2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Revised Statutes §15-391  Definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

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

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

3. "Joint technological education course" means a course that is offered by a joint technological education district and that meets each of the following requirements:

(a) Is designed to directly lead the student toward a specific career, vocation or industry.

(b) 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.

(c) Requires specialized equipment or specialized instruction materials above and beyond the scope and cost of a standard educational course.

(d) Is designed to lead the student toward certification that is accepted by a vocation or industry as a demonstration of skill or competency in that vocation or industry.

(e) Is part of a program that requires students to obtain a passing score on an examination that demonstrates a level of skill or competency for that program of study that is accepted by a vocation or an industry.

(f) Meets the standards of a career preparatory vocational program as determined by the career and technical education division of the department of education.

(g) Is certified by the joint technological education district governing board as having met all the requirements of this article.

(h) From and after December 31, 2006, is approved by the career and technical education division of the department of education based on the requirements prescribed in this paragraph within one hundred twenty days after the submission of all required documentation.

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

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

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