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2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Title 15 - Education
Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONSArticle 1 - General Provisions
- §15-101 Definitions
- §15-102 Parental involvement in the school; definition
- §15-103 School districts; financial mismanagement; intervention; definitions
- §15-104 Mental health screening; consent; form
Article 2 - Employee Annuity and Deferred Compensation Plans
Article 3 - Teacher Exchange
- §15-131 Exchange teacher agreements
- §15-132 Certification of exchange teachers and professors
- §15-133 Terms of employment
- §15-134 Payment of salaries of exchange teachers
- §15-135 Deductions for retirement; preservation of rights
Article 4 - Educational Records
- §15-141 Educational records; injunction; special action
- §15-142 Access to directory information relating to pupils and to school property
Article 5 - Safety Requirements
- §15-151 Eye protective devices; definition
- §15-152 Pest management at schools; notice
- §15-153 School safety program oversight committee; membership; duties; staff; compensation; definition
- §15-154 Public school safety program proposal; requirements; purpose; definitions
- §15-154.01 Character education matching grant program; program termination
- §15-155 School safety program; funding
- §15-156 Liquid roofing systems; violation; classification; definition
Article 6 - State Prohibitions
Article 8 - Charter Schools
- §15-181 Charter schools; purpose; scope
- §15-182 State board for charter schools; membership; terms; compensation; duties
- §15-183 Charter schools; application; requirements; immunity; exemptions; renewal of application; reprisal
- §15-184 Charter schools; admission requirements
- §15-185 Charter schools; financing; definitions
- §15-187 Charter schools; teachers; employment benefits
- §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
- §15-188 Charter schools stimulus fund
- §15-189 Charter schools; vacant buildings; list; used equipment
- §15-189.01 Charter schools; zoning; development fees
- §15-189.02 Charter schools; public bidding requirements
- §15-189.03 Academic credits; transfer
Article 9 - Family Literacy Program
Chapter 2 - STATE GOVERNANCE OF SCHOOLSArticle 1 - State Board of Education
- §15-201 State board of education; members; appointment; terms
- §15-202 Meetings; majority required for validation; travel expenses; immunity
- §15-203 Powers and duties
- §15-204 Acceptance of gifts and grants; gifts and grants fund; use; unexpended monies
- §15-205 Education of Indians in state schools; contracts with department of interior
- §15-206 Federal grants for educational purposes; administration
- §15-207 Apportionment and expenditure of federal grants for educational purposes
- §15-208 Application by school district for apportionment of federal monies; hearing
- §15-209 Disbursement of apportioned federal funds
- §15-210 Unlawful expenditure of federal monies
- §15-212 Expenditure of private funds; exemption
- §15-213 Procurement practices of school districts and charter schools; definitions
- §15-213.01 Procurement practices; guaranteed energy cost savings contracts; definitions
- §15-214 Braille literacy; definition
Article 2 - Department of Education
- §15-231 Department of education
- §15-231.01 Public school information hot line; program termination
- §15-231.02 School safety clearinghouse; program termination
- §15-231.03 School safety survey report
- §15-232 Division of adult education; duties
- §15-233 Night schools for teaching English
- §15-234 Appropriations for adult education; eligibility; definition
- §15-235 Division of special education; director; duties; qualifications; advisory committee; members
- §15-236 Cost study of special education programs; program and fiscal audits
- §15-237 Publications; production revolving fund
- §15-238 Statewide student estimate
- §15-239 School compliance and recognition; accreditation
- §15-240 Issuance of subpoenas
- §15-241 School accountability; schools failing to meet academic standards; failing schools tutoring fund
- §15-242 Nutritional standards
- §15-243 Golden rule special plate fund
- §15-244 Office of Indian education; definition
Article 3 - Superintendent of Public Instruction
- §15-251 Powers and duties
- §15-252 Powers and duties; publications; payment of claims for printing
- §15-253 Legal opinions relating to school matters
- §15-255 Annual report; contents; definition
- §15-256 Waivers; federal education flexibility partnership act
Article 4 - Uniform System of Financial Records
- §15-271 Duties of auditor general for uniform financial records system; annual report
- §15-272 Duties of department of education for uniform system of financial records
Article 1 - County School Superintendent
- §15-301 Office of county school superintendent; qualifications; travel expenses
- §15-302 Powers and duties
- §15-303 Apportionment of funds
- §15-304 Warrants; limitations; definition
- §15-306 Register of warrants
- §15-308 Providing educational services of an accommodation school
Article 2 - Organizational Powers of School District Governing Boards
- §15-321 Organization; election of officers of the board; meetings; execution of warrants; exemption
- §15-322 Organization of the governing board of a consolidated school district
- §15-323 Governing board member; voting eligibility; purchases from board member
- §15-326 Capacity to sue and be sued and to hold and convey property
- §15-327 Advisory meetings of school district electors; notice; procedure; effect
- §15-328 Single administrative program
Article 3 - Powers and Duties of School District Governing Boards
- §15-341 General powers and duties; immunity; delegation
- §15-341.01 One hundred eighty day school year
- §15-342 Discretionary powers
- §15-343 Employment of professional help
- §15-344 Administration of prescription, patent or proprietary medications by employees; civil immunity; definition
- §15-345 Chemical abuse prevention policies and procedures
- §15-346 Policies and procedures concerning pupils with chronic health problems; definition
- §15-347 Extracurricular activities; cultural tradition
- §15-348 Interscholastic athletics noncontact sports
- §15-349 Operation of motor vehicle fleet; options to conventional fuels
- §15-350 Investigation of immoral or unprofessional conduct; confidentiality
Article 3.1 - Decentralization Process
- §15-351 School councils; duties; membership
- §15-352 Exemptions
- §15-353 Responsibilities of principals
- §15-354 Principals; supplies and materials purchases
Article 4 - Establishment of Special Services
- §15-361 Establishment of evening and night schools; admission of students; tuition
- §15-362 Libraries; powers and duties; authority to contract with a county free library or other public library
- §15-363 School recreation centers; authority to contract with public recreation boards and agencies
- §15-364 Agreements and expenditure of public monies for recreational facilities on school properties; use of proceeds of bond issues
- §15-365 Service programs operated through the office of a county school superintendent; reports; definitions
Article 5 - Provisions for Insurance Coverage
- §15-381 Liabilities of the governing board; payment of liabilities; immunity
- §15-382 Authorization to self‑insure; pooling agreements; joint agreements; trustees; liability coverage and pool requirements; remedies; definition
- §15-383 Insurance on school bus operator; authority of the governing board to purchase
- §15-384 Authorization for insurance coverage for students
- §15-385 Premiums of a bond or insurance for accommodation schools or federally owned buildings on Indian reservation
- §15-386 Insurance refund fund
- §15-387 Procurement of insurance; eligibility of governing board members, former board members and surviving spouse and dependents; deposit of monies
- §15-388 Optional inclusion of school district employees in state health and accident coverage; payment of premiums; advance notice; minimum period of participation; definition
Article 6 - Joint Technological Education Districts
- §15-391 Definitions
- §15-392 Formation of district
- §15-393 Joint technological education district governing board; report; definition
- §15-394 Preservation of years of employment
- §15-395 Enlarging joint district
- §15-395.01 Reducing the size of a joint district
- §15-396 Dissolution of district
Article 1 - General Provisions
- §15-401 Qualifications of school electors; school district registers; challenge; tally lists
- §15-402 Voting by early ballot
- §15-403; Version 2 Elections; notice; bond election procedure; qualifications of voters; closing of registrations; election precincts; polling places
- §15-403 Special election; notice; bond election procedure; qualifications of voters; closing of registrations; election precincts; polling places
- §15-404 Election officers; compensation
- §15-405 Opening and closing of polls
- §15-406 Cost of elections
- §15-407 School district ballot option
Article 2 - School District Governing Board Elections
- §15-421 Governing board; members; qualifications
- §15-422 Nominating petitions; ballots
- §15-423 School district precinct registers; date of preparation; contents; copies
- §15-424 Election of governing board members; terms; statement of contributions and expenditures
- §15-425 Election to determine whether membership of governing board shall increase to five members; form of ballot; reconsideration procedure if negative vote; appointment or election of new members
- §15-426 Tally and canvass of votes; certificate of election; oath of office
- §15-427 Governing board of a union high school district; qualifications; terms
- §15-428 Election of governing board members of a union high school district
- §15-429 Election of governing board members of a joint common school district
- §15-430 Governing board members of newly consolidated district; election of members
- §15-431 Alternative election procedure of governing board members
Article 3 - School District Boundary Provisions and Elections
- §15-441 School districts; designation
- §15-442 Record of school district boundaries; limitation on change; notice to governing board
- §15-443 Formation of new common school district
- §15-444 Formation of union high school district; petition for establishment; election; notice
- §15-444.01 Common school districts within a high school district; proposed expansion or reduction; notification
- §15-445 Residents of unorganized territory; school district elections; establishment of school district
- §15-447 Offer of instruction in high school subjects by common school districts; limitations
- §15-448 Formation of unified school district; board membership; budget
- §15-449 Formation of unified school district by common school district; petition for establishment; election; notice
- §15-450; Version 2 Formation of a new joint unified school district; petition; report; election; notice; ballots; canvass of votes; appointment of governing board
- §15-450 Formation of a new joint unified school district; petition; report; election; notice; ballots; canvass of votes; appointment of governing board
- §15-451 Appointment of governing board for joint unified school districts
- §15-453 Authority to form joint common school districts; applicability of laws governing other school districts
- §15-454 Authority to form joint unified or joint high school districts; applicability of other laws governing other school districts
- §15-455 Formation of joint common school district; petition; election; notice; canvass
- §15-456 Jurisdiction of county board of supervisors and county school superintendent over joint common school district
- §15-457 Formation of new joint common school district by subdivision of existing school district; effect on bonded indebtedness; transfer of property
- §15-458 Formation of new district or districts by subdivision of existing district; division of assets
- §15-459 Consolidation of districts; petition; election; notice; report; ballots; canvass of votes; governing board
- §15-460 Change of school district boundaries
- §15-463 Annexation of military reservation to high school district or union high school district; procedure; notice; hearing
- §15-464 Withdrawal of military reservation from school district; petition; hearing
- §15-465 Accommodation school; establishment on military reservation; expenses; abandonment
- §15-466 Transfer of accommodation schools
- §15-467 Change of union high school district to high school district
- §15-469 Lapsing of common school district; conditions; procedure; disposition of property of lapsed common school district
Article 4 - School District Budget Override Elections
- §15-481; Version 2 Override election; budget increases; notice; ballot; effect
- §15-481 Override election; budget increases; notice; ballot; effect
- §15-482 Special budget override provisions; special programs to improve academic achievement of pupils in kindergarten programs and grades one through three
Article 5 - Bond Elections
- §15-491; Version 2 Elections on school property; exceptions
- §15-491 Elections on school property; exceptions
- §15-492 Bond election; pamphlet
- §15-493 Canvass of votes; certification of result
Article 1 - General Provisions
- §15-501 Definitions
- §15-502 Employment of school district personnel; payment of wages of discharged employee
- §15-503 Superintendents, principals, head teachers and school psychologists; term of employment; evaluation; contract delivery; nonretention notice
- §15-505 Examination of persons displaying symptoms of pulmonary disease
- §15-506; Version 2 Flag, Constitution and the Bill of Rights display; recitation of the pledge of allegiance; exemption
- §15-506 Flag display; recitation of the pledge of allegiance
- §15-507 Abuse of teacher or school employee in school; classification
- §15-508 Dismissal for failure to comply with certain laws
- §15-509 Failure to comply with statutes as unprofessional conduct; penalty
- §15-510 Authorization of leaves of absence; application; preservation of rights
- §15-511 Use of school district or charter school resources or employees to influence elections; prohibition; civil penalty; definition
- §15-512 Noncertificated personnel; fingerprinting personnel; background investigations; affidavit; civil immunity; violation; classification; definition
- §15-513 Transportation employees; chemical abuse education; drug tests; costs; termination from employment; appeal; definition
- §15-514 Reports of immoral or unprofessional conduct; immunity
- §15-515 Duty to report violations occurring on school premises
- §15-516 Teacher immunity
Article 2 - Duties of Teachers
Article 3 - Certification and Employment of Teachers
- §15-531 Fees
- §15-532 Examination on state and United States constitutions; exemption; intergovernmental agreement or contract for administration and evaluation
- §15-533 Proficiency examination
- §15-534 Fingerprinting; review and disciplinary action; violation; classification
- §15-534.01 Withdrawal of applications for administrative deficiencies; denial of applications for substantive deficiencies; certification timeframes
- §15-534.02 Restrictions on applications for certification after the surrender, revocation or denial of certificate
- §15-534.03 Service of documents; change of address notice requirement
- §15-535 Sectarian instruction prohibited
- §15-536 Offer of contract to certificated teacher who has not been employed more than three consecutive school years; acceptance; notice to teacher of intention not to reemploy
- §15-537 Performance of certificated teachers; evaluation system
- §15-538 Preliminary notice of inadequacy of classroom performance
- §15-538.01 Offer of contract to certificated teacher employed more than three consecutive school years
- §15-539 Dismissal of certificated teacher; due process; written charges; notice; hearing on request
- §15-540 Suspension prior to dismissal of a certificated teacher; written charges; salary
- §15-541 Hearing on dismissal
- §15-542 Hearing costs; counsel; limitations on evidence; reinstatement
- §15-543 Appeal from decision of board
- §15-544 Limitations on reduction of salaries or personnel
- §15-545 Resignation restrictions; unprofessional act; penalty
- §15-546 Rights in employment not vested
- §15-547 Preservation of years of employment
- §15-549 Compulsory leaves of absence for criminal charges; continued salary
- §15-550 Conviction as unprofessional conduct; penalty
- §15-551 Confidentiality of pupil's name; disciplinary hearing; civil penalty
- §15-552 Alternative teacher development program; report; program termination
Article 1 - Curriculum
- §15-701 Common school; promotions; requirements; certificate; supervision of eighth grades by superintendent of high school district; high school admissions; academic credit
- §15-701.01 High school; graduation; requirements; community college or university courses; transfer from private schools; academic credit
- §15-701.02 Alternative high school graduation requirement; definition
- §15-702 High school equivalency diploma; fees; rules
- §15-703 Kindergarten programs and special departments; special teachers
- §15-704 Reading proficiency; definitions
- §15-705 Extracurricular activities; requirements
- §15-706 Instruction in environmental education; definition
- §15-707 High schools; education about organ donation
- §15-708 Remedial education programs; powers of the governing board; definition
- §15-709 Review of students in remedial education programs
- §15-710 Instruction in state and federal constitutions, American institutions and history of Arizona
- §15-711 Sex education curricula; sexual conduct with a minor
- §15-711.01 Instruction on stranger danger
- §15-712 Instruction on alcohol, tobacco, narcotic drugs, marijuana, date rape drugs and other dangerous drugs; chemical abuse prevention programs; definitions
- §15-713 Training in use of bows or firearms; instruction materials; certification of instructors; cooperating agencies
- §15-714 Eligibility for training in use of bows or firearms
- §15-714.01 Arizona gun safety program course
- §15-715 Special academic assistance to pupils in kindergarten programs and grades one through three
- §15-716 Instruction on acquired immune deficiency syndrome; department assistance
- §15-717 American history and heritage
- §15-718 Instruction on skin cancer prevention
- §15-719 Character education program instruction; fund
- §15-720 Noncurriculum related clubs for grades seven and eight; definitions
Article 2 - Courses of Study and Textbooks
- §15-721 Common schools; course of study; textbooks; definition
- §15-722 High schools; course of study; textbooks; definition
- §15-723 Furnishing of free textbooks; subject matter materials and supplementary books
- §15-724 Purchase of high school textbooks, subject matter materials and supplementary books; budget; rental
- §15-726 Purchase of textbooks and instructional computer software by schools having four or fewer teachers; welfare institutions
- §15-727 Care and issue of textbooks, subject matter materials, supplementary books and instructional computer software
- §15-728 Purchase of books by pupils or parent
- §15-729 Use of monies received for lost or damaged textbooks, subject matter materials, supplementary books or instructional computer software
- §15-730 Access to instructional material by parents and guardians
Article 2.1 - Accessibility to Textbooks and Instructional Material
Article 3 - Assessment and Accountability
- §15-741 Assessment of pupils
- §15-741.01 Goals for excellence
- §15-742 Contract for purchase of tests
- §15-743 Test results; annual report
- §15-744 Exemptions
- §15-745 Children instructed at home; testing; prohibition
- §15-746 School report cards
- §15-747 Nationally standardized test; exemption from public record requirements; public viewing
Article 3.1 - English Language Education for Children in Public Schools
- §15-751 Definitions
- §15-752 English language education
- §15-753 Parental waivers
- §15-754 Legal standing and parental enforcement
- §15-755 Standardized testing for monitoring education progress
- §15-756 Identification of English language learners
- §15-756.01 Arizona English language learners task force; research based models of structured English immersion for English language learners; budget requests; definitions
- §15-756.02 School districts and charter schools; English language learner models; adoption and implementation
- §15-756.03 Structured English immersion; budget request
- §15-756.04 Arizona structured English immersion fund
- §15-756.05 Reassessment and reclassification of English language learners
- §15-756.06 Reevaluation of former English language learners
- §15-756.07 Office of English language acquisition services; duties
- §15-756.08 Monitoring; corrective action plan
- §15-756.09 Teacher training
- §15-756.10 Reporting
- §15-756.11 Statewide compensatory instruction fund; reporting; definition
- §15-756.12 Auditor general; duties
- §15-756.13 School district and charter schools; responsibility to comply with state and federal law
- §15-757 Contracts with private vendors
Article 4 - Special Education for Exceptional Children
- §15-761 Definitions
- §15-762 Division of special education
- §15-763 Plan for providing special education; definition
- §15-763.01 Surrogate parent; appointment
- §15-764 Powers of the school district governing board or county school superintendent
- §15-765 Special education in rehabilitation, corrective or other state and county supported institutions, facilities or homes
- §15-766 Evaluation of child for placement in special education program; due process hearing procedures
- §15-767 Annual goals; notification
- §15-769 Appropriation and apportionment; approval of program
- §15-771 Preschool programs for children with disabilities; definition
- §15-773 Transfer of parental rights at age of majority
- §15-774 Extraordinary special education needs fund; grant application; criteria
Article 4.1 - Gifted Education for Gifted Children
- §15-779 Definitions
- §15-779.01 Powers and duties of the school district governing board
- §15-779.02 Gifted pupils; scope and sequence; annual financial report
- §15-779.03 Additional assistance for gifted programs
- §15-779.04 Powers and duties of the superintendent of public instruction
Article 5 - Career and Technical Education and Vocational Education
- §15-781 Definitions
- §15-781.02 Meetings; majority required for validation; travel expenses; immunity
- §15-782 Career and technical education and vocational education
- §15-782.02 Career and technical education and vocational education programs; expanded hours; tuition
- §15-783 Evaluation of career and technical education and vocational education programs
- §15-784 Vocational education; acceptance of congressional acts; appropriation; distribution of federal monies
- §15-785 Career and technical education and vocational education schools; expenses; allocations from federal funds
- §15-786 Acceptance of gifts or grants; fund; unexpended monies
- §15-787 Eligibility; allocation; plan
- §15-788 Exemption from certain requirements; exception
- §15-789 Contracting and cooperative arrangements for career and technical education and vocational education; advisory committee
- §15-790 Primary responsibility of school districts, community college districts and universities
Article 7 - Alternative Education Programs
- §15-796 Alternative education programs; contract with public body or private persons; definition
- §15-797 Financial provisions for pupils in alternative education programs
- §15-798 Governing board responsibility
Article 1 - School Year and Attendance Requirements
- §15-801 School year; school month; holidays
- §15-802 School instruction; exceptions; violations; classification; definitions
- §15-802.01 Children instructed at home; eligibility to participate in interscholastic activities
- §15-803 School attendance; exemptions; definitions
- §15-804 Attendance officer; appointment; salary
- §15-805 Attendance officer; powers and duties
- §15-806 Excuse from school attendance for religious purposes
- §15-807 Absence from school; notification of parent or person having custody of pupil; immunity
- §15-808 Technology assisted project‑based instruction program; report
- §15-809 AIMS intervention and dropout prevention program; program termination; definitions
Article 1.1 - Open School Enrollment
- §15-816 Definitions
- §15-816.01 Enrollment policies
- §15-816.02 Desegregation provisions
- §15-816.07 District and school immunity
Article 1.2 - Displaced Pupils Choice Grants
- §15-817 Definitions
- §15-817.01 Displaced pupils choice grant program; nature of grants
- §15-817.02 Grant eligibility
- §15-817.03 Participation by grant schools
- §15-817.04 Grant value
- §15-817.05 Distribution of grant monies
- §15-817.06 Displaced pupils choice grant fund
- §15-817.07 Limitation on regulation of grant schools
Article 2 - Admission Requirements
- §15-821 Admission of children; required age
- §15-823 Admission; residents of other school districts; nonresidents of this state; tuition
- §15-824 Admission of pupils of other school districts; homeless children; tuition charges; definitions
- §15-825 Certificate of educational convenience; issuance; effect on enrollment records
- §15-825.01 Certificates of educational convenience; pupils attending out‑of‑state schools
- §15-825.02 Certificates of educational convenience; cap; unorganized territory
- §15-826 Education of children to whom school inaccessible
- §15-827 Presentation of withdrawal form
- §15-828 Birth certificate; school records; exception
- §15-829 Missing child; notification of school; flagging records; definitions
Article 3 - Suspension and Expulsion of Pupils
- §15-840 Definitions
- §15-841 Responsibilities of pupils; expulsion; alternative education programs; community service; placement review committee
- §15-842 Damage to school property; suspension or expulsion of pupil; liability of parent
- §15-843 Pupil disciplinary proceedings
- §15-844 Suspension and expulsion proceedings for children with disabilities
Article 4 - Part-Time Schools and Year-Round School Year Operation
- §15-854 Year-round school year operation; powers and duties of superintendent of public instruction
- §15-855 School or school district operation on a year‑round school year basis; separate budget
Article 5 - Four Day School Week and Alternative Kindergarten Programs
Article 6 - School Immunization
- §15-871 Definitions
- §15-872 Proof of immunization; noncompliance; notice to parents; civil immunity
- §15-873 Exemptions; nonattendance during outbreak
- §15-874 Records; reporting requirements
Article 7 - Extended School Year for Handicapped Pupils
Article 8 - Arizona Scholarships for Pupils with Disabilities
- §15-891 Arizona scholarships for pupils with disabilities program; definitions
- §15-891.01 Obligations of school districts and department of education
- §15-891.02 Qualified school eligibility
- §15-891.03 Obligations of program participants
- §15-891.04 Scholarship funding and payment; fund; liability; rules
- §15-891.05 Limitation of regulation on qualified schools
- §15-891.06 Program termination
Article 1 - General Provisions for School District Budgets
- §15-901 Definitions
- §15-901.01 Inflation adjustments
- §15-901.02 Voluntary full-day kindergarten instruction
- §15-901.03 Transfers; review
- §15-902 Determination of student count
- §15-902.01 Student revenue loss phase‑down
- §15-902.02 Optional two hundred day average daily membership calculation
- §15-903 Budget format; prohibited expenditures
- §15-904 School district annual financial report; publication; summary
- §15-905 School district budgets; notice; adoption; aggregate budget limit; summary; adjustments; definition
- §15-905.01 Truth in taxation; calculation; notice and hearing; vote on tax increase
- §15-906 Procedure for payment of levy fund liabilities payable on June 30; lapsing of levy funds with balance for reduction of taxes
- §15-907 Incurring liabilities in excess of school district budget; petition; approval; procedure for expenditures
- §15-908 Revenue control limit for school district after consolidation
- §15-909 Financial provisions for accommodation schools; definition
- §15-910 School district budgets; excess utility costs; desegregation costs; tuition costs for bond issues; costs for registering warrants; report
- §15-910.01 School district budgets; career and technical education and vocational education center expenses
- §15-910.03 Excess utilities; funding plan; review
- §15-911 Aggregate expenditure limitation; aggregate expenditures of local revenues; adjustments
- §15-912 Consolidation assistance
- §15-912.01 Unification assistance
- §15-913 Education program; juvenile detention centers
- §15-913.01 Education program; county jails
- §15-914 Financial and compliance audits
- §15-914.01 Accounting responsibility; definition
- §15-914.02 School district audit
- §15-915 Correction of state aid or budget limit errors; definition
- §15-916 Expenditure of state grant monies not included in budget
Article 1.1 - Career Ladder and Other Performance Incentive Programs
- §15-918 Career ladder programs; definitions
- §15-918.01 State career ladder advisory committee
- §15-918.02 Career ladder program; requirements; optional component
- §15-918.03 Career ladder programs; implementation phases
- §15-918.04 Career ladder programs
- §15-918.05 Career ladder programs; determination of equalization assistance payments from county and state monies
- §15-919 Optional performance incentive program; definition
- §15-919.02 Optional performance incentives program; requirements
- §15-919.03 Optional performance incentives programs; implementation phases
- §15-919.04 Optional performance incentives program; funding; limitation
- §15-919.05 Optional performance incentive programs; determination of equalization assistance payments from county and state monies
- §15-919.06 Optional performance incentive programs; unexpended and unencumbered monies; portion nonlapsing
- §15-920 Performance pay; budget balance carryforward; definitions
- §15-920.01 Arizona performance based compensation system task force; members; evaluation; reporting
Article 2 - Pupil Transportation
- §15-921 Duties of superintendent of public instruction
- §15-922 Duties of the school district; definition
- §15-923 Contracts for transportation
Article 3 - School District Revenue Limitation for Maintenance and Operation
- §15-941 Teacher experience index; computation; definition
- §15-942 Adjustment for rapid decline in student count
- §15-943 Base support level
- §15-943.01 Maintenance and operation budget balance; definition
- §15-943.02 Base support level for joint vocational and technical education districts
- §15-943.03 Budget balance exemption
- §15-943.04 English learner classroom personnel bonus fund; payment of English language classroom personnel bonuses
- §15-944 Base revenue control limit
- §15-944.01 Additional expenditures exempt in whole or in part from revenue control limit
- §15-945 Transportation support level
- §15-946 Transportation revenue control limit
- §15-947 Revenue control limit; district support level; general budget limit; unrestricted total capital budget limit; soft capital allocation limit
- §15-947.01 Revenue control limit; general budget limit; total capital budget limit for joint technological education districts
- §15-948 Adjustment for growth in student count
- §15-949 Small school districts; exemption from general budget limit; budget revision
- §15-950 Revenue control limits for new school districts
- §15-951 Revenue control limit, capital outlay revenue limit, soft capital allocation, district support level and student count for a common school district not within a high school district
- §15-952 Additional monies for teacher compensation; definitions
- §15-953 Increases in the base level
- §15-954 Adjustment for tuition loss
Article 4 - Provisions for Capital Outlay and Capital Levy
- §15-961 Capital outlay revenue limit; growth rate
- §15-962 Soft capital allocation
- §15-962.01 Capital outlay revenue limit and soft capital allocation for joint technological education districts; district soft capital allocation fund
- §15-963 Capital transportation adjustment for small school districts
- §15-964 Federal impact adjustment
- §15-965 Schools; impact aid; teacher housing
Article 5 - State and Local Assistance to School Districts and Accommodation Schools
- §15-971 Determination of equalization assistance payments from county and state funds for school districts
- §15-972 State limitation on homeowner property taxes; additional state aid to school districts; definition
- §15-973 Apportionment of funds; expenditure limitation
- §15-973.01 Assistance for education fund
- §15-974 Equalization assistance for education for accommodation schools; definition
- §15-975 Method of determining funds payable to a joint common school district
- §15-976 Assistance for school districts for children whose parents are employed by certain state institutions; expenditure limitation
- §15-977 Classroom site fund; definitions
- §15-978 Classroom site fund budget limit; school district
- §15-979 Instructional improvement fund
- §15-980 Uncollected property tax; supplemental state aid
Article 6 - County Finance Responsibilities for School Districts
- §15-991 Annual estimate by county school superintendent of monies for ensuing year
- §15-991.01 Tax levy for property not located in a school district
- §15-992 School district tax levy; additional tax in districts ineligible for equalization assistance; definition
- §15-993 Tax levy for high schools
- §15-994 State equalization assistance property tax levy
- §15-995 Special district assessment for adjacent ways by school district
- §15-996 Duties of county treasurer relating to school district's monies
- §15-997 Authority of county officers as to funds, taxes and boundaries of joint common school district
- §15-998 Liability of treasurer for failure to keep separate account or give notice; enforcement
- §15-999 Preference of payment of warrants; use of balance of school fund remaining at close of fiscal year
- §15-1000 County school fund
- §15-1001 Special county school reserve fund
- §15-1002 Administration of county school reserve fund; uses
Article 7 - Bond Issues and Bonded Indebtedness
- §15-1021 Limitation on bonded indebtedness; limitation on authorization and issuance of bonds
- §15-1022 Tax levy for bonds; administration and disposition of tax; cancellation of paid bonds
- §15-1023 Issuance of bonds
- §15-1023.01 Municipal property corporation financing prohibited; definition
- §15-1024 Interest on bonds; sale; disposition of proceeds; definition
- §15-1025 Investment and reinvestment of debt service fund
- §15-1027 Administration of school district debt service funds by county treasurer
- §15-1028 Disposition of surplus tax monies
- §15-1029 Rights of bondholder; additional state tax
- §15-1030 Cancellation of unsold bonds; notice; hearing
- §15-1031 Power to use outstanding bond authorizations of common school districts or high school districts
- §15-1032 Capital facilities; bonded indebtedness liability for unified school districts
- §15-1033 Certification of school district bonds by attorney general
Article 8 - Student Accountability Information System
- §15-1041 Student accountability information system
- §15-1042 Time line; student level data; definition
- §15-1043 Student level data; confidentiality
- §15-1044 Arizona e-learning task force; duties
Article 1 - Revolving Funds; School Plant, Insurance Proceeds, Unemployment Compensation, Civic Center School and Permanent Teacherage Funds
- §15-1101 Revolving funds; purpose and manner of procuring
- §15-1102 Disposition of proceeds from sale or lease of school property; school plant monies; payment of bonded indebtedness; definition
- §15-1103 Insurance proceeds fund; disposition of proceeds
- §15-1104 Unemployment compensation fund
- §15-1105 Lease of school property; civic center school fund; reversion to school plant fund; definitions
- §15-1106 Permanent teacherage fund; uses; definition
- §15-1107 Litigation recovery fund; disposition of proceeds
- §15-1108 District services fund
Article 2 - Student Activities and Auxiliary Operation Funds
- §15-1121 Student activities monies defined
- §15-1122 Student activities treasurer; assistant student activities treasurer; administration of student activities monies
- §15-1123 Record of revenues and expenditures
- §15-1124 Student activities revolving fund for expenses
- §15-1125 Auxiliary operations fund defined
- §15-1126 Accounting; deposit; disposition of monies
Article 3 - Community School Program Fund
Article 4 - School Lunch Program Fund
- §15-1151 Definition of school meal programs
- §15-1152 School meal programs; nonschool meal programs; powers of state board of education
- §15-1153 Federal funds; acceptance; disbursement
- §15-1154 Operation of school meal programs by governing boards; school meal program fund; revolving fund
- §15-1155 Records, reports, regulations, audits and inspections by state board of education
- §15-1157 Inclusion of expenses in budget of superintendent of public instruction
- §15-1158 Agreements for meals for persons sixty years of age or older
Article 5 - Arizona Youth Farm Loan Fund
- §15-1171 Trust assets of Arizona rural rehabilitation corporation; transfer to state board of education
- §15-1172 Arizona youth farm loan fund
- §15-1173 Use of funds
- §15-1174 Powers and duties
- §15-1175 Liability
Article 6 - Education Voucher Fund for Private Placement
- §15-1181 Definitions
- §15-1182 Special education fund; administration
- §15-1183 Placement; voucher application requirements
- §15-1184 Vouchers; requirements; budgets; prohibited uses
- §15-1185 School district responsibility; integration into a school
Article 7 - Special Education Voucher Fund for State Institutional Placement
- §15-1201 Definitions
- §15-1202 Special education fund account; administration; expenditure limitation
- §15-1203 Placement; requirements
- §15-1204 Voucher; application; approval; requirements; budgets; prohibited uses; advances
- §15-1205 Voucher; evaluation; placement; definition
Article 8 - Governing Board Bank Accounts
- §15-1221 Bank account; federal savings bonds; withholdings; vendor electronic payments
- §15-1222 Bank account; employee income tax; withholdings
- §15-1223 Bank accounts; employee insurance; interest; accounting procedures
- §15-1224 Grants to teachers for instruction
Article 9 - Career and Technical Education and Vocational Education Projects Fund
Article 10 - Academic Contests Fund
Article 11 - State Block Grant for Early Childhood Education Program
Chapter 11 - ARIZONA STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLINDArticle 1 - General Provisions
- §15-1301 Definitions
- §15-1302 Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind; provision of services
- §15-1303 School for the deaf and the blind as public corporation; tax exemption
- §15-1304 Land reserved for use and benefit of school; schools for the deaf and blind fund
- §15-1305 Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind; classroom site fund
Article 2 - Administration and Employment of Personnel
- §15-1321 Board of directors; members; appointment; term; compensation
- §15-1322 Board organization; meetings; quorum
- §15-1323 Board of directors; fund; powers and duties
- §15-1324 Reports of board of directors
- §15-1325 Superintendent and other personnel; appointment; compensation; term of employment; qualifications; nonretention notice
- §15-1326 Employment and discharge of personnel
- §15-1327 Limitations on reduction of salaries or personnel
- §15-1329 Salaries and subsistence of employees; payrolls
- §15-1330 Fingerprinting personnel; affidavit
- §15-1331 Equity study for school personnel
Article 3 - Instruction and Students
- §15-1341 Instruction of pupils
- §15-1342 Admissions
- §15-1343 Persons entitled to education
- §15-1344 Authority for enrollment of children under three years of age; definition
- §15-1345 Overage and nonresident students; deposit
- §15-1346 Payment for personal expenses
Article 1 - General Provisions
- §15-1371 Equalization assistance for state educational system for committed youth; state education fund for committed youth
- §15-1372 Equalization assistance for state educational system for persons in the state department of corrections; fund
- §15-1373 State education system for committed youth; classroom site fund
Article 1 - General Provisions for and Establishment of Community College Districts
- §15-1401 Definitions
- §15-1402 Community college districts; requirements
- §15-1403 Procedure to form a district
- §15-1404 Election to determine formation of district; notice; canvass
- §15-1405 Presentation of plan to legislature by county board of supervisors
- §15-1406 District board members and employees; compensation; payment of expenses for employment candidates
- §15-1407 Formation of new district by subdivision of existing district; division of assets
- §15-1408 Use of community college district resources or employees to influence elections; prohibition; civil penalty; definition
- §15-1409 Provisional community college districts; formation; provisional community college district governing board; powers and duties; program termination
- §15-1410 Credit and noncredit courses
Article 2 - State Board of Directors for Community Colleges
Article 3 - Community College District Boards
- §15-1441 Selection of precincts; district board members; terms; qualifications; vacancies
- §15-1442 Nominating petitions; election; returns; results; certificate of election; statement of contributions and expenditures
- §15-1443 Meetings; officers; immunity
- §15-1444 General powers of district governing boards
- §15-1445 Administrative powers of district governing boards
- §15-1446 Lease‑purchase agreements
- §15-1447 Reports by president or chancellor
- §15-1448 Employment of legal counsel; opinions of counsel
- §15-1449 Control of vehicles and nonpedestrian devices on community college property by district board; sanctions; compliance with emissions inspection; definition
- §15-1450 District board members; participation in employee benefit plan
- §15-1451 Optional retirement plans
- §15-1452 Evaluation of vocational and technological education programs
Article 4 - Community College District Finance
- §15-1461 District budget; annual estimate; computation; notice; hearing; adoption
- §15-1461.01 Truth in taxation notice and hearing; roll call vote on tax increase; definition
- §15-1462 Special tax levy for maintenance or capital outlay of district; proration of monies
- §15-1463 State contribution for capital outlay for initial or additional campus
- §15-1464 State aid per capita distribution for capital outlay; capital outlay fund; appropriation
- §15-1465; Version 2 Election; issuance and sale of bonds for capital outlay; disposition of proceeds; proration of expenditures by counties
- §15-1465 Election; issuance and sale of bonds for capital outlay; disposition of proceeds; proration of expenditures by counties
- §15-1466 State aid; eligibility; limitations
- §15-1466.01 Calculation of full‑time equivalent student enrollment
- §15-1466.02 Record keeping requirements for full‑time equivalent student enrollment
- §15-1467 State aid appropriations; disbursement procedure; district fund
- §15-1468 Equalization aid for community college districts
- §15-1469 Attendance of nonresident state students; payment of cost by county of residence
- §15-1469.01 Payment of community college nonresident state student cost
- §15-1470 Community college courses; intergovernmental agreement
- §15-1471 Expenditure limitations; overrides
- §15-1472 Community college district workforce development accounts; reports
- §15-1473 Uniform system of accounting for community college districts; duties of auditor general
Article 5 - Issuance of Bonds for Revenue Producing Buildings
- §15-1481 Definitions
- §15-1482 Powers
- §15-1483 Issuance of bonds
- §15-1484 Powers to secure bonds
- §15-1485 Monies of institution
- §15-1486 Validity of bonds
- §15-1487 Prohibitions against obligating the state of Arizona
- §15-1488 Bonds obligations issued for and on behalf of institutions
- §15-1489 Certification of bonds by attorney general
- §15-1490 Excision of unconstitutional or ineffective parts of article
- §15-1491 Supplemental nature of article; construction and purpose
Article 1 - Universities and Colleges
Article 2 - Arizona Board of Regents
- §15-1621 Members; appointment; terms; oath; immunity
- §15-1622 Officers; organization; quorum
- §15-1623 Compensation of members
- §15-1624 Meetings of board advisory committees; student records; executive session
- §15-1625 General powers of board as body corporate
- §15-1626 General administrative powers and duties of board
- §15-1627 Control of vehicles and nonpedestrian devices on university property; sanctions; compliance with emissions inspection; definition
- §15-1628 Powers and procedures pertaining to optional retirement programs
- §15-1629 Annual report
- §15-1630 Abortion at educational facility prohibited; exception
- §15-1631 State museum
- §15-1632 University property of expelled students; classification
- §15-1633 Use of university resources or employees to influence elections; prohibition; civil penalty; definition
- §15-1634 Intergovernmental agreements; special assessments
- §15-1635 University research development purposes; product development; corporations
- §15-1635.01 Transfer of technology developed by universities; patent policies; officer or employee interest in private entity
- §15-1636 Lease of real property and improvements in research park; prohibited and permitted uses
- §15-1637 Lease of property for health care institution; requirements; conditions; reports; directors, members and officers of nonprofit corporation; definition
- §15-1638 Disclosure of records and other matters; exception; definition
- §15-1639 University recruitment and retention program for economically disadvantaged, minority and underrepresented student populations
- §15-1640 Public records exemption; intellectual property; historical records; donor records
- §15-1641 Collegiate special plate funds; purpose
- §15-1642 Financial aid trust fund; aid to students with verifiable financial need; endowment
- §15-1643 Arizona area health education system; centers; governing boards; duties
- §15-1644 Statewide commission; membership; qualifications; duties; compensation; staffing
- §15-1645 Health professions field scholarships; purpose; amount; repayment; definition
- §15-1646 Board of regents and university scholarships
- §15-1647 Distribution of licensing and patent income; Arizona state university; report
- §15-1648 Technology and research initiative fund; purpose
- §15-1649 Fingerprinting academic and nonacademic personnel; civil immunity; definitions
- §15-1650 Annual financial aid report
Article 3 - Teacher Training Schools
- §15-1651 Teacher training schools
- §15-1652 Management and expenses
- §15-1653 Authority to prescribe rules governing admission and attendance
- §15-1654 Qualifications for admission to teacher training program
Article 4 - Financial Provisions
- §15-1661 Annual appropriation; enrollment audit; expenditure; balance; salaries
- §15-1662 Universities; funds and accounts
- §15-1663 Expenditure of land funds; eminent scholars matching grant fund
- §15-1664 Expenditure of monies
- §15-1665 Acceptance of federal and other monies
- §15-1666 Federal monies; deposit and expenditure
- §15-1667 Federal aid to experiment stations
- §15-1668 Deposits of universities monies to be secured; exception
- §15-1669 Payment of salaries; sick leave
- §15-1670 Appropriation for university research infrastructure facilities; definition
Article 5 - Issuance of Bonds
- §15-1681 Definitions
- §15-1682 Powers
- §15-1682.01 Lease-purchase agreements
- §15-1682.02 Indirect debt financing
- §15-1683 Issuance of bonds
- §15-1684 Refunding bonds
- §15-1685 Security of bonds
- §15-1686 Effect on bonds authorized but unissued
- §15-1687 Enforcement of contract
- §15-1688 Monies of the board
- §15-1689 Validity of bonds
- §15-1690 Prohibitions against obligating state of Arizona
- §15-1691 Bonds; obligations of board
- §15-1692 Certification of bonds by attorney general
- §15-1693 Bonds as legal investments
- §15-1694 Excision of unconstitutional and ineffective parts of article
- §15-1695 Supplemental nature of article; construction and purpose
Article 7 - Medical Student Loans
- §15-1721 Definitions
- §15-1722 Board of medical student loans; members; terms; officers; compensation
- §15-1723 Medical student loans; amount; qualifications; requirements
- §15-1724 Medical student loans; interest; obligations; penalty; authority of attorney general
- §15-1725 Medical student loan fund
Article 8 - Compact for Western Regional Cooperation in Higher Education
- §15-1741 Definitions
- §15-1742 Authority of governor to enter compact; terms of compact
- §15-1743 Authorizing agreements for education of Arizona students outside compact area; limitations
- §15-1744 Processing and certification of students
- §15-1745 Contract with student certified by board
- §15-1746 Collections revolving fund; expenditures; employment of legal counsel; exemption from lapsing
Article 9 - Medical Programs
- §15-1751 Positions at the university of Arizona
- §15-1753 Primary care disciplines; definition
- §15-1754 Rural health professions program; definition
- §15-1755 Clinical rotations
Article 10 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act
- §15-1761 Short title
- §15-1762 Definitions
- §15-1763 Service of process; subpoenas
- §15-1764 Athlete agents; registration; void contracts
- §15-1765 Registration as athlete agent; form; requirements
- §15-1766 Certificate of registration; issuance or denial; renewal
- §15-1767 Suspension, revocation or refusal to renew registration
- §15-1768 Temporary registration
- §15-1769 Registration and renewal fees
- §15-1770 Required form of contract
- §15-1771 Notice to educational institution
- §15-1772 Student athlete's right to cancel contract
- §15-1773 Required records
- §15-1774 Prohibited conduct; violation; classification
- §15-1775 Civil remedies
- §15-1776 Administrative penalties
Article 1 - Classification of Students for Tuition Purposes
- §15-1801 Definitions
- §15-1802 In‑state student status
- §15-1802.01 County residency status; community college districts
- §15-1803 Alien in‑state student status
- §15-1804 Presumptions relating to student status; definition
- §15-1805 Student status guidelines
- §15-1805.01 Admissions; enrollments; community colleges
- §15-1806 Testimony concerning student status; designation of persons to administer oaths
- §15-1807 Concurrent enrollment; nonresident tuition
- §15-1808 Tuition waiver of child or spouse of peace officer, correctional officer, fire fighter, emergency paramedic or national guard member killed in the line of duty; disabled national guard member; definitions
Article 2 - Admission of Students
- §15-1821 Special admission of students under age eighteen; enrollment information; reports
- §15-1821.01 Dual enrollment information
- §15-1822 Report; academic performance of high school graduates
- §15-1823; Version 2 Identification numbers; social security numbers
- §15-1823 Identification numbers; social security numbers
- §15-1824 Transfer articulation; annual report
Article 3 - Vocational Programs
Article 4 - Selective Service Registration and Student Loan Repayment
Article 5 - Commission for Postsecondary Education
- §15-1851 Commission for postsecondary education; purpose; report; members; terms; powers and duties; compensation; quorum; personal liability; definition
- §15-1852 Additional powers and duties
- §15-1853 Funding; federal monies; postsecondary education fund; report
- §15-1854 Private postsecondary education student financial assistance program; private postsecondary education student financial assistance fund; definition
- §15-1855 Postsecondary education grant program; fund; program termination; definition
Article 7 - College Savings Plan
- §15-1871 Definitions
- §15-1872 Family college savings program oversight committee; membership; powers and duties
- §15-1873 Commission for postsecondary education; powers and duties; family college savings program trust fund
- §15-1874 Use of contractor as account depository and manager
- §15-1875 Program requirements
- §15-1876 Higher education expenses; exemption from taxation
- §15-1877 Scholarships and financial aid provisions
- §15-1878 Limitations of article
- §15-1879 Annual report
Article 1 - Compact for Education
Chapter 16 - SCHOOL CAPITAL FINANCEArticle 1 - School Facilities Board
- §15-2001 School facilities board; conflict of interest
- §15-2002 Powers and duties; executive director; staffing; report
- §15-2003 Capital reserve fund
- §15-2004 School facilities board lease‑to‑own; fund; expiration
- §15-2005 Local lease‑to‑own by school districts; expiration
- §15-2006 Lease‑to‑own amount; expiration
Article 2 - Building Adequacy Standards
Article 3 - Deficiencies Correction
Article 4 - Building Renewal
Article 5 - New School Facilities
Article 6 - State School Facilities Revenue Bonds
- §15-2051 Authorization of state school facilities revenue bonds
- §15-2052 Issuance and sale of revenue bonds
- §15-2053 School facilities revenue bond proceeds fund; use for new school facilities
- §15-2054 School facilities revenue bond debt service fund
- §15-2055 Securing principal and interest
- §15-2056 Lien of pledge
- §15-2057 Bond purchase; cancellation
- §15-2059 Payment of revenue bonds
- §15-2060 Investment of monies in school facilities revenue bond proceeds fund
- §15-2061 Investment of monies in the school facilities revenue bond debt service fund
- §15-2062 Authorized investments of fund monies
- §15-2063 Audit
- §15-2064 Characteristics of bonds; negotiable; exemption from taxation; obligation; legal investments
- §15-2065 Effect of changing circumstances on bonds; agreement of state
- §15-2066 Validity of bonds; certification by attorney general
Article 7 - State School Improvement Revenue Bonds
- §15-2081 Authorization of state school improvement revenue bonds; expiration
- §15-2082 Issuance and sale of school improvement revenue bonds
- §15-2083 School improvement revenue bond proceeds fund; use for school improvements
- §15-2084 School improvement revenue bond debt service fund
- §15-2085 Securing principal and interest
- §15-2086 Lien of pledge
- §15-2087 Bond purchase; cancellation
- §15-2088 Payment of revenue bonds
- §15-2089 Investment of monies in school improvement revenue bond proceeds fund
- §15-2090 Investment of monies in the school improvement revenue bond debt service fund
- §15-2091 Authorized investments of fund monies
- §15-2092 Audit
- §15-2093 Characteristics of bonds; negotiable; exemption from taxation; obligation; legal investments
- §15-2094 Effect of changing circumstances on bonds; agreement of state
- §15-2095 Validity of bonds; certification by attorney general
Article 8 - Impact Aid Revenue Bonds
- §15-2101 Definition
- §15-2102 Authorization of school district impact aid revenue bonds
- §15-2103 Issuance and sale of impact aid revenue bonds
- §15-2104 Impact aid revenue bond building and debt service funds
- §15-2105 Securing principal and interest
- §15-2106 Cancellation of unsold impact aid revenue bonds
- §15-2107 Payment of impact aid revenue bonds; use of surplus monies
- §15-2108 Investment of monies in impact aid revenue bond building fund
- §15-2109 Investment of monies in impact aid revenue bond debt service fund
- §15-2110 Authorized investments of fund monies
- §15-2111 Audit
- §15-2112 Lien of pledge
- §15-2113 Characteristics of bonds; negotiable; exemption from taxation; obligation; legal investments
- §15-2114 Effect of changing circumstances on bonds; agreement of state
- §15-2115 Validity of bonds; certification by attorney general
Article 9 - Indoor Air Quality in Schools
Chapter 17 - LOCAL EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAMArticle 1 - General Provisions
- §15-2201 Local education accountability program; phase‑in
- §15-2202 Responsibilities of principals
- §15-2203 Distribution of monies from school districts to schools
Article 1 - General Provisions
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