2011 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 15 Education
15-2401 Definitions

15-2401. Definitions

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Department" means the department of education.

2. "Eligible postsecondary institution" means a community college as defined in section 15-1401, a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents or an accredited private postsecondary institution.

3. "Parent" means a resident of this state who is the parent or legal guardian of a qualified student.

4. "Qualified school" means a nongovernmental primary or secondary school or a preschool for handicapped students that is located in this state and that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color or national origin.

5. "Qualified student" means a resident of this state who is either identified as having a disability under section 504 of the rehabilitation act (29 United States Code section 794), identified by a school district as a child with a disability as defined in section 15-761 or a child with a disability who is eligible to receive services from a school district under section 15-763 and who did any of the following:

(a) Attended a governmental primary or secondary school as a full-time student as defined in section 15-901 for at least the first one hundred days of the prior fiscal year and who transferred from a governmental primary or secondary school to a qualified school.

(b) Participated in the empowerment scholarship account program in the previous year and whose parent renews the agreement pursuant to section 15-2402, subsection B.

(c) Received a scholarship under section 43-1505 and who continues to attend a qualified school.

6. "Treasurer" means the office of the state treasurer.