2025 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 15 - Education

Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 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; exemption
• § 15-105 - Use of restraint and seclusion techniques; requirements; definitions
• § 15-106 - Identity verified fingerprints
• § 15-107 - School district overexpenditures; fiscal crisis teams; quarterly progress reports; fiscal management report; annual report; actions resulting from overexpenditures; professional development; definition
• § 15-108 - Medical marijuana; school campuses; prohibition; definition
• § 15-109 - Biometric information; prohibition; definition
• § 15-110 - Rights of students at public educational institutions; limitations; definition
• § 15-111 - Declaration of policy
• § 15-112 - Prohibited courses and classes; enforcement
• § 15-113 - Rights of parents; public educational institutions; definitions
• § 15-114 - Display of school, charter school and school district achievements, classifications or rankings; expiration; definition
• § 15-115 - Preference for childbirth and adoption; allowable presentations
• § 15-115.01 - Public educational institution facility; prohibition; definitions
• § 15-116 - Public schools; fees; waiver; prohibition
• § 15-117 - Surveys; pupil information; parental permission and informed consent; exceptions; penalties; definitions
• § 15-118 - Recess; requirements; exceptions; definition
• § 15-119 - Vacant and partially used buildings; list; sale or lease; equipment; definitions
• § 15-120 - Suicide prevention training; approved materials; posting; immunity; spending classification
• § 15-120.01 - Public schools; child care services; reduced fees
• § 15-120.02 - Interscholastic and intramural athletics; designation of teams; biological sex; cause of action; definition
• § 15-120.03 - Sexually explicit materials; prohibition; exemptions; definition
• § 15-120.04 - Postings on website; satisfaction of requirement
• § 15-120.05 - Student access to internet; student use of wireless communication devices; policies and procedures; annual notice; definitions
• § 15-120.06 - School officers; children with disabilities; required training; definition
• § 15-120.07 - High school sports; automatic external defibrillators; definitions

Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 2 - Employee Annuity and Deferred Compensation Plans

• § 15-121 - School employees; participation in federal retirement plans and deferred compensation plans; prohibition against use of public monies; exceptions

Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 3 - Teacher Exchange

• § 15-131 - Exchange teacher agreements
• § 15-132 - Certification of exchange teachers and professors
• § 15-133 - Certification required; employment
• § 15-134 - Payment of salaries of exchange teachers
• § 15-135 - Deductions for retirement; preservation of rights

Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 4 - Educational Records

• § 15-141 - Educational records; injunction; special action
• § 15-142 - Directory information relating to students; notice; opt-out; consent; access to directory information; access to school property; violation; definition
• § 15-143 - Educational records; rights of parents

Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 5 - Safety Requirements

• § 15-151 - Eye protective devices; definition
• § 15-152 - Pest management at schools; notice
• § 15-153 - Crime reporting; policies and procedures; notification; discipline
• § 15-154 - School safety program; purpose; program proposals; requirements; annual report; public records exemption; definitions
• § 15-154.01 - Character education matching grant program
• § 15-154.02 - Emergency response plans; school safety assessments; approved providers; triennial safety assessments
• § 15-155 - School safety program; funding
• § 15-156 - Liquid roofing systems; violation; classification; definition
• § 15-157 - Emergency administration; epinephrine delivery systems; trained personnel; immunity
• § 15-158 - Emergency administration of inhalers by trained personnel; immunity; definitions
• § 15-159 - Use of sunscreen in schools
• § 15-160 - Student identification cards; suicide prevention; contact information required
• § 15-160.01 - Child abuse hotline; required posting
• § 15-160.02 - Seizure management and treatment plans; requirements; immunity; online instruction; rules
• § 15-160.03 - Department of child safety caseworker; school visit; identification requirement
• § 15-160.04 - Routine health care services; employee credentials; training requirements; definition

Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 6 - State Prohibitions

• § 15-161 - State control over private schools

Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
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; fee; funds; annual reports; definitions
• § 15-183.01 - New charter application processing fund
• § 15-184 - Charter schools; admissions requirements; parental classroom visits
• § 15-185 - Charter schools; financing; civil penalties; transportation; definition
• § 15-185.01 - Charter school pupils attending career technical education districts; average daily membership calculation
• § 15-186 - Pupil disciplinary procedures; notification
• § 15-186.01 - Parental notification; immunity
• § 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; total compensation statement
• § 15-189.01 - Charter schools; zoning; development fees
• § 15-189.02 - Charter schools; public bidding requirements
• § 15-189.03 - Academic credits; transfer
• § 15-189.04 - Policies and procedures; emergency administration; epinephrine and inhalers
• § 15-189.05 - Charter school budgets; posting of teacher salary information; annual report
• § 15-189.06 - Charter schools; teacher performance evaluation systems; principal evaluation policies
• § 15-189.07 - Library collection; parental access; public review; exemption

Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 9 - Family Literacy Program

• § 15-191 - Definitions

Chapter 2 - STATE GOVERNANCE OF SCHOOLS
Article 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; definition
• § 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
• § 15-211 - K-3 reading program; dyslexia specialist; dyslexia training; receipt and use of monies; additional funding; annual report
• § 15-212 - Expenditure of private funds; exemption
• § 15-213 - Procurement practices of school districts and charter schools; violations; classification; definitions
• § 15-213.01 - Procurement practices; guaranteed energy cost savings contracts; definitions
• § 15-213.02 - Program for school energy and water use efficiency programs; definitions
• § 15-213.03 - Procurement practices; guaranteed energy production contracts; definitions
• § 15-214 - Braille literacy; rules; requirements; definitions
• § 15-215 - Petition process for regulatory exemptions; annual report
• § 15-217 - Performance measures; adult education and workforce development programs
• § 15-217.01 - Community college adult education workforce development program; fund; program schools; annual reports
• § 15-217.02 - Continuing high school and workforce training program; service providers; program schools; requirements; exemptions; reporting; enrollment limits; rules
• § 15-218 - Suicide awareness and prevention training; child abuse and sexual abuse prevention and training; continuing education
• § 15-219 - Dyslexia and reading impairment screening, intervention, accommodation and technology; continuing education; rules; training

Chapter 2 - STATE GOVERNANCE OF SCHOOLS
Article 2 - Department of Education

• § 15-231 - Department of education
• § 15-231.03 - School safety survey report
• § 15-231.04 - Department of education intellectual property fund
• § 15-232 - Division of adult education; duties
• § 15-233 - Night schools for teaching English
• § 15-234 - Appropriations for adult education; eligibility; supplemental fees; definition
• § 15-235 - Division of special education; director; duties; qualifications; advisory committee; members
• § 15-236 - Special education programs; program and fiscal audits
• § 15-237 - Publications; production revolving fund
• § 15-237.01 - Department of education professional development revolving fund; exemption
• § 15-238 - Statewide student estimate
• § 15-239 - School compliance and recognition; accreditation; audits
• § 15-240 - High-quality teacher professional development program; annual report; definitions
• § 15-241 - School, charter school and school district accountability; annual achievement profiles; classification; letter grade system; profiles; appeals process; failing schools tutoring fund; definition
• § 15-241.01 - School accountability; alternative operation plans
• § 15-241.02 - School improvement plans; solutions teams; withholding of state monies
• § 15-242 - Nutrition standards
• § 15-242.01 - Ultraprocessed foods; prohibition; certification; definition
• § 15-243 - Golden rule special plate fund
• § 15-244 - Office of Indian education; definition
• § 15-244.01 - Tribal college dual enrollment program fund; intergovernmental agreements
• § 15-245 - Mandatory reporting training; materials
• § 15-246 - Arizona government education fund
• § 15-247 - Reporting; school district overexpenditures
• § 15-248 - Arizona national rankings; annual report
• § 15-248.02 - Teacher certification fund
• § 15-249 - Department of education; education learning and accountability system; reports; reviews
• § 15-249.01 - Purple star school program; application; annual report; definitions
• § 15-249.02 - Education learning and accountability fund; appropriation; subaccounts
• § 15-249.03 - Best practice examples of reading intervention and remedial reading strategies; posting
• § 15-249.04 - Report; school district overrides
• § 15-249.05 - Federal monies; state and local monies; separate accounting
• § 15-249.06 - College credit by examination incentive program; incentive bonuses; report; college credit by examination development fund
• § 15-249.07 - Broadband expansion fund; requirements; disbursements to certified applicants; reports
• § 15-249.08 - Training program; law enforcement officers and security personnel; certification; definitions
• § 15-249.09 - Early literacy program fund; report; definitions
• § 15-249.10 - Dyslexia handbook
• § 15-249.11 - Rural STEM program fund; definition
• § 15-249.12 - Computer science professional development program fund; requirements; uses; reports
• § 15-249.13 - Definition of "rural" for purpose of federal funding eligibility
• § 15-249.14 - Ninth grade on-track grant program; school requirements; fund; exemption
• § 15-249.15 - Arizona industry credentials incentive program; distributions; report; fund
• § 15-249.16 - Statutory handbooks of parental rights; posting
• § 15-249.17 - Code writers initiative program; grants; annual report
• § 15-249.18 - Invest in postsecondary success program; vendor; fund; rules
• § 15-249.19 - Water safety courses; swimming lessons; information; providers; posting; parental notification; definition

Chapter 2 - STATE GOVERNANCE OF SCHOOLS
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
• § 15-257 - Employee evaluation system
• § 15-258 - State seal of biliteracy program; requirements; diploma
• § 15-259 - State seal of civics literacy program; requirements; diploma
• § 15-260 - State seal of personal finance proficiency program; requirements; diploma
• § 15-261 - State seal of arts proficiency program; requirements; diploma

Chapter 2 - STATE GOVERNANCE OF SCHOOLS
Article 4 - Uniform System of Financial Records

• § 15-271 - Duties of auditor general for uniform financial records system; reporting requirements
• § 15-272 - Duties of department of education for uniform system of financial records

Chapter 3 - LOCAL GOVERNANCE OF SCHOOLS
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
• § 15-305 - Accommodation schools; optional high school equivalency preparation instruction; requirements; definition
• § 15-308 - Providing educational services of an accommodation school

Chapter 3 - LOCAL GOVERNANCE OF SCHOOLS
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

Chapter 3 - LOCAL GOVERNANCE OF SCHOOLS
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; definition
• § 15-342 - Discretionary powers
• § 15-342.01 - School districts; roof inspection protocol
• § 15-342.02 - Dating abuse policies
• § 15-342.03 - Other powers and duties
• § 15-342.04 - Sale or lease of vacant and partially used school buildings
• § 15-342.05 - Face coverings; vaccines; requirement prohibition
• § 15-343 - Employment of professional help
• § 15-344 - Administration of prescription, patent or proprietary medications by employees; civil immunity; definition
• § 15-344.01 - Diabetes management; policies and procedures; emergency administration of glucagon; voluntary diabetes care assistants; standing orders for glucagon; civil immunity
• § 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 - Dress code policies; traditional tribal regalia; objects of cultural significance; graduation ceremonies; definitions
• § 15-350 - Investigation of immoral or unprofessional conduct; confidentiality; definition

Chapter 3 - LOCAL GOVERNANCE OF SCHOOLS
Article 3.1 - Decentralization Process

• § 15-351 - School councils; duties; membership
• § 15-352 - Exemptions
• § 15-354 - Principals; supplies and materials purchases

Chapter 3 - LOCAL GOVERNANCE OF SCHOOLS
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
• § 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

Chapter 3 - LOCAL GOVERNANCE OF SCHOOLS
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; definition
• § 15-383 - Insurance on school bus and other vehicle operators; 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

Chapter 3 - LOCAL GOVERNANCE OF SCHOOLS
Article 6 - Career Technical Education Districts

• § 15-391 - Definitions
• § 15-392 - Formation of career technical education districts
• § 15-393 - Career technical education district governing board; report; definitions
• § 15-393.01 - Career technical education districts; annual report; performance and accountability
• § 15-394 - Preservation of years of employment
• § 15-395 - Enlarging career technical education districts
• § 15-395.01 - Reducing the size of career technical education districts
• § 15-396 - Dissolution of career technical education districts
• § 15-397 - Effect of unification or consolidation of participating school districts
• § 15-398 - Career technical education districts; associate degrees; requirements; reports; definitions

Chapter 4 - SCHOOL ELECTIONS
Article 1 - General Provisions

• § 15-401 - Qualifications of school electors; school district registers; challenge; tally lists
• § 15-402 - Voting by early ballot
• § 15-403 - Elections; 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

Chapter 4 - SCHOOL ELECTIONS
Article 2 - School District Governing Board Elections

• § 15-421 - Governing boards; members; qualifications; prohibitions; candidate statements; definitions
• § 15-422 - Nominating petitions; ballots
• § 15-423 - School district precinct registers; date of preparation; contents; copies
• § 15-424 - Election of governing board members; terms; reduction of membership; 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
• § 15-425.01 - Election; reduction of governing board to three members; ballot; requirements; reconsideration
• § 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

Chapter 4 - SCHOOL ELECTIONS
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
• § 15-447 - Offer of instruction in high school subjects by common school districts; limitations
• § 15-447.01 - Common school districts; offer of instruction in grade nine
• § 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 - 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
• § 15-461 - Transporting school districts; joining existing school districts; dissolution
• § 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
• § 15-465.01 - Accommodation school; military reservation; governing board
• § 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 and monies

Chapter 4 - SCHOOL ELECTIONS
Article 4 - School District Budget Override Elections

• § 15-481 - Override election; budget increases; informational pamphlet; notice; ballot; effect
• § 15-482 - Special five per cent override for programs of pupils in kindergarten programs and grades one through twelve

Chapter 4 - SCHOOL ELECTIONS
Article 5 - Bond Elections

• § 15-491 - Elections on school property; exceptions
• § 15-493 - Canvass of votes; certification of result

Chapter 5 - SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
Article 1 - General Provisions

• § 15-501 - Definitions
• § 15-501.01 - Requirements for teachers; teaching certificates; rules; reciprocity; placement; posting
• § 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
• § 15-504 - Contract days for professional association activities; prohibition
• § 15-505 - Discipline; educator information system; personnel list; definitions
• § 15-506 - Flag, Constitution and Bill of Rights display; recitation of pledge of allegiance; moment of silence; exemption
• § 15-507 - Abuse of teacher or school employee in school; classification
• § 15-508 - Dismissal for failure to comply with certain laws
• § 15-509 - School employees; applicants; criminal conviction disclosures; violation; classification; definition
• § 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; definitions
• § 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 - Immoral or unprofessional conduct; duty to report; immunity; definitions
• § 15-515 - Duty to report violations occurring on school premises
• § 15-516 - Teacher immunity

Chapter 5 - SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
Article 3 - Certification and Employment of School Employees

• § 15-531 - Fees
• § 15-531.01 - Certification expiration; military service; one year extension
• § 15-532 - Examination on state and United States constitutions; reciprocity requirement; exemption; intergovernmental agreement or contract for administration and evaluation
• § 15-533 - Proficiency examination; examination reciprocity
• § 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 time frames
• § 15-534.02 - Restrictions on applications for certification after the surrender, revocation or denial of certificate; definition
• § 15-534.03 - Service of documents; change of address notice requirement
• § 15-534.04 - Reciprocal discipline; certificated and noncertificated persons; definition
• § 15-535 - Sectarian instruction prohibited
• § 15-536 - Offer of contract to probationary teacher; acceptance; notice to teacher of intention not to reemploy; definition
• § 15-537 - Performance of certificated teachers; evaluation system; alternative performance evaluation cycle; confidentiality
• § 15-537.01 - Posting of best practices for teacher and principal evaluation systems
• § 15-538 - Preliminary notice of inadequacy of classroom performance; performance improvement plan; adoption of definition
• § 15-538.01 - Offer of contract to continuing teacher; definition
• § 15-538.02 - Teachers with short-term certificates; dismissal; notice
• § 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 - Unprofessional conduct; penalty; definition
• § 15-551 - Confidentiality of pupil's name; disciplinary hearing; civil penalty
• § 15-552 - Alternative teacher development program; report
• § 15-553 - School districts and charter schools; classroom-based preparation program providers; teacher certification; rules; candidate eligibility; renewal
• § 15-554 - School districts and charter schools; locally based school leadership preparation program providers; certification; rules

Chapter 7 - INSTRUCTION
Article 1 - Curriculum

• § 15-701 - Common schools; promotions; requirements; certificate; supervision of eighth grades by superintendent of high school district; high school admissions; academic credit; definition
• § 15-701.01 - High schools; graduation; requirements; community college or university courses; transfer from other schools; academic credit; report
• § 15-701.02 - Instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides
• § 15-701.03 - Health education instruction; mental health instruction
• § 15-701.04 - Guidelines; policies; high schools; foster children; transfer credits; graduation requirements; educational record; definitions
• § 15-702 - High school equivalency diploma; fees; rules
• § 15-703 - Kindergarten programs and special departments; special teachers
• § 15-704 - Reading proficiency; dyslexia screening plan; parental notification; definitions
• § 15-705 - Extracurricular activities; requirements
• § 15-706 - Instruction in environmental education; definition
• § 15-707 - College and career readiness program for at-risk students; requirements; annual report; definition
• § 15-708 - Common school pupils; mathematics proficiency; parental notification
• § 15-710 - Instruction in state and federal constitutions, American institutions and history of Arizona
• § 15-710.01 - Sandra Day O'Connor civics celebration day; civics instruction requirement
• § 15-710.02 - 9/11 education day; instruction requirement; policies or rules
• § 15-711 - Sex education instruction; minimum grade; parental review of curricula; sexual conduct with a minor; review and approval of course of study; public hearings and input
• § 15-711.01 - Instruction; child assault awareness; abuse prevention
• § 15-712 - Instruction on alcohol, tobacco, narcotic drugs, marijuana, date rape drugs and other dangerous drugs; chemical abuse prevention programs; definitions
• § 15-712.01 - Instruction on dating abuse; 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
• § 15-717.01 - Bible influence; elective course; requirements; immunity
• § 15-717.02 - Prohibited instruction; disciplinary action; legal action; civil penalty
• § 15-718 - Civics instruction
• § 15-718.01 - Instruction on cardiopulmonary resuscitation; exemptions; definition
• § 15-719 - Character education program instruction; fund
• § 15-720 - Noncurriculum related clubs for grades seven and eight; definitions
• § 15-720.02 - Instruction on personal finance in high schools

Chapter 7 - INSTRUCTION
Article 2 - Courses of Study and Textbooks

• § 15-721 - Common schools; course of study; textbooks; approval; selection; library books and materials; definition
• § 15-722 - High schools; course of study; textbooks; approval; library books and materials; 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

Chapter 7 - INSTRUCTION
Article 2.1 - Accessibility to Textbooks and Instructional Material

• § 15-731 - Definitions
• § 15-732 - Powers and duties; state board of education; governing boards

Chapter 7 - INSTRUCTION
Article 3 - Assessment and Accountability

• § 15-741 - Assessment of pupils; definition
• § 15-741.01 - Goals for excellence
• § 15-741.02 - Menu of achievement assessments; requirements; rules; definition
• § 15-741.03 - Statewide assessment; contracts; JLBC review
• § 15-742 - Contract for purchase of tests
• § 15-743 - Test results; annual report; five-year cumulative summary
• § 15-745 - Homeschooled children; testing; prohibition
• § 15-746 - School report cards
• § 15-747 - School financial transparency; portal; required information; third-party contractor

Chapter 7 - INSTRUCTION
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 - State board of education; research-based models of structured English immersion; alternative English instruction models; English language learners; budget requests; definitions
• § 15-756.02 - School districts and charter schools; English language learner models; adoption, approval and implementation
• § 15-756.03 - English language learner budget requests; requirements
• § 15-756.04 - Arizona English language learner fund; local-level funds
• § 15-756.05 - Reassessment and reclassification of English language learners
• § 15-756.07 - Office of English language acquisition services; duties; annual report
• § 15-756.08 - Monitoring; report; corrective action plan
• § 15-756.09 - Teacher training
• § 15-756.10 - Reporting requirements
• § 15-756.11 - Statewide compensatory instruction fund; reporting; definition
• § 15-756.12 - Auditor general; annual financial report; modification
• § 15-756.13 - School district and charter schools; responsibility to comply with state and federal law
• § 15-757 - Contracts with private vendors

Chapter 7 - INSTRUCTION
Article 4 - Special Education for Exceptional Children

• § 15-761 - Definitions
• § 15-761.01 - Child with a disability; reclassification
• § 15-762 - Division of special education
• § 15-763 - Plan for providing special education; definition
• § 15-763.01 - Surrogate parent; notification; appointment
• § 15-764 - Powers and duties 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; claim application; criteria; revisions; policies and procedures; annual report

Chapter 7 - INSTRUCTION
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

Chapter 7 - 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
• § 15-782.01 - Instructors; specialized teaching certificate; qualifications; rules; definition
• § 15-782.02 - Career and technical education and vocational education programs; fingerprint clearance card; 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, career technical education districts, community college districts and universities
• § 15-791 - Arizona agricultural youth organization special plate fund

Chapter 7 - INSTRUCTION
Article 6 - Board Examination System

• § 15-792 - Declaration of purpose and policy
• § 15-792.01 - Definitions
• § 15-792.02 - Board examination system; private contractor; duties; rules
• § 15-792.03 - Grand Canyon diploma

Chapter 7 - INSTRUCTION
Article 6.1 - Competency-Based College-Ready Educational Pathways

• § 15-795 - Declaration of purpose and policy
• § 15-795.01 - Competency-based college-ready educational pathways

Chapter 7 - INSTRUCTION
Article 7 - Alternative Education Programs and Alternative Schools

• § 15-796 - Alternative education programs; alternative schools; requirements; funding; definitions
• § 15-797 - Financial provisions for students in alternative education programs and alternative schools
• § 15-798 - Governing board responsibility

Chapter 8 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Article 1 - School Year and Attendance Requirements

• § 15-801 - Holidays
• § 15-802 - School instruction; exceptions; violations; classification; definitions
• § 15-802.01 - Homeschooled children; 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
• § 15-807 - Absence from school; notification of parent or person having custody of pupil; immunity; excused absence
• § 15-808 - Arizona online instruction; reports; definitions
• § 15-808.01 - Virtual schools; proctored assessments; virtual setting; exemptions; definitions

Chapter 8 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Article 1.1 - Open School Enrollment

• § 15-816 - Definitions
• § 15-816.01 - Open enrollment policies; preference; selection process; transportation; reporting requirements; public awareness effort
• § 15-816.07 - District and school immunity

Chapter 8 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Article 2 - Admission Requirements

• § 15-821 - Admission of children; required age
• § 15-823 - Admission; residents of other school districts; nonresidents of this state; tuition
• § 15-823.01 - Admission of nonresident pupils; active military duty; definitions
• § 15-824 - Admission of pupils of other school districts; homeless children; tuition charges; definitions
• § 15-825 - Certificates of educational convenience; issuance; effect on enrollment records; reporting requirements
• § 15-825.01 - Certificates of educational convenience; pupils attending out-of-state schools
• § 15-825.02 - Certificates of educational convenience; 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

Chapter 8 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Article 3 - Suspension and Expulsion of Pupils

• § 15-840 - Definitions
• § 15-841 - Responsibilities of pupils; expulsion; alternative education programs; alternative to suspension programs; placement review committee
• § 15-842 - Damage to school property; suspension or expulsion of pupil; liability of parent
• § 15-843 - Pupil disciplinary proceedings; definition
• § 15-844 - Suspension and expulsion proceedings for children with disabilities

Chapter 8 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
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

Chapter 8 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
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

Chapter 8 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Article 7 - Extended School Year for Handicapped Pupils

• § 15-881 - Extended school year services for pupils with disabilities; eligibility and service structure; definition

Chapter 9 - SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Article 1 - General Provisions for School District Budgets

• § 15-901 - Definitions
• § 15-901.01 - Inflation adjustments
• § 15-901.02 - Voluntary full-day kindergarten instruction; requirements; academic quality
• § 15-901.03 - Transfers; review
• § 15-901.05 - Application of school finance changes
• § 15-901.06 - Dropout recovery programs; written learning plan; requirements; annual report; definitions
• § 15-901.07 - Concurrent coursework; calculation of average daily membership; definition
• § 15-901.08 - School year; school month; instructional time models; requirements; funding; definition
• § 15-902.01 - Student revenue loss phasedown
• § 15-902.03 - Procedures for determining average daily membership
• § 15-902.04 - Optional two hundred days of instruction; definition
• § 15-903 - Budget format; prohibited expenditures; annual report
• § 15-904 - School district annual financial report; publication; summary
• § 15-905 - School district budgets; notice; adoption; aggregate budget limit; summary; adjustments; impact aid fund; 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
• § 15-910.02 - Energy and water savings accounts
• § 15-911 - Aggregate expenditure limitation; aggregate expenditures of local revenues; adjustments
• § 15-912 - Consolidation assistance
• § 15-912.01 - Unification assistance
• § 15-913 - Education programs; juvenile detention centers; fund
• § 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

Chapter 9 - SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Article 1.1 - Career Ladder and Other Performance Incentive Programs

• § 15-920 - Performance pay; budget balance carryforward; definitions
• § 15-920.01 - Arizona performance based compensation system task force; members; evaluation; reporting

Chapter 9 - SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Article 2 - Pupil Transportation

• § 15-921 - Duties of superintendent of public instruction
• § 15-922 - Reporting duties of the school district; definition
• § 15-923 - Contracts for transportation; requirement; report
• § 15-924 - In lieu of transportation grants
• § 15-925 - School transportation; allowable vehicles

Chapter 9 - SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Article 3 - School District Revenue Limitation for Maintenance and Operation

• § 15-941 - Teacher experience index; computation; definition
• § 15-943 - Base support level
• § 15-943.01 - Maintenance and operation budget balance; definition
• § 15-943.02 - Base support level for career technical education districts
• § 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; district additional assistance limit
• § 15-947.01 - Revenue control limit; general budget limit; total capital budget limit for career technical education districts
• § 15-949 - Small school districts; exemption from general budget limit; budget revision
• § 15-950 - Revenue control limits for new school districts
• § 15-953 - Increases in the base level
• § 15-954 - Adjustment for tuition loss

Chapter 9 - SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Article 4 - Provisions for Capital Outlay and Capital Levy

• § 15-961 - District additional assistance; growth rate
• § 15-962.01 - District additional assistance allocation for career technical education districts
• § 15-963 - Capital transportation adjustment for small school districts
• § 15-964 - Federal impact adjustment
• § 15-965 - Schools; impact aid; teacher housing

Chapter 9 - SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
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; definitions
• § 15-973 - Apportionment of funds; expenditure limitation
• § 15-973.01 - Assistance for education fund
• § 15-974 - Equalization assistance for education for accommodation schools
• § 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; property tax loss; supplemental state aid

Chapter 9 - SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Article 6 - County Finance Responsibilities for School Districts

• § 15-991 - Annual estimate by county school superintendent of monies for ensuing year; review and approval by property tax oversight commission
• § 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
• § 15-995 - 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

Chapter 9 - SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Article 7 - Bond Issues and Bonded Indebtedness

• § 15-1021 - Limit on bonded indebtedness; limit on authorization and issuance of bonds; definitions
• § 15-1022 - Tax levy for bonds; administration and disposition of tax; cancellation of paid bonds; security
• § 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

Chapter 9 - SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Article 8 - Student Accountability Information System

• § 15-1041 - Student accountability information system
• § 15-1042 - Student level data; timeline for submittal; confidentiality; definition
• § 15-1043 - Student level data; allowable disclosure; policies
• § 15-1045 - Education database; pupil privacy
• § 15-1046 - Student data privacy; definitions

Chapter 9 - SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Article 9 - Federal Monies Received by the Department of Education

• § 15-1051 - Definition of noncustodial federal monies
• § 15-1052 - Receipt of federal monies; accounting; report

Chapter 10 - SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS AND RELATED OPERATIONS
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; immunity; 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

Chapter 10 - SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS AND RELATED OPERATIONS
Article 2 - Student Activities and Auxiliary Operations 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

Chapter 10 - SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS AND RELATED OPERATIONS
Article 3 - Community School Program Fund

• § 15-1141 - Definitions
• § 15-1142 - Powers of the governing board
• § 15-1143 - Community school program fund

Chapter 10 - SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS AND RELATED OPERATIONS
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

Chapter 10 - SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS AND RELATED OPERATIONS
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

Chapter 10 - SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS AND RELATED OPERATIONS
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

Chapter 10 - SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS AND RELATED OPERATIONS
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

Chapter 10 - SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS AND RELATED OPERATIONS
Article 8 - Governing Board Bank Accounts

• § 15-1221 - Bank account; federal savings bonds; withholdings; vendor electronic payments; payroll direct deposit
• § 15-1222 - Bank account; employee income tax; withholdings
• § 15-1223 - Bank accounts; employee insurance; interest; accounting procedures
• § 15-1224 - Grants to teachers for instruction
• § 15-1225 - Postemployment benefits; trust accounts; actuarial report

Chapter 10 - SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS AND RELATED OPERATIONS
Article 9 - Career and Technical Education Projects Fund

• § 15-1231 - Career and technical education projects fund; use of monies; requirements

Chapter 10 - SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS AND RELATED OPERATIONS
Article 10 - Academic Contests Fund

• § 15-1241 - Academic contests fund; state board of education powers and duties; distribution of monies

Chapter 10 - SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS AND RELATED OPERATIONS
Article 11 - State Block Grant for Early Childhood Education Program

• § 15-1251 - State block grant for early childhood education; evaluation

Chapter 10 - SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS AND RELATED OPERATIONS
Article 12 - E-rate

• § 15-1261 - E-rate application; fund

Chapter 10 - SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS AND RELATED OPERATIONS
Article 13 - Industry-Recognized Certification and Licensure Reimbursement Fund

• § 15-1265 - Industry-recognized certification and licensure reimbursement fund; exemption; qualifications

Chapter 10.1 - ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION
Article 1 - General Provisions

• § 15-1281 - Student support and safety fund; exemption; distribution; definitions
• § 15-1282 - Career training and workforce fund; exemption; distribution
• § 15-1283 - Career training and workforce program; grants; rules
• § 15-1284 - Separate local-level funds; annual reporting; no supplanting
• § 15-1285 - Local revenues and revenue control limitations; exemption
• § 15-1286 - State treasurer; annual reports; distributions from funds

Chapter 11 - ARIZONA STATE SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND
Article 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 the blind fund; cooperative services fund; definition
• § 15-1305 - Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind; classroom site fund
• § 15-1306 - Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind; local education agency

Chapter 11 - ARIZONA STATE SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND
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; probationary status; report; hearing; policies
• § 15-1327 - Limitations on reduction of salaries or personnel; notice; reappointment
• § 15-1329 - Employee salaries and classification; definition
• § 15-1330 - Personnel; fingerprinting; immunity

Chapter 11 - ARIZONA STATE SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND
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

Chapter 11.1 - STATE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM FOR COMMITTED YOUTH FUNDING
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

Chapter 12 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Article 1 - General Provisions for and Establishment of Community College Districts

• § 15-1401 - Definitions
• § 15-1402 - Community college districts; requirements; exception
• § 15-1402.01 - Alternative organization for community college districts; definition
• § 15-1403 - Procedure to form a district; exception
• § 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; definitions
• § 15-1409 - Community college tuition financing districts; formation; powers and duties; issuance and sale of bonds for capital outlay
• § 15-1410 - Credit and noncredit courses; definition

Chapter 12 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Article 2 - Annual Report

• § 15-1427 - Annual report

Chapter 12 - 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 and duties of district boards
• § 15-1444.01 - Baccalaureate degree programs; notice; reporting requirements; definitions
• § 15-1445 - Administrative powers and duties of district governing boards
• § 15-1446 - Lease-purchase agreements
• § 15-1447 - Community college district collegiate special plate funds; purpose
• § 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
• § 15-1453 - Energy and water savings accounts

Chapter 12 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES
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 science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs; fund; appropriation; report
• § 15-1465 - Election; issuance and sale of bonds for capital outlay; disposition of proceeds; proration of expenditures by counties
• § 15-1466 - State aid; eligibility; limits
• § 15-1466.01 - Calculation of full-time equivalent student enrollment; report; definition
• § 15-1466.02 - Recordkeeping 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 and state
• § 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; posting; budget; accepting audit results

Chapter 12 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES
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

Chapter 13 - UNIVERSITIES
Article 1 - Universities

• § 15-1601 - State universities; location; faculty powers; report
• § 15-1606 - Correspondence and extension courses

Chapter 13 - UNIVERSITIES
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; definition
• § 15-1626.01 - Tuition and fees; student organizations; prohibition; support; selection by students
• § 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; fees
• § 15-1632 - University property of expelled students; classification
• § 15-1633 - Use of university resources or employees to influence elections; prohibition; civil penalty; definitions
• § 15-1634 - Intergovernmental agreements; special assessments
• § 15-1635 - University research development purposes; product development; corporations
• § 15-1635.01 - Transfer of technology developed by universities; intellectual property 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 exemptions; confidential information; historical records; donor records
• § 15-1641 - University 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; notification requirements
• § 15-1647 - Water rights adjudication; cooperative extension; establishment; assistance; annual 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
• § 15-1650.01 - Hospitality studies scholarship fund
• § 15-1650.02 - Energy and water savings accounts
• § 15-1650.03 - Arizona board of regents; resident undergraduate students; cost study; annual cost containment report
• § 15-1650.04 - Contract lobbyist; prohibition
• § 15-1650.05 - COVID-19 vaccine; face covering; testing; mandate prohibition; exceptions
• § 15-1650.06 - Arizona veterinary loan assistance program; fund; annual report; rules; definitions

Chapter 13 - UNIVERSITIES
Article 3 - School Employee Training

• § 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
• § 15-1655 - Arizona teachers academy; tuition and fees scholarships; fund; reporting requirements; definitions
• § 15-1656 - Suicide prevention training programs; requirements
• § 15-1657 - Arizona teacher student loan program; requirements; fund; definitions

Chapter 13 - UNIVERSITIES
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 - Appropriations for university research infrastructure facilities; university transfers; annual report; definitions
• § 15-1671 - University infrastructure capital financing; capital infrastructure funds; appropriations; uses; review; definitions

Chapter 13 - UNIVERSITIES
Article 5 - Issuance of Bonds

• § 15-1681 - Definitions
• § 15-1682 - Powers
• § 15-1682.01 - Lease-purchase agreements
• § 15-1682.02 - Indirect and third party financing; review; reporting
• § 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
• § 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
• § 15-1696 - Commercial paper; requirements

Chapter 13 - UNIVERSITIES
Article 6 - Financial Aid

• § 15-1701 - Arizona promise program; eligibility requirements; award; fund; definitions
• § 15-1702 - Arizona board of regents; state higher education agency; state scholarship grant agency
• § 15-1703 - Arizona leveraging educational assistance program; grants; criteria
• § 15-1704 - Postsecondary educational fund; exemption; use of monies
• § 15-1705 - Arizona community colleges promise program; eligibility; fund; definitions

Chapter 13 - UNIVERSITIES
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; penalties; authority of attorney general
• § 15-1725 - Medical student loan fund; exemption

Chapter 13 - UNIVERSITIES
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
• § 15-1747 - Reciprocity agreement for distance education; definition

Chapter 13 - UNIVERSITIES
Article 9 - Medical Programs

• § 15-1751 - Positions at the university of Arizona
• § 15-1751; Version 2 - Medical schools; applicants; admissions information; posting; priority consideration; annual report
• § 15-1753 - Primary care disciplines; definition
• § 15-1754 - Rural health professions program; definition
• § 15-1755 - Clinical rotations
• § 15-1756 - Medical programs; students; required opioid-related clinical education

Chapter 13 - UNIVERSITIES
Article 10 - Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act

• § 15-1761 - Short title
• § 15-1762 - Definitions
• § 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

Chapter 14 - PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS
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; nonresident tuition exemption
• § 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 scholarships; eligibility; definitions
• § 15-1809 - Spouses of military veterans tuition scholarship fund; tuition scholarships; eligibility; rules
• § 15-1809.01 - Tuition waiver scholarships; persons in foster care; requirements; definition
• § 15-1809.02 - Spouses and dependents of law enforcement officers tuition scholarship fund; tuition scholarships; eligibility; rules; reporting requirements; definition

Chapter 14 - PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS
Article 1.1 - Individuals with Disabilities

• § 15-1811 - Individuals with disabilities; policies; documentation; dissemination

Chapter 14 - PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS
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 - Identification numbers; social security numbers
• § 15-1824 - Transfer articulation; course numbering; reports

Chapter 14 - PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS
Article 3 - Vocational Programs

• § 15-1831 - Information on persons who have completed vocational programs; definitions

Chapter 14 - PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS
Article 6 - Students' Rights

• § 15-1861 - Definitions
• § 15-1862 - Rights of students at universities and community colleges
• § 15-1863 - Student organizations; recognition; rights
• § 15-1864 - Students' right to speak in a public forum; protests and demonstrations; invited speakers; court actions
• § 15-1865 - Free speech; prohibition
• § 15-1866 - Free expression policy; rules; Arizona board of regents; community college district governing boards; requirements
• § 15-1866.01 - Encampments; unlawful assembly; prohibitions; removal; definition
• § 15-1867 - Arizona board of regents; committee on free expression; annual report
• § 15-1868 - Community college districts; committee on free expression; annual report
• § 15-1869 - Information on free expression; freshman orientation programs

Chapter 14 - PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS
Article 7 - AZ529, Arizona's Education Savings Plan

• § 15-1871 - Definitions
• § 15-1872 - AZ529, Arizona's education savings plan; state board of investment; rules; powers and duties
• § 15-1873 - Treasurer; powers and duties; AZ529, Arizona's education savings plan trust fund
• § 15-1874 - Use of contractor as account depository and manager
• § 15-1875 - Plan requirements
• § 15-1876 - Higher education expenses; exemption from taxation
• § 15-1877 - Scholarships and financial aid provisions
• § 15-1878 - Limits of article
• § 15-1879 - Annual report

Chapter 14 - PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS
Article 8 - Fingerprinting of Students

• § 15-1881 - Postsecondary health sciences programs; definitions

Chapter 14 - PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS
Article 9 - College Course Materials Information

• § 15-1891 - College course materials; information; definitions

Chapter 14 - PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS
Article 9.1 - Collegiate Athletics

• § 15-1892 - Student athlete compensation; postsecondary education institutions; prohibitions; student athlete employment status; public records exemption; confidentiality; injunctive relief; definitions

Chapter 14 - PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS
Article 10 - Voting Information for Postsecondary Students

• § 15-1895 - Voting information; postsecondary students

Chapter 14 - PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS
Article 11 - Faculty Employment Decisions

• § 15-1896 - Faculty employment decisions; religious and political beliefs; definitions

Chapter 14 - PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS
Article 12 - Private Postsecondary Institution Peace Officers

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

Chapter 14 - PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS
Article 13 - College Credit for Military Service

• § 15-1898 - Awarding of academic and vocational credits; policies; current and former military members; annual report; definitions

Chapter 14 - PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS
Article 14 - Safety Requirements

• § 15-1899 - Student identification cards; suicide prevention; contact information required; definition

Chapter 15 - INTERSTATE COMPACTS
Article 1 - Compact for Education

• § 15-1901 - Authority of governor to enter compact; terms of compact for education

Chapter 15 - INTERSTATE COMPACTS
Article 2 - Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children

• § 15-1911 - Authority to enter compact; terms of interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children

Chapter 18 - HAZING PREVENTION POLICIES
Article 1 - General Provisions

• § 15-2301 - Hazing prevention policies; definitions

Chapter 19 - ARIZONA EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIP ACCOUNTS
Article 1 - General Provisions

• § 15-2401 - Definitions
• § 15-2401.01 - Definition of qualified student for Arizona empowerment scholarship accounts; expansion
• § 15-2402 - Arizona empowerment scholarship accounts; funds
• § 15-2403 - Arizona empowerment scholarship accounts; administration; appeals; risk-based audits; rules; policy handbook
• § 15-2404 - State control over nonpublic schools; prohibition; application
• § 15-2405 - Arizona empowerment scholarship accounts parent oversight committee; membership; duties
• § 15-2406 - Arizona empowerment scholarship accounts; quarterly reports