Title 15 — Education

A. The Arizona board of regents shall maintain state universities at Flagstaff in Coconino county, at Tempe in Maricopa county and at Tucson in Pima county, and the universities are respectively designated northern Arizona university, Arizona state university and the university o…

The universities may offer extension courses at places within the state other than the city where the institution is located, and correspondence courses may be given.

A. The Arizona board of regents consists of ten appointive members, including two student members, and the governor and the superintendent of public instruction as ex officio members. B. Appointive members, except the student members, shall be appointed by the governor pursuant t…

A. The board shall select from its membership a president, secretary, treasurer and such other officers it deems necessary. The same person shall not hold the offices of secretary and treasurer. The board may require the treasurer to give additional bond. B. A majority of the mem…

A. The secretary of the Arizona board of regents shall receive compensation as determined pursuant to section 38-611. B. Appointed members shall receive compensation as determined pursuant to section 38-611 for each day of attendance at board meetings, except the compensation of …

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 38-431.01, subsection A, meetings of advisory committees to the board involving student records may be held in executive session. A student whose records are to be considered may request that the meeting be held as a public meeting in whi…

A. The Arizona board of regents is a body corporate with perpetual succession. The board has jurisdiction and control over the universities. B. The board may: 1. Adopt a corporate seal. 2. Contract. 3. Sue and be sued. 4. Purchase, receive, hold, make and take leases and long-ter…

A. The Arizona board of regents shall: 1. Have and exercise the powers necessary for the effective governance and administration of the institutions under the board's control. To that end, the board may adopt, and authorize each university to adopt, regulations, policies, rules o…

A. A university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents shall not transfer any portion of the tuition or fees collected from students pursuant to section 15-1626 or use any university student billing process to collect monies on behalf of an organization that is no…

A. Each university may adopt rules for the control of vehicles and nonpedestrian devices on its property with respect to the following only: maximum speed of vehicles and nonpedestrian devices, direction of travel, authorized hours of travel, required stops in traffic, place of p…

A. The Arizona board of regents may establish optional retirement programs under which contracts providing retirement and death benefits may be purchased for members of the faculty and administrative officers of the institutions under its jurisdiction. The benefits to be provided…

Within ninety days after the close of each fiscal year the Arizona board of regents shall make a report for the fiscal year to the governor. The report shall set forth the state of progress of the universities in their several colleges, schools and departments, the courses of stu…

No abortion shall be performed at any facility under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents unless such abortion is necessary to save the life of the woman having the abortion.

A. There shall be a state museum for the collection and preservation of the archaeological resources, specimens of the mineral wealth and the flora and fauna of this state. B. The Arizona board of regents shall direct and manage the museum and shall set apart sufficient space to …

A. A student who is expelled by a university shall surrender all university property. The university shall refund the deposit for any property to the student. B. An expelled student who fails or refuses to return university property is guilty of a petty offense.

A. A person acting on behalf of a university or a person who aids another person acting on behalf of a university shall not spend or use university resources, including the use or expenditure of monies, accounts, credit, facilities, vehicles, postage, telecommunications, computer…

A. Pursuant to section 48-582 or 48-920 or in conjunction with any street improvement made pursuant to any other statute, the board on behalf of this state or any university may enter into and shall be bound by intergovernmental agreements with one or more cities, counties or imp…

A. In order to stimulate the flow of capital into the development of specific products which have advanced beyond the theoretical stage and are capable of being reduced to practice on a commercial scale, the board may by resolution organize one or more corporations under the prov…

A. To encourage the exchange of technological expertise, new research development and other valuable information between private enterprise and the university system in this state and to facilitate the transfer of technology developed by officers or employees of universities unde…

A. The board shall not lease real property located in an area defined as a research park pursuant to section 35-701 unless the lease contains a covenant that prohibits unlimited manufacturing on the site and allows the board to enforce the covenant by appropriate means, which may…

A. The Arizona board of regents may lease real property, improvements or personal property owned by the board to a nonprofit corporation as lessee for purposes of operating a health care institution as defined in section 36-401. If the board leases such property for such purposes…

A. A nonprofit corporation that is a lessee pursuant to section 15-1637, subsection A shall disclose and make available records and other matters in the same manner as is required of a public body pursuant to title 39, chapter 1, except that the nonprofit corporation is not requi…

A. The three universities under the jurisdiction of the board of regents shall each establish a comprehensive plan to initiate new programs and expand existing student recruitment and retention programs directed at economically disadvantaged, minority and underrepresented student…

A. The following records of a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents are exempt from title 39, chapter 1, article 2: 1. Information or intellectual property that is not available to the public and that is a trade secret as defined in section 44-401 or t…

A. The Arizona board of regents shall establish a separate university collegiate special plate fund for each university, as described in section 15-1601, consisting of monies received by the board from collegiate plate annual donations for universities pursuant to section 28-2412…

A. The Arizona board of regents may establish a financial aid trust fund for the purposes of providing immediate aid to students with verifiable financial need, including students who are underrepresented in the population of university students or who by virtue of their special …

A. The Arizona board of regents shall establish the Arizona area health education system in the college of medicine of the university of Arizona. The board shall appoint a system director. B. The system shall consist of six area health education centers administered by the direct…

A. The Arizona board of regents shall appoint a statewide area health education centers commission consisting of not fewer than ten members and not more than twenty members who are knowledgeable about the delivery of health care in this state. Members of the commission shall advi…

A. Each area health education center located in this state may grant and administer a scholarship in an amount of not more than eight thousand dollars for each student for each school year to at least two students who are residents of the center's geographic area and who are enro…

The universities under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents shall establish policies that ensure fair and equitable access by Arizona students from public, private and charter schools and homeschools to scholarships, including tuition waivers, that are issued solely o…

B. Any university that offers assistance pursuant to subsection A of this section shall cooperate and coordinate with the faculty of a cooperative extension in this state that has a program to support the economic vitality of rural communities and the use of natural resources in …

A. The technology and research initiative fund is established consisting of revenues transferred to the fund pursuant to section 42-5029, subsection E, paragraph 2 and section 42-5029.02, subsection A, paragraph 2. The Arizona board of regents shall administer the fund. The monie…

A. The finalist for a security or safety-sensitive position at a university that is under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents shall be fingerprinted as a condition of employment. The finalist shall submit a full set of fingerprints to the university for the purpose o…

A. On or before December 1 of each year, the Arizona board of regents shall submit to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the joint legislative budget committee a financial aid report with information from the two prior fisca…

A. The hospitality studies scholarship fund is established consisting of revenues available to the fund from any lawful source. The Arizona board of regents shall administer the fund and may partner with any statewide lodging and tourism association that provides matching monies …

The Arizona board of regents may establish an energy and water savings account in the same manner as a school district pursuant to section 15-910.02 and may fund and use monies for guaranteed energy savings contracts pursuant to section 34-105.

1. The use of instructional fees at each university, including differentiating between mandatory fees, program fees and course fees. 2. Differentiated costs between programs of study, including differential tuition and program and course fees. 3. The costs of faculty and administ…

Notwithstanding any other law, the Arizona board of regents or a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents may not use the state general fund appropriation for contracts with individuals or entities for lobbying services.

(L21, Ch. 410, sec. 2) A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Arizona board of regents, a public university or a community college may not require that a student obtain a COVID-19 vaccination or show proof of receiving a COVID-19 vaccination or place any conditions …

A. The Arizona veterinary loan assistance program is established within the Arizona board of regents. B. The Arizona veterinary loan assistance fund is established consisting of legislative appropriations. The board shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously a…

A. Every teacher training school established in connection with the state universities shall be a part of the school system and a branch of the school district within which the training school is located. B. Training schools shall be governed by the laws and regulations relating …

A. Every teacher training school shall be under the supervision and management of the Arizona board of regents. All teachers in the school, except the principal, shall be employed by the Arizona board of regents and the governing board of the school district in which the training…

The Arizona board of regents and the governing board of the school district in which a teacher training school is located shall jointly prescribe rules and regulations governing admission and attendance at the training school of children of school age who reside within the school…

On or before January 1, 1993, each university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents shall establish qualifications for entrance into the teacher training program of its respective colleges of education.

(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) A. Eligible postsecondary institutions shall implement an Arizona teachers academy to incentivize students to enter the teaching profession and to commit to teach in Arizona public schools or for or in schools that serve primarily public school s…

Each teacher, school counselor or school social worker training program in this state shall develop or adopt evidenced-based instruction on suicide awareness and prevention and provide that instruction to all teacher, school counselor and school social worker candidates in the re…

B. The loans issued under this section shall be used to cover the costs of tuition and mandatory fees for each loan recipient and may also defray the cost of instructional materials, but shall exclude all grants, scholarships and tuition benefits such as military, tribal and empl…

A. There shall be appropriated in the general appropriation bill for each fiscal year a sum of monies not less than eighty-five one-hundredths of one mill on the dollar of the assessed valuation of all taxable property in the state for the improvement, support and maintenance of …

A. The state treasurer shall maintain the following separate permanent funds and accounts: 1. Universities land fund established by section 37-522. Distributions from the fund pursuant to article X, section 7, Constitution of Arizona, and monies derived from the lease, sale or ot…

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, the Arizona board of regents may expend, as it deems expedient and as is not inconsistent with the provisions of any appropriation, the income of the land funds established pursuant to the enabling act in accordance with the …