2016 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 15 - Education
§ 15-391 Definitions

15-391. Definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. " Joint board" means a joint technical education district governing board.

2. " Joint district" means a joint technical education district.

3. " Joint technical education course" means a course that is offered by a joint technical education district as part of a joint technical education district program, that is approved by the career and technical education division of the department of education and that meets each of the following requirements:

(a) Is taught by an instructor who is certified to teach career and technical education by the state board of education or by a postsecondary educational institution.

(b) Is part of a program that requires students to obtain a passing score of at least sixty percent on an assessment that demonstrates the level of skills, knowledge and competencies necessary to be successful in the designated vocation or industry for that program of study.

(c) Is part of an approved joint technical education district program.

(d) Is not a course or any variation of a course, including honors, that is required under the minimum course of study pursuant to section 15-701.01 in order to graduate from high school.

(e) Requires a majority of instructional time to be conducted in a laboratory environment, field-based environment or work-based learning environment.

(f) Has demonstrated a need for extra funding in order to provide the joint technical education course.

(g) Requires specialized equipment in order to provide instruction to students that exceeds the cost of a standard educational course.

4. " Joint technical education district" means a district that is formed pursuant to this article and that offers joint technical education courses.

5. " Joint technical education district program" means a sequence of courses that is offered by a joint technical education district and that meets all of the following requirements:

(a) Is taught by an instructor who is certified to teach career and technical education by the state board of education or by a postsecondary educational institution.

(b) Requires an assessment that demonstrates the level of skills, knowledge and competencies necessary to be successful in the designated vocation or industry or an assessment necessary for certification in and acceptance by that vocation or industry. Any assessment adopted pursuant to this subdivision shall require a passing score of at least sixty percent.

(c) Requires specialized equipment in order to provide instruction to students that exceeds the cost of a standard educational course.

(d) Requires a majority of instructional time to be conducted in a laboratory environment, field-based environment or work-based learning environment, and requires career and technical student organization participation.

(e) Demonstrates alignment through a curriculum, instructional model and course sequence to meet the standards of a career and technical education preparatory program as determined by the career and technical education division of the department of education.

(f) Has a defined pathway to career and postsecondary education in a specific vocation or industry as determined by the career and technical education division of the department of education.

(g) Is approved by the career and technical education division of the department of education based on the requirements prescribed in this paragraph after the submission of all required documentation.

(h) Is certified by the joint technical education district governing board to have met all the requirements prescribed in this article.

(i) Is offered only to students in grades nine, ten, eleven and twelve.

(j) Fills a high-need vocational or industry need as determined by the career and technical education division of the department of education.

(k) Requires a single or stackable credential as described in subdivision (l) of this paragraph or a skill that will allow a student to obtain work as described in subdivision (l) of this paragraph on graduation before receiving an associate's degree or baccalaureate degree.

(l) Leads to certification or licensure in the designated vocation or industry that has been verified and accepted by that vocation or industry and that qualifies the recipient of the certification or licensure for employment for which the student would not otherwise qualify. If there is no certification or licensure that is accepted by the vocation or industry, completion of the program must qualify the student for employment for which the student would not otherwise qualify without completion of the joint technical education district program.

(m) Requires instruction and instructional materials in courses that are substantially different from and exceed the scope of standard instruction and that include vocational skills, competencies and knowledge to be successful in the designated joint technical education district program vocation or industry.

(n) An industry or vocation has agreed to provide financial or technical support to the joint technical education district for a specific Joint technical education district program. For the purposes of this subdivision, " financial support" includes in-kind contributions and donations.

(o) A joint technical education district has demonstrated a need for extra funding in order to provide the joint technical education district program.

6. " State board" means the state board of education.