757. Contracts with private vendors

School districts and charter schools may enter into contracts with private vendors that provide literacy services that are designed to make participating pupils who begin receiving the services in kindergarten successful at reading, writing and speaking English at the third grade level by the end of the third grade.
A.R.S. § 15-1205 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 10 / Article 7 / Section 1205
15-1205 Voucher; evaluation; placement; definition
Status: in_force

15-1205. Voucher; evaluation; placement; definition

A. An application for a voucher pursuant to this article shall not be approved unless the child has been educationally evaluated and recommended for placement in accordance, as nearly as practicable, with the conditions and standards prescribed by the superintendent of public instruction pursuant to rules of the state board of education.

B. In determining the recommendation for placement the chief official of the institution shall consult at a minimum with the following:

1. The parent, as defined in section 15-761 of the child recommended for placement.

2. The person performing the educational evaluation pursuant to this section.

3. A special educator who is certified in an area related to the child's disability.

C. The placing agency may sign a voucher application for submission to the department of education.

D. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent a child who has not been educationally evaluated from being placed in an institution if such placement is for the purpose of residential and custodial care only and not for educational reasons. The institutional voucher shall not be paid for such placements.

E. For the purposes of this section, "educationally evaluated" means an evaluation pursuant to section 15-766.
A.R.S. § 15-803 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 803
15-803 School attendance; exemptions; definitions
Status: in_force

15-803. School attendance; exemptions; definitions

A. It is unlawful for any child who is between six and sixteen years of age to fail to attend school during the hours school is in session, unless either:

1. The child is excused pursuant to section 15-802, subsection D or section 15-901, subsection A, paragraph 5, subdivision (c).

2. The child is accompanied by a parent or a person authorized by a parent.

3. The child is provided with instruction in a homeschool.

B. A child who is habitually truant or who has excessive absences may be adjudicated an incorrigible child as defined in section 8-201.  Absences may be considered excessive when the number of absent days exceeds ten per cent of the number of required attendance days prescribed in section 15-802, subsection B, paragraph 1.

C. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Habitually truant" means a truant child who is truant for at least five school days within a school year.

2. "Truant" means an unexcused absence for at least one class period during the day.

3. "Truant child" means a child who is between six and sixteen years of age and who is not in attendance at a public or private school during the hours that school is in session, unless excused as provided by this section.
A.R.S. § 15-1669 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 4 / Section 1669
15-1669 Payment of salaries; sick leave
Status: in_force

15-1669. Payment of salaries; sick leave

A. The Arizona board of regents may provide for payment of annual salaries of any person appointed or employed as provided in section 15-1626, subsection A, paragraph 2, over a twelve month pay period pursuant to agreement between such person and the board.

B. The Arizona board of regents shall require institutions under its jurisdiction as part of payroll reporting procedures to identify and report hours of sick leave earned by any person appointed or employed as provided in section 15-1626, subsection A, paragraph 2, and absences on account of sickness. Compensation paid to employees on account of sickness shall be so identified in the accounting records of the institution.
A.R.S. § 15-1462 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 12 / Article 4 / Section 1462
15-1462 Special tax levy for maintenance or capital outlay of district; proration of monies
Status: in_force

15-1462. Special tax levy for maintenance or capital outlay of district; proration of monies

A. The board of supervisors in each district may supply funds from other designated sources or, in lieu thereof, shall annually, at the time of levying other taxes, levy a special community college tax on property to be determined by each county comprising the district for the purpose of maintaining the district or for capital outlay. For purposes of this subsection "capital outlay" means the expenditures which result in the acquisition of fixed properties such as land, temporary, permanent or portable buildings and development or permanent improvements to land or construction of buildings. The tax shall be at a rate sufficient to provide the amount proposed in the annual estimate of funds as needed to maintain the district for the current fiscal year, after deducting from the total estimate the amount of funds appropriated for the district by the legislature, but shall not be in excess of the levy limitation prescribed in title 42, chapter 17, article 2. The tax shall be added to and collected in the same manner as other county taxes on property. The amount of the special community college tax shall be paid into the community college fund of the county.

B. For the first year of operation monies shall be prorated to each county within a district in the ratio that the number of high school graduates of each county within the district bears to the total number of high school graduates in all counties within the district. Thereafter, proration of monies shall be to each county within a district in the ratio that the number of full-time equivalent students of each county within the district bears to the total number of full-time equivalent students in all counties within the district.
A.R.S. § 15-821 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 821
15-821 Admission of children; required age
Status: in_force

15-821. Admission of children; required age

A. Unless otherwise provided by article 1.1 of this chapter or by any other law, all schools shall admit children who are between the ages of six and twenty-one years, who reside in the school district and who meet the requirements for enrollment in one of the grades or programs offered in the school.  A school may refuse to admit a child who has graduated from a high school with a recognized diploma.

B. If a preschool program for children with disabilities is maintained, a child is eligible for admission as prescribed in section 15-771.

C. If a kindergarten program is maintained, a child is eligible for admission to kindergarten if the child is five years of age. A child is deemed five years of age if the child reaches the age of five before September 1 of the current school year. A child is eligible for admission to first grade if the child is six years of age. A child is deemed six years of age if the child reaches the age of six before September 1 of the current school year.  The governing board may admit children who have not reached the required age as prescribed by this subsection if it is determined to be in the best interest of the children.  For children entering the first grade, such determination shall be based upon one or more consultations with the parent, parents, guardian or guardians, the children, the teacher and the school principal. Such children must reach the required age of five for kindergarten and six for first grade by January 1 of the current school year.

D. Notwithstanding any other law, a child who resides with a family member other than the child's parent while awaiting the outcome of a legal guardianship or custody proceeding is deemed to reside in the school district where that family member resides if the family member provides written documentary proof of one of the following:

1. The family member is attempting to obtain legal guardianship of the child in an unresolved and uncontested guardianship proceeding commenced in superior court. The family member shall provide documentation to the school district within thirty days of enrollment that the family member is attempting to obtain legal guardianship of the child. On obtaining legal guardianship, the family member shall provide documentation to the school district.

2. The family member is attempting to obtain custody of the child in an unresolved and uncontested child custody proceeding commenced in superior court. The family member shall provide documentation to the school district within thirty days of enrollment that the family member is attempting to obtain custody of the child.  On obtaining custody, the family member shall provide documentation to the school district.
A.R.S. § 15-826 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 826
15-826 Education of children to whom school inaccessible
Status: in_force

15-826. Education of children to whom school inaccessible

The county school superintendent, with the consent of the board of supervisors, may allow on his warrant an amount not to exceed ten dollars per school month per pupil toward the education of children of compulsory school age living at such a distance or inaccessible place that compulsory attendance is impracticable. The monies may be used by the county school superintendent as he deems best for the interest of the pupil and shall be paid from the reserve fund of the county.
A.R.S. § 15-118 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 118
15-118 Recess; requirements; exceptions; definition
Status: in_force

15-118. Recess; requirements; exceptions; definition

A. Each school district and charter school shall provide at least two recess periods during the school day for pupils in kindergarten programs and grades one through three.  From and after August 1, 2019 each school district and charter school shall provide at least two recess periods during the school day for pupils in kindergarten programs and grades one through five.

B. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, a school that offers a half-day kindergarten program is required to provide at least one recess period during the school day for pupils in that kindergarten program. A school district or a charter school may count a pupil's participation in a physical education course during a school day as one of that day's recess periods required by subsection A of this section.

C. A school district or charter school is not required to extend the school day as part of meeting the requirements of subsection A of this section.

D. This section does not apply to middle schools, junior high schools, high schools, Arizona online instruction or schools in which the lowest grade of instruction offered is grade five.

E. For the purposes of this section, "recess" means a period of time during the regular school day, including time during a scheduled lunch period, during which a pupil is able to engage in physical activity or social interaction with other pupils.
A.R.S. § 15-999 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 6 / Section 999
15-999 Preference of payment of warrants; use of balance of school fund remaining at close of fiscal year
Status: in_force

15-999. Preference of payment of warrants; use of balance of school fund remaining at close of fiscal year

A. All warrants registered after January 1, 1936 and drawn on the county treasurer against the school fund of the school district by the county school superintendent or finance officer of a school district that has assumed accounting responsibility pursuant to section 15-914.01 on the order of the governing board shall be entitled to preference of payment out of the school fund according to priority of registration.

B. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter and chapter 10 of this title, if a balance remains in the school fund of a school district at the close of a fiscal year, such balance shall be used for reduction of school district taxes for the budget year.

C. A warrant that is drawn on the school fund of the school district by the county school superintendent or finance officer of a school district that has assumed accounting responsibility pursuant to section 15-914.01 and that is not presented for payment within one year after the date of issuance is void. All warrants not presented within one year shall have no further force or effect, and any monies held at the expiration of such time in any fund or account for the payment of the warrants shall be transferred or reverted to the fund upon which the warrants were drawn.
A.R.S. § 15-708 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 708
15-708 Common school pupils; mathematics proficiency; parental notification
Status: in_force

15-708. Common school pupils; mathematics proficiency; parental notification

If the statewide assessment results are available before the start of each school year, each school district and charter school shall provide notification no later than the first half of the second quarter of the school year to parents of pupils in grades six through eight who have not demonstrated proficiency in grade-level mathematics based on available local or statewide assessments. The notification shall include the following information:

1. A description of the pupil's mathematics deficiencies as demonstrated by the statewide assessment.

2. A description of the current mathematics services provided by the school district or charter school, including supplemental instructional services and supporting programs that are designed to remediate mathematics deficiencies.
A.R.S. § 15-504 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 504
15-504 Contract days for professional association activities; prohibition
Status: in_force

15-504. Contract days for professional association activities; prohibition

School district employment contracts shall not include compensated days for professional association activities.  For the purposes of this section, professional association activities do not include conduct that occurs during a field trip for pupils.  This section does not prohibit individual employees of school districts from taking compensated leave time for any personal purpose, any professional purpose or any other lawful purpose.
A.R.S. § 15-1104 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 1104
15-1104 Unemployment compensation fund
Status: in_force

15-1104. Unemployment compensation fund

Unemployment compensation monies shall be deposited with the county treasurer who shall credit the deposits to the unemployment compensation fund of the respective school district. The unemployment compensation fund of a school district is a continuing fund not subject to reversion, except that any monies in the fund determined by the governing board, or the superintendent or chief administrative officer with the approval of the governing board, to be in excess of insurance needs shall be used for reduction of school district taxes for the budget year.
A.R.S. § 15-998 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 6 / Section 998
15-998 Liability of treasurer for failure to keep separate account or give notice; enforcement
Status: in_force

15-998. Liability of treasurer for failure to keep separate account or give notice; enforcement

If the county treasurer fails to keep a separate account for each school district and for the special county school reserve fund or give the notice required by section 15-996, he is liable to the county in the amount of five hundred dollars, and the county attorney shall, upon direction of the board of supervisors, bring an action in the name of the county against the treasurer for the recovery of the five hundred dollars. Monies collected are payable into the county school fund.
A.R.S. § 15-151 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 151
15-151 Eye protective devices; definition
Status: in_force

15-151. Eye protective devices; definition

A. Every student, teacher and visitor in public and private schools, community colleges, colleges and universities shall wear appropriate eye protective ware while participating in or when observing vocational, technical, industrial arts, art or laboratory science activities involving exposure to:

1. Molten metals or other molten materials.

2. Cutting, shaping and grinding of materials.

3. Heat treatment, tempering or kiln firing of any metal or other materials.

4. Welding fabrication processes.

5. Explosive materials.

6. Caustic solutions.

7. Radioactive materials.

B. The governing board of every school district, the governing board of every community college district, the Arizona board of regents and every person maintaining a private or parochial school in this state shall equip schools within their jurisdiction with eye protective ware for use as required in this article.

C. Standards and rules for the enforcement of this article shall be prescribed by the governing board of every school district, the community college district governing board of each community college district and the Arizona board of regents.

D. Schools, community colleges, colleges and universities may receive and expend federal, state and local monies to provide eye protective devices.

E. For purposes of this article, "eye protective wear" means devices meeting the standards of the American national standards institute's standards for occupational and education eye protection, Z87.1-1989.
A.R.S. § 15-272 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 272
15-272 Duties of department of education for uniform system of financial records
Status: in_force

15-272. Duties of department of education for uniform system of financial records

A. The department of education shall advise and consult with the auditor general in the preparation and implementation of a uniform system of financial records.

B. The state board of education, on report from the auditor general, shall determine whether school districts are maintaining the uniform system of financial records.  If the state board of education determines that a school district is not in compliance with the uniform system of financial records or has failed to correct a deficiency within ninety days after receiving notice from the auditor general, the state board of education shall direct the superintendent of public instruction to withhold up to ten per cent of the portion of state monies to the school district for each violation from the date of the determination until such time as the auditor general reports compliance with the uniform system of financial records.  The auditor general and the department of education shall assist the school district to achieve compliance during such period.

C. The general budget limit and maintenance and operations section of the budget for the current year and for the budget year if the school district is not in compliance before the end of the current year, shall be reduced by the amount determined in subsection B until the state board of education determines that the school district is in compliance.

D. If compliance is determined by the state board of education in the same year as the determination of noncompliance or in the first year after the fiscal year of the determination of noncompliance, the resulting adjustment to budgeted maintenance and operations and to the general budget limit may be applied to the fiscal year of the determination of noncompliance equal to the amount adjusted in that fiscal year or to the current year equal to the amount adjusted in the current year.  Previously withheld monies that resulted from the determination of noncompliance shall be returned in the year compliance is determined.
A.R.S. § 15-854 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 8 / Article 4 / Section 854
15-854 Year-round school year operation; powers and duties of superintendent of public instruction
Status: in_force

15-854. Year-round school year operation; powers and duties of superintendent of public instruction

A. The superintendent of public instruction shall:

1. Prepare and distribute all necessary forms for application by any school district for state authorization for a school district year-round school year operation program.

2. Prepare and distribute all necessary budget or reporting forms which may be required for the purpose of this section and section 15-855.

3. Cooperate with and provide continued supervision of all year-round school year operation programs to determine compliance with the provisions of this section and section 15-855.

B. The superintendent of public instruction may:

1. Authorize a school district with program approval for year-round school year operation to employ a fiscal year other than one beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30, and to appropriately adjust the respective budget dates.

2. Authorize and assist in arrangements for any necessary adjustments of employment contracts, the dates and respective percentages of apportionments of state aid and the student count to be based on each pupil's attendance during the respective one hundred seventy-five days or two hundred days, as applicable, of school operation, or the equivalent as approved by the superintendent of public instruction, in which the pupil is enrolled.
A.R.S. § 15-1052 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 9 / Section 1052
15-1052 Receipt of federal monies; accounting; report
Status: in_force

15-1052. Receipt of federal monies; accounting; report

The department of education shall account for all federal monies it receives in separate accounts or funds as necessary to meet accounting, budgetary and auditing requirements. The department of education may use the most efficient system of accounts and records, consistent with legal requirements and standards and necessary fiscal safeguards. The department of education shall provide a report detailing all federal monies received by the department of education, including differentiating between noncustodial federal monies and all other federal monies and how monies were allocated during each fiscal year. The department of education shall submit the report on or before December 1 of each year to the joint legislative budget committee for review.
A.R.S. § 15-1470 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 12 / Article 4 / Section 1470
15-1470 Community college courses; intergovernmental agreement
Status: in_force

15-1470. Community college courses; intergovernmental agreement

A. A district may offer credit and noncredit courses and services outside of the district in other districts within this state.

B. A district may offer credit and noncredit courses and services outside of the district in counties within this state without an organized district.

C. A district may offer credit and noncredit courses and services outside of this state.  A district is not entitled to state aid payments for students who are provided courses and services outside of this state.

D. Before a district may offer courses pursuant to subsection A, the district shall enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the district of the county in which the courses will be held.

E. Before a district may offer courses pursuant to subsection B, the district shall enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the board of supervisors of the county in which the courses will be held. The district and the county shall negotiate the amount of reimbursement payable by the county to the district for courses conducted within the county no later than July 1.

F. The intergovernmental agreement entered into as provided in subsection E may not require or permit the county to reimburse the district for noncredit classes.

G. The intergovernmental agreement entered into as provided in this section shall include provisions for an alternative dispute resolution.
A.R.S. § 15-113 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 113
15-113 Rights of parents; public educational institutions; definitions
Status: in_force

15-113. Rights of parents; public educational institutions; definitions

A. A parent of a student in a public educational institution has the right to review learning materials and activities in advance. A parent who objects to any learning material or activity on the basis that the material or activity is harmful may request to withdraw that parent's student from the activity or from the class or program in which the material is used and request an alternative assignment.

B. A charter school may require parents to waive the right to object to learning materials or activities pursuant to subsection A of this section as a condition of enrollment if the charter school provides a complete list of books and materials to be used each school year before the student enrolls.  If the charter school introduces books or materials that were not disclosed prior to enrollment, the parent retains the right to object to those materials pursuant to subsection A of this section.

C. A charter school may require that any request to review learning materials or activities or to withdraw the student from learning materials or activities pursuant to subsection A of this section be made in writing.

D. A public educational institution shall obtain signed, written consent from a student's parent or guardian before doing either of the following:

1. Using video, audio or electronic materials that may be inappropriate for the age of the student.

2. Providing sex education instruction to the student.  At the same time the public educational institution seeks consent, it shall inform the student's parent or guardian of the parent's or guardian's right to review the instructional materials and activities.

E. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Objects to any learning material or activity on the basis that the material or activity is harmful" means objecting to the material or activity because of sexual content, violent content or profane or vulgar language.

2. "Public educational institution" means any of the following:

(a) A school district, including its schools.

(b) A charter school.

(c) An accommodation school.

(d) The Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind.
A.R.S. § 15-842 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 8 / Article 3 / Section 842
15-842 Damage to school property; suspension or expulsion of pupil; liability of parent
Status: in_force

15-842. Damage to school property; suspension or expulsion of pupil; liability of parent

A. Except as provided in section 15-843, subsection K, a pupil who cuts, defaces or otherwise injures any school property may be suspended or expelled.

B. On complaint of the governing board, the parents or guardians of minors who have injured school property are liable for all damages caused by their children or wards.
A.R.S. § 15-1867 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 14 / Article 6 / Section 1867
15-1867 Arizona board of regents; committee on free expression; annual report
Status: in_force

15-1867. Arizona board of regents; committee on free expression; annual report

A. The Arizona board of regents shall establish a committee on free expression consisting of at least fifteen members.

B. The committee on free expression shall submit an annual report on or before September 1 to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate. The Arizona board of regents shall post a copy of the annual report on its website and shall submit a copy of the annual report to the secretary of state.  The annual report shall include:

1. A description of any barriers to or disruptions of free expression within the universities in this state.

2. A description of the administrative handling and discipline relating to barriers to or disruptions of free expression within the universities in this state.

3. A description of substantial difficulties, controversies or successes in maintaining a posture of administrative and institutional neutrality.

4. Any assessments, criticisms, commendations or recommendations that the committee decides to include in the annual report.

5. An accounting of how student activity fees were allocated in the prior year.  For the purposes of this paragraph, "student activity fees" means any fee that is charged to students by a university in this state and that is used to support and facilitate the expression and activities of students or student organizations.
A.R.S. § 15-362 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 362
15-362 Libraries; powers and duties; authority to contract
Status: in_force

15-362. Libraries; powers and duties; authority to contract

A. The governing board of a school district may establish and maintain libraries. Such libraries shall be under control of the governing board. The governing board is accountable for the care of the libraries, but the board may appoint district librarians or put the libraries under the direct charge of a teacher or other qualified person.  When requested, the governing board shall report on the libraries to the county school superintendent on forms supplied by the superintendent of public instruction.

B. The governing board shall:

1. Enforce the rules prescribed for governing school libraries.

2. Exclude from school libraries all books, publications and papers of a sectarian, partisan or denominational character. This paragraph does not prohibit any materials for the elective course permitted by section 15-717.01.

C. A district library is free to all pupils of suitable age who attend the school. Residents of the district may become entitled to library privileges by payment of fees and compliance with regulations prescribed by the governing board. The governing board may enter into a contract or agreement with the proper authorities of a county free library or other public library possessing facilities to render the desired service for the procurement of reference or other library books or the extension services of the library. The amount expended shall not exceed two percent of the total school district budget for the school year during which the services are utilized.

D. A school district governing board may enter into agreements with counties, county free library districts, municipal libraries, nonprofit and public libraries, tribal libraries, private schools and tribal schools in the county where the school district is located.
A.R.S. § 15-974 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 974
15-974 Equalization assistance for education for accommodation schools
Status: in_force

15-974. Equalization assistance for education for accommodation schools

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

B. When an accommodation school has a positive total cash balance at the end of a fiscal year in its maintenance and operation fund, the county school superintendent of the county in which the accommodation school is located may authorize an addition to the accommodation school's revenue control limit as provided in section 15-947, subsection A for the following fiscal year. The county school superintendent may not authorize an addition that exceeds the lesser of the ending cash balance minus the amount budgeted for the budget balance carryforward as provided in section 15-943.01 or ten percent of the revenue control limit of the accommodation school and five percent of the revenue control limit pursuant to section 15-482, without the necessity of an election pursuant to section 15-481. If an accommodation school has a cash balance in excess of the amount needed to fund the budget balance carryforward and the addition authorized pursuant to this subsection for the following fiscal year, the remaining cash balance may be used for capital expenditures.

C. Subsection B of this section does not apply to an accommodation school with a student count of one hundred twenty-five or less in kindergarten programs and grades one through eight or to an accommodation school that offers instruction in grade nine, ten, eleven or twelve and that has a student count of one hundred or less in grades nine through twelve.
A.R.S. § 15-205 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 205
15-205 Education of Indians in state schools; contracts with department of interior
Status: in_force

15-205. Education of Indians in state schools; contracts with department of interior

A. The state board of education may enter into contracts with the department of the interior for the welfare and education of Indians in schools of this state, in accordance with the act of Congress approved April 16, 1934, as amended by the act of June 4, 1936. The board shall administer the expenditure of federal funds provided under such contracts.

B. No contract as provided for in subsection A shall be binding on the school district affected until it is approved by the district governing board.
A.R.S. § 15-1467 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 12 / Article 4 / Section 1467
15-1467 State aid appropriations; disbursement procedure; district fund
Status: in_force

15-1467. State aid appropriations; disbursement procedure; district fund

A. Appropriations for state aid to districts shall be distributed to each community college district in accordance with section 15-1466.

B.  The state treasurer shall disburse one-fourth of the annual amount of the monies to each district in the first month of each quarter for the support and maintenance of the district, to be expended as provided by law. If no community college exists, the department shall establish a fund for new future districts to be disbursed as needed.

C. Notwithstanding subsection B of this section, a district may request the state treasurer to disburse the monies to the local government investment pool for deposit into the district's account as established in section 35-326.
A.R.S. § 15-509 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 509
15-509 School employees; applicants; criminal conviction disclosures; violation; classification; definition
Status: in_force

15-509. School employees; applicants; criminal conviction disclosures; violation; classification; definition

A. Any individual who applies for employment by a school in this state shall disclose to each prospective employer whether the individual has pled guilty, pled no contest, been convicted of or is waiting trial on any of the following:

1. A dangerous crime against children pursuant to section 13-705.

2. A violation of section 13-1404 or 13-1406 in which the victim was a minor.

3. An act committed in another state or territory that if committed in this state would have been subject to disclosure pursuant to paragraph 1 or 2 of this subsection.

4. Sexual conduct with a minor pursuant to section 13-1405.

5. Any crime that requires the person to register as a sex offender pursuant to section 13-3821.

6. A preparatory offense as prescribed in section 13-1001 of any offense that is subject to disclosure pursuant to paragraph 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 of this subsection.

B. It is a defense to a prosecution for a violation of subsection A, paragraph 3 of this section that the individual's failure to disclose was due to a good faith mistake of law.

C. Any individual who knowingly violates subsection A of this section is guilty of a class 6 felony.

D. For the purposes of this section, "school" means a school district, charter school or private school that provides instruction to students in kindergarten programs or any of grades one through twelve.
A.R.S. § 15-771 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 771
15-771 Preschool programs for children with disabilities; definition
Status: in_force

15-771. Preschool programs for children with disabilities; definition

A. Each school district shall make available an educational program for preschool children with disabilities who reside in the school district and who are not already receiving services that have been provided through the department of education. A charter school may choose to make available an educational program for preschool children with disabilities.  The state board of education shall prescribe rules for use by school districts in the provision of educational programs for preschool children with disabilities. School districts are required to, and charter schools may, make available educational programs for preschool children who meet the definition of one of the conditions prescribed in paragraphs 1 through 5 of this subsection.  For the purposes of calculating average daily membership, school districts and charter schools may count only those preschool children who meet the definition of one of the following conditions:

1. Hearing impairment.

2. Visual impairment.

3. Developmental delay.

4. Preschool severe delay.

5. Speech/language impairment.

B. The state board of education shall annually distribute to school districts and charter schools that choose to provide preschool programs pursuant to this section at least ten per cent of the monies it receives under 20 United States Code section 1411(c)(2) for preschool programs for children with disabilities. The state board shall prescribe rules for the distribution of the monies to school districts and charter schools.

C. The governing board of a school district or the appropriate approving body of a charter school may submit a proposal to the state board of education as prescribed by the state board to receive monies for preschool programs for children with disabilities as provided in this section. A school district that receives monies as provided in this section shall include the monies in the special projects section of the budget as provided in section 15-903, subsection F.

D. All school districts shall cooperate, if appropriate, with community organizations that provide services to preschool children with disabilities in the provision of the district's preschool program for children with disabilities.

E. A school district or charter school may not admit a child to a preschool program for children with disabilities unless the child is evaluated and recommended for placement as provided in sections 15-766 and 15-767.

F. For the purpose of allocating monies pursuant to 20 United States Code section 1419(g)(1)(B)(i), "jurisdiction" includes high school pupils whose parents reside within the boundaries of a common school district.  The common school district shall ensure such high school pupils are not counted by any other school district.

G. For the purposes of this section, "preschool child" means a child who is at least three years of age but who has not reached the age required for kindergarten.  A preschool child is three years of age as of the date of the child's third birthday.  The governing board of a school district or the appropriate approving body of a charter school may admit otherwise eligible children who are within ninety days of their third birthday, if it is determined to be in the best interest of the individual child. Children who are admitted to programs for preschool children before their third birthday are entitled to the same provision of services as if they were three years of age.
A.R.S. § 15-396 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / Article 6 / Section 396
15-396 Dissolution of career technical education districts
Status: in_force

15-396. Dissolution of career technical education districts

A. On approval of a majority of the full membership of the career technical education board or on the receipt by the career technical education board of resolutions adopted by the governing boards of the school districts participating in the career technical education district, the career technical education board shall adopt and send to the state board a resolution requesting the dissolution of the career technical education district. The resolution shall state the reasons for the proposed dissolution, set forth a plan for equitable adjustment, division and disposition of the assets and liabilities of the career technical education district and provide that each participating school district will assume its share of the outstanding indebtedness of the career technical education district.

B. On approval of the resolution by the state board, the career technical education district is dissolved in accordance with the provisions of the resolution.
A.R.S. § 15-756.08 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 3.1 / Section 756.08
15-756.08 Monitoring; report; corrective action plan
Status: in_force

15-756.08. Monitoring; report; corrective action plan

A. The superintendent of public instruction shall direct the office of English language acquisition services in the department of education to:

1. Monitor each year at least twelve school districts or charter schools from the fifty school districts or charter schools in this state with the highest number of English language learners.  The department shall monitor all fifty school districts or charter schools with the highest number of English language learners in this state at least once every four years.

2. Monitor each year at least ten school districts or charter schools that are not included in the fifty school districts or charter schools described in paragraph 1 of this subsection.

3. Monitor each year at least ten school districts or charter schools that are not required to provide instruction for English language learners for a majority of their grade levels.

4. Choose, based on the department's review of reports submitted by school districts and charter schools, the school districts and charter schools described in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this subsection.

B. The monitoring required by this section shall be on-site monitoring and shall include classroom observations, curriculum reviews, faculty interviews, student records, a review of English language learner programs and an analysis of programmatic effectiveness, at a minimum, to include prior year data that analyze the progress of English language learners.

C. Based on the results of the monitoring, the department of education shall determine whether the school district or charter school is complying with state and federal laws applicable to English language learners.

D. The department of education shall issue a report of the results of the monitoring within forty-five days after completing the monitoring.

E. Within sixty days following the issuance of the department of education's report, the school district or charter school receiving the report shall prepare and submit to the department a corrective action plan, in a manner prescribed by the state board of education, that sets forth steps that will be taken to correct the deficiencies, if any, noted in the department's report.

F. Within thirty days after receiving a school district's or charter school's corrective action plan, the department of education shall review the corrective action plan and may require changes to the corrective action plan.

G. After the department of education has reviewed a school district's or charter school's corrective action plan and made any changes the department deems necessary, the department shall return the corrective action plan to the school district or charter school.

H. Within thirty days after receiving a corrective action plan back from the department of education, the school district or charter school shall begin implementing the measures set forth in the corrective action plan.

I. The department of education shall conduct a follow-up evaluation of the school district or charter school within one year after the department returned the corrective action plan to the school district or charter school.

J. In conducting the follow-up evaluation, if the department of education finds that the school district or charter school is not in compliance with state and federal laws applicable to English language learners, the department shall refer the school district or charter school to the state board of education for a finding of noncompliance.  A school district or charter school that is found by the state board to be noncompliant shall not continue to receive any monies from the Arizona English language learner fund established by section 15-756.04 for English language learners and shall not reduce the amount of monies spent on the school district's or charter school's English language learner programs despite the loss of monies caused by the noncompliance.

K. The department of education shall monitor each school district or charter school that the state board of education has found to be noncompliant and that is not receiving Arizona English language learner fund monies pursuant to subsection J of this section to ensure that the school district or charter school does not reduce the amount of monies spent on the school district's or charter school's English language learner programs despite the loss of Arizona English language learner fund monies caused by the noncompliance.
A.R.S. § 15-1202 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 10 / Article 7 / Section 1202
15-1202 Special education fund account; administration; expenditure limitation
Status: in_force

15-1202. Special education fund account; administration; expenditure limitation

A. There is established a separate account within the fund which shall consist of legislative appropriations to the account for special education institutional vouchers.

B. The account shall be administered by the superintendent of public instruction for the purposes provided in this article.

C. Each fiscal year the state board of education shall include in its budget request for assistance to schools a separate line item for the account.

D. The total amount of state monies that may be spent in any fiscal year by the superintendent of public instruction for the purposes of this article shall not exceed the amount appropriated or authorized by section 35-173 for that purpose. This article 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. § 15-781.02 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 781.02
15-781.02 Meetings; majority required for validation; travel expenses; immunity
Status: in_force

15-781.02. Meetings; majority required for validation; travel expenses; immunity

A. The state board of education shall hold four regular meetings annually at times it directs under the provisions of section 15-784 for the purposes of providing career and technical education and vocational education. 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 superintendent of public instruction, as other claims against the state are paid, from the appropriation for the board authorized in the general appropriations act.

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 the board.

E. The superintendent of public instruction is the executive officer of the board.
A.R.S. § 15-1154 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 10 / Article 4 / Section 1154
15-1154 Operation of school meal programs by governing boards; school meal program fund; revolving fund
Status: in_force

15-1154. Operation of school meal programs by governing boards; school meal program fund; revolving fund

A. A governing board may operate school meal programs, and for that purpose may employ personnel, purchase equipment and food and incur other necessary expenses, making payment therefor through the use of gifts or donations, proceeds of sales of school meals, contributions made available by the federal government or monies obtained by school district levy, but no monies acquired by the levy of state, county or school district taxes shall be expended for food.

B. Any monies received in the operation of a school district school meal program shall be deposited with the county treasurer who shall credit the deposits to the school meal program fund of the respective school district. Monies deposited to the credit of a school meal program fund may be withdrawn by voucher as approved by the governing board for operation of the school district school meal program, except that a revolving fund of five hundred dollars may be established in the manner and for the purposes prescribed in subsection C of this section. The school meal program fund of a school district is a continuing fund not subject to reversion.

C. The governing board of any school district with the consent of the county school superintendent may establish for the operation of school meal programs a revolving fund of five hundred dollars which may be used for payment of freight on commodities, purchase of food required in emergencies, employment of temporary personnel for employment which does not exceed eight hours for any person or other minor disbursements. The revolving fund monies shall be deposited in a federal reserve bank in a designated account and shall be withdrawn by check signed by two bonded employees appointed by the governing board of the school district.

D. Upon approval of a revolving fund as prescribed by subsection C of this section, the county school superintendent shall draw a warrant to the order of the designated employees and charge the amount thereof against the school district school meal program fund, but no revolving fund shall be established unless the designated employees are 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 school meal program fund.

E. The designated employees shall periodically submit a voucher with supporting papers covering disbursements from the school meal revolving fund prescribed by subsection C of this section 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 decides to terminate the revolving fund, the designated employees shall return the original amount of the revolving fund to the county treasurer by the date that the dissolution, consolidation, unification or subdivision becomes effective or within thirty days after the date that the governing board decides to terminate the revolving fund, whichever is appropriate, for deposit in the school meal program fund of the respective school district.
A.R.S. § 15-1690 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 5 / Section 1690
15-1690 Prohibitions against obligating state of Arizona
Status: in_force

15-1690. Prohibitions against obligating state of Arizona

Nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize the board to contract a debt on behalf of, or in any way to obligate, the state of Arizona, or to pledge, assign or encumber in any way, or to permit the pledging, assigning or encumbering in any way, of appropriations made by the legislature or revenue derived from the investment of the proceeds of the sale and from the rental of such lands as have been set aside by the enabling act approved June 20, 1910, or other legislative enactments of the United States, for the use and benefit of the board or the institution.
A.R.S. § 15-1175 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 10 / Article 5 / Section 1175
15-1175 Liability
Status: in_force

15-1175. Liability

The United States, and the secretary of agriculture thereof, shall be held free from liability by virtue of the transfer of the assets to the state board of education pursuant to this article.
A.R.S. § 15-901.03 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 901.03
15-901.03 Transfers; review
Status: in_force

15-901.03. Transfers; review

Notwithstanding section 35-173, subsection C, any transfer to or from the amount appropriated for basic state aid entitlement, additional state aid to schools, the special education fund or other state aid to districts line items shall require review by the joint legislative budget committee.
A.R.S. § 15-1450 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 12 / Article 3 / Section 1450
15-1450 District board members; participation in employee benefit plan
Status: in_force

15-1450. District board members; participation in employee benefit plan

A. A community college district board may allow its members and spouses and dependents of members to participate in the plan providing health, accident, life and disability benefits for employees of the district and their dependents. A district board member is eligible to participate in the plan provided as an employee benefit if the member pays the full premium and the participation of the member does not result in an expenditure of district monies.

B. If the community college district board allows its members to participate in the plan, as provided in subsection A of this section, a district board may also adopt a policy allowing participation in the plan provided as an employee benefit for board members after they leave the board and for surviving spouses and dependents of board members or former board members under the following conditions:

1. The community college district board may allow a board member and spouses and dependents of members to continue to participate after the board member leaves the board if all of the following apply:

(a) The board member served at least six consecutive years on the board.

(b) The board member was covered under the plan while serving on the board.

(c) The board member pays the full premium.

(d) The board member's participation does not result in an expenditure of district monies.

2. The district board may allow the surviving spouse and dependents of a deceased board member to continue to participate in the plan if all of the following apply:

(a) The surviving spouse or dependents were covered under the board member's or former board member's participation in the plan.

(b) The surviving spouse or dependents pay the full premium.

(c) The participation of the surviving spouse and dependents does not result in the expenditure of district monies.
A.R.S. § 15-532 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 532
15-532 Examination on state and United States constitutions; reciprocity requirement; exemption; intergovernmental agreement or contract for administration and evaluation
Status: in_force

15-532. Examination on state and United States constitutions; reciprocity requirement; exemption; intergovernmental agreement or contract for administration and evaluation

A. A person who is applying for a certificate authorizing the person to become a teacher in a school, in addition to fingerprinting and other requirements, shall either complete the required classes or pass a satisfactory examination on the provisions and principles of the Constitutions of the United States and Arizona.

B. A person who has not met the requirements of this section at the time application is made but who has met all other requirements shall be granted a certificate for at least three years, except that a person who has not met the requirements of this section but who has met all other requirements and who applies for a certificate authorizing the person to teach an academic course that focuses predominantly on history, government, social studies, citizenship, law or civics shall be granted a certificate for not more than one year.  No additional certificate may be granted until all requirements have been fulfilled as provided by the regulations of the state board of education governing certification of teachers. A person who is applying for reciprocity pursuant to section 15-203, subsection A, paragraph 27 shall be issued a standard certificate and demonstrate completion of the requirements pursuant to the timelines established in this section. The department of education or state board of education may temporarily suspend the standard certificate of a person who fails to meet the requirements of this section within the prescribed time frames. A certificate that is temporarily suspended pursuant to this subsection is not considered a disciplinary action and a person shall be allowed to correct the deficiency within the remaining time of the standard certification.

C. A noncertified person, qualified under the federal and state plans for vocational education, shall be exempt from this section for the purpose of acting as an instructor for special adult and evening classes.

D. The state board of education may enter into intergovernmental agreements or contracts pursuant to title 11, chapter 7, article 3 for the administration and evaluation of the examination on the provisions and principles of the Constitutions of the United States and Arizona. Notwithstanding section 15-531, the intergovernmental agreement or contract shall specify the fee for the administration and evaluation of the examination and may provide for the retention of all or part of the monies by the contractor administering and evaluating the examination.

E. A university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents shall offer the classes required by this section to students who are pursuing a bachelor of arts degree in education or a bachelor of science degree in education at that university.
A.R.S. § 15-1346 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 1346
15-1346 Payment for personal expenses
Status: in_force

15-1346. Payment for personal expenses

A. It is the responsibility of parents or persons having legal custody of a pupil to provide sufficient monies for that pupil enrolled in the school to cover personal care items, including clothing, hearing aids, hearing aid repairs, eyeglasses, eyeglass repairs, medical or dental care and transportation to the school and home at the close of the school term.

B. The superintendent shall periodically make an account of certified expenses for a pupil and shall bill the parent or person having legal custody of the pupil for reimbursement of such expenses. If the superintendent determines that the parent or person having legal custody of the pupil is unable to pay the account and that the pupil is indigent, the superintendent shall remit the account after one school year to the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county in which the pupil resides for payment from the county general fund.
A.R.S. § 15-710.02 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 710.02
15-710.02 9/11 education day; instruction requirement; policies or rules
Status: in_force

15-710.02. 9/11 education day; instruction requirement; policies or rules

On 9/11 education day, each public school that provides instruction to students in any of grades seven through twelve shall provide age-appropriate instruction to students in each of grades seven through twelve on the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The state board of education may develop policies or adopt rules for the purposes of carrying out this section.
A.R.S. § 15-745 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 745
15-745 Homeschooled children; testing; prohibition
Status: in_force

15-745. Homeschooled children; testing; prohibition

A. This article shall not be construed to require the testing of children who are instructed in a homeschool program while they are receiving homeschool instruction.

B. A child who enrolls in a kindergarten program or grades one through twelve after receiving instruction in a homeschool program shall be tested pursuant to this article in order to determine the appropriate grade level for the educational placement of the child.
A.R.S. § 15-401 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 401
15-401 Qualifications of school electors; school district registers; challenge; tally lists
Status: in_force

15-401. Qualifications of school electors; school district registers; challenge; tally lists

A. A person who is a qualified elector of this state under section 16-121 in the boundaries of the school district twenty-nine days immediately preceding the election is qualified to vote at an election of the school district in the precinct in which he is registered. For the purposes of this title, the term "qualified school elector", "qualified elector", "school elector" or "elector" shall have the qualifications prescribed in this subsection.

B. All school elections shall be conducted by use of school district precinct registers and in the manner as provided in sections 16-579, 16-580 and 16-584. A person offering to vote may be challenged, and the election officers shall thereupon have the powers and duties of general election officers.

C. The forms for the tally list shall be furnished by the county board of supervisors, and the tally lists must be completed and returned to the county school superintendent and shall be kept by him for not less than five years.
A.R.S. § 15-381 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 381
15-381 Liabilities of the governing board; payment of liabilities; immunity
Status: in_force

15-381. Liabilities of the governing board; payment of liabilities; immunity

A. The governing board is liable as such, in the name of the school district, for a judgment against the district for salary due a teacher on contract and for all debts contracted under this title. It shall pay judgments or liabilities from the school monies to the credit of the district.

B. The governing board members shall have no personal liability for acts done in reliance upon written opinions of the attorney general or upon written opinions of the county attorney:

1. Which are deemed to be affirmed by the attorney general pursuant to section 15-253.

2. With which the attorney general concurs.

3. Which the attorney general declines to review.

4. As revised by a written opinion of the attorney general.

C. Members of a governing 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.
A.R.S. § 15-717.02 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 717.02
15-717.02 Prohibited instruction; disciplinary action; legal action; civil penalty
Status: in_force

15-717.02. Prohibited instruction; disciplinary action; legal action; civil penalty

(L21, Ch. 404, sec. 21)

A. A teacher, administrator or other employee of a school district, charter school or state agency who is involved with students and teachers in grades preschool through the twelfth grade may not use public monies for instruction that presents any form of blame or judgment on the basis of race, ethnicity or sex.

B. A teacher, administrator or other employee of a school district, charter school or state agency who is involved with students and teachers in grades preschool through the twelfth grade may not allow instruction in or make part of a course the following concepts:

1. One race, ethnic group or sex is inherently morally or intellectually superior to another race, ethnic group or sex.

2. An individual, by virtue of the individual's race, ethnicity or sex, is inherently racist, sexist or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously.

3. An individual should be invidiously discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of the individual's race, ethnicity or sex.

4. An individual's moral character is determined by the individual's race, ethnicity or sex.

5. An individual, by virtue of the individual's race, ethnicity or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed by other members of the same race, ethnic group or sex.

6. An individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish or any other form of psychological distress because of the individual's race, ethnicity or sex.

7. Academic achievement, meritocracy or traits such as a hard work ethic are racist or sexist or were created by members of a particular race, ethnic group or sex to oppress members of another race, ethnic group or sex.

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

D. A teacher who violates this section shall be subject to disciplinary action, including the suspension or revocation of the teacher's certificate, as the state board deems appropriate.

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

F. For each violation of this section, including subsequent or continued violations, the court may impose a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 per school district, charter school or state agency where the violation occurs.

G. This section does not preclude any training on sexual harassment or lessons on recognizing and reporting abuse.
A.R.S. § 15-1402.01 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 12 / Article 1 / Section 1402.01
15-1402.01 Alternative organization for community college districts; definition
Status: in_force

15-1402.01. Alternative organization for community college districts; definition

A. A county that does not meet the requirements prescribed in section 15-1402 may organize a community college district under this chapter if all of the following requirements are met:

1. A provisional community college district that began operations before January 1, 2015 has been in operation in that county for at least five years immediately before the formation of the proposed community college district pursuant to this section.

2. The most recent number of full-time equivalent student enrollment calculated pursuant to section 15-1466.01 for the provisional community college district is at least four hundred fifty.

3. The proposed community college district is actively seeking accreditation from a regional accrediting agency recognized by the United States department of education or by the council on postsecondary accreditation.

4. A member of the public requests, or the governing board schedules, public meetings to discuss and hear testimony on converting the provisional community college district to an independent community college district.

5. At the next regularly scheduled meeting after the meeting prescribed in paragraph 4 of this subsection, the governing board of the provisional community college district adopts a resolution to form a community college district pursuant to this section.

6. Notwithstanding section 42-17056, after the governing board of the provisional community college district adopts a resolution pursuant to paragraph 5 of this subsection, the governing board may call an election on a general election date of the board's choice to seek voter approval to increase the primary property tax levy for the provisional community college district.  If a majority of the qualified electors voting:

(a) Approve the proposed levy amount, the levy applicable for the district for the next tax year shall not exceed the approved amount and the governing board shall not seek voter approval to increase the primary property tax levy in any subsequent year.

(b) Disapprove the proposed levy amount, the district shall levy a primary property tax based on the previously authorized levy.

7. The provisional community college district has maintained a regional accreditation and oversight relationship with another postsecondary institution until the conversion of the provisional community college district to an independent community college district.

B. A community college district established pursuant to this section shall maintain a regional accreditation and oversight relationship with another postsecondary institution until the district achieves initial candidacy status from a regional accrediting agency recognized by the United States department of education or by the council on postsecondary accreditation.

C. For the purposes of this section, "postsecondary institution" means any of the following:

1. An accredited community college district that is organized pursuant to this chapter.

2. A university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents.

3. A community college in this state that is owned, operated or chartered by a qualifying Indian tribe on its own Indian reservation.
A.R.S. § 15-1661 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 4 / Section 1661
15-1661 Annual appropriation; enrollment audit; expenditure; balance; salaries
Status: in_force

15-1661. Annual appropriation; enrollment audit; expenditure; balance; salaries

A. There shall be appropriated in the general appropriation bill for each fiscal year a sum of monies not less than eighty-five one-hundredths of one mill on the dollar of the assessed valuation of all taxable property in the state for the improvement, support and maintenance of the institutions under the Arizona board of regents' jurisdiction, including payment of salaries, current expenses, purchase of equipment, making necessary repairs, construction of new buildings, purchase of lands and in general for payment of all such expenses connected with the management of the institutions under the Arizona board of regents' jurisdiction.  The department of revenue, upon compiling the aggregate assessed valuation of all taxable property within this state, shall compute the amount of monies so determined and certify such amount over its seal to the department of administration and the state treasurer.

B. The full-time equivalent student enrollment reported for the previous fiscal year by each university shall be audited annually by the auditor general.  The auditor general shall report the results of the audit to the staffs of the joint legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting on or before October 15 of each year.  On or before July 21 of each academic year, each university shall provide for the previous fall semester a certified report to the auditor general of the number of full-time equivalent students calculated by the university and a separate report only for those students who meet the residency requirements prescribed in section 15-1802.  The university's records used to calculate full-time equivalent student enrollment shall be provided to the auditor general in an electronic format prescribed by the auditor general.  Beginning in 2006, each university shall submit to the auditor general a summary of its full-time equivalent student enrollment accounting policies and procedures, compilation procedures and source records used for calculating full-time equivalent student enrollment. These accounting policies and procedures, compilation procedures and source records shall comply with policies developed on or before June 30, 2006 by the Arizona board of regents, in consultation with the auditor general and reviewed by the joint legislative budget committee.  These policies shall include a review and recommendations of the necessity of minimum requirements for students enrolled in classes to qualify for appropriations pursuant to this section, including requirements that the class be a for-credit course that is necessary for the completion of a degree and that the student enrolled in the course be physically present in this state at the time the course is conducted.  The basic actual full-time equivalent student enrollment shall be counted on the forty-fifth day after the basic actual full-time equivalent student enrollment classes begin for the fall and spring semesters, as published in the university catalogs, and divided by two. The Arizona board of regents shall also make recommendations of whether each professor or instructor should be required to review class rosters and make additions or deletions as necessary.  If so, class rosters that reflect enrollment as of the forty-fifth day shall be provided by the registrar's office to each professor or instructor for every class section. The class roster shall indicate the course number, course title, time, instructor name and students enrolled.  On the forty-fifth day class rosters, each professor or instructor shall indicate as withdrawn each student who has formally withdrawn from the course, and that student shall not be counted for state aid purposes.  The official forty-fifth day rosters shall include a manual signature and date or an electronic authorization and date by the professor or instructor and shall include the following certification:

I hereby certify that the information contained in this class roster accurately reflects those students who are enrolled.

C. The Arizona board of regents shall also report the basic actual full-time equivalent student enrollment for only those students who meet the residency requirements prescribed in section 15-1802. The basic actual full-time equivalent student enrollment for only those students who meet the residency requirements prescribed in section 15-1802 that is reported by each university for the previous fiscal year shall be annually audited by the auditor general.

D. Students who have withdrawn or who have been withdrawn from classes as of the forty-fifth day shall not be counted for state aid purposes.  A record shall be maintained that identifies student withdrawals by date of withdrawal, as of the forty-fifth day and after the forty-fifth day for the entire semester.

E. Amounts appropriated as provided by subsection A shall be paid as other claims against this state are paid.

F. The balance of appropriations as provided by subsection A at the end of the fiscal year, if any, shall not revert to the general fund but shall be carried forward for the continued use for which appropriated.

G. Monies appropriated to a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents for cost of living salary increases for university employees shall be used to provide cost of living salary increases to all university employees including graduate student assistants.  If monies are appropriated to a university for salary increases based on merit, the monies shall be used to provide merit increases according to the merit pay plan adopted by the Arizona board of regents.

H. The Arizona board of regents shall determine current actual full-time equivalent student enrollment at each of the institutions under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents.  Full-time equivalent student enrollment shall be calculated by adding the following:

1. The total number of enrolled fall and spring semester credit hours in 100-level credit courses and 200-level credit courses divided by fifteen.

2. The total number of enrolled fall and spring semester credit hours in 300-level credit courses and 400-level credit courses divided by twelve.

3. The total number of enrolled fall and spring semester credit hours in graduate level credit courses divided by ten.

I. The Arizona board of regents, in its annual budget request, shall not include funding for any student who is enrolled at an institution under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents and who has earned credit hours in excess of the undergraduate credit hour threshold, except that the undergraduate credit hour threshold shall not apply to students who are enrolled in a degree program that requires credit hours above the credit threshold.  For the purposes of this subsection, the undergraduate credit hour threshold is one hundred fifty-five hours for students who attend a university under the jurisdiction of the board in fiscal year 2006-2007, one hundred fifty hours for students who attend a university under the jurisdiction of the board in fiscal year 2007-2008 and one hundred forty-five hours for students who attend a university under the jurisdiction of the board after fiscal year 2007-2008.  The undergraduate credit hour threshold shall be based on the actual full-time equivalent student enrollment counted on the forty-fifth day after classes begin for the fall and spring semesters and any budget adjustment based on student enrollment shall occur in the fiscal year following the actual full-time equivalent student enrollment count.  The undergraduate credit hour threshold shall not apply to credits earned in the pursuit of up to two baccalaureate degrees, credits earned in the pursuit of up to two state regulated licensures and certificates, credits earned in the pursuit of teaching certification, credits transferred from a private institution of higher education, credits transferred from an institution of higher education in another state, credits earned at another institution of higher education but that are not accepted as transfer credits at the university where the student is currently enrolled and credits earned by students who enroll at a university under the jurisdiction of the board more than twenty-four months after the end of that student's previous enrollment at a public institution of higher education in this state.
A.R.S. § 15-464 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 464
15-464 Withdrawal of military reservation from school district; petition; hearing
Status: in_force

15-464. Withdrawal of military reservation from school district; petition; hearing

When a common school district or a high school district adjacent to or embracing all or a portion of a military reservation has a larger school population than it had the previous year, as shown by a census enumeration certified by the county school superintendent, and it is not feasible educationally and economically for the school district to provide adequate school facilities for the military reservation, the school district governing board or the authorities of the military reservation may petition the state board of education to withdraw the military reservation from the school district. Within thirty days after receipt of the petition the state board of education shall hold a hearing thereon and within ten days after the hearing shall allow or deny the petition. If allowed, the state board shall direct the county school superintendent to withdraw the military reservation from the school district in which it is in whole or in part included and to report the change of school district boundaries to the board of supervisors.
A.R.S. § 15-425.01 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 425.01
15-425.01 Election; reduction of governing board to three members; ballot; requirements; reconsideration
Status: in_force

15-425.01. Election; reduction of governing board to three members; ballot; requirements; reconsideration

A. A qualified elector of a school district that qualifies under subsection B of this section may submit to the county school superintendent a petition, signed by at least ten percent of the qualified electors of the district, requesting that the question of reducing the number of members of the school district governing board to three be considered in the next general election held under section 15-424. On receipt of a petition that is in proper form and has the necessary signatures, the county school superintendent shall submit to the qualified electors of the school district at the next general election held under section 15-424 the question of whether the membership of the school district governing board should be reduced to three.

B. Only a school district that has previously increased its governing board to five members under section 15-425 is eligible to reduce the number of its governing board members to three under this section.

C. Public notices that the general election will address the question of reducing the number of governing board members to three shall be posted in at least three public places in the school district at least ten days before the general election.

D. The ballots shall contain the words: "Three governing board members, yes. Three governing board members, no."

E. If the majority of the electors voting on the question of reducing the number of governing board members votes in the affirmative, the school district shall reduce the number of its governing board members to three as provided in section 15-424. If the majority of the electors voting on the question votes in the negative, the question may not be placed on the ballot of an election in the district until at least one year after the date of the election.
A.R.S. § 15-1183 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 10 / Article 6 / Section 1183
15-1183 Placement; voucher application requirements
Status: in_force

15-1183. Placement; voucher application requirements

A. A voucher may not be issued pursuant to this article and a residential special education placement may not be made in a private residential placement facility unless the requirements of section 15-765, subsection G have been met.

B. If a state placing agency places a child in a private residential facility for care, safety or treatment reasons, the state placing agency is responsible for requesting an initial residential education voucher and notifying the home school district of the placement. The home school district is responsible for completing screening or other identification procedures for determining if the child is a child with a disability as defined in section 15-761 and for reviewing the placement of a child with a disability to determine whether a residential special education placement is necessary. Responsibility for monitoring the educational services during the time a child is placed in the residential facility and for planning for transition from the private residential facility to a public school remains with the home school district.

C. An initial residential education voucher may be extended for good cause, as determined by the director of the division of special education, on application by the home school district. If an extension is denied or a home district fails to complete the requirements for a continuing residential education voucher, the home school district is responsible for payment of educational costs until the requirements of subsection B of this section have been met.

D. In order to receive a continuing residential education voucher, an evaluation pursuant to section 15-766 must be conducted and the following must occur:

1. The home school district shall provide prior written notice to the parent indicating that the child is or is not eligible for special education and shall submit to the department of education a copy of the prior written notice, the evaluation from which the eligibility decision is made and, if the child is eligible for special education but does not require residential special education placement, a copy of the individualized education program indicating the special education to be provided while the child is placed in the residential facility. If the child requires a residential special education placement, section 15-765, subsection G applies.

2. On receipt from the home school district of the documentation specified in paragraph 1, the department of education shall convert the initial residential education voucher to a continuing residential education voucher that is valid for no longer than the remainder of the school year during which it is issued.
A.R.S. § 15-1142 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 10 / Article 3 / Section 1142
15-1142 Powers of the governing board
Status: in_force

15-1142. Powers of the governing board

The governing board of any school district may:

1. Establish and operate a community school program in any school in its school district.

2. Budget and expend from the maintenance and operation section of the budget, as defined in section 15-903, to employ a qualified director necessary for each school or combination of schools engaged in community school programs.

3. Expend community school monies for operation of a community school program.

4. Establish tuition and fee charges for community school programs.
A.R.S. § 15-1685 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 5 / Section 1685
15-1685 Security of bonds
Status: in_force

15-1685. Security of bonds

In connection with the issuance of any bonds under this article, and in order to secure the payment of any such bonds and the interest thereon, the board shall have power for each institution:

1. To fix, maintain and collect:

(a) 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 or system of institution building facilities.

(b) Fees for student activities, student services and all other fees and charges from students matriculated, registered or otherwise enrolled at and attending each such institution.

(c) Rentals from any facility or building leased to the United States of America, the aggregate of which shall be sufficient at all times to pay the bonds at maturity and accruing interest thereon in accordance with their terms, and to create and maintain all reserves therefor as provided by the resolution authorizing such bonds, and to pay all necessary expenses of the operation and maintenance of any project and system of building facilities.

2. To provide that bonds issued under this article shall be payable from and secured by a pledge of and lien on all or any part of the income and revenues derived from, and to pledge and assign to, or in trust for the benefit of, the holder or holders of bonds issued under this article all or any part of the income and revenues derived from:

(a) 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 or system of building facilities.

(b) Fees for student activities, student services, and all other fees and charges collected from students matriculated, registered or otherwise enrolled at and attending each such institution.

(c) Rentals from any facility or building leased to the United States of America, except that, if such board provides that any bonds issued under this article shall also be payable from the income and revenues of any project heretofore acquired for each such institution, any such provision for the payment of such bonds from the income and revenues of any such project heretofore acquired for each such institution shall be subject to, and in all respects in full conformity and compliance with, the rights of the holders of any bonds or obligations payable from the income and revenues of any such project heretofore issued for each institution and then outstanding.

(d) Interest and earnings on investments.

3. To covenant with or for the benefit of the holder or holders of the bonds issued under this article that so long as any such bonds shall remain outstanding and unpaid the board will fix, maintain and collect in such installments as may be agreed upon:

(a) Fees, 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 or system of building facilities.

(b) Fees for student activities, student services and all other fees 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.

(c) Rentals from any facility or building leased to the United States of America, the aggregate of which shall be sufficient at all times to pay the proportionate share of the bonds at maturity and accruing interest thereon in accordance with their terms and to create and maintain all reserves therefor as provided by the resolution authorizing such bonds until such bonds and accruing interest have been paid in accordance with their terms and to pay all necessary expenses of the operation and maintenance of any project or system of building facilities.

4. To covenant with or for the benefit of the holder or holders of bonds issued under this article as to all matters deemed advisable by the board, including:

(a) The purposes, terms and conditions for the issuance of additional parity or junior lien bonds that may thereafter be issued, and for the payment of the principal, redemption premiums and interest on such bonds.

(b) The kind and amount of all insurance to be carried, the cost of which shall be charged as an operation and maintenance expense of any project or system of building facilities.

(c) The operation, maintenance and management of any project or system of building facilities to assure the maximum use and occupancy thereof; the accounting for, and the keeping of records, reports and audits of, all income and revenue from, and all expenses of, any project or system of building facilities; and the employment of engineers and consultants.

(d) The obligation of the board to maintain any project or system of building facilities in good condition and to operate the same at all times in an economical and efficient manner.

(e) The terms and conditions for creating and maintaining sinking funds, reserve funds and such other special funds as may be created in the resolution authorizing such bonds, separate and apart from all other funds and accounts of such board and each institution.

(f) The procedure by which the terms of any contract with the holders of the bonds may be amended, the amount of the bonds the holders of which must consent thereto and the manner in which consent may be given.

(g) Providing the procedure for refunding such bonds.

(h) Such other covenants as may be deemed necessary or desirable to assure a successful operation of any project or system of building facilities and the prompt payment of the principal of and interest upon the bonds so authorized.

5. To make and enforce and agree to make and enforce parietal rules that shall insure the use of any project or system of building facilities to the maximum extent to which the same is capable of serving 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 or system of building facilities.

6. To covenant that so long as any of the bonds issued under this article shall remain outstanding and unpaid it will not, except upon such terms and conditions as may be determined:

(a) Voluntarily create or cause to be created any debt, lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, encumbrance or other charge having priority to the lien of the bonds issued under this article upon any of the income and revenue derived from:

(i) All fees, 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 or system of building facilities.

(ii) Fees for student activities, student services and all other fees collected from students matriculated, registered or otherwise enrolled at and attending each institution.

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

(b) Convey or otherwise alienate any project or the real estate upon which such project shall be located, except at a price sufficient to pay all the bonds issued for such project then outstanding and interest accrued thereon, and then only in accordance with any agreements with the holder or holders of such bonds.

7. To vest in a trustee or trustees the right to receive all or any part of the income and revenue pledged and assigned to or for the benefit of the holder or holders of bonds issued under this article, and to hold, apply and dispose of the same and the right to enforce any covenant made to secure or pay or in relation to the bonds; execute and deliver a trust agreement or trust agreements which may set forth the powers and duties and remedies available to such trustee or trustees and limiting the liabilities thereof and describing what occurrences shall constitute events of default and prescribing the terms and conditions upon which such trustee or trustees or the holder or holders of any specified amount or percentage of such bonds may exercise such rights and enforce any and all such covenants and resort to such remedies as may be appropriate.

8. To covenant to perform any and all acts and to do any and all such things as may be necessary or convenient or desirable in order to secure its bonds, or as may in the judgment of the board tend to make the bonds more marketable, notwithstanding that such acts or things may not be enumerated herein, it being the intention hereof to give the board issuing bonds pursuant to this article power to make all covenants, to perform all acts and to do all things not inconsistent with the Constitution of Arizona.
A.R.S. § 15-535 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 535
15-535 Sectarian instruction prohibited
Status: in_force

15-535. Sectarian instruction prohibited

A teacher who uses sectarian or denominational books or teaches any sectarian doctrine or conducts any religious exercises in school is guilty of unprofessional conduct and his certificate shall be revoked.  This section shall not be construed to prohibit a teacher from teaching the elective course permitted by section 15-717.01.
A.R.S. § 15-1027 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 7 / Section 1027
15-1027 Administration of school district debt service funds by county treasurer
Status: in_force

15-1027. Administration of school district debt service funds by county treasurer

The county treasurer shall keep an account of all school district debt service funds, showing the school district to which each fund belongs. On or before the fifteenth day of each month the treasurer shall credit the amount of monies collected during the preceding month to which the school district is entitled. The treasurer shall receive and credit any and all interest or income earned by the debt service fund.
A.R.S. § 15-1443 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 12 / Article 3 / Section 1443
15-1443 Meetings; officers; immunity
Status: in_force

15-1443. Meetings; officers; immunity

A. Within twenty days after appointment of the first district board, the county school superintendent, or county school superintendents by joint action where the district consists of more than one county, shall call a meeting of the district board by giving at least ten days' notice by registered or certified mail to each board member. At the meeting the district board shall organize by electing a president and a secretary from among its members and may transact any other business relating to the affairs of the district.

B. Following the first election of members, the district board shall meet and organize in January each year and shall hold regular meetings at such time and place as the policies of the board provide. Special meetings may be held at the call of the president or upon a call issued in writing signed by a majority of the members of the district board.

C. Members of the district 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.
A.R.S. § 15-351 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / Article 3.1 / Section 351
15-351 School councils; duties; membership
Status: in_force

15-351. School councils; duties; membership

A. The purpose of this section is to ensure that individuals who are affected by the outcome of a decision at the school site share in the decision making process.

B. Each school shall establish a school council.  A governing board may delegate to a school council the responsibility to develop a curriculum and may delegate any additional powers that are reasonably necessary to accomplish decentralization.  The school council shall take into consideration the ethnic composition of the local community and, except as provided in section 15-352, shall consist of the following members:

1. Parents or guardians of pupils enrolled in the school.  A parent or guardian who is employed by the school district may serve as a member of the school council if the parent or guardian is not employed at the same school where the parent or guardian's child is enrolled.

2. Teachers.

3. Noncertified employees.

4. Community members.

5. Pupils, if the school is a high school.

6. The principal of the school.

C. Each group specified in subsection B of this section shall select its school council appointees and shall submit the names of its respective representatives to the principal.  The initial representatives shall be selected at public meetings held at the school site, and, thereafter, representatives shall be selected by their groups in the manner determined by the school council.  Schools shall give notice of the public meeting where the initial representatives of the groups shall be selected, clearly stating its purpose, time and place.  The notice shall be posted in at least three different locations at the school site and in the community and shall be given to pupils for delivery to their parents or guardians.

D. The governing board shall determine the initial number of school council members.  Thereafter, the school council shall determine the number. The number of teachers and parents or guardians of pupils enrolled at the school shall be equal.  Teachers and parents or guardians of pupils enrolled at the school shall constitute a majority of the school council members.

E. The school council shall adopt written guidelines that specify the number of school council members and the methods for the selection of school council members.

F. The principal shall serve as chairman of the school council unless another person is elected by a majority of the school council members.
A.R.S. § 15-114 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 114
15-114 Display of school, charter school and school district achievements, classifications or rankings; expiration; definition
Status: in_force

15-114. Display of school, charter school and school district achievements, classifications or rankings; expiration; definition

A. A school, charter school or school district shall not display any achievement, classification or ranking that was assigned by a public or private entity after the achievement, classification or ranking is no longer current unless the year of issuance of the achievement, classification or ranking is prominently displayed.

B. Any person may submit a complaint in writing to the department of education with evidence and specific facts of an alleged violation of subsection A of this section. The department of education shall investigate the complaint.  If the department determines that there is a violation of this section, it shall send to the school, charter school or school district written notification of the violation and instruction to comply with this section.

C. For the purposes of this section, "display" means the placing of an achievement, classification or ranking on or in any billboard, marquee, pupil transportation vehicle, letterhead, advertising, internet web page, intranet page, office, classroom, hallway, gymnasium or similar place.