Title 15 — Education

All monies for the use and benefit of an institution under its jurisdiction shall be expended under the direction and control of the Arizona board of regents for the support and maintenance of such institution, buildings and grounds, and for any other purpose the board deems expe…

The Arizona board of regents may accept grants of monies from the United States or any of its officers or agencies designated or created to make grants for public construction work, or from any individual, group of individuals, corporation or association.

Monies obtained by the universities from the United States under special acts of Congress for specific purposes shall be deposited in a special fund by the board, and it shall be administered in accordance with the purpose of the act of Congress.

The state assents to the provisions and accepts the benefits of the act of Congress entitled "an act to authorize the more complete endowment of agricultural experiment stations and for other purposes, approved February 24, 1925." The Arizona board of regents is designated as a s…

A. Monies deposited by the universities shall be secured by regularly issued and interest-bearing bonds of the United States government or state, county, municipal or school district improvement bonds of this state of a market value equal at all times to the amount of the deposit…

A. The Arizona board of regents may provide for payment of annual salaries of any person appointed or employed as provided in section 15-1626, subsection A, paragraph 2, over a twelve month pay period pursuant to agreement between such person and the board. B. The Arizona board o…

A. In fiscal years 2017-2018 through 2030-2031, the following sums are appropriated from the state general fund to Arizona state university for lease-purchase capital financing for research infrastructure projects: 1. In fiscal year 2017-2018, $13,481,000. 2. In fiscal year 2018-…

A. A capital infrastructure fund is established for each university. Monies in each capital infrastructure fund are continuously appropriated for the purposes of this section. Each university shall administer its own capital infrastructure fund. Monies in the capital infrastructu…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Acquire" includes to purchase, lease, lease-purchase, erect, build, construct, reconstruct, raze, remodel, repair, replace, alter, extend, expand, better, equip, furnish, develop, improve and embellish a project, and the…

The board shall have power for each institution, as defined in this article, to: 1. Acquire, if authorized by the legislature, any project or projects, or any combination thereof, and to secure indirect or third-party financing for or own, operate and maintain the same and establ…

A. Any lease-purchase agreement executed by the board relating to land acquisition, capital projects, energy systems or energy management systems shall provide that: 1. The obligation of this state to make any payment under the agreement is a current expense of the board and is n…

1. The term of the indirect or third party financing does not exceed the earlier of forty years or the useful life of the capital improvements. 2. The project for which indirect or third party financing is secured is reviewed by the joint committee on capital review. Private enti…

A. The university capital improvement lease-to-own and bond fund is established consisting of the monies provided by the Arizona board of regents pursuant to this section, monies deposited pursuant to section 5-572 and monies appropriated by the legislature. The board shall admin…

A. The board shall have power, and is hereby authorized from time to time, to issue bonds: 1. To acquire any one project, or more than one, or any combination thereof, for such institution, if both of the following conditions are met: (a) As of the date of issuance of bonds or ce…

The board shall have power, and is hereby authorized from time to time, to issue refunding bonds: 1. To refund unpaid matured bonds. 2. To refund unpaid matured coupons evidencing interest upon its unpaid matured bonds. 3. To refund interest at the coupon rate upon its unpaid mat…

In connection with the issuance of any bonds under this article, and in order to secure the payment of any such bonds and the interest thereon, the board shall have power for each institution: 1. To fix, maintain and collect: (a) Fees, tuitions, rentals and other charges from stu…

All acts granting authority to the board to construct or acquire any buildings, projects or facilities and to issue bonds therefor shall be kept in full force and effect but shall be supplemented by this enactment if both of the following occur: 1. Bonds remain authorized but not…

The provisions of this article and of any resolution or other proceeding authorizing the issuance of bonds shall constitute a contract with the holders of such bonds and the provisions thereof shall be enforceable either in law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other pro…

No monies derived from the sale of bonds issued under the provisions of this article or pledged or assigned to or in trust for the benefit of the holder or holders of the bonds shall be required to be paid into the state treasury but shall be invested in obligations issued by or …

The bonds bearing the signatures of officers of the board in office on the date of the signing thereof shall be valid and binding obligations, notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof and payment therefor any or all persons whose signatures appear thereon shall have cease…

Nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize the board to contract a debt on behalf of, or in any way to obligate, the state of Arizona, or to pledge, assign or encumber in any way, or to permit the pledging, assigning or encumbering in any way, of appropriations made …

All bonds issued pursuant to this article shall be obligations of the board issuing such bonds, payable only in accordance with the terms thereof, and shall not be obligations general, special or otherwise of the state of Arizona. Such bonds shall not constitute a debt, legal or …

The board may submit to the attorney general of the state of Arizona any bonds to be issued hereunder after all proceedings for the issuance of such bonds have been taken. Upon the submission of such proceedings to the attorney general, it shall be the duty of the attorney genera…

The state and all counties, cities, towns and other municipal corporations, political subdivisions and public bodies, and public officers of any thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, investment companies and …

It is hereby declared that the sections, clauses, sentences and parts of this article are severable, are not matters of mutual essential inducement and any of them may be excised by any court of competent jurisdiction if this article would otherwise be unconstitutional or ineffec…

The powers conferred by this article shall be in addition to and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law, general or special, and bonds may be issued under this article notwithstanding the provisions of any other such law and without regard to the procedure required…

A. The board has the power and is hereby authorized to issue commercial paper from time to time to provide short-term financing for any capital project or costs and expenses related to a capital project of one or more institutions or to provide for payment of commercial paper or …

B. Except as otherwise provided by law, to be eligible to participate in the Arizona promise program and to qualify for an award under this section, a student shall meet all of the following requirements: 1. Qualify for in-state student status as prescribed in section 15-1802. 2.…

B. The Arizona board of regents shall administer the applicable programs as identified in this article and as established by the higher education amendments of 1998 (P.L. 105–244; 112 Stat. 1581) for the state higher education agency and the state scholarship grant agency.

B. A student is eligible to participate in the Arizona leveraging educational assistance program established by this section if the student meets all of the following criteria: 1. Is a resident of this state. 2. Demonstrates financial need under the criteria established by the Ar…

1. Monies appropriated by the legislature. 2. Monies received from state agencies and political subdivisions of this state. 3. Monies received from the United States government, including monies received from the United States department of education. 4. Gifts, grants and donatio…

A. If monies are appropriated to the Arizona community colleges promise program fund established by subsection E of this section, each district in this state shall establish and administer a community college promise scholarship fund consisting of monies received pursuant to subs…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Board" means the board of medical student loans. 2. "GDP price deflator" means the average of the four implicit price deflators for the gross domestic product reported by the United States department of commerce for the …

A. The board of medical student loans is established and consists of the following members: 1. Two members who are appointed by the governor and who are knowledgeable in the problems of health care in Arizona. 2. The director of the department of health services or the director's…

A. The board may grant loans from the medical student loan fund established by section 15-1725 to defray the expenses of the medical education of those students at a public or private school of medicine in this state who intend to enter and complete a residency program approved b…

A. Each applicant who is approved for a loan by the board may be granted a loan for a period of up to five years. B. The loans shall bear interest at the rate of seven percent per year. C. Each loan shall be evidenced by a contract between the student and the board, acting on beh…

A. The medical student loan fund is established. All monies appropriated to carry out sections 15-1723 and 15-1724 shall be deposited in the fund and all payments of principal, interest and penalties received by the board shall be deposited, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Board" means the Arizona board of regents or its successor. 2. "Commission" means the western interstate commission for higher education. 3. "Compact" means the compact for western regional cooperation in higher educatio…

The governor, for and in behalf of the state, may enter into compacts for western regional cooperation in higher education with the states of Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, or any one or more of such…

A. The western interstate commission for higher education is authorized to act on behalf of this state in making arrangements for the placement of students in institutions and programs of higher learning outside the states which are parties to the compact for establishing the com…

A. The board shall, within the limitations and on the terms fixed by the commission and by this article, determine the number of students desiring to take advantage of the educational facilities afforded by the compact and, from those indicating such a desire, select a group in e…

A. Before certifying a student to the commission the board, on behalf of this state, shall enter into a written contract with the student. The contract shall set forth the methods and terms of repayment by the student to this state and shall be on terms and conditions and in a fo…

A. A collections revolving fund is established which consists of: 1. Monies repaid to the board as provided in section 15-1745. 2. Monies which the legislature appropriates. B. The board shall use monies in the collections revolving fund for payment of expenses incurred in enforc…

A. The Arizona board of regents, community college districts and the state board for private postsecondary education, through intergovernmental agreement, may enter into an interstate reciprocity agreement for the purpose of managing postsecondary distance education. B. The inter…

The university of Arizona school of medicine shall give priority consideration to applicants who demonstrate a willingness to practice in medically underserved areas of this state.

(L25, ch. 117, sec. 1. Eff. 1/1/27) A. If a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents has a medical school, the medical school, consistent with any standards set by the national accrediting organization for the medical school, shall do all of the following…

A. The university of Arizona school of medicine shall prepare a plan with the goal of encouraging students to enter the primary care disciplines. At least sixty per cent of the residency positions available at the university of Arizona school of medicine shall be reserved for med…

A. The three universities under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents shall select ten nurse practitioner students, fifteen medical students and four pharmacy students each year to participate in a rural health professions program. The three universities shall develop …

[Repealed or reserved.]

A student who is enrolled in a public or private medical program in this state and whose intended degree may make the student eligible for a United States drug enforcement administration registration shall take at least three hours of opioid-related clinical education.