Title 15, Education

A. Charter schools may be established pursuant to this article to provide a learning environment that will improve pupil achievement. Charter schools provide additional academic choices for parents and pupils. Charter schools may consist of new schools or all or any portion of an…

A. The state board for charter schools is established consisting of the following members: 1. The superintendent of public instruction or the superintendent's designee. 2. Five members of the general public, at least two of whom reside in a school district where at least sixty pe…

A. An applicant seeking to establish a charter school shall apply in writing to a proposed sponsor as prescribed in subsection C of this section. The application, application process and application time frames shall be posted on the sponsor's website and shall include the follow…

The new charter application processing fund is established consisting of fees collected by the state board for charter schools. The state board for charter schools shall administer the fund. The state board for charter schools shall use monies in the fund only for the processing …

A. A charter school shall enroll all eligible pupils who submit a timely application, unless the number of applications exceeds the capacity of a program, class, grade level or building. B. A charter school shall give enrollment preference to pupils who are returning to the chart…

A. A school district is not financially responsible for any charter school that is sponsored by the state board of education, the state board for charter schools, a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents, a community college district or a group of commu…

Notwithstanding section 15-185, subsection C, if a pupil is enrolled in both a charter school and a career technical education district and resides within the boundaries of a school district participating in the career technical education district, the average daily membership fo…

Each charter school governing body shall develop procedures that require the charter school to annually report to the department of education in a manner prescribed by the department the number of suspensions and expulsions that involve the possession, use or sale of an illegal s…

A. In addition to the notification requirements prescribed in section 15-186, each charter school governing body shall prescribe and enforce reasonable and appropriate policies to notify a pupil's parent or guardian if any person engages in harassing, threatening, or intimidating…

A. A teacher who is employed by or teaching at a charter school and who was previously employed as a teacher at a school district shall not lose any right of certification, retirement or salary status or any other benefit provided by law, by the rules of the governing board of th…

A. If a governing body of a charter school determines that state health and accident insurance coverage is necessary or desirable and in the best interest of the charter school, it may provide for inclusion of the charter school's employees and spouses and dependents of the chart…

A. The charter schools stimulus fund is established for the purpose of providing financial support to charter school applicants and charter schools for start-up costs and costs associated with renovating or remodeling existing buildings and structures. The fund consists of monies…

Each fiscal year, the governing body of a charter school shall provide to each charter school employee a total compensation statement that is broken down by category of benefit or payment and that includes, for that employee, at least all of the following: 1. Base salary and any …

A. Charter schools shall be classified the same as public schools that are operated by a school district for the purposes of zoning and the assessment of zoning fees, site plan fees and development fees, including any required hearings or applications. Municipalities and counties…

A. A charter school's procurement is exempt from public bidding requirements if the aggregate dollar amount of the procurement does not exceed the maximum amount of the exemption authorized by title 41, chapter 23 or pursuant to rules adopted by the director of the department of …

A. If a pupil who was previously enrolled in a charter school or school district enrolls in a charter school in this state, the charter school shall accept credits earned by the pupil in courses or instructional programs at the charter school or school district. A charter school …

The governing body of each charter school shall prescribe and enforce policies and procedures for the emergency administration of epinephrine delivery systems by a trained employee of the charter school pursuant to section 15-157 and may prescribe and enforce policies and procedu…

A. The budget for each charter school shall contain the following information: 1. The average salary of all teachers employed by the charter school for the current year. 2. The average salary of all teachers employed by the charter school for the previous year. 3. The dollar incr…

A. Each charter school governing body shall establish a system to evaluate the performance of teachers in the charter school that results in at least one evaluation of each teacher by a qualified evaluator each school year. Each governing body shall establish a teacher performanc…

A. Each charter school governing body shall do all of the following: 1. Beginning January 1, 2023, in consultation with parents, teachers and administrators, develop and adopt procedures by which parents have access to the charter school's library collection of available books an…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Eligible parent" means a parent who meets the following requirements: (a) Has a three year old or four year old child. (b) Lacks sufficient mastery of basic educational or basic English language skills needed to function…