A.R.S. § 15-236 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 236
15-236 Special education programs; program and fiscal audits
Status: in_force

15-236. Special education programs; program and fiscal audits

A. The department of education shall conduct program and fiscal audits of selected district special education programs. The audits shall be designed to determine the degree of compliance with existing statutes and regulations and the appropriate placement of students in special education programs. A report of the findings of such audits shall be completed on or before February 3 of each year. If the department of education determines that a child has been inappropriately placed in a special education program of a school district, the district's weighted student count for educational support services for students in group B as provided in section 15-943 shall be recomputed and the district's entitlement to state aid adjusted accordingly.

B. For each fiscal year the department of education shall request a separate line item appropriation for program and fiscal audits of special education programs in the budget estimate submitted pursuant to section 35-113.
A.R.S. § 15-1772 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 10 / Section 1772
15-1772 Student athlete's right to cancel contract
Status: in_force

15-1772. Student athlete's right to cancel contract

A. A student athlete may cancel an agency contract by giving notice of the cancellation to the athlete agent in a record within fourteen days after the contract is signed.

B. A student athlete may not waive the right to cancel an agency contract.

C. If a student athlete cancels an agency contract, the student athlete is not required to pay any consideration under the contract or to return any consideration received from the athlete agent to induce the student athlete to enter into the contract.
A.R.S. § 15-802.01 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 802.01
15-802.01 Homeschooled children; eligibility to participate in interscholastic activities
Status: in_force

15-802.01. Homeschooled children; eligibility to participate in interscholastic activities

A. Notwithstanding any other law, a child who resides within the attendance area of a public school and who is homeschooled shall be allowed to try out for interscholastic activities on behalf of the public school in the same manner as a pupil who is enrolled in that public school. Registration, age eligibility requirements, fees, insurance, transportation, physical condition, qualifications, responsibilities, event schedules, standards of behavior and performance policies for homeschooled students shall be consistent with those policies established for students enrolled in that public school. The individual providing the primary instruction of a child who is homeschooled shall submit written verification that provides:

1. Whether the student is receiving a passing grade in each course or subject being taught.

2. Whether the student is maintaining satisfactory progress towards advancement or promotion.

B. A child who is homeschooled and who was previously enrolled in a public, private or charter school shall be ineligible to participate in interscholastic activities for the remainder of the school year during which the child was enrolled in a school.

C. A school district shall not contract with any private entity that supervises interscholastic activities if the private entity prohibits the participation of homeschooled children in interscholastic activities at public, private or charter schools.
A.R.S. § 15-965 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 4 / Section 965
15-965 Schools; impact aid; teacher housing
Status: in_force

15-965. Schools; impact aid; teacher housing

Notwithstanding any other law, a school district that receives federal impact aid may use those monies for maintenance and renovation of teacher housing and may transfer those monies into the teacherage account.
A.R.S. § 15-537 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 537
15-537 Performance of certificated teachers; evaluation system; alternative performance evaluation cycle; confidentiality
Status: in_force

15-537. Performance of certificated teachers; evaluation system; alternative performance evaluation cycle; confidentiality

A. The governing board shall establish a system to evaluate the performance of certificated teachers in the school district that results in at least one evaluation of each certificated teacher by a qualified evaluator each school year or as provided in subsection B of this section. The governing board shall establish a teacher performance evaluation system that is designed to improve teacher performance and improve student achievement and that includes the use of quantitative data on the academic progress for all students, which shall account for between twenty percent and thirty-three percent of the evaluation outcomes. The evaluation system shall include four performance classifications, designated as highly effective, effective, developing and ineffective. The objectives of the teacher performance evaluation system are to improve instruction and maintain instructional strengths. The governing board shall involve its certificated teachers in the development and periodic evaluation of the teacher performance evaluation system.

B. A school district may use an alternative performance evaluation cycle pursuant to this subsection subject to the following:

1. The governing board shall adopt policies for an expedited performance review during the years in which a teacher is not undergoing a formal performance evaluation pursuant to subsection A of this section.  The expedited performance review policies may classify teacher performance in categories that include teamwork and support for lower-performing teachers.

2. The governing board shall allow only teachers who have been evaluated and designated in the highest performance classification for at least three consecutive years by the same school district under the evaluation system established pursuant to subsection A of this section to participate in the alternative performance evaluation cycle.

3. If an expedited performance review under this subsection determines that the teacher is not in the highest performance classification, the teacher shall be removed from the alternative performance evaluation cycle and be reviewed under the evaluation system established pursuant to subsection A of this section.

C. The governing board shall adopt teacher evaluation policies in a public meeting. Before adopting teacher evaluation policies, the governing board shall provide opportunities for public discussion on the proposed policies. The policies shall describe:

1. Incentives for teachers in the highest performance classification, which may include multiyear contracts not to exceed three years. The policies shall specify that the offer and acceptance of a multiyear contract does not exclude that teacher from the application of section 15-538.01, 15-540, 15-541 or 15-549 and that the teacher may accept a multiyear contract offer or decline and accept a one-year contract.

2. Incentives for teachers in the two highest performance classifications to work at schools that are assigned a letter grade of D or F pursuant to section 15-241.

3. Protections for teachers who are transferred to schools that are assigned a letter grade of D or F pursuant to section 15-241.

4. Protections for teachers if the principal of the school is designated in the lowest performance classification.

D. The policies prescribed in subsection C of this section shall describe:

1. Performance improvement plans for teachers designated in the lowest performance classification.

2. Dismissal or nonrenewal procedures pursuant to section 15-536 or 15-539 for teachers who continue to be designated in the lowest performance classification.  The procedures shall require that the school district issue the preliminary notice of inadequacy of classroom performance no later than the second consecutive year that the teacher is designated in one of the two lowest performance classifications unless the teacher is in the first or second year of employment with the school district or has been reassigned to teach a new subject or grade level for the preceding or current school year.

E. A teacher who has been employed by the school district for the major portion of three or more consecutive school years and who is currently designated in the lowest performance classification for two consecutive school years shall not be transferred as a teacher to another school in that school district unless the school district has issued a preliminary notice of inadequacy of classroom performance and approved a performance improvement plan for the teacher pursuant to section 15-539 and the governing board has approved the new placement as in the best interests of the pupils in the school. A teacher who continues to be designated in one of the two lowest performance classifications shall not be permitted to transfer to another school. A teacher shall not be transferred more than once pursuant to this subsection.

F. The governing board shall prescribe specific procedures for the teacher performance evaluation system, which shall include at least the following elements:

1. At least two actual classroom observations of the certificated teacher demonstrating teaching skills in a complete and uninterrupted lesson by the qualified evaluator.  There shall be at least sixty calendar days between the first and last observations. The last observation may follow the issuance of a preliminary notice of inadequacy of classroom performance and be used to determine whether the teacher has corrected inadequacies and has demonstrated adequate classroom performance. An observation shall not be conducted within two instructional days of any scheduled period in which school is not in session for one week or more. Within ten business days after each observation, the qualified evaluator shall provide written feedback to the teacher.

2. Specific and reasonable plans for the improvement of teacher performance as provided in subsection I of this section.

3. Appeal procedures for teachers who disagree with the evaluation of their performance, if the evaluation is for use as criteria for establishing compensation.

4. Training requirements for qualified evaluators.

5. A plan for the appropriate use of quantitative data of student academic progress in evaluations of all certificated teachers. The plan may make distinctions between certificated teachers who provide direct instruction to students and certificated teachers who do not provide direct instruction to students. The plan may include data for multiple school years and may limit the use of data for certificated teachers who have taught for less than two complete school years.

G. The governing board may waive the requirement of a second classroom observation for a continuing teacher whose teaching performance based on the first classroom observation places the teacher in one of the two highest performance classifications for the current school year, unless the teacher requests a second observation.

H. The results of an annual evaluation conducted as provided in this section shall be in writing or provided in an electronic format to the certificated teacher, and a copy shall be transmitted or provided in an electronic format to the certificated teacher within five days after completion of the evaluation. The certificated teacher may initiate a written reaction or response to the evaluation.

I. Each evaluation shall include recommendations as to areas of improvement in the performance of the certificated teacher if the performance of the teacher warrants improvement. After transmittal of an evaluation, the qualified evaluator or another board designee shall confer with the teacher to make specific recommendations as to areas of improvement in the teacher's performance. The qualified evaluator or other board designee shall provide professional development opportunities for the certificated teacher to improve performance and follow up with the teacher after a reasonable period of time for the purpose of ascertaining that the teacher is demonstrating adequate performance.

J. Copies of the evaluation report and performance classification of a certificated teacher retained by the governing board and the department of education are confidential, do not constitute a public record and shall not be released or shown to any person except:

1. To the certificated teacher who may make any use of it.

2. To authorized district officers and employees for all personnel matters regarding employment and contracts and for any hearing that relates to personnel matters.

3. To school districts and charter schools that inquire about the performance of the teacher for prospective employment purposes.  A school district or charter school that receives information about a certificated teacher from the evaluation report and performance classification shall use this information solely for employment purposes and shall not release this information to or allow access to this information by any other person, entity, school district or charter school.

4. For introduction in evidence or discovery in any court action between the governing board and the certificated teacher in which either:

(a) The competency of the teacher is at issue.

(b) The evaluation and performance classification were an exhibit at a hearing, the result of which is challenged.

K. Any school district policy pertaining to the transfer of teachers from one school to another school in a school district shall take into consideration the current distribution of teachers across all of the performance classifications and the needs of the pupils in the school district.
A.R.S. § 15-924 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 2 / Section 924
15-924 In lieu of transportation grants
Status: in_force

15-924. In lieu of transportation grants

A. Notwithstanding any other law, beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, a school district may use a portion of its transportation funding allocated pursuant to sections 15-945 and 15-946 to provide in lieu of transportation grants to parents of students who attend the school district pursuant to a plan submitted to the department of education.  School districts may issue grants to support individual parents or neighborhood carpools in transporting students to school. A school district's transportation funding allocation may not be reduced or otherwise diminished due to the school district awarding grants pursuant to this section.

B. Notwithstanding any other law, beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, a charter school may use a portion of its charter additional assistance funding allocated pursuant to section 15-185 to provide in lieu of transportation grants to parents of students who attend the charter school pursuant to a plan submitted to the department of education.  Charter schools may issue grants to support individual parents or neighborhood carpools in transporting students to school.  Participating charter schools shall report to the department regarding the monies awarded to parents as required by the department.

C. The department of education shall adopt policies and procedures to account for expenditures under this section and to require proof of attendance for students whose transportation is supported through grants under this section.
A.R.S. § 15-231 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 231
15-231 Department of education
Status: in_force

15-231. Department of education

A. There is created a department of education.

B. The department shall be administered through:

1. The state board of education, which shall be the policy-determining body of the department.

2. The superintendent of public instruction, in whom all executive, administrative and ministerial functions of the department are vested and who is the executive officer responsible for the execution of policies of the state board of education.

C. In addition to any divisions established by law, the superintendent of public instruction may establish such divisions as in the judgment of the superintendent of public instruction are necessary for the proper transaction of the business of the department.

D. The department shall be conducted under the control of the superintendent of public instruction.
A.R.S. § 15-341.01 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 341.01
15-341.01 One hundred eighty day school year; definition
Status: in_force

15-341.01. One hundred eighty day school year; definition

A. Notwithstanding any other law and except as prescribed in section 15-393, subsection D, paragraph 5, school instruction shall be conducted in each public school in this state for school sessions that total at least one hundred eighty days each school year. The superintendent of public instruction shall cause all relevant school funding formulas to be adjusted to reflect instruction on the one hundred eighty days' equivalency. The department of education shall adjust the amount of state aid distributed to school districts pursuant to section 15-971 to correspond to the increased number of school days prescribed by this section.

B. For the purposes of this section, "one hundred eighty days" means one hundred eighty days of instruction or an equivalent number of minutes of instruction per school year based on a different number of days of instruction approved by the school district governing board or charter school governing body.
A.R.S. § 15-187.01 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 187.01
15-187.01 Optional inclusion of charter school employees in state health and accident coverage; payment of premiums; advance notice; minimum period of participation; definition
Status: in_force

15-187.01. Optional inclusion of charter school employees in state health and accident coverage; payment of premiums; advance notice; minimum period of participation; definition

A. If a governing body of a charter school determines that state health and accident insurance coverage is necessary or desirable and in the best interest of the charter school, it may provide for inclusion of the charter school's employees and spouses and dependents of the charter school's employees in state health and accident insurance coverage pursuant to section 38-651.

B. If the charter school elects to participate in the state health and accident insurance coverage, it shall be the only health and accident insurance coverage offered to charter school employees.

C. A charter school governing body that elects to include its employees in the state health and accident insurance coverage shall notify the department of administration of its intention to do so by January 15 of the calendar year prior to the school year starting after June 30 in which the charter school's employees would be eligible to receive state health and accident insurance coverage.

D. A charter school governing body that elects to include its employees in the state health and accident insurance coverage shall participate in state health and accident insurance coverage for at least two years.

E. Charter schools that opt to participate in the state health and accident insurance coverage shall agree to accept the benefit level, plan design, insurance providers, premium level and other terms and conditions determined by the department of administration and shall accept such other contractual arrangements made by the department of administration with health and accident insurance providers.

F. Charter schools shall reimburse the department of administration for administrative and operational costs associated with charter schools participating in the state health and accident insurance coverage determined pursuant to section 38-651, subsection K.

G. As used in this section, "state health and accident insurance coverage" means the health and accident coverage procured by the department of administration under section 38-651.
A.R.S. § 15-1341 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 1341
15-1341 Instruction of pupils
Status: in_force

15-1341. Instruction of pupils

A. The board of directors shall see that all persons admitted to the school are taught and trained by methods which are to their best interests.

B. The board shall ensure the careful supervision of the care, education and development of pupils to insure that the best care and education known to modern science is given, as nearly as is practicable, and that the best methods of teaching the sensory impaired are used in the school.

C. The board shall give special attention to the methods of care, education and development of the persons admitted, with particular consideration of the humanitarian aspects of their education.

D. The board, if advisable in particular cases, may allow pupils to remain at the school during the entire year.
A.R.S. § 15-342.04 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 342.04
15-342.04 Sale or lease of vacant and partially used school buildings
Status: in_force

15-342.04. Sale or lease of vacant and partially used school buildings

Notwithstanding section 15-342, an election is not required for the sale or lease of a building or a partially used building if the building has been vacant or partially used pursuant to section 15-119 for at least three years.
A.R.S. § 15-798 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 7 / Section 798
15-798 Governing board responsibility
Status: in_force

15-798. Governing board responsibility

Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, governing boards retain the responsibility for the education of the pupils under their jurisdiction.
A.R.S. § 15-795 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 6.1 / Section 795
15-795 Declaration of purpose and policy
Status: in_force

15-795. Declaration of purpose and policy

The legislature finds and declares that:

1. The purpose of this article is to enable all students to progress toward clearly defined learning outcomes at their own pace, allowing them to advance when they demonstrate the desired level of mastery rather than progressing based on a predetermined amount of seat time in a classroom.

2. Competency-based learning can support high-expectations outcomes such as college readiness.  Competency-based learning can benefit all students, allowing additional preparation for students who are struggling to master academic content before they move to the next level while allowing those who can advance to do so when they are ready.

3. Competency-based strategies provide flexibility in the way that credit can be earned or awarded and provide students with personalized learning opportunities.

4. Competency-based systems require the clear articulation of desired learning outcomes, including the application and creation of knowledge and the development of important skills and dispositions, as well as assessments that can measure student mastery.
A.R.S. § 15-742 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 742
15-742 Contract for purchase of tests
Status: in_force

15-742. Contract for purchase of tests

A. The state board of education shall enter into contracts with contractors for the purchase of the tests adopted by the state board pursuant to sections 15-203 and 15-741. Notwithstanding section 41-2546, the state board may enter into contracts for the purchase of nationally standardized norm-referenced tests pursuant to this section for a duration of up to ten years. The contracts may also provide for the distribution of the tests to the school districts and the scoring of the tests.

B. Contractors shall give a cash or corporate surety bond payable to this state and approved by the state board indemnifying the state in the test purchases in an amount not less than five hundred nor more than ten thousand dollars as may be determined by the state board. The contractor shall faithfully comply with the conditions of the contract and shall furnish to the state the tests as provided in the contract at prices not exceeding the lowest prices then granted to any buyer. If there is a decrease in the prices given to a person purchasing such tests from the contractor, the state shall have the benefit of the decrease in price.

C. The contractor shall file with the state board a sworn statement stating the lowest prices for which the contractor's series of tests is sold anywhere in the United States.

D. Any contract entered into pursuant to this section shall require that test scores and assessment data from the third grade reading portion of the statewide assessment adopted pursuant to section 15-741 be received by local education agencies on or before May 15 of each academic year and the scores and assessment data from all other portions of the statewide assessment adopted pursuant to section 15-741 be received by local education agencies on or before May 25 of each academic year.

E. If a contractor violates a condition of the contract, the attorney general, on request of the state board of education, shall institute an action for damages on the bond of the contractor.
A.R.S. § 15-792.01 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 6 / Section 792.01
15-792.01 Definitions
Status: in_force

15-792.01. Definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Approved board examination system" means a board examination system that has been approved by an interstate compact on board examination systems.

2. "Board examination system" means a complete instructional system that includes all of the following components:

(a) A coherent group of courses that collectively constitutes a core curriculum at the high school level.

(b) A comprehensive syllabus for each course.

(c) Appropriate instructional and teaching materials for each course.

(d) High quality examinations that are closely aligned with the course syllabus.

(e) Professional scoring of examinations.

(f) Teacher education that is designed to train teachers to properly teach those courses.

3. "Grand Canyon diploma" means a high school diploma that is offered to any student who demonstrates readiness for college level mathematics and English according to standards prescribed by an interstate compact on board examination systems, who has passing grades on an additional set of required approved board examinations in core academic courses as determined by the state board of education, including the arts, history and science, and who successfully completes a course in economics.

4. "Readiness for college level mathematics and English" means that a student has the English and mathematics skills and knowledge needed to succeed in college level courses that count toward a degree or certificate without taking remedial or developmental coursework.
A.R.S. § 15-1879 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 14 / Article 7 / Section 1879
15-1879 Annual report
Status: in_force

15-1879. Annual report

The treasurer shall submit an annual report to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate and the governor by March 1 that summarizes the treasurer's findings and recommendations concerning the plan established by this article.
A.R.S. § 15-1406 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 12 / Article 1 / Section 1406
15-1406 District board members and employees; compensation; payment of expenses for employment candidates
Status: in_force

15-1406. District board members and employees; compensation; payment of expenses for employment candidates

A. Sections 38-608, 38-609, 38-610 and 38-613 relating to all public officers and employees apply to district board members and district officers and employees. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B, the other provisions of title 38, chapter 4 relating to public officers and employees of this state do not apply to district board members or district officers or employees.

B. The district board may permit a member, member-elect, officer or employee to travel within or without the state for a community college district purpose and receive reimbursement for lodging and subsistence and transportation expenses according to the procedures and amounts established by the district board as long as the reimbursement rates do not exceed the maximum amounts established pursuant to section 38-623 and section 38-624, subsection C.

C. The district board may pay for the traveling, lodging and other travel related expenses of candidates for employment with the district according to the policies and procedures established by the district board.
A.R.S. § 15-762 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 762
15-762 Division of special education
Status: in_force

15-762. Division of special education

The division of special education as provided in chapter 2, article 2 of this title shall carry out the provisions of this article subject to the superintendent of public instruction.
A.R.S. § 15-1623 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 2 / Section 1623
15-1623 Compensation of members
Status: in_force

15-1623. Compensation of members

A. The secretary of the Arizona board of regents shall receive compensation as determined pursuant to section 38-611.

B. Appointed members shall receive compensation as determined pursuant to section 38-611 for each day of attendance at board meetings, except the compensation of no member of the board shall exceed five hundred dollars in any year.
A.R.S. § 15-912.01 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 912.01
15-912.01 Unification assistance
Status: in_force

15-912.01. Unification assistance

A. New unified school districts formed after a subdivision and unification as provided in section 15-458, subsection G or section 15-459, subsection B, paragraph 5 or new unified school districts formed from a common school district and a high school district pursuant to section 15-448 may budget for unification assistance as provided in subsection B of this section.

B. The eligible school district may increase the revenue control limit and the district support level for the first year of operation by an amount determined as follows:

1. Through December 31, 2006, five per cent of the revenue control limit.

2. Beginning January 1, 2007, the amount of any transitional costs that are directly associated with routine formalities that are necessary as a result of unification such as changing of signs, letterhead, stationery and similar issues.

C. A school district which budgets for unification assistance pursuant to this section may not budget for consolidation assistance pursuant to section 15-912 during the one year period for which the unification assistance is in effect.
A.R.S. § 15-441 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 441
15-441 School districts; designation
Status: in_force

15-441. School districts; designation

A. The bases of the educational organization of the county and state are the school districts as defined in section 15-101. Existing districts shall be continued, and new districts may be formed as provided in this title.

B. Each school district shall be designated as school district no. _____ (insert the number of the district), of _______ county (insert the name of the county).
A.R.S. § 15-1640 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 2 / Section 1640
15-1640 Public records exemptions; confidential information; historical records; donor records
Status: in_force

15-1640. Public records exemptions; confidential information; historical records; donor records

A. The following records of a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents are exempt from title 39, chapter 1, article 2:

1. Information or intellectual property that is not available to the public and that is a trade secret as defined in section 44-401 or that is either:

(a) Contained in unfunded grant applications or proposals.

(b) Developed by persons employed by a university, independent contractors working with a university or third parties that are collaborating with a university, if the disclosure of this data or material would be contrary to the best interests of this state.

(c) Provided to a university by a third party pursuant to the terms and conditions of a contract between the university and the third party.  In order to qualify for the exemption prescribed in this subdivision, all of the following criteria must be met:

(i) The contract specifies that the information being provided to the university is confidential and that there is a need to maintain that confidentiality.

(ii) The contract is approved before the contract becomes effective by an official of the university who is authorized to sign these contracts.

(iii) The contract includes the name or names of the third party and a general description of the research or other work that is the subject of the contract in a manner sufficient to provide the public with the information necessary to understand the nature of that research or other work.

(iv) Except for the exemptions from public disclosure prescribed in this section, the contract will become a public document that is subject to title 39, chapter 1, article 2 when the contract is executed.

(d) Composed of unpublished research data, manuscripts, preliminary analyses, drafts of scientific papers, plans for future research and prepublication peer reviews.

2. Historical records and materials donated to a university by a private person or a private entity, if restricted access is a condition of the donation. The exemption provided by this paragraph shall expire no later than twenty years after the original donation.

3. All records concerning donors or potential donors to a university, other than the names of the donors and the description, date, amount and conditions of these donations.

B. This section does not affect the issues to be decided between a university and a contracting party, including issues related to the university's right to publish the data and the results of the university's research or discoveries and the timing of any related publication.

C. Any exemption provided by subsection A of this section shall no longer be applicable if the subject matter of the records becomes available to the general public.
A.R.S. § 15-1122 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 10 / Article 2 / Section 1122
15-1122 Student activities treasurer; assistant student activities treasurer; administration of student activities monies
Status: in_force

15-1122. Student activities treasurer; assistant student activities treasurer; administration of student activities monies

A. The governing board of any school district having student activities monies shall establish a student activities fund and appoint a student activities treasurer. The student activities treasurer shall deposit the student activities monies in a bank account designated the student activities account or in an account with the county treasurer pursuant to section 15-996 that is designated as other monies. In school districts that have multiple schools the governing board may designate an assistant student activities treasurer for each school. Each assistant student activities treasurer shall deposit student activities monies in the school district's student activities bank account, in the account with the county treasurer or in student activities bank accounts established separately for each school. Disbursements from the student activities accounts shall be by check, signed by two persons, one of whom shall be either the student activities treasurer or an assistant student activities treasurer and one of whom shall be any other person authorized to sign by the governing board.  For school districts that do not assume accounting responsibility pursuant to section 15-914.01, disbursements may be made by county warrants issued pursuant to section 15-304 and designated as other monies. The governing board may appoint more than one person to act as cosigner with the student activities treasurer or assistant student activities treasurer. Any disbursement shall be authorized by or on behalf of the student members of the particular club or organization as provided in the uniform system of financial records. The student activities treasurer and assistant student activities treasurers shall give bonds in an amount determined by the governing board, and the cost of bond premiums shall be a charge against the school district.

B. Accounts showing the balances due the respective student organizations as provided in section 15-1121 shall be kept by the student activities treasurer and assistant student activities treasurers and shall be open to inspection by officers of the student bodies concerned.
A.R.S. § 15-1682.03 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 5 / Section 1682.03
15-1682.03 University capital improvement lease-to-own and bond fund; lease-to-own and bond agreements for capital improvements; joint committee on capital review hearing and approval; exemption
Status: in_force

15-1682.03. University capital improvement lease-to-own and bond fund; lease-to-own and bond agreements for capital improvements; joint committee on capital review hearing and approval; exemption

A. The university capital improvement lease-to-own and bond fund is established consisting of the monies provided by the Arizona board of regents pursuant to this section, monies deposited pursuant to section 5-572 and monies appropriated by the legislature. The board shall administer the fund. On notice from the board, 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. Monies in the fund are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.

B. Through revenues of the state university system, the board shall annually provide monies to the fund of at least twenty percent of the aggregate annual payments of lease-to-own and bond agreements entered into by the board pursuant to this section.

C. Subject to the requirements prescribed by subsection D of this section, the board shall distribute monies in the fund to make payments pursuant to lease-to-own and bond agreements entered into by the board pursuant to this section. The board may enter into lease-to-own and bond agreements for the purposes of building renewal projects and new facilities. The board may enter into lease-to-own and bond transactions up to a maximum of $1,125,000,000. Of the maximum of $1,125,000,000 in lease-to-own and bond agreements authorized by this section, the board shall allocate $325,000,000 as follows:

1. Beginning in fiscal year 2025-2026, $162,500,000 to Arizona state university, northern Arizona university and university of Arizona.  The board shall allocate at least twenty-five percent but not more than forty-five percent to each university.

2. Beginning in fiscal year 2026-2027, $162,500,000 to Arizona state university, northern Arizona university and university of Arizona.  The board shall allocate at least twenty-five percent but not more than forty-five percent to each university.

D. Beginning on September 26, 2025, the board shall submit to the joint committee on capital review the scope, purpose and estimated cost of each new project that will be financed pursuant to this section.  The board may not distribute monies for a project that the board is required to submit pursuant to this subsection until the joint committee on capital review approves the project by a majority vote of a quorum of members. For the purposes of this subsection, "financed" means funded, in whole or in part, by either of the following:

1. Payments pursuant to lease-to-own agreements entered into by the board pursuant to this section.

2. The proceeds of one or more bond agreements entered into by the board pursuant to this section.

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

F. In entering into lease-to-own and bond agreements pursuant to this section, the board shall not obligate this state to provide any additional monies from the state lottery fund above the amounts authorized in this section and section 5-572, subsection F. In entering into lease-to-own and bond agreements pursuant to this section, the board shall not obligate any state general fund monies.
A.R.S. § 15-703 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 703
15-703 Kindergarten programs and special departments; special teachers
Status: in_force

15-703. Kindergarten programs and special departments; special teachers

A. The governing board may:

1. Establish departments of industrial arts and consumer education and homemaking.

2. Employ special teachers in special subjects.

B. Each common school district or unified school district shall establish a kindergarten program, unless the governing board of such common school district or unified school district files an exemption claim with the department of education. A district is exempt from establishing a kindergarten program if it files with the department of education an exemption claim which states that the establishment of a kindergarten program will interfere with the work of, or maintenance of efficiency in, the grades and that a kindergarten program is not in the best interests of the district. Each school district that establishes a kindergarten program shall offer half-day kindergarten programs that provide academically meaningful instruction in each of the academic standards adopted by the state board of education.  A school district that establishes a full-day kindergarten program shall allow each parent of a kindergarten pupil to choose either half-day kindergarten instruction or full-day kindergarten instruction and shall provide the option of academically meaningful half-day kindergarten instruction in every school in the school district that has enough students to fill a half-day kindergarten class at a class size that is approximately equal to the average kindergarten class size for the school district as a whole.

C. For the purpose of maintaining a kindergarten program a common school district or unified school district governing board may lease such buildings as may be necessary as provided by law.
A.R.S. § 15-445 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 445
15-445 Residents of unorganized territory; school district elections
Status: in_force

15-445. Residents of unorganized territory; school district elections

A. The county school superintendent, on receiving notification from the state school superintendent pursuant to section 15-825.02, subsection B, shall do all of the following before calling an election:

1. Establish the boundaries of the proposed school district, taking into consideration communities of interest and excluding Indian reservations and other federal lands where reasonable to do so.  During the period that the county school superintendent is considering the new school district boundaries, the county school superintendent shall conduct at least two public meetings at which public testimony is heard and questions are answered.

2. Identify adjacent school districts that accept at least twenty-five per cent of their open enrollment or certificate of educational convenience students from the unorganized territory and that are willing to accept the unorganized territory into the existing school district. If there is only one adjacent school district that meets these criteria, the boundaries of that school district shall be reestablished to include the unorganized territory without an election.

3. If there is more than one adjacent school district that meets the criteria prescribed in paragraph 2 of this subsection, prepare a pamphlet and a ballot question that includes the proposed boundaries and identifies existing adjacent school districts that are willing to accept the unorganized territory into the existing school district.  The pamphlet shall be mailed to each household with one or more qualified electors. The pamphlet and ballot shall require the voters within the boundaries proposed by the county school superintendent to join an existing adjacent school district.  The pamphlet and ballot shall include the full cash value, the assessed valuation and the estimated amount of the primary property taxes and the estimated amount of the secondary property taxes under each of the ballot options for each of the following:

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

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

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

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

B. The county school superintendent shall schedule the election on the next available general election date allowed by law.

C. On a canvass of the vote and a determination by the county school superintendent that a majority of the voters approve joining an existing adjacent school district, the county school superintendent shall notify the existing school district of the following:

1. That the boundaries of the school district shall be revised to include the property identified in the boundaries established by the county school superintendent.

2. That the school district shall provide the same educational services that are currently provided to students who reside in current boundaries of the school district to all students within the revised boundaries at the beginning of the next school year.

D. If the adjacent school district is a common school district that is within the boundaries of a union high school district, the unorganized territory shall join both the common school district and the union high school district.  If the adjacent school district is a common school district that is not within the boundaries of a high school district, the unorganized territory shall join the common school district, and high school pupils who reside in the previously unorganized territory shall be educated in the same manner as high school pupils who reside in the common school district.
A.R.S. § 15-217.02 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 217.02
15-217.02 Continuing high school and workforce training program; service providers; program schools; requirements; exemptions; reporting; enrollment limits; rules
Status: in_force

15-217.02. Continuing high school and workforce training program; service providers; program schools; requirements; exemptions; reporting; enrollment limits; rules

A. The state board of education shall establish a continuing high school and workforce training program that provides adult learners with alternative study services and that leads to the issuance of a high school diploma and industry-recognized credentials. The department of education shall administer the program. The state board of education shall authorize eligible service providers to participate in the continuing high school and workforce training program and to establish a program school in partnership with a school district or nonprofit charter school.

B. To be eligible to participate in the continuing high school and workforce training program, a service provider must meet both of the following:

1. Be a nonprofit corporation that is qualified as tax-exempt pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code or be an adult education provider that is approved by the division of adult education within the department of education.

2. Demonstrate at least a ten-year history of providing workforce training and career services in this state to persons who are at least eighteen years of age and whose educational and training opportunities have been limited by educational disadvantages, disabilities or other barriers to education, such as lack of reliable and affordable transportation, lack of child care or food insecurity.

C. A high school diploma may be issued pursuant to this section only to an adult learner who meets all the graduation requirements of section 15-701.01 and the state board of education.

D. A program school shall meet all applicable legal requirements prescribed in this title for a public school, including requirements for student assessments and special education services and prohibitions against admission limits based on ethnicity, national origin, gender, income level, disabling condition, English language proficiency or athletic ability unless one of the following applies:

1. Program schools established under this section are expressly exempt from the legal requirement.

2. The state board of education determines that the legal requirement is not feasible.

3. The state board of education determines that the legal requirement is not applicable to the education of adult learners.

E. The following provisions of this title do not apply to program schools established under this section:

1. The English language proficiency assessment requirements under sections 15-756 and 15-756.05.

2. The residency record requirement under section 15-802.

3. The withdrawal form requirements under section 15-827 for any adult learner who has not attended another school in this state during the two years immediately preceding the adult learner's enrollment in the program school.

4. The school records requirements under section 15-828.

5. The letter grades assigned under section 15-241.

F. Each program school shall:

1. Exercise the program school's best effort to obtain confirmation of each adult learner's withdrawal from another school in this state, including requesting a student transcript or receiving verbal confirmation from an official of the school from which the adult learner withdrew.

2. Require an adult learner who enrolls in the program school to provide both:

(a) Verifiable documentation of the adult learner's residency in this state.

(b) Reliable proof of the adult learner's age, which may include an identification record issued by a state, federal or tribal government or a military identification card.

3. Administer an English language proficiency assessment that is accepted by universities or community colleges in this state.

G. Notwithstanding any other law, the department of education shall distribute monies to an approved program school as follows:

1. The program school shall receive $7,700 per full-time student enrolled in the program school. Part-time students shall be funded in proportion to the number of enrolled courses or hours of instruction.

2. The program school is eligible to receive funding for any adult learner regardless of age.

3. The program school is not eligible for any other school finance formula funding for adult learners enrolled in the program school, including any of the following:

(a) Transportation funding pursuant to section 15-945.

(b) Arizona online instruction funding pursuant to section 15-808.

(c) Base support level funding pursuant to section 15-943.

(d) Additional assistance.

H. The department of education shall develop application procedures for the continuing high school and workforce training program. The service provider shall submit the application on behalf of the program school.  An application submitted pursuant to this section must include all of the following:

1. A description of the service provider's partnership with a school district or nonprofit charter school.

2. A description of the program school's administrative structure, program activities, program staff, budget and specific curriculum that is aligned with the state academic standards.

3. The program school's academic calendar and a schedule describing the program school's length of school day, program sequence, multidisciplinary courses, pace and instructional activities, or any combination of these items.

4. Confirmation of the program school's location and a description of the program school's facility, including all of the following:

(a) Accessibility.

(b) Available classroom space.

(c) Child care space.

(d) Health and safety requirements.

5. A description of specific academic, behavioral and emotional support services the service provider will offer to adult learners who enroll in the program school.

6. A description of the adult learner and family supports that the program school will provide at no cost to adult learners, including all of the following:

(a) On-site child care for dependents of enrolled adult learners while the adult learner is on-site.

(b) Local transportation assistance for adult learners with a verifiable need.

(c) Career and higher education counseling.

(d) Job placement assistance.

7. A description of the available counseling services that assist adult learners in overcoming barriers to educational success, including any of the following:

(a) Educational disadvantages.

(b) Homelessness.

(c) Criminal history.

(d) Disabling conditions.

8. A description of the career technical education instruction the program school will provide. Career technical education instruction and courses must lead to industry-recognized credentials or result in an adult learner earning course credits from a university or community college. A service provider may partner with a community college district or career technical education district to provide career technical education instruction.

9. A description of specific program outcomes, goals and metrics the program school will use to determine adult learner success.

10. The projected number of adult learners the program school will enroll.

I. The state board of education, in consultation with the department of education, shall evaluate applications submitted for the continuing high school and workforce training program and approve program schools that demonstrate, through evidence or other documentation, the ability to provide adult learners with the instruction and support that lead to a high school diploma and one or more industry-recognized credentials. The following apply to approval of a program school's participation in the continuing high school and workforce training program:

1. Initial approval shall be for a period of not more than two school years.

2. Renewal of approval shall be for a period of not more than four school years and is contingent on specific performance expectations, including student progression, graduation rates and earning of industry-recognized credentials.

3. If an approved service provider fails to meet any requirements of this section or any rules adopted by the state board, the state board shall immediately initiate a process to bring the program school into compliance or to revoke the program school's authorization to participate in the continuing high school and workforce training program.

J. An approved program school participating in the continuing high school and workforce training program shall annually report the following information to the department of education:

1. The number of adult learners enrolled in the program school.

2. The graduation rate of adult learners enrolled in the program school.

3. The average progress of adult learners toward meeting graduation requirements, including the average of each of the following:

(a) The amount of time that an adult learner participates in the program.

(b) The number of course credits earned by an adult learner.

(c) The number of industry-recognized credentials earned by an adult learner.

4. The number and type of industry-recognized credentials earned by adult learners enrolled in the program school.

5. The number of adult learners who have newly acquired proficiency in the English language, as demonstrated by an assessment administered pursuant to subsection F, paragraph 3 of this section.

6. A descriptive summary of the academic, behavioral and emotional support services the service provider offers to adult learners in the program school.

7. The information required by the performance measures adopted by the state board of education pursuant to section 15-217.

K. On or before October 30, 2025 and each year thereafter, each program school shall submit a report regarding the continuing high school and workforce training program to the department of education.

L. On or before December 15, 2025 and each year thereafter, the department of education shall submit an annual report evaluating the effectiveness of the continuing high school and workforce training program to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the state board of education. The department shall provide a copy of the report to the secretary of state.

M. The state board of education may approve program schools with a total projected full-time enrollment of:

1. In fiscal year 2025-2026, not more than one hundred thirty.

2. Beginning in fiscal year 2026-2027, zero.

N. If the total full-time enrollment requested by approved program schools is greater than the amounts prescribed in subsection M of this section, the state board of education may direct the department of education to prioritize funding distribution to program schools demonstrating the highest performance. New program schools shall be prioritized based on the services and supports for adult learners as outlined in their applications.

O. A program school may not either:

1. Conduct advertising or marketing campaigns directed at students who are currently enrolled in a school district or charter school, or undertake any other activity that encourages students who are currently enrolled in a school district or charter school to stop attending school in order to enroll in a program school.

2. Enroll a student who was enrolled in a school district or charter school within the preceding thirty days.

P. The state board of education may adopt rules to carry out the purposes of this section.

Q. The department of education shall provide adequate staff support for the state board of education to comply with this section.
A.R.S. § 15-779 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 4.1 / Section 779
15-779 Definitions
Status: in_force

15-779. Definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Gifted education" means appropriate academic course offerings and services that are required to provide an educational program that is an integral part of the regular school day and that is commensurate with the academic abilities and potential of a gifted pupil.

2. "Gifted pupil" means a child who is of lawful school age, who due to superior intellect or advanced learning ability, or both, is not afforded an opportunity for otherwise attainable progress and development in regular classroom instruction and who needs appropriate gifted education services, to achieve at levels commensurate with the child's intellect and ability.
A.R.S. § 15-909 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 909
15-909 Financial provisions for accommodation schools; definition
Status: in_force

15-909. Financial provisions for accommodation schools; definition

A. An accommodation school shall compute a revenue control limit, a district support level and a district additional assistance allocation limit for each fiscal year of operation.

B. For the purpose of computing a revenue control limit, a district support level and a district additional assistance allocation limit, "accommodation school" has the same meaning prescribed in section 15-101.

C. State aid shall be apportioned as provided in section 15-973 to each county accommodation school.
A.R.S. § 15-159 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 159
15-159 Use of sunscreen in schools
Status: in_force

15-159. Use of sunscreen in schools

A pupil who attends any public school in this state may possess and use a topical sunscreen product while on school property or at a school-sponsored event without a note or prescription from a licensed health care professional.
A.R.S. § 15-1756 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 9 / Section 1756
15-1756 Medical programs; students; required opioid-related clinical education
Status: in_force

15-1756. Medical programs; students; required opioid-related clinical education

A student who is enrolled in a public or private medical program in this state and whose intended degree may make the student eligible for a United States drug enforcement administration registration shall take at least three hours of opioid-related clinical education.
A.R.S. § 15-505 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 505
15-505 Discipline; educator information system; personnel list; definitions
Status: in_force

15-505. Discipline; educator information system; personnel list; definitions

A. Pursuant to the rules and procedures adopted pursuant to section 15-203, the state board of education shall investigate written complaints alleging that a noncertificated person has engaged in immoral or unprofessional conduct.

B. The state board of education may review a complaint and determine whether to take disciplinary action against a noncertificated person who has engaged in immoral or unprofessional conduct, including prohibiting the person's employment at a school district or charter school for up to five years except as otherwise prescribed in section 15-550. The state board shall adopt rules and procedures for disciplinary action of noncertificated persons that are substantially similar to the rules and procedures for certificated persons.

C. Before employing a certificated or noncertificated person, school districts and charter schools shall conduct a search of the prospective employee on the educator information system that is maintained by the department of education.

D. A school district or charter school may not employ either of the following in a position that requires a valid fingerprint clearance card:

1. A certificated person whose certificate has been suspended, surrendered or revoked, unless the state board of education has subsequently reinstated the person's certificate.

2. A noncertificated person who has been prohibited from employment at a school district or charter school by the state board of education pursuant to subsection B of this section.

E. Each school district and charter school shall annually submit to the department of education a list of certificated and noncertificated persons who are employed at the school district or charter school.  The department shall issue guidance to school districts and charter schools regarding this subsection.

F. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Noncertificated person":

(a) Means a current or prospective employee of a school district or charter school who both:

(i) Does not possess a certificate issued pursuant to rules adopted by the state board of education under section 15-203, subsection A, paragraph 14.

(ii) Is required or allowed to provide services directly to pupils without being supervised by a certificated employee.

(b) Does not include a person who does not hold a certificate and who is one of the following at a school district or charter school:

(i) A transportation employee as defined in section 15-513.

(ii) A food service employee or contractor.

(iii) A maintenance worker.

(iv) An employee or contractor of the school district or charter school that is not required to possess a valid fingerprint clearance card.

2. "Supervised" means being under the direction of and, except for brief periods of time during a school day or school activity, within sight of a certificated employee when providing direct services to pupils.
A.R.S. § 15-702 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 702
15-702 High school equivalency diploma; fees; rules
Status: in_force

15-702. High school equivalency diploma; fees; rules

A. Any person who is sixteen years of age or older and who passes an equivalency test adopted by the state board of education shall be awarded an Arizona high school equivalency diploma by the state board of education and the state superintendent of public instruction. The state board of education may establish eligibility requirements for persons wishing to take an equivalency test adopted by the state board of education, except that the minimum age required to take the test may not be older than sixteen nor shall the board require the completion of any high school credits.

B. A person who meets the minimum course of study and competency requirements prescribed by the state board of education for graduation from high school through a combination of high school credits and community college and university credits, which are converted to high school credits in the same manner as provided in section 15-701.01, subsection F by the governing board or the state board of education, shall be awarded an Arizona high school equivalency diploma.

C. The state board of education may establish and collect fees for the issuance and reissuance of the following:

1. A high school equivalency diploma.

2. A high school equivalency transcript.

D. The state board of education shall adopt rules for fee waivers for the high school equivalency diploma and high school equivalency transcripts.
A.R.S. § 15-1821.01 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 14 / Article 2 / Section 1821.01
15-1821.01 Dual enrollment information
Status: in_force

15-1821.01. Dual enrollment information

On a determination by a community college district governing board that it is in the best interest of the citizens of a district, the district governing board may authorize district community colleges to offer college courses that may be counted toward both high school and college graduation requirements at the high school during the school day, subject to the following:

1. The community college district governing board and the governing board of the school district or organization of which the high school is a part shall enter into an agreement or contract.  These intergovernmental agreements or contracts shall be based on a uniform format that has been cooperatively developed by the community college districts in this state.  Each of these agreements or contracts shall clearly specify the following:

(a) The financial provisions of the agreement or contract and the format for billing all services under the agreement or contract, including the amount that the community college received in full-time student equivalent funding pursuant to section 15-1466.01, the portion of the funding that is distributed to the school district governing board or charter school and any amount that is subsequently returned to the community college district by the school district governing board or charter school.

(b) Student tuition and financial aid policies, including whether scholarships or grants are awarded to students in dual enrollment courses from the community college.

(c) The accountability provisions for each party to the agreement or contract.

(d) The responsibilities and services required of each party to the agreement or contract.

(e) The type of instruction that will be provided under the agreement or contract, including the titles of the courses to be offered.

(f) The quality of the instruction that will be provided under the agreement or contract.

2. Students shall be admitted to the community college under the policies adopted by each district, except that all students who are enrolled for college credit shall be high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors or seniors. All students who are in the course, including those not electing to enroll for college credit, shall satisfy the prerequisites for the course as published in the college catalog and shall comply with college policies regarding student placement in courses.

3. The courses shall be previously evaluated and approved through the curriculum approval process of the district, shall be at a higher level than taught by the high school and shall be transferable to a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents or be applicable to an established community college occupational degree or certificate program. Physical education courses are not available for dual enrollment purposes.

4. College-approved textbooks, syllabuses, course outlines and grading standards that are applicable to the courses if taught at the community college shall apply to these courses and to all students in the courses offered pursuant to this section. The chief executive officer of each community college shall establish an advisory committee of full-time faculty who teach in the disciplines offered at the community college to assist in course selection and implementation in the high schools and to review and report at least annually to the chief executive officer whether the course goals and standards are understood, the course guidelines are followed and the same standards of expectation and assessment are applied to these courses as though they were being offered at the community college.  The advisory committee of full-time faculty shall meet at least three times each academic year.

5. Each faculty member shall meet the requirements established by the governing board pursuant to section 15-1444. The chief executive officer of each community college district shall establish an advisory committee of full-time faculty who teach in the disciplines offered at the community college district to assist in the selection, orientation, ongoing professional development and evaluation of faculty who are teaching college courses in conjunction with the high schools. The advisory committee of full-time faculty shall meet at least two times each academic year.

6. A school district shall ensure that a pupil is a full-time student as defined in section 15-901 and is enrolled in and attending a full-time instructional program at a school in the school district before that pupil is allowed to enroll in a college course pursuant to this section, except that high school seniors who satisfy high school graduation requirements with less than a full-time instructional program are exempt from this paragraph.

7. Notwithstanding paragraph 6 of this section, homeschooled students may fully participate in dual enrollment, including receipt of college credit pursuant to this section.

8. As allowed under community college accreditation guidelines, a child with a disability as defined in section 15-761 shall have access to any supplementary aid, service or accommodation provided in the child's individualized education program as defined in section 15-731 or in the student's section 504 plan as defined in section 15-731.
A.R.S. § 15-493 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 493
15-493 Canvass of votes; certification of result
Status: in_force

15-493. Canvass of votes; certification of result

The official returns shall be delivered to the county board of supervisors or the appropriate county elections officer. Within thirty days after the election, the county board of supervisors or the county elections officer shall canvass the results of the election and shall file duplicate copies of the certificate of the result of the election with the clerk of the board of supervisors and with the governing board of the school district.
A.R.S. § 15-549 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 549
15-549 Compulsory leaves of absence for criminal charges; continued salary
Status: in_force

15-549. Compulsory leaves of absence for criminal charges; continued salary

A. If any certificated teacher is charged by criminal complaint, information or indictment with any criminal offense which would be deemed cause for dismissal, the governing board may immediately place the teacher on compulsory leave of absence for a period of time extending for not more than ten days after the date of the entry of the judgment in the proceedings.

B. Any teacher placed upon compulsory leave of absence pursuant to this section shall continue to be paid regular salary during the period of compulsory leave of absence.
A.R.S. § 15-1704 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 6 / Section 1704
15-1704 Postsecondary educational fund; exemption; use of monies
Status: in_force

15-1704. Postsecondary educational fund; exemption; use of monies

A. The postsecondary educational fund is established. The Arizona board of regents shall administer the fund, which consists of the following:

1. Monies appropriated by the legislature.

2. Monies received from state agencies and political subdivisions of this state.

3. Monies received from the United States government, including monies received from the United States department of education.

4. Gifts, grants and donations received from any private source.

5. Monies received from a postsecondary educational institution through a program participation agreement.

B. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated and are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.

C. Monies in the postsecondary educational fund shall be used for the following purposes:

1. Providing matching monies as prescribed in section 15-1703, subsection C.

2. Administrative expenses necessary for the Arizona board of regents to administer the programs identified in this article and to serve as the state higher education agency and the state scholarship grant agency.
A.R.S. § 15-1002 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 6 / Section 1002
15-1002 Administration of county school reserve fund; uses
Status: in_force

15-1002. Administration of county school reserve fund; uses

A. The special county school reserve fund may be used only for:

1. Transportation of children to and from one-room and two-room rural schools that are determined by the county school superintendent to be in need of such aid.

2. Transportation from unorganized territory to school districts of children who are eligible to receive state aid for such children.

3. Transportation to and from the nearest high school of pupils residing in common school districts which are contiguous or not contiguous to and which are not within a high school district, if it is determined by the county school superintendent that such common school districts are in need of such aid.

4. Costs of maintaining one-room and two-room rural schools in any school district in excess of the amount available for such schools from the county school fund and their school district levy, but not to exceed the additional amount required and estimated for such purpose by the county school superintendent in fixing the amount of the special county school reserve fund under the provisions of section 15-1001.

5. Necessary expenses in excess of the per capita apportionment from the county school fund for the establishment and conduct of schools in unorganized territory.

6. Expenditures necessary to establish and maintain, for the first year of operation, a county special education program for children with disabilities as provided in chapter 7, article 4 of this title.

7. Expenditures for service programs pursuant to section 15-365.

B. The county school superintendent shall apportion the special county school reserve fund. If at the end of any school year any part of the reserve fund remains unexpended, such amount shall be shown in the estimate of the county school superintendent for the succeeding year as a balance of county school funds on hand, except as prescribed by the terms of subsection C of this section.

C. If an accommodation school accepting federal funds becomes a school district, the board of supervisors may order the county school superintendent to transfer the cash balance credited to the accommodation school as of July 1 of the fiscal year in which the transfer occurred to the newly organized school district. In addition, all property both real and personal, title of which is vested in the accommodation school, shall become the property of the newly formed school district.
A.R.S. § 15-430 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 430
15-430 Governing board members of newly consolidated district; election of members
Status: in_force

15-430. Governing board members of newly consolidated district; election of members

A. If school districts are consolidated as provided in section 15-459, the terms of the governing board members of the previously existing school districts do not expire on the effective date of the consolidation and continue until January 1 following the next general election, during which time the members of the governing boards of the previously existing school districts shall serve as the governing board of the new school district.

B. At the next general election held following the consolidation and thereafter, five members shall be elected as prescribed in section 15-427, subsection B. The new board shall take office on January 1 following the general election.
A.R.S. § 15-1021 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 7 / Section 1021
15-1021 Limit on bonded indebtedness; limit on authorization and issuance of bonds; definitions
Status: in_force

15-1021. Limit on bonded indebtedness; limit on authorization and issuance of bonds; definitions

A. Until December 31, 1999, a school district may issue class A bonds for the purposes specified in this section and chapter 4, article 5 of this title to an amount in the aggregate, including the existing indebtedness, not exceeding fifteen percent of the taxable property used for secondary property tax purposes, as determined pursuant to title 42, chapter 15, article 1, within a school district as ascertained by the last property tax assessment previous to issuing the bonds.

B. From and after December 31, 1998, a school district may issue class B bonds for the purposes specified in this section and chapter 4, article 5 of this title to an amount in the aggregate, including the existing class B indebtedness, not exceeding ten percent of the net assessed value of the full cash value of the property in that school district, or $1,500 per student count pursuant to section 15-901, subsection A, paragraph 14, whichever amount is greater. A school district shall not issue class B bonds until the proceeds of any class A bonds issued by the school district have been obligated in contract. The total amount of class A and class B bonds issued by a school district shall not exceed the debt limitations prescribed in article IX, section 8, Constitution of Arizona.

C. Until December 31, 1999, a unified school district, as defined under article IX, section 8.1, Constitution of Arizona, may issue class A bonds for the purposes specified in this section and chapter 4, article 5 of this title to an amount in the aggregate, including the existing indebtedness, not exceeding thirty percent of the taxable property used for secondary property tax purposes, as determined pursuant to title 42, chapter 15, article 1, within a unified school district as ascertained by the last property tax assessment previous to issuing the bonds.

D. From and after December 31, 1998, a unified school district, as defined under article IX, section 8.1, Constitution of Arizona, may issue class B bonds for the purposes specified in this section and chapter 4, article 5 of this title to an amount in the aggregate, including the existing class B indebtedness, not exceeding twenty percent of the net assessed value of the full cash value of the property in that school district, or $1,500 per student count pursuant to section 15-901, subsection A, paragraph 14, whichever amount is greater.  A unified school district shall not issue class B bonds until the proceeds of any class A bonds issued by the unified school district have been obligated in contract. The total amount of class A and class B bonds issued by a unified school district shall not exceed the debt limitations prescribed in article IX, section 8.1, Constitution of Arizona.

E. Bonds authorized to be issued by an election held after July 1, 1980 and before November 24, 2009 may not be issued more than six years after the date of the election, except that the time period may be extended to ten years pursuant to an election conducted pursuant to section 15-491, subsection A, paragraph 6 and except that class A bonds shall not be issued after December 31, 1999. Bonds authorized to be issued by an election held after November 24, 2009 may not be issued more than ten years after the date of the election.

F. Except as provided in section 15-491, subsection A, paragraph 3, bond proceeds shall not be expended for items whose useful life is less than the average life of the bonds issued, except that bond proceeds shall not be expended for items whose useful life is less than five years.

G. A career technical education district shall not spend class B bond proceeds to construct or renovate a facility located on the campus of a school in a school district that participates in the career technical education district unless the facility is only used to provide career and technical education and is available to all pupils who live within the career technical education district. If the facility is not owned by the career technical education district, an intergovernmental agreement or a written contract shall be executed for ten years or the duration of the bonded indebtedness, whichever is greater. The intergovernmental agreement or written contract shall include provisions:

1. That preserve the usage of the facility renovated or constructed, or both, only for career and technology programs operated by the career technical education district.

2. That include the process to be used by the participating district to compensate the career technical education district in the event that the facility is no longer used only for career and technical education programs offered by the career technical education district during the life of the bond.

H. A school district shall not authorize, issue or sell bonds pursuant to this section if the school district has any existing indebtedness from impact aid revenue bonds pursuant to title 41, chapter 56, article 8, except for bonds issued to refund any bonds issued by the governing board.

I. For the purposes of this section, "full cash value" and "net assessed value" have the same meanings prescribed in section 42-11001.
A.R.S. § 15-1897 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 14 / Article 12 / Section 1897
15-1897 Private postsecondary institutions; appointment of peace officers; powers; qualifications; liability
Status: in_force

15-1897. Private postsecondary institutions; appointment of peace officers; powers; qualifications; liability

A. A private postsecondary institution that offers baccalaureate degrees and that has a dormitory on its campus with full-time residents may appoint one or more persons to be designated by the private postsecondary institution as private postsecondary institution peace officers to aid and supplement the law enforcement agencies of this state in the protection of private postsecondary institution property and the persons and property of private postsecondary institution students, faculty and employees. While on or in private postsecondary institution property and engaged in the conduct of this employment, or while otherwise working in the furtherance of a bona fide criminal investigation and in conjunction and concurrent with any and all law enforcement-related processes, actions or activities, including transporting and booking arrested persons, each appointed private postsecondary institution peace officer possesses and shall exercise all of the law enforcement powers of a peace officer in this state.  Private postsecondary institution peace officers have the authority to use county courts and jails for the purpose of booking arrested persons in the county where the private postsecondary institution is located or where the arrest occurs.

B. The authority and jurisdiction of a law enforcement agency in this state is not preempted by a private postsecondary institution peace officer. A private postsecondary institution peace officer must notify the appropriate law enforcement agency in this state after making a felony arrest or beginning an investigation of a felony within the jurisdiction of that agency. A private postsecondary institution peace officer shall have at least the minimum qualifications established pursuant to section 41-1822 and must comply with all rules established by the Arizona peace officer standards and training board. The private postsecondary institution shall reimburse the Arizona peace officer standards and training board for all training expenses incurred by the board for the private postsecondary institution and all audit expenses incurred by the board in reviewing the private postsecondary institution's compliance with peace officer and law enforcement standards that are established by the board.  The private postsecondary institution shall file the name of each private postsecondary institution peace officer with the Arizona peace officer standards and training board on the date of the peace officer's appointment. If the proposed private postsecondary institution peace officer meets at least the minimum qualifications established under section 41-1822, the Arizona peace officer standards and training board shall issue the appointee a certificate of authority to act as a peace officer and may thereafter revoke the certificate for good cause.

C. A private postsecondary institution peace officer who is appointed pursuant to this section is not eligible to participate in the public safety personnel retirement system based solely on the service provided to a private postsecondary institution. The private postsecondary institution is not eligible to receive monies from the peace officers' training fund established by section 41-1825. Title 38, chapter 8, article 1 does not apply to a private postsecondary institution peace officer.

D. A private postsecondary institution that appoints a private postsecondary institution peace officer is liable for the private postsecondary institution peace officer's acts that are within the scope of the officer's employment.  This state and any political subdivision of this state are not liable for any act or failure to act by any private postsecondary institution peace officer.

E. All records, reports and other documentation made or received by a private postsecondary institution police department are public records and are subject to title 39.
A.R.S. § 15-345 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 345
15-345 Chemical abuse prevention policies and procedures
Status: in_force

15-345. Chemical abuse prevention policies and procedures

The school district governing board may adopt chemical abuse prevention policies and procedures in consultation with pupils, school district personnel and members of the community, including parents and local law enforcement agencies.
A.R.S. § 15-963 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 4 / Section 963
15-963 Capital transportation adjustment for small school districts
Status: in_force

15-963. Capital transportation adjustment for small school districts

A. A school district may apply to the state board of education for a capital transportation adjustment for the purchase of a transportation vehicle if the district meets all of the following requirements:

1. Has a student count of fewer than six hundred in kindergarten programs and grades one through twelve.

2. Transports as eligible students at least one-third of the total student count of the school district.

3. Has an approved daily route mileage per eligible student transported of more than 1.0, computed as prescribed in section 15-945, subsection A, paragraph 4.

B. If a school district receives a capital transportation adjustment as provided in this section, district additional assistance for that district shall be equal to district additional assistance determined as prescribed in section 15-961 plus any additional amount approved by the state board of education.

C. The state board of education may grant a capital transportation adjustment to a school district which meets the qualifications prescribed in subsection A of this section, except that the total amount of all additional amounts approved as capital transportation adjustments for all school districts for a fiscal year shall not exceed twenty per cent of the total amount which a county may budget for that fiscal year in all small district service program funds as provided in section 15-365, subsection F.
A.R.S. § 15-1022 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 7 / Section 1022
15-1022 Tax levy for bonds; administration and disposition of tax; cancellation of paid bonds; security
Status: in_force

15-1022. Tax levy for bonds; administration and disposition of tax; cancellation of paid bonds; security

A. The board of supervisors, at the time of making the levy of taxes for county purposes, shall levy a tax for the year on the taxable property in a school district or former school district canceled by election, which has outstanding school bonds for the interest and redemption of the bonds.  The tax shall not be less than sufficient to pay the interest of the bonds for the year and the portion of the principal of the bonds becoming due during the year and in any event shall be enough to raise, annually, for the first half of the term of the bonds a sufficient amount to pay the interest thereon, and during the remainder of the term enough to pay the annual interest and to pay, annually, a portion of the principal of the bonds equal to an amount produced by taking the whole amount of bonds outstanding and dividing it by the number of years the bonds then have to run.

B. All monies, when collected, shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the debt service fund of the school district and shall be used only for payment of principal and interest on the bonds.  The county treasurer shall keep the debt service fund separate from all other funds in the county treasury. The principal and interest on the bonds shall be paid by the county treasurer from the fund provided therefor.

C. The county treasurer or the treasurer's designated agent shall cancel all bonds and coupons when paid.

D. All bonds, heretofore and hereafter issued, are secured by a lien on all revenues received pursuant to the tax levy. The lien arises automatically without the need for any action or authorization by the school district, the school district's governing board or the county treasurer.  The lien is valid and binding from the time of the issuance of the bonds. The revenues received pursuant to the levy of the tax are immediately subject to the lien. The lien attaches immediately to the revenues and is effective, binding and enforceable against the school district, the school district's governing board and the county treasurer, their successors, transferees and creditors and all other parties asserting rights in the revenues, irrespective of whether the parties have notice of the lien, without the need for any physical delivery, recordation, filing or further act.
A.R.S. § 15-538.01 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 538.01
15-538.01 Offer of contract to continuing teacher; definition
Status: in_force

15-538.01. Offer of contract to continuing teacher; definition

A. On or after March 15 of each year, the governing board shall offer to each continuing teacher a contract renewal for the next ensuing school year 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 intent not to offer a contract and to dismiss the teacher as provided in section 15-539.

B. The teacher's acceptance of the contract must be indicated within fifteen business days after the date of the teacher's receipt of the written contract or the offer of a contract 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.

C. A certificated teacher who is currently a continuing teacher 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 as defined in section 15-536 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.

D. For the purposes of this section, "continuing teacher" means a certificated teacher who has been and is currently employed by the school district for the major portion of three consecutive school years and who has not been designated in the lowest performance classification for the previous school year or who has not regained continuing status after being designated as a probationary teacher pursuant to subsection C of this section.
A.R.S. § 15-1774 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 10 / Section 1774
15-1774 Prohibited conduct; violation; classification
Status: in_force

15-1774. Prohibited conduct; violation; classification

A. It is unlawful for an athlete agent, with the intent to induce a student athlete to enter into an agency contract, to engage in any of the following conduct:

1. Give any materially false or misleading information or make a materially false promise or representation.

2. Furnish anything of value to a student athlete before the student athlete enters into the agency contract.

3. Furnish anything of value to any individual other than the student athlete or another athlete agent.

B. It is unlawful for an athlete agent to intentionally commit any of the following conduct:

1. Refuse or fail to retain or permit inspection of the records required to be retained by section 15-1773.

2. Predate or postdate an agency contract.

3. Fail to notify a student athlete before the student athlete signs or otherwise authenticates an agency contract for a particular sport that the signing or authentication may make the student athlete ineligible to participate as a student athlete in that sport.

C. A person who violates this section is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.
A.R.S. § 15-779.04 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 4.1 / Section 779.04
15-779.04 Powers and duties of the superintendent of public instruction
Status: in_force

15-779.04. Powers and duties of the superintendent of public instruction

The superintendent of public instruction shall:

1. Apportion monies to each school district for which an application to offer programs for gifted pupils has been approved by the department of education pursuant to rules adopted by the state board of education.

2. On request, assist school district governing boards to design, implement and evaluate programs for gifted pupils.

3. Ensure that the expenditure of monies authorized for programs for gifted pupils is consistent with this article.

4. Encourage the development of locally designed, innovative programs for gifted pupils.

5. Assist school districts in the development and implementation of staff development programs for administrators, teachers and counselors related to gifted pupils.

6. Encourage the development of procedures that assure the ongoing participation of parents of gifted pupils in the planning and evaluation of gifted education programs and services.
A.R.S. § 15-1631 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 2 / Section 1631
15-1631 State museum; fees
Status: in_force

15-1631. State museum; fees

A. There shall be a state museum for the collection and preservation of the archaeological resources, specimens of the mineral wealth and the flora and fauna of this state.

B. The Arizona board of regents shall direct and manage the museum and shall set apart sufficient space to accommodate it.

C. The Arizona board of regents shall adopt any fees for services performed by the state museum pursuant to title 41, chapter 4.1, article 4 and section 41-865.

D. Before submitting a proposal to the Arizona board of regents to increase fees for services, the director of the state museum shall provide notice of the intent to increase fees for services on the website of the state museum before January 1. The notice of intent must:

1. Include a justification for the fee increase, which shall contain:

(a) The amount of the proposed fee increase.

(b) A list of the persons who will be directly affected by, bear the costs of or directly benefit from the proposed fee increase.

(c) An analysis of each of the following:

(i) The rationale for the proposed fee increase with a description of the statutory responsibilities that the state museum intends to fulfill with the proposed fee increase.

(ii) An explanation of the services that the state museum will provide with the proposed fee increase to this state, political subdivisions, other agencies and businesses.

(iii) A description of any efforts to avoid fee increases or to reduce the costs or regulatory burden, or both, to the businesses, persons and consumers that will be directly affected by the proposed fee increase.

(d) A description of the methodology used to calculate the proposed fee increase and a detailed explanation of the costs included in the fee methodology.

2. Be provided to the Arizona board of regents for submittal to the secretary of state for publication in the register pursuant to section 41-1013.

E. In addition to the duties prescribed in subsection D of this section, the director of the state museum shall:

1. At the same time the Arizona board of regents submits notice of the proposed fee increase to the secretary of state pursuant to subsection D, paragraph 2 of this section, notify by regular mail, fax or e-mail each person who has made a timely request to the state museum for notification of proposed fee changes, proposed policy changes or any other proposed change relating to the state museum.  The state museum may purge the list of persons who have requested these notifications once each year.

2. Post the draft of the proposal to increase fees for services on the website of the state museum on or before the second Monday of the calendar year.

3. Provide an opportunity for public comment regarding the proposal to increase fees for services for at least thirty days after publication by the secretary of state in the register. Public comment may include written comments, comments submitted through e-mail and oral comments.

4. If applicable, post on the website of the state museum a revised draft of the proposal to increase fees for services at the end of the public comment period.  The revised draft shall include a summary and response to any comments received during the public comment period and a summary of the alternatives that were considered and a rationale for why those alternatives were not selected.

5. Provide an opportunity for public comment for at least twenty days regarding the revised draft of the proposal to increase fees for services. Public comment may include written comments, comments submitted through e-mail and oral comments.

6. Not later than five business days after the end of the public comment period, post on the website of the state museum a final draft of the proposal to increase fees for services along with the expected date that the Arizona board of regents will consider the proposed increase.

F. Any proposal submitted by the state museum to the Arizona board of regents to increase fees shall include the information prescribed in subsections D and E of this section.
A.R.S. § 15-534.01 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 534.01
15-534.01 Withdrawal of applications for administrative deficiencies; denial of applications for substantive deficiencies; certification time frames
Status: in_force

15-534.01. Withdrawal of applications for administrative deficiencies; denial of applications for substantive deficiencies; certification time frames

A. If an application for certification is administratively incomplete, as prescribed in title 41, chapter 6, article 7.1, the department of education shall issue a written notice requesting the applicant to supply missing documents or other information. The department of education shall consider an application for certification withdrawn if, within sixty days after the date of the notice, the applicant does not supply the documentation or information requested or does not provide reasonable documented justification for the delay.  On receipt of documented justification, the department of education shall provide an additional thirty days for the requested documentation or information to be provided before considering an application withdrawn.

B. If an application for certification is substantively incomplete, as prescribed in title 41, chapter 6, article 7.1, the department of education may issue a written notice requesting the applicant to supply additional documents or other information. The department of education shall deny an application for certification if, within sixty days after the date of the notice, the applicant does not supply the documentation or information requested.

C. If the final day of a deadline imposed by this section falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other legal holiday, the next business day is the final day of the deadline.

D. A notice of denial of an application for certification issued by the department of education pursuant to subsection B of this section shall comply with section 41-1076.

E. A person who has had an application for certification denied by the department of education pursuant to subsection B of this section may file a written request for a hearing with the state board of education within fifteen days after receiving the notice of denial.  The appeal shall be conducted in accordance with title 41, chapter 6, article 6.
A.R.S. § 15-901.05 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 901.05
15-901.05 Application of school finance changes
Status: in_force

15-901.05. Application of school finance changes

To the extent permitted by the Constitution of Arizona, unless otherwise specified by law, the department shall apply any change to state law that occurs after July 29, 2010 and that modifies or impacts the school finance formulas prescribed in this title, including the base support level, the base revenue control limit, the transportation support level, the transportation revenue control limit, the district additional assistance, the general budget limit or the unrestricted budget limit, on the effective date of that change to state law so that it applies to the entire fiscal year in which the change became effective.
A.R.S. § 15-447.01 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 447.01
15-447.01 Common school districts; offer of instruction in grade nine
Status: in_force

15-447.01. Common school districts; offer of instruction in grade nine

A. Before a common school district offers instruction in grade nine pursuant to section 15-901, subsection A, paragraph 3, subdivision (b), the common school district governing board shall:

1. Conduct a preliminary vote at a public meeting to consider the question of offering instruction in grade nine.

2. Send a letter expressing the common school district's interest in offering instruction in grade nine to the union high school district or the unified school district where a majority of the common school pupils would otherwise enroll in grade nine.

3. Hold a public hearing on the issue at least ninety days after the letter of interest is sent as prescribed in paragraph 2 of this subsection.

4. Conduct a final vote on the issue of offering instruction in grade nine.  The final vote prescribed in this paragraph shall occur no later than January 15 of the school year that precedes the school year in which instruction in grade nine will first be offered and at least thirty days after the public hearing prescribed in paragraph 3 of this subsection.

B. Notwithstanding any other law, a common school district that offers instruction in grade nine pursuant to section 15-901, subsection A, paragraph 3, subdivision (b) may:

1. Conduct an election to exceed the revenue control limit as provided in sections 15-481 and 15-482 and use the weighted student count of pupils in grade nine as part of the calculation for the increase in the revenue control limit.

2. Use the count of pupils in grade nine to determine equalization assistance pursuant to section 15-971.

C. A common school district may not offer instruction in grade nine in a school facility where instruction is provided to pupils in kindergarten programs and grades one through six, or any combination of kindergarten instruction or grades one through six.
A.R.S. § 15-1866.01 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 14 / Article 6 / Section 1866.01
15-1866.01 Encampments; unlawful assembly; prohibitions; removal; definition
Status: in_force

15-1866.01. Encampments; unlawful assembly; prohibitions; removal; definition

A. An individual may not establish or occupy an encampment on the campus of a university or community college.

B. If an individual or group of individuals violates subsection A of this section, an administrator of the university or community college shall do all of the following:

1. Direct the individual or group of individuals to immediately dismantle the encampment and vacate the campus.

2. Advise the individual or group of individuals that any individual who fails to comply with the direction to leave pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection is guilty of criminal trespass pursuant to title 13, chapter 15.

3. If the individual or group of individuals refuses to comply with the direction to leave pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection, initiate legal action to have the individual or group of individuals removed from the campus of the university or community college. For the purposes of this paragraph, "legal action" includes reporting the trespass to a local law enforcement agency.

4. Initiate disciplinary action against any student who refuses to comply with the direction to leave pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection pursuant to the university's or community college's student code of conduct.

C. Any individual who establishes or occupies an encampment in violation of subsection A of this section is both of the following:

1. Liable for all damages that the individual causes, including the direct and indirect costs of:

(a) Removing the encampment established or occupied by the individual and restoring the campus.

(b) Repairing any destruction, defacement or alteration of the university's or community college's property, including buildings, grounds, equipment and resources, that resulted from the individual's intentional or negligent conduct relating to the encampment.

2. Not lawfully present on the university's or community college's campus for the purposes of section 15-1864 or 15-1865.

D. A law enforcement agency, peace officer or member of a university's or community college's campus security shall enforce subsection A of this section and has the authority to remove from the campus an encampment and any individual or group of individuals that has violated subsection A of this section and refused to comply with the direction to leave pursuant to subsection B, paragraph 1 of this section.

E. Each university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents shall comply with the Arizona board of regent's student code of conduct.

F. For the purposes of this section, "encampment" means a temporary shelter, including tents, that is installed on the campus of a university or community college and that is used to stay on the campus overnight or for a prolonged period of time.
A.R.S. § 15-756.11 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 3.1 / Section 756.11
15-756.11 Statewide compensatory instruction fund; reporting; definition
Status: in_force

15-756.11. Statewide compensatory instruction fund; reporting; definition

A. The statewide compensatory instruction fund is established.  The department of education shall administer the fund.

B. To be eligible for monies appropriated pursuant to this section, a school district or charter school must demonstrate to the department of education that it has established a satisfactory compensatory instruction program.  The department of education shall distribute monies from the fund to school districts and charter schools in an amount determined by the department for compensatory instruction costs.

C. School districts and charter schools shall annually submit written compensatory instruction budget requests to the department on or before July 15 for monies from the fund on a form developed by the department. The requests shall include an analysis of compensatory instruction effectiveness.

D. The written requests submitted by school districts and charter schools shall be signed by the superintendent of the school district and the chief financial officer of the school district or the principal of the charter school and the chief financial officer of the charter school, and monies from the statewide compensatory instruction fund shall not be used to supplant any federal, state or local monies, including desegregation monies levied pursuant to section 15-910, used for English language learners that were budgeted for English language learners as of February 23, 2006.

E. School districts and charter schools shall use monies from the fund to supplement existing programs.  Monies shall not be used to supplant any federal, state or local monies, including desegregation monies levied pursuant to section 15-910, used for compensatory instruction that were budgeted for English language learners as of February 23, 2006.

F. Each school district and charter school shall establish a local level compensatory instruction fund to receive monies distributed from the statewide compensatory instruction fund.  Monies in local level compensatory instruction funds shall be spent only for compensatory instruction. The auditor general shall modify the budget format, financial record requirements, accounting forms and financial report forms in accordance with this subsection. In consultation with the department of education, the auditor general shall provide support and guidance to assist school districts and charter schools in complying with this subsection. Documents developed pursuant to this subsection shall be reviewed by the state board of education and the joint legislative budget committee.

G. For the purposes of this section, "compensatory instruction" means programs in addition to normal classroom instruction that may include individual or small group instruction, extended day classes, summer school or intersession school and that are limited to improving the English proficiency of current English language learners and pupils who were English language learners and who have been reclassified as English proficient within the previous two years.
A.R.S. § 15-1645 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 2 / Section 1645
15-1645 Health professions field scholarships; purpose; amount; repayment; definition
Status: in_force

15-1645. Health professions field scholarships; purpose; amount; repayment; definition

A. Each area health education center located in this state may grant and administer a scholarship in an amount of not more than eight thousand dollars for each student for each school year to at least two students who are residents of the center's geographic area and who are enrolled in a health professions program at an Arizona university. The scholarship shall be used to defray educational expenses including room and board.

B. A scholarship shall be granted on the condition that the student contractually agree to practice in the center's geographic area for two years or one year of service for each year of scholarship support, whichever is longer, after completing post-graduation training. If the recipient withdraws from school, the recipient shall repay all scholarship monies within one year of the withdrawal. If the student is dismissed, an appropriate mechanism shall be negotiated to arrange repayment of the remaining unforgiven balance with eight per cent interest.

C. For good cause a center may extend the time period for training prior to scholarship repayment.

D. The Arizona board of regents shall waive all tuition and fees for students granted a scholarship under this section if the legislature appropriates funds for this purpose.

E. For the purposes of this section "health professions program" means enrollment in a school of medicine, nursing, pharmacy or physical therapy.
A.R.S. § 15-997 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 6 / Section 997
15-997 Authority of county officers as to funds, taxes and boundaries of joint common school district
Status: in_force

15-997. Authority of county officers as to funds, taxes and boundaries of joint common school district

A. The county treasurer of the jurisdictional county shall have custody of the funds of a joint common school district and shall perform all duties imposed by law for the control and accounting of other school funds. Warrants drawn against the funds of a joint common school district shall be drawn by the county school superintendent of the jurisdictional county. Any estimates or other information required by the boards of supervisors of the counties in the joint common school district as a basis for action by such boards shall be supplied by the county school superintendent of the jurisdictional county. The board of supervisors of each county shall perform all duties required by law with respect to county appropriation of funds and levy of taxes for joint common school districts in the same manner as though the portion of the joint common school district in its county were a separate school district, except that all such tax proceeds and monies shall be paid over to the treasurer of the jurisdictional county.

B. The statement of school district boundaries required to be filed annually by the county school superintendent shall be filed in each county.

C. All amounts required to be raised by the school district through the levy of ad valorem taxes shall be raised through the levy of taxes at the same rate on all taxable property in the school district regardless of location as to county. The county school superintendent of the jurisdictional county shall file with the board of supervisors of each county a statement and estimate upon which taxes are to be based which shall include the assessed valuation of all taxable property in the school district and the tax rate necessary to be levied.

D. The board of supervisors of the jurisdictional county shall hold a budget hearing as required by law and shall have control over the investment of the debt service funds of the joint common school district.
A.R.S. § 15-1464 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 12 / Article 4 / Section 1464
15-1464 State aid per capita distribution for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs; fund; appropriation; report
Status: in_force

15-1464. State aid per capita distribution for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs; fund; appropriation; report

A. In addition to the appropriation prescribed in section 15-1463, subsection A, this state shall pay to each community college district state aid for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs in the following manner:

1. For fiscal year 1992-1993 for a community college district that had less than five thousand actual full-time equivalent students according to the most recent fiscal year actual full-time equivalent student count, the amount determined by multiplying the number of actual full-time equivalent students according to the most recent fiscal year actual full-time equivalent student count by two hundred seven dollars.

2. For fiscal year 1992-1993 for a community college district that had five thousand or more actual full-time equivalent students according to the most recent fiscal year actual full-time equivalent student count, the amount determined by multiplying the number of actual full-time equivalent students according to the most recent fiscal year actual full-time equivalent student count by one hundred fifty-eight dollars.

3. Beginning with fiscal year 1993-1994, the legislature shall adjust by the growth rate for common and high school districts as provided by law, subject to appropriation, the amount of state aid to community college districts as provided in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection.

B. The basis for computing full-time equivalent students for the science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs per capita distribution shall be on the same basis as the computation prescribed in section 15-1466.01.

C. In addition to the formula to determine the appropriations prescribed in section 15-1463, subsection A and subsection A of this section, this state may pay additional amounts for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs to a community college district based on requests from the district.

D. Appropriations for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs made pursuant to subsections A and C of this section and section 15-1463 shall be made to an account designated as the science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs fund.  Monies in the fund shall be used for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs purposes, and the expenditures may include:

1. Partnerships with businesses and educational institutions.

2. Additional faculty for improved and expanded classroom instruction and course offerings.

3. Technology, equipment and technology infrastructure for advanced teaching and learning in classrooms or laboratories.

4. Student services such as assessment, advisement and counseling for new and expanded job opportunities.

5. The purchase, lease or lease-purchase of real property, for new construction, remodeling or repair of buildings or facilities on real property.

E. At the beginning of each fiscal year, the district board shall present to the department of administration a claim for the annual amount appropriated by the legislature and assigned to the district for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs purposes. The department of administration shall draw a warrant in payment of the claim and shall transmit the warrant to the state treasurer who shall disburse the monies to the district for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs purposes, to be expended as provided by law. If no community college exists, the department shall establish a fund for new future community college districts to be disbursed as needed.

F. Notwithstanding subsection E of this section, a community college 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.

G. Each district has the option of using up to twenty percent of its total science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs aid appropriation for operating aid purposes or taking this same amount out of the district's total operating state aid appropriation and using it for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs purposes.

H. On or before December 1 of every even-numbered year, each community college district shall submit a report of its science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs plan activities and the expenditures authorized in this section to the governor, president of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, joint legislative budget committee and Arizona commerce authority.  The report shall include the purpose and goals for which the science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs monies were expended by each district with a general accounting of the expenditures.  Each community college district shall transmit a copy of this report to the secretary of state.
A.R.S. § 15-465.01 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 465.01
15-465.01 Accommodation school; military reservation; governing board
Status: in_force

15-465.01. Accommodation school; military reservation; governing board

A. Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board of an accommodation school located on a military reservation shall be composed of:

1. Two members who are appointed by the county school superintendent.

2. Two members who are appointed by the commanding officer of the military reservation on which the school or schools are located.

3. One member who is selected by a vote of the members of the governing board who are appointed pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2.  The member appointed pursuant to this paragraph shall be selected within thirty days after the appointment of the fourth member appointed pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2.

B. The term of each member shall be four years, to begin and end on January 1, except that the first person appointed by the county school superintendent and the first person appointed by the commanding officer pursuant to subsection A, paragraphs 1 and 2 shall serve two year terms, to begin and end on January 1.

C. A person who is registered to vote in the county in which the accommodation school is located and who either is employed on the military reservation or resides on that military reservation is eligible for appointment to the governing board, except that no employee of the accommodation school or the spouse of an employee of an accommodation school may be a member of the governing board of that accommodation school.

D. The appointment to fill a vacancy caused by other than expiration of a term shall be made by the entity that made the original appointment and for the unexpired portion of the term.

E. An accommodation school governing board established pursuant to this section shall have all of the powers and duties of a school district governing board, except that an accommodation school governing board shall not issue debt or levy taxes.
A.R.S. § 15-767 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 767
15-767 Annual goals; notification
Status: in_force

15-767. Annual goals; notification

In accordance with 20 United States Code section 1414, the parents of a child with a disability shall be notified regarding the progress that the child is making toward meeting the annual goals as provided in the child’s individualized education program.
A.R.S. § 15-1301 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1301
15-1301 Definitions
Status: in_force

15-1301. Definitions

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Employee classifications" means one of the following:

(a) Management and supervisory staff on a twelve month schedule.

(b) Teachers, credentialed and noncredentialed specialists, on an academic schedule.

(c) Clerical, accounting, maintenance workers and others on a twelve month schedule.

(d) Food service and bus drivers on an academic schedule.

2. "Hearing impairment" means hearing impairment as defined in section 15-761.

3. "Schools" means the Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind and includes programs and services offered for the deaf and the blind by the schools in conjunction with other educational institutions.

4. "Sensory impairment" means the following conditions, as defined in section 15-761:

(a) Visual impairment.

(b) Hearing impairment.

(c) Both a visual and hearing impairment.

(d) Multiple disabilities, if at least one of the disabilities is a visual or a hearing impairment.

5. "Visual impairment" means visual impairment as defined in section 15-761.
A.R.S. § 15-308 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 308
15-308 Providing educational services of an accommodation school
Status: in_force

15-308. Providing educational services of an accommodation school

A. The county school superintendent may provide educational services of an accommodation school to the school districts in the county using the facilities of the accommodation school. The county school superintendent shall administer the program and shall develop a fiscal year budget according to the process specified for school districts.

B. A county may offer educational services to homeless children or alternative education programs as defined in section 15-796 through an accommodation school.

C. Until January 1, 2010, the county board of supervisors shall not provide for necessary expenses pursuant to section 15-1001, subsection A, paragraph 5, without an intergovernmental agreement with the county school superintendent which shall set forth the county’s responsibility, if any, for financial contributions to the accommodation school budget, any conditions related to the expenditures and any financial reporting required of the county school superintendent.  The county school superintendent shall provide a report to the county board of supervisors by April 1 of each year, on the county school superintendent’s plans for the provision of accommodation school services for the next school year and the projected number of students at each accommodation school in the district.  By June 1 of each year, the county school superintendent shall provide the county board of supervisors with estimated revenues from the state and other financial information the county board of supervisors may request.
A.R.S. § 15-1321 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 11 / Article 2 / Section 1321
15-1321 Board of directors; members; appointment; term; compensation
Status: in_force

15-1321. Board of directors; members; appointment; term; compensation

A. The school for the deaf and the blind shall be governed by a board of directors. The board shall consist of the governor, as an ex officio nonvoting member, the superintendent of public instruction or the superintendent's designee, the governor shall appoint one member from the commission for the deaf and the hard of hearing, one member from the governor's council on blindness and visual impairment and six appointive members.

B. The governor shall appoint the appointive members of the board, the member from the commission for the deaf and the hard of hearing and the member from the governor's council on blindness and visual impairment to terms of three years. One member shall be an employee of a school district who works with the district's program for sensory impaired pupils. In selecting three of the remaining five appointive members the governor shall give preference to persons who have experience in and knowledge of sensory impaired education.  The terms of two appointive members expire on the first Monday of January of each year.  Appointment to fill a vacancy resulting other than by expiration of term shall be for the unexpired portion of the term only.

C. Members of the board shall not receive compensation.
A.R.S. § 15-996 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 6 / Section 996
15-996 Duties of county treasurer relating to school district's monies
Status: in_force

15-996. Duties of county treasurer relating to school district's monies

The county treasurer shall:

1. Receive and hold all school district monies and keep a separate account for each school district and for the special county school reserve fund. The county treasurer may maintain separate accounts for each fund of a school district or the county treasurer may maintain only two accounts for each school district's monies in addition to the funds provided for in sections 15-1024, 15-1025 and 41-5741. If only two accounts are maintained, the first account shall consist of maintenance and operation, unrestricted capital outlay and adjacent ways monies and the classroom site fund prescribed in section 15-977 and the second account shall consist of federal and state grant monies and all other monies.

2. Pool school district monies for investment except as provided in sections 15-1024 and 15-1025. Interest earned on the monies pooled for investment shall be apportioned at least quarterly to the appropriate school district based on an average monthly balance as prescribed in the uniform system of accounting for county treasurers as provided in section 41-1279.21.

3. Notwithstanding section 11-605, register warrants only as follows:

(a) If separate accounts are maintained for each fund, warrants may only be registered on the maintenance and operation, unrestricted capital outlay and adjacent ways accounts and the classroom site fund prescribed in section 15-977 and only if the total cash balance of all three accounts is insufficient to pay the warrants, except that, during the period of time when a school district is under receivership pursuant to section 15-103, a warrant may be registered on the debt service account for which the cash balance in the debt service account is insufficient to cover the debt service payment if there are not sufficient monies in the debt service account to cover the debt.

(b) If the county treasurer maintains only two accounts as provided in paragraph 1 of this section:

(i) The county treasurer may register warrants only on the first account and only if the balance of that account is insufficient to pay the warrants.

(ii) The county treasurer may honor warrants for any federal or state grant fund with a negative balance as long as the total balance in the second account is positive. If the second account total balance is negative, the warrant for a federal or state grant fund shall be charged to the maintenance and operation fund. Any interest charged to the federal or state grant fund as a result of a negative balance that is in excess of interest earned on the fund shall be transferred to the maintenance and operation fund at the end of the fiscal year or the end of the grant year. If a federal or state grant fund has a negative balance at the end of the fiscal year or grant year, sufficient expenditures shall be transferred to the maintenance and operation fund to eliminate the negative balance.

4. Notify the county school superintendent by the fifteenth day of each calendar month of the month end balances of each school district account.

5. Pay warrants issued by the county school superintendent and duly endorsed by the person entitled to receive the monies.

6. On each property tax bill and each property tax statement prepared, separately state and identify by name each school district's primary property tax rate, the secondary property tax rate that is associated with overrides, the secondary property tax rate that is associated with class A bonds and the secondary property tax rate that is associated with class B bonds. For the purposes of this paragraph, "class A bonds" and "class B bonds" have the same meanings prescribed in section 15-101.
A.R.S. § 15-213.02 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 213.02
15-213.02 Program for school energy and water use efficiency programs; definitions
Status: in_force

15-213.02. Program for school energy and water use efficiency programs; definitions

A. The program for school energy and water use efficiency is established within the department.  The program is voluntary and is designed to facilitate cooperation between utility companies and schools to increase energy or water use efficiency and to reduce energy or water costs for schools.  A school district or charter school that chooses to participate in the program shall contract with a utility company that provides retail electric, natural gas or water service to the school to finance energy or water savings at school district or charter school buildings.  The utility company shall fund the energy or water savings measures and the school district or charter school shall repay the utility company investment by an energy or water charge on its utility bill equivalent to the energy or water saved by the energy savings measure.

B. School districts and charter schools that wish to participate in the program shall:

1. Negotiate an agreement with an eligible utility company.  The agreement shall:

(a) Identify the energy or water savings measures that are proposed to be financed by the utility company.

(b) Identify the cost of the energy or water savings measures.

(c) Identify the energy or water savings that the measure is expected to achieve, determined by a reasonable research-based investigation.

(d) Provide that the utility company investment and a reasonable carrying charge that shall not exceed the interest rate prescribed pursuant to section 42-1123, subsection A, be repaid by payment at the utility company’s current price schedule of the amount of energy or water that is projected to be saved by the savings measures, as a separately defined component of the utility company’s monthly bill.  The payment schedule may extend for up to twenty-five years, the effective life of the energy or water savings measures or the repayment period of the utility company’s investment plus reasonable carrying charge, whichever occurs first.

(e) Identify the approximate period for repayment of the utility company’s investment plus a reasonable carrying charge.

(f) Require that the utility company and the school district or charter school jointly revise the estimate of energy or water savings and the corresponding monthly payment annually based on actual experience.

(g) Provide that the school district or charter school shall receive the financial benefits of the energy or water savings measures after the repayment of the utility company’s investment and a reasonable carrying charge.  The energy or water savings projects shall be cost effective over the effective life of the measures, and each project shall provide utility cost savings to the school district or charter school that exceed the total payments to the utility.

2. Request approval of the agreement from the department.  The department shall determine whether the agreement meets the requirements of this section.

C. After approval of the agreement by the department, the school district or charter school may enter into the approved contract.  A copy of each contract shall be provided to the department.

D. Payments to the utility company under the agreement shall be considered part of the school district or charter school’s maintenance and operations budget and shall not be paid with excess utilities monies levied pursuant to section 15-910.  Procurement of energy saving measures shall be subject to the provisions of section 15-213.  The procurement of energy savings measures shall not be subject to the provisions of section 15-213.01.

E. Nothing in this section shall impose an obligation on any utility company to invest monies or contract with any school district or charter school.

F. For purposes of this section:

1. "Eligible utility company" means an agricultural improvement district or public service company that provides retail electric or natural gas service or a utility providing water service.

2. "Energy or water savings measures" shall include capital improvements, maintenance, technical assistance or operational assistance designed to reduce energy consumption or to shift energy consumption to off peak periods or to reduce water use.
A.R.S. § 15-1650 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 13 / Article 2 / Section 1650
15-1650 Annual financial aid report
Status: in_force

15-1650. Annual financial aid report

A. On or before December 1 of each year, the Arizona board of regents shall submit to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the joint legislative budget committee a financial aid report with information from the two prior fiscal years.  The report shall provide information for each institution under the jurisdiction of the board, a comparison to peer institutions, and summary information for the entire university system.

B. The report shall separately delineate both full-time resident undergraduate and full-time resident graduate students.

C. For each group identified in subsection B, the annual financial aid report shall detail the following:

1. Cost of attendance, delineated by tuition rates, mandatory fees, room and board charges, book purchases and travel and related personal expenses.

2. Expected family contribution.

3. Gift aid, delineated by source type.  Source types include federal, state, institutional and private.

4. Loans, delineated by subsidized amounts, unsubsidized amounts and amounts loaned to the parents of students.

5. Employment, delineated by program type.  Program types include federal work-study, institutional work-study, graduate assistantships and outside work.

D. The Arizona board of regents and the staff of the joint legislative budget committee shall jointly determine the methodology and format of the report.
A.R.S. § 15-1891 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 14 / Article 9 / Section 1891
15-1891 College course materials; information; definitions
Status: in_force

15-1891. College course materials; information; definitions

A. The publisher of course materials shall provide the following written information in accordance with the policies adopted by the Arizona board of regents and the governing board of each community college district to faculty members and any other employees who are in charge of selecting or adopting course materials for a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents or a community college under the jurisdiction of a community college district in this state whenever the publisher provides a faculty member or employee with information about course materials:

1. A listing of relevant course materials offered by the publisher and whether each of the course materials are offered in a bundled package or sold separately.

2. The suggested retail price, the estimated wholesale price or the price that the publisher makes available to the public for the course materials.  The publisher may include the time period during which the pricing is applicable.

3. The copyright dates of the previous edition if the copyright dates do not appear in the course materials.

4. A summary of the substantive content differences between the current edition of the course materials and the immediate previous edition.

B. A university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents or a community college under the jurisdiction of a community college district in this state shall notify faculty members and employees of the requirements pursuant to subsection A and adopt policies that instruct a faculty member or employee who is in charge of selecting or adopting course materials to place orders with sufficient lead time to enable the university or community college district bookstore or contract managed bookstore to confirm the availability of the requested materials.

C. On or before January 1, 2009, the Arizona board of regents and the governing board of each community college district shall adopt policies that instruct faculty members or any other employees who are in charge of adopting course materials to make a request for information pursuant to subsection A.

D. No faculty member or employee of a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents or a community college under the jurisdiction of a community college district in this state shall demand or receive any payment, loan, advance, good or deposit of money present or promised for selecting or purchasing specific course materials required for coursework or instruction, except that the faculty member or employee may receive:

1. Free review copies, complimentary teacher editions or instructional materials that are not intended to be sold by any faculty, staff or bookstore.

2. Royalties or other compensation from the sale of course materials that include the faculty member’s own writing or work.

3. Honoraria for academic peer review of course materials.

4. Training in the use of course materials and learning technologies.

E. A book buyer or vendor of course materials shall not solicit a faculty member or employee of a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents or a community college under the jurisdiction of a community college district in this state for the purpose of selling or trading a free sample copy or complimentary teacher editions provided at no charge by a publisher to a faculty member or employee.

F. This section shall not be construed in a manner that violates academic freedom.

G. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Book buyer" means any person or entity, including a university or community college district bookstore, engaged in the purchase or sale of course materials.

2. "Bundled" means one or more course materials that are packaged together to be sold as course materials for a single price.

3. "Complimentary teacher editions" means a book with information that is meant for the exclusive use of faculty members, commonly labeled as an "instructor edition" or "instructor manual" and that contains answers and solutions, test questions and pedagogical techniques.

4. "Course materials" means any textbook or other instructional tool published for the purpose of classroom instruction and used for or in conjunction with a course in a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents or a community college under the jurisdiction of a community college district in this state.

5. "Publisher" means any publishing house, firm or company that produces course materials.

6. "Sample copy" means any book that is the same as the regular student edition.

7. "Substantive content" means portions of a college textbook, including new chapters, additional eras of time, new themes or new subject matter.

8. "Written information" means information provided on print material. Written information includes electronic communication or publication on a website.
A.R.S. § 15-783 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 783
15-783 Evaluation of career and technical education and vocational education programs
Status: in_force

15-783. Evaluation of career and technical education and vocational education programs

The governing board of a school district shall provide for a self-evaluation of its career and technical education and vocational education programs annually. The assessment shall be conducted in cooperation with and with assistance from business, industry or labor representatives. The evaluation shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by the state board of education and the results shall be submitted to the department of education as prescribed by the state board.
A.R.S. § 15-546 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 546
15-546 Rights in employment not vested
Status: repealed

15-546. Rights in employment not vested

The provisions of this article may be modified, amended or repealed at any time and no person shall be deemed to have acquired any vested right to continuing employment under or by virtue of any provision of this article.
A.R.S. § 15-1483 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 12 / Article 5 / Section 1483
15-1483 Issuance of bonds
Status: in_force

15-1483. Issuance of bonds

A. The board for and on behalf of an institution is authorized from time to time to issue negotiable bonds for the purpose of acquiring a project or projects.  The bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the board.  The bonds may be issued in one or more series, bear such date or dates, be in such denomination or denominations, mature at such time or times, not exceeding forty years from the respective dates thereof, mature in such amount or amounts, bear interest at such rate or rates, as determined by the board, payable semiannually, be in such form either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such term of redemption, with or without premium, as such resolution or other resolutions may provide. The bonds may be sold at not less than par at either public or private sale. The bonds shall be fully negotiable within the meaning and for all the purposes of title 47, chapter 3.

B. Before the issuance of bonds that do not require voter approval, a district shall submit information regarding the planned projects that will be funded with the bond proceeds to the joint committee on capital review for review.
A.R.S. § 15-386 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 386
15-386 Insurance refund fund
Status: in_force

15-386. Insurance refund fund

A. Monies retained for insurance premium payments which are refunded to a school district at the end of a fiscal year by an insurer with which the governing board contracted for that fiscal year may be deposited with the county treasurer who shall credit the deposits to the insurance refund fund of the district.

B. The insurance refund fund of a school district is a continuing fund not subject to reversion. Monies from the insurance refund fund may:

1. Be expended for insurance premium payments.

2. Be placed into a trust to be used for payments of uninsured losses, claims, defense costs and other related expenses as provided in section 15-382.

3. Be used for reduction of taxes in the budget year.
A.R.S. § 15-354 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / Article 3.1 / Section 354
15-354 Principals; supplies and materials purchases
Status: in_force

15-354. Principals; supplies and materials purchases

A. Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board of a school district may authorize school principals to sign negotiable instruments on behalf of the school district if the negotiable instruments are used for the purchase of supplies and materials that are necessary to conduct the operations of the school.

B. Purchases made pursuant to this section are exempt from title 41, chapter 23 and the rules prescribed pursuant to section 15-213.

C. A school district that purchases supplies and materials pursuant to this section shall maintain a separate account in its maintenance and operation budget for each authorized school in the district for the purchase of supplies and materials. The amount of available monies in each school's supplies and materials account shall not exceed five thousand dollars.

D. Within thirty days of any purchase made pursuant to this section, the principal shall supply the governing board of the school district with a receipt from the seller of the supplies and materials that shows the price paid for each item purchased.

E. The principal and the governing board shall ensure that all purchases made pursuant to this section comply with the uniform system of financial records.

F. A governing board may delegate the purchasing authority granted pursuant to this section to one or more employees.
A.R.S. § 15-531 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 531
15-531 Fees
Status: in_force

15-531. Fees

A. The state board of education may fix and collect fees for:

1. The issuance and evaluation, singly or both, of any provisional, basic or standard teaching certificate, any administrative, specialized service, nurse, career and technical education, vocational education or substitute certificate, special subject endorsements including guidance counselor, art, music, physical education, industrial arts, librarian or driver training, and one-year and multiyear certificates including adult education, emergency or intern certificates, not less than twenty dollars and not more than thirty dollars.

2. The renewal and evaluation, singly or both, of any certificate, name changes, duplicates or changes of coding to existing files or certificates, not less than ten dollars and not more than twenty dollars.

3. The administration and evaluation of the examination on the Constitutions of the United States and Arizona.  Fees for the examination on the Constitutions of the United States and Arizona shall not exceed the fees assessed by the test publisher.

4. The administration and evaluation of the proficiency examination for applicants for teaching certificates. Fees for the proficiency examination shall not exceed the fees assessed by the test publisher.

B. The department of education, in collecting the fees authorized by this section, may impose a convenience fee for transactions conducted using a credit or debit card or other means of electronic payment. The convenience fee shall be assessed on a per transaction basis.  Pursuant to section 35-142, subsections K and R, the department shall continue to accept methods of payment that are not subject to a convenience fee.
A.R.S. § 15-541 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 541
15-541 Hearing on dismissal
Status: in_force

15-541. Hearing on dismissal

A. The governing board shall decide whether to hold a hearing on the dismissal or suspension without pay for a period of time longer than ten days of a certificated teacher as provided in this article.  If the governing board decides not to hold a hearing, the governing board shall designate a hearing officer to hold the hearing, hear the evidence, prepare a record and issue a recommendation to the governing board for action. The governing board may provide by policy or vote at its annual organizational meeting that all hearings conducted pursuant to this section shall be conducted before a hearing officer. The hearing officer shall be mutually agreed upon by the parties to the hearing. If the parties cannot mutually agree on a hearing officer, a hearing officer shall be selected by the governing board from a list provided by the department of education or the American arbitration association. The hearing shall be held not less than fifteen nor more than thirty days after the request is filed unless all parties to the hearing mutually agree to a different hearing date, and notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given to the teacher not less than three days before the date of the hearing. The teacher may request that the hearing be conducted in public or private. At the hearing the teacher may appear in person and by counsel, if desired, and may present any testimony, evidence or statements, either oral or in writing, in the teacher's behalf. The governing board or the hearing officer shall prepare an official record of the hearing, including all testimony recorded manually or by mechanical device, and exhibits. The teacher who is the subject of the hearing may not request that the testimony be transcribed unless the teacher agrees in writing to pay the actual cost of the transcription. Within ten days after a hearing conducted by the governing board, the board shall determine whether there existed good and just cause for the notice of dismissal or suspension and shall render its decision accordingly, either affirming or withdrawing the notice of dismissal or suspension. Within ten days after a hearing conducted by a hearing officer, the hearing officer shall deliver a written recommendation to the governing board that includes findings of fact and conclusions. Parties to the hearing have the right to object to the findings of the hearing officer and present oral and written arguments to the governing board.

B. A hearing held pursuant to this section may not be conducted by any hearing officer having a personal interest which would conflict with the hearing officer's objectivity in the hearing. The governing board has an additional ten days to determine whether good and just cause existed for the notice of dismissal or suspension and shall render its decision accordingly, either affirming or withdrawing the notice of suspension or dismissal.  Good and just cause does not include religious or political beliefs or affiliations unless they are in violation of the oath of the teacher.
A.R.S. § 15-922 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 2 / Section 922
15-922 Reporting duties of the school district; definition
Status: in_force

15-922. Reporting duties of the school district; definition

A. Each school district, within twelve days after the first one hundred days or two hundred days in session, as applicable, shall certify to the superintendent of public instruction, in an electronic format as prescribed by the department of education, the following:

1. The daily route mileage of the school district in the current year. The route mileage shall not include more than thirty miles each way to and from the school of attendance or to and from a pickup point on a regular transportation route to transport eligible students who reside in nonadjacent school districts.

2. The route mileage of the school district in the current year transporting eligible students for extended school year services in accordance with section 15-881.

3. The number of eligible students transported during the current year.

B. A school district shall meet the requirements of this section to receive state aid. The superintendent of public instruction may withhold a school district's apportionment of state aid if the superintendent of public instruction determines that the school district is not complying with the requirements of this section. A school district may include in the calculation of daily route mileage any vehicle that meets the definition of a school bus prescribed in this section or any motor vehicle described in section 15-925. The department of education shall not deny transportation funding or state aid for a school district that transports pupils in any vehicle that meets the definition of a school bus prescribed in this section or any motor vehicle described in section 15-925.

C. For the purposes of this article and section 15-901, "school bus" or "bus" means a school bus as defined in section 28-101, except that the passenger capacity standards prescribed in that section do not apply.
A.R.S. § 15-249.01 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 249.01
15-249.01 Purple star school program; application; annual report; definitions
Status: in_force

15-249.01. Purple star school program; application; annual report; definitions

A. The purple star school program is established within the department of education to identify schools in this state that provide transition support to military students and their families. The department may adopt policies and procedures to implement this section.

B. Any school in this state that offers instruction to students in kindergarten programs or any combination of grades one through twelve may apply to the department to participate in the purple star school program in a form and manner prescribed by the department. Notwithstanding section 15-161, a private school in this state may participate in the purple star school program under this section on the same terms and subject to the same requirements as any public school in this state. The department shall approve an application under this subsection if the school demonstrates that the school does all of the following:

1. Provides professional development training to at least seventy percent of the school's employees, including administrators, related to the unique needs of highly mobile students and military students. Training provided pursuant to this paragraph may include only politically neutral instruction and materials. The first training provided pursuant to this paragraph must be provided in person. Subsequent training, including professional development training provided to new employees and the annual continuing education and training provided to all employees, may be provided electronically.  A school may accept in-kind donations of materials, equipment or services for the training required under this paragraph.

2. Designates an employee to serve as the school's point of contact for the purple star school program.  When selecting the designated point of contact, the school shall consider whether an employee has a military background or other relevant experiences.  The designated point of contact must:

(a) Complete the training required under paragraph 1 of this subsection.

(b) Oversee the peer mentorship program established under paragraph 3 of this subsection and provide information about the program to military students and their families.

(c) Coordinate with the school administrators to ensure that the school satisfies all requirements under this section, including monitoring the percentage of school employees who have received the training required under paragraph 1 of this subsection, organizing the patriotic event required under paragraph 4 of this subsection and collecting any data necessary for the annual report required under subsection D of this section.

(d) Update the website required under paragraph 5 of this subsection at least one time during each school year.

(e) Serve as the school's primary point of contact for military students and their families to assist with transitions into and out of the school.

3. Establishes a peer mentorship program for military students.  The school administrators shall select and train students who are enrolled in the school to serve as student mentors and to support military students who are transitioning into the school.

4. Holds at least one patriotic event during each school year.  A patriotic event held under this paragraph must do both of the following:

(a) Recognize the service of members of the military and their families.

(b) Educate attendees about military service in the United States and in this state.

5. Creates and maintains either a website or a dedicated page on the school's website with resources for military students and their families, including:

(a) The contact information for the point of contact designated under paragraph 2 of this subsection.

(b) Information about the peer mentorship program established under paragraph 3 of this subsection and instructions for how to participate in the program.

(c) Information regarding the most recent and, if available, upcoming patriotic event held by the school pursuant to paragraph 4 of this subsection.

(d) Other relevant transition information and resources for military students or other highly mobile students.

C. The department may develop additional criteria for the eligibility determination under subsection B of this section.

D. On or before June 30 of each year, each purple star school shall submit a report to the department of education that contains all of the following for the current school year:

1. The number of military students served by the purple star school.

2. A description of the peer mentorship program established under subsection B, paragraph 3 of this section, including the number of trained student mentors and the number of military students who participated in the program.

3. An attestation that the school updated the website or dedicated webpage required under subsection B, paragraph 5 of this section at least once during the school year.

4. The percentage of school employees who received the professional development training required under subsection B, paragraph 1 of this section and a brief description of the training provided.

5. A description of each patriotic event held by the school during the school year.

6. The contact information for the designated point of contact required under subsection B, paragraph 2 of this section.

E. The department of education shall review the reports submitted pursuant to subsection D of this section to determine whether each purple star school continues to satisfy the eligibility requirements under subsections B and C of this section. If the department determines that a purple star school either failed to submit the report required under subsection D of this section or failed to demonstrate that the school meets the eligibility requirements, the department shall notify the purple star school of the determination and the specific action required by the purple star school to cure the deficiency. If the purple star school fails to submit to the department evidence that the school has cured the deficiency within ninety days after the notice is issued, the department shall notify the school that the school is no longer approved to participate in the program and may not represent itself as a purple star school to the public.

F.  For the purposes of this section:

1. "Military" means the army, navy, air force, space force, marine corps, coast guard and national guard and any military reserve unit.

2. "Military student" means an individual who is both:

(a) Enrolled in or eligible for enrollment in a kindergarten program or any of grades one through twelve in this state.

(b) A dependent as defined in section 43-1001 of a veteran or of an active-duty member of the military.

3. "Purple star school" means a school that is approved to participate in the purple star school program under this section.

4. "Veteran" means a person who served in the military and who was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable.
A.R.S. § 15-714 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 714
15-714 Eligibility for training in use of bows or firearms
Status: in_force

15-714. Eligibility for training in use of bows or firearms

A. Training courses may be offered on a voluntary basis pursuant to section 17-245.

B. The courses held for students in the common schools and high schools shall be elective only, and attendance in such classes shall not be considered in computing a school district's student count.
A.R.S. § 15-1442 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 12 / Article 3 / Section 1442
15-1442 Nominating petitions; election; returns; results; certificate of election; statement of contributions and expenditures
Status: in_force

15-1442. Nominating petitions; election; returns; results; certificate of election; statement of contributions and expenditures

A. Candidates for the district board must file nominating petitions, conforming to section 16-314, with the appropriate county officer.

B. Members of the district board shall be elected at the time and place, and in the manner, of general elections as provided in title 16.

C. If only one person files a nominating petition or nomination paper for a write-in candidate for an election to fill a community college board office, the county school superintendent not earlier than one hundred five days before the election may cancel the election for the position and appoint the person who filed the nominating petition or nomination paper to fill the position.  If no person files a nominating petition or nomination paper for a candidate or for a write-in candidate for an election to fill a community college board office, the county board of supervisors not earlier than one hundred five days before the election may cancel the election for that office and that office is deemed vacant and shall be filled as provided in section 15-1441.  A person who is appointed pursuant to this subsection is fully vested with the powers and duties of the office as if elected to that office.

D. The county school superintendent and the chairman of the board of supervisors shall meet not later than on the fourteenth day following the election to canvass the returns in accordance with procedures for the canvass of returns in a general election. For any canvass conducted by the county school superintendent in November of an even-numbered year, the county school superintendent and the chairman of the board of supervisors shall conduct the canvass as part of the county's general election canvass.  The county school superintendent shall declare the results of the district board election, declare elected the person receiving the highest number of votes for each office to be filled and issue to that person a certificate of election.

E. All candidates for the office of community college district governing board member shall file with the clerk of the board of supervisors a statement of contributions and expenditures as provided in section 16-926.
A.R.S. § 15-816.07 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 8 / Article 1.1 / Section 816.07
15-816.07 District and school immunity
Status: in_force

15-816.07. District and school immunity

A school district and its employees are immune from civil liability for decisions that concern the acceptance or rejection of a nonresident pupil for enrollment and that are based on a good faith application of the requirements of this article and the standards adopted pursuant to this article.
A.R.S. § 15-403 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 403
15-403 Elections; notice; bond election procedure; qualifications of voters; closing of registrations; election precincts; polling places
Status: in_force

15-403. Elections; notice; bond election procedure; qualifications of voters; closing of registrations; election precincts; polling places

A. The county school superintendent shall cause notices of a special election except a bond election to be posted at least ninety days previous to the date of the election. The notices shall be posted in at least three public places in the school district. One notice shall be posted at the school if there is one. Bond election notices and procedures shall comply with the requirements of title 35, chapter 3, article 3.

B. The notices shall specify the day and the polling places of the election and the time the polls will be open. A special election or a bond election may be held only on a date prescribed by section 16-204.

C. If the county school superintendent fails to give notice as provided in subsections A and B of this section, any two qualified electors who reside within the district may give similar notice of the election at least seventy-five days prior to the election.

D. A person is not entitled to vote at a special election or an election held at a time and place other than a general election in a school district who has not been a qualified elector in a precinct in the boundaries of the school district for twenty-nine days preceding the election, who is not qualified to register to vote as provided in section 16-101 and who has not registered to vote prior to midnight of the twenty-ninth day preceding the date of the election.

E. The governing board of a school district shall establish school district election precincts that have the same boundaries as the county election precincts as provided in section 16-411 and designate one polling place within each precinct, except that the governing board of a union high school district may divide a county election precinct along the boundaries of common school districts within the boundaries of the union high school district and establish polling places within each common school district. In those cases where a school district boundary bisects a county election precinct, that portion of the election precinct that is within the school district shall be the school district election precinct. The governing board may consolidate school district election precincts if it deems it necessary for each election and designate one polling place for the election precincts that it consolidates. If school district election precincts are consolidated, a school district precinct register shall be prepared for the consolidated precinct. Upon a specific finding of the board, included in the order or resolution designating polling places pursuant to this subsection, that no suitable polling place is available within a precinct of the school district, a polling place for such precinct may be designated within an adjacent precinct. The adjacent precinct need not be within the school district. Any such polling places shall be listed in a separate section of the order or resolution.

F. All elections that are called either by the county school superintendent or the governing board of a school district and that are held at a time other than the general election shall be conducted by the use of school district precinct registers.
A.R.S. § 15-249.10 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 249.10
15-249.10 Dyslexia handbook
Status: in_force

15-249.10. Dyslexia handbook

The department of education, subject to approval by the state board of education, may develop and maintain a handbook for use in the schools of this state that provides guidance for pupils, parents and teachers concerning dyslexia.  The handbook shall include the following:

1. Guidelines for teachers and parents to identify dyslexia.

2. A description of educational strategies that have been shown to improve the academic performance of pupils with dyslexia.

3. A description of resources and services that are available to pupils with dyslexia and to teachers and parents of pupils with dyslexia.
A.R.S. § 15-906 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 906
15-906 Procedure for payment of levy fund liabilities payable on June 30; lapsing of levy funds with balance for reduction of taxes
Status: in_force

15-906. Procedure for payment of levy fund liabilities payable on June 30; lapsing of levy funds with balance for reduction of taxes

A. Annually on or before June 30, each school district shall prepare for all levy funds a list of liabilities for goods received or services rendered on or before June 30 that will not be paid by June 30 of the current fiscal year.

B. Each school district having levy fund liabilities payable on June 30 shall file an advice of encumbrance with the county school superintendent on or before July 18, in the manner and on a form to be prescribed in the uniform system of financial records. The county school superintendent shall encumber amounts that are included in year-to-date expenditures not to exceed the budget and that are available to pay the liabilities pursuant to section 15-304.

C. The county school superintendent may draw warrants against the obligated in contract amounts pursuant to subsection B of this section for a period of sixty days immediately following the close of the fiscal year.

D. After expiration of the period of sixty days immediately following the close of each fiscal year, the remaining obligated in contract balance shall lapse and no further payments from the maintenance and operation, unrestricted capital outlay and adjacent ways funds shall be made on any claim for expenditures of the prior fiscal year.

E. School districts that are subject to section 15-914.01 shall adhere to the duties described in section 15-304 for the purposes of this section.
A.R.S. § 15-115 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 115
15-115 Preference for childbirth and adoption; allowable presentations
Status: in_force

15-115. Preference for childbirth and adoption; allowable presentations

A. In view of the state's strong interest in promoting childbirth and adoption over elective abortion, no school district or charter school in this state may endorse or provide financial or instructional program support to any program that does not present childbirth and adoption as preferred options to elective abortion.

B. In view of the state's strong interest in promoting childbirth and adoption over elective abortion, no school district or charter school in this state may allow any presentation during instructional time or furnish any materials to pupils as part of any instruction that does not give preference, encouragement and support to childbirth and adoption as preferred options to elective abortion.
A.R.S. § 15-161 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 161
15-161 State control over private schools
Status: in_force

15-161. State control over private schools

Nothing in this title shall be construed to provide the state board of education or the governing boards of school districts control or supervision over private schools.
A.R.S. § 15-350 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 350
15-350 Investigation of immoral or unprofessional conduct; confidentiality; definition
Status: in_force

15-350. Investigation of immoral or unprofessional conduct; confidentiality; definition

A. On request of the state board of education or the department of education, any school or school district that has employed a certificated or noncertificated person during the time in which the person is alleged to have engaged in conduct constituting grounds for disciplinary action shall make available the attendance and testimony of witnesses, documents and any physical evidence within the school district's control for examination or copying. All information received and records or reports kept by the state board of education or the department of education during an investigation of immoral or unprofessional conduct are confidential and are not a public record.

B. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, the state board of education may provide information, records or reports relating to the investigation of a certificated or noncertificated person to any of the following:

1. Any school or school district that currently employs the certificated or noncertificated person.

2. Any school or school district to which the certificated or noncertificated person has applied for employment.

3. Any third-party entity that contracts with a school or school district to provide educators and to which the person has applied for employment.

4. Any agency as defined in section 41-1001 that has received and is investigating an application by the certificated or noncertificated person for a certificate or license or that is investigating the person in order to make a certification or licensure decision.

5. A state education agency in another state, or the equivalent, with which a person holds a certificate or is applying for a certificate.

C. The highest ranking official of a school or school district described in subsection B, paragraph 1 or 2 of this section may request from the state board of education information relating to allegations that a certificated or noncertificated person engaged in conduct that, if true, constitutes grounds for disciplinary action if the certificated or noncertificated person resigned or otherwise separated from employment with a school before the state board of education either investigates the allegations or determines whether to take disciplinary action against the person.  Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, the state board of education, after verifying the official's identity, shall provide the requested information, if available, to the official or to an administrator who is designated by the official. If providing the requested information pursuant to this subsection might impede the state board of education's investigation of the allegations, the state board of education may deny the official's request or provide the information to the official or administrator after the state board of education completes the investigation.

D. All information, records and reports received by any school or school district pursuant to this section shall be used for employment purposes only, are confidential and are not a public record.

E. An investigator who is regularly employed and paid by the state board of education has the authority to access criminal history records and criminal history record information, as defined in section 41-1750, from law enforcement agencies.

F. The department of education shall provide to the state board of education access to the educator information system maintained by the department and any related systems deemed necessary by the board to investigate and adjudicate allegations of conduct constituting grounds for disciplinary action.

G. For the purposes of this section, "noncertificated person" has the same meaning prescribed in section 15-505.
A.R.S. § 15-501 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 501
15-501 Definitions
Status: in_force

15-501. Definitions

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Administrator" means any school district administrator except a school principal who devotes at least fifty percent of the principal's time to classroom teaching.

2. "Certificated teacher" means a person who holds a certificate from the state board of education to work in the schools of this state and who is employed under contract in a school district in a position that requires certification except a psychologist or an administrator who devotes at least fifty percent of the person's time to classroom teaching.

3. "Full-time" means to be employed for a full school day, or its equivalent, or for a full class load, or its equivalent, as determined by the governing board.

4. "Governing board" means the governing board of a school district or a county school superintendent in the case of accommodation schools located in such a county.

5. "Inadequacy of classroom performance" means the definition of inadequacy classroom performance adopted by the governing board pursuant to section 15-538.

6. "Major portion of a school year" means full-time employment for fifty-one percent of the school days during which school is in session, except that a certificated teacher is not deemed to have completed the major portion of the third school year of three consecutive years of employment until the end of the third school year.

7. "Performance classifications" means the performance classifications adopted by the governing board.

8. "Qualified evaluator" means a school principal or other person who is trained to evaluate teachers and who is designated by the governing board to evaluate the school district's certificated teachers.

9. "Superintendent" means the superintendent of schools of a school district.

10. "Suspension without pay" means suspension without pay for a period of time not to exceed ten school days.
A.R.S. § 15-454 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 454
15-454 Authority to form joint unified or joint high school districts; applicability of other laws governing other school districts
Status: in_force

15-454. Authority to form joint unified or joint high school districts; applicability of other laws governing other school districts

Joint unified school districts or joint high school districts may be created lying in part in each of two or more counties in the same manner as joint common school districts may be created under this article, except as expressly provided in sections 15-450 and 15-451. Except as expressly provided in sections 15-429, 15-450, 15-451, 15-453 and 15-455 through 15-457, section 15-491, subsection B, and sections 15-975 and 15-997, each joint high school district or joint unified school district shall have all powers and duties, shall be operated and maintained and shall follow and be subject to procedures as may be provided by law for the operation of other school districts.
A.R.S. § 15-756.02 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 3.1 / Section 756.02
15-756.02 School districts and charter schools; English language learner models; adoption, approval and implementation
Status: in_force

15-756.02. School districts and charter schools; English language learner models; adoption, approval and implementation

A. Each school district governing board and each charter school governing body shall select and implement on a school-by-school basis one or more models for structured English immersion and alternative English instruction that the state board of education adopts or approves pursuant to section 15-756.01.

B. If a school district or charter school wants to implement an English language learner program that is not based on a model adopted or approved by the state board of education, the school district or charter school shall first submit the proposed program along with supporting documentation regarding the expected outcomes of the program on the district's or charter school's English language learner students to the state board for approval.

C. On receipt of a proposed program from a school district or charter school, the state board of education may do one of the following:

1. Approve the proposed program.

2. Provide limited approval subject to specific stipulations prescribed by the state board.

3. Reject the proposed program and identify a model that the state board approves for the school district or charter school to adopt.
A.R.S. § 15-1107 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 1107
15-1107 Litigation recovery fund; disposition of proceeds
Status: in_force

15-1107. Litigation recovery fund; disposition of proceeds

A. Monies received for and derived from settlement of legal controversies or from recovery of costs, attorney fees or damages by a school district in litigation by or against the school district shall be deposited with the county treasurer who shall credit the deposits to the litigation recovery fund of the school district. The litigation recovery fund is a continuing fund that is not subject to reversion.

B. If a school district receives monies as provided in subsection A of this section for the purpose of replacing or repairing school buildings or other school property, the governing board, or the superintendent or chief administrative officer with the approval of the governing board, may apply the proceeds to:

1. Reimburse the building renewal grant fund established by section  41-5731 or the emergency deficiencies correction fund established by section 41-5721 to the extent that monies were received from those funds for replacing or repairing school buildings or other school property that was the subject of the dispute and the monies recovered by the school district pursuant to subsection A of this section are designated for the replacement or repair. The school district shall prioritize the reimbursement as described in this paragraph, if applicable.

2. Pay any outstanding bonded indebtedness of the school district that is payable from the levy of taxes on property within the school district.

3. Construct, acquire, improve, repair or furnish school buildings after notice. If the proceeds are applied to a project that costs more than $250,000, the governing board, or the superintendent or chief administrative officer with the approval of the governing board, may apply the proceeds after notice and a hearing.

4. Replace or repair the school property other than school buildings.

C. If a school district receives monies as provided in subsection A of this section for purposes other than those provided in subsection B of this section, the governing board, or the superintendent or chief administrative officer with the approval of the governing board, may apply the proceeds of litigation recoveries:

1. To procure legal services or for the costs of litigation.

2. For remedial measures reasonably related to a legal controversy or litigation by or against the school district.

D. After all other expenditures authorized under this section, a school district may use monies remaining in the school district's litigation recovery fund for maintenance and operation or unrestricted capital outlay.
A.R.S. § 15-120.05 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 120.05
15-120.05 Student access to internet; student use of wireless communication devices; policies and procedures; annual notice; definitions
Status: in_force

15-120.05. Student access to internet; student use of wireless communication devices; policies and procedures; annual notice; definitions

A. Each school district governing board and charter school governing body shall prescribe and enforce policies and procedures that both:

1. Govern student access to the internet as provided by the school, including policies that restrict student access to social media platforms.  The policies and procedures adopted pursuant to this paragraph shall allow teachers to give students access to social media platforms to the extent necessary for educational purposes.

2. Limit the use of wireless communication devices by students during the school day. The policies and procedures adopted pursuant to this paragraph shall do all of the following:

(a) Allow students to use wireless communication devices if any of the following applies:

(i) For educational purposes, as directed by the student's teacher.

(ii) During an emergency.

(iii) The student needs the student's wireless communication device because the student has a medical condition.

(b) Include procedures for a student's parent to contact the student during the school day.

(c) Include procedures for a student to contact the student's parent during the school day.

B. At the beginning of each school year, the school district shall provide to parents, teachers and students a copy of the policies adopted pursuant to subsection A of this section and notify the parents, teachers and students of any changes to the policy.

C. For the purposes of this section:

1. "School day" means periods of time when students are at school, including meals, passing periods and recess.

2. "Social media platform" means a website, computer application or other digital platform that is used for social networking and creating or exchanging virtual content.

3. "Wireless communication devices" includes personal devices and devices that are provided by the school.
A.R.S. § 15-792 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 6 / Section 792
15-792 Declaration of purpose and policy
Status: in_force

15-792. Declaration of purpose and policy

The legislature declares and finds that:

1. It is in the interest of this state to greatly increase the proportion of students who enter high school and who subsequently leave those high schools with the skills needed to compete effectively in a global economy that provides world class wages only to workers with world class skills.

2. It is in the interest of students in this state, their families and schools to provide a college and work readiness assessment to students.

3. The purpose of this article is to greatly increase the proportion of students in this state who leave high school with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in college in a way that does not significantly increase the cost of high school.
A.R.S. § 15-728 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 728
15-728 Purchase of books by pupils or parent
Status: in_force

15-728. Purchase of books by pupils or parent

A pupil or parent may purchase from the governing board such books as necessary for high school pupils at the price the governing board pays for the books.
A.R.S. § 15-954 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 954
15-954 Adjustment for tuition loss
Status: in_force

15-954. Adjustment for tuition loss

A. The district may increase its base support level for tuition loss as prescribed in subsection B of this section if all of the following apply:

1. A school district receives tuition for high school pupils from a school district which is inside or outside of this state and which does not offer instruction in one or more high school grade levels.

2. The school district which had received the tuition loses the tuition because the other school district begins to offer instruction in one or more high school grade levels not previously offered.

3. The number of pupils for whom the district loses the tuition is equal to at least five per cent of the average daily membership of pupils educated by the district in grades nine through twelve for the year prior to the year in which the other school district begins to offer the instruction.

B. The maximum amount by which a district may increase its base support level for tuition loss is determined as follows:

1. Determine the amount of tuition lost between the year before the other school district begins to offer instruction, which is the base year, and the year after the base year.

2. For the year after the base year, the maximum amount is seventy-five per cent of the amount determined in paragraph 1.

3. For the second year after the base year, the maximum amount is fifty per cent of the amount determined in paragraph 1.

4. For the third year after the base year, the maximum amount is twenty-five per cent of the amount determined in paragraph 1.

C. If the resident school district is a joint unified district and phases in the instruction over more than one year:

1. The computation prescribed by subsection A, paragraph 3 of this section shall be made separately for each phase by dividing the number of pupils in the phase by the average daily membership of pupils in grades nine through twelve who are educated by the district of attendance in the year prior to the year in which the resident district begins to offer instruction for this phase.

2. The base year and the maximum amounts determined pursuant to subsection B of this section shall be computed separately for each phase.

3. The total increase in the base support level for a given fiscal year shall be the sum of the computations for each phase calculated pursuant to paragraph 2 of this subsection.

D. If the school district does not qualify for equalization assistance as provided in section 15-971, the part of the primary property tax rate set to fund the tuition loss as provided in this section shall not be included in the computation of additional state aid revenues as prescribed in section 15-972.
A.R.S. § 15-397 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / Article 6 / Section 397
15-397 Effect of unification or consolidation of participating school districts
Status: in_force

15-397. Effect of unification or consolidation of participating school districts

Notwithstanding sections 15-395 and 15-395.01, if a school district that was participating in a career technical education district at the time that the school district was unified or consolidated pursuant to chapter 4, article 3 of this title, the successor school district that results from that unification or consolidation shall automatically continue to participate in that career technical education district in the same manner as the former school district that was unified or consolidated.
A.R.S. § 15-364 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 364
15-364 Agreements and expenditure of public monies for recreational facilities on school properties; use of proceeds of bond issues
Status: in_force

15-364. Agreements and expenditure of public monies for recreational facilities on school properties; use of proceeds of bond issues

A. The governing board of a school district may enter into agreements with counties, cities, towns or other school district governing boards, providing for the construction, development, cooperative maintenance, operation and use of parks and recreational facilities, including swimming pools, on properties used for school purposes and under the control of such school districts. The governing boards may expend public monies for the construction and development of such parks or recreational facilities in cooperation with cities, towns and counties.

B. Counties, cities and towns may expend public monies and enter into agreements with cities, towns and school district governing boards for the construction, development, cooperative maintenance, operation and use of parks, swimming pools and other recreational facilities on properties used for school purposes, if the governing authorities having charge and control of such properties give their consent and cooperation.

C. Cities, towns and counties with a population of five hundred thousand persons or more according to the most recent United States decennial census may use the proceeds of bond issues for the purposes of this section.
A.R.S. § 15-447 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 447
15-447 Offer of instruction in high school subjects by common school districts; limitations
Status: in_force

15-447. Offer of instruction in high school subjects by common school districts; limitations

The state board of education may grant permission to the governing board of a common school district to offer instruction in high school subjects, grades nine through twelve, except that the state board shall not grant permission if the qualified electors of a common school district have voted against the formation of a high school district within the last five years. If the qualified electors of a common school district vote against the formation of a high school district within one year after the state board has granted permission to the governing board to offer instruction in high school subjects, the governing board shall cease to offer instruction in high school subjects at the end of the current year and shall not offer such instruction until such time as the state board has again granted permission in accordance with this section. Enrollment of pupils in grades nine through twelve shall be deemed to be enrollment in high school. For purposes of computing the base support level, the support level weight for high school districts shall be used. Successful completion of a prescribed course of study in grades nine through twelve entitles a pupil to a certificate of high school graduation.
A.R.S. § 15-1203 — Arizona Code / Title 15 / Chapter 10 / Article 7 / Section 1203
15-1203 Placement; requirements
Status: in_force

15-1203. Placement; requirements

A. No child may be placed for the purpose of special education in an institution unless the institution has applied for and had issued a voucher pursuant to this article.  Initial approval for placement shall be given when evaluation information, a copy of the individualized education program and placement documentation are provided to the special education section of the department of education.  These documents shall be maintained by the school district or charter school and the receiving institution.

B. A school district may make an interim placement of an eligible child in an institution pursuant to an interim individualized education program. For purposes of this subsection, "interim placement" means placement of a child in an institution for a period of time not to exceed sixty days for the purpose of completing an educational evaluation as required by section 15-766 and making a specific placement.

C. No child who is a resident of an institution may be placed in a school special education program unless the school has applied for and had issued a special education institutional voucher pursuant to this article.