Title 15 — Education

A. The state board of education shall be composed of the superintendent of public instruction, the president of a state university or a state college, four lay members, a president or chancellor of a community college district, a person who is an owner or administrator of a chart…

A. The state board of education shall hold four regular meetings annually at times it directs. Special meetings may be held on the call of the presiding officer. B. Concurrence of a majority of all members of the board is necessary for validation of an act of the board. C. Member…

A. The state board of education shall: 1. Exercise general supervision over and regulate the conduct of the public school system and adopt any rules and policies it deems necessary to accomplish this purpose. 2. Keep a record of its proceedings. 3. Make rules for its own governme…

A. The state board of education may accept gifts or grants of monies or real or personal property from public and private organizations, if the purpose of the gift or grant specified by the donor is approved by the board and is within the scope of the board's powers and duties. T…

A. The state board of education may enter into contracts with the department of the interior for the welfare and education of Indians in schools of this state, in accordance with the act of Congress approved April 16, 1934, as amended by the act of June 4, 1936. The board shall a…

A. The state board of education may accept on behalf of this state from any federal agency monies which have been appropriated by act of Congress for defense in education, reduction of illiteracy, teaching of immigrants, employment and training, educational support services or ot…

A. The state board of education shall apportion the monies described in section 15-206 for the aid of the school districts of this state to supplement monies otherwise provided therefor. B. Monies so apportioned shall be expended by the school districts for the purposes and in th…

A. A school district which, by reason of an emergency, finds it necessary to expend monies in excess of its annual budget for any purpose set forth in section 15-206 may apply to the state board of education for an apportionment from federal funds available under section 15-207. …

If monies are apportioned to a school district pursuant to section 15-207, the state board of education shall direct the department of administration division of finance to draw a warrant for the amount apportioned, and the state treasurer shall pay the warrant upon presentation,…

If a school district expends or attempts to expend monies received pursuant to section 15-207 in a manner other than as directed by the state board of education or as provided by the federal grant, the state board of education shall immediately deliver to the county treasurer of …

A. The department of education shall administer a K-3 reading program to improve the reading proficiency of pupils in kindergarten programs and grades one, two and three in the public schools of this state. B. The department of education shall designate a dyslexia specialist for …

A. Prior to expenditure of any monies granted to the state board of education by a private organization, the superintendent of public instruction shall present a plan governing the expenditure of such funds to the state board of education for approval. B. Upon approval of the pla…

A. The state board of education shall adopt rules prescribing procurement practices for all school districts in this state as follows: 1. The state board shall submit to the auditor general proposed rules consistent with the procurement practices prescribed in title 41, chapter 2…

A. Notwithstanding section 15-213, subsection A, a school district may contract for the procurement of a guaranteed energy cost savings contract with a qualified provider through a competitive sealed proposal process as provided by the procurement practices adopted by the state b…

A. The program for school energy and water use efficiency is established within the department. The program is voluntary and is designed to facilitate cooperation between utility companies and schools to increase energy or water use efficiency and to reduce energy or water costs …

A. Notwithstanding section 15-213, subsection A, a school district may procure a guaranteed energy production contract with a qualified provider through a competitive sealed proposal process as provided by the procurement practices adopted by the state board of education. B. The …

A. The state board of education shall adopt rules to promote braille literacy that: 1. Ensure that each blind pupil receives an individualized braille literacy assessment and appropriate educational services resulting from the assessment, establish standards of proficiency and in…

A. Notwithstanding any other law, if a school district or charter school has been assigned a letter grade of A pursuant to section 15-241 during at least two out of the last three consecutive years and has not been assigned a letter grade of C, D or F during the same three years …

1. Measurements of adult learner progress toward earning a high school diploma or high school equivalency diploma. 2. The number of high school diplomas or high school equivalency diplomas earned. 3. The number of industry-recognized credentials earned. 4. The number of adult lea…

B. The department shall accept applications from program applicants beginning on July 1 and not later than June 30 of each year. The department shall determine whether each program applicant is eligible to participate in the program not later than six weeks after the department r…

A. The state board of education shall establish a continuing high school and workforce training program that provides adult learners with alternative study services and that leads to the issuance of a high school diploma and industry-recognized credentials. The department of educ…

A. The state board of education shall adopt rules to allow certificated teachers and administrators to count suicide awareness and prevention training programs as continuing education credits. B. The state board of education shall adopt rules to allow certificated teachers and ad…

A. The state board of education shall adopt rules to allow certificated teachers, literacy coaches, literacy specialists and administrators to count training regarding screening, intervention, accommodation, use of technology and advocacy for students with reading impairments, in…

A. There is created a department of education. B. The department shall be administered through: 1. The state board of education, which shall be the policy-determining body of the department. 2. The superintendent of public instruction, in whom all executive, administrative and mi…

On or before September 15, 2007, and every four years thereafter, the department of education shall conduct a random survey of school districts on school safety and submit a written report that summarizes the results to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of…

The department of education intellectual property fund is established consisting of monies received pursuant to section 41-2752. The department shall administer the fund. Subject to legislative appropriation, the department shall use fund monies to improve the maintenance, admini…

(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) A. There is established a division of adult education within the department of education, under the jurisdiction of the state board of education, which shall: 1. Prescribe a course of study for adult education in school districts. 2. Make availab…

The governing board of a school district in which there are fifteen or more persons over sixteen years of age who either do not read and write or speak the English language who desire to attend a night school may establish a night school for teaching the English language, America…

A. Any appropriation made to the state board of education or department of education for the purposes of adult education may be expended for costs to the department of activities related to adult education including the costs of operating the division of adult education. In addit…

A. A division of special education is established to carry out this section, section 15-236 and chapter 7, article 4 of this title subject to the superintendent of public instruction. B. There shall be at least one director of the division of special education. C. The director or…

A. The department of education shall conduct program and fiscal audits of selected district special education programs. The audits shall be designed to determine the degree of compliance with existing statutes and regulations and the appropriate placement of students in special e…

A. The department of education may make available to the public at a reasonable cost publications produced by the department. Each separate production of a department publication shall contain a statement as to the number of copies produced, the total production cost and the cost…

A. The department of education may make available to educators at a reasonable cost professional development content through the department. Monies obtained from tuition for professional development shall be deposited in the department's professional development revolving fund to…

Before February 15 of each year the department of education shall submit to the economic estimates commission the total estimated statewide number of students determined for the current year.

A. The department of education may: 1. Monitor school districts to ascertain that laws applying to the school districts are implemented as prescribed by law. 2. Adopt a system of recognition for school districts that meet or exceed the requirements of the law that apply to the sc…

B. On or before November 1 of each year, the department of education shall submit to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives a report that summarizes the results of the program. The department shall provide a copy of this report t…

B. Each school, charter holder and school district shall submit to the department of education any data that is required and requested and that is necessary to compile the achievement profile. A school or local education agency that fails to submit the information that is necessa…

1. The likelihood that continued school-based interventions will be successful. 2. The extent to which the school district administrators and the school district governing board impacted the assignment of the letter grades of D and F to the district's schools. 3. Whether those sc…

A. If a school is assigned a letter grade of D pursuant to section 15-241, within ninety days after receiving notice of the classification, the school district governing board shall develop an improvement plan for the school, submit a copy of the plan to the superintendent of pub…

A. The department shall develop minimum nutrition standards that meet at least federal guidelines and regulations for foods and beverages sold or served on the school grounds of elementary schools, middle schools and junior high schools during the normal school day. These nutriti…

B. The department of education shall post on the department's website both of the following: 1. A standardized form that a public school may use to certify that the public school is complying with the requirements prescribed by this section. 2. A list of each public school that h…

A. The golden rule special plate fund is established consisting of monies received pursuant to section 28-2424. The department of education shall administer the fund. Not more than ten per cent of monies deposited in the fund annually shall be used for the cost of administering t…

A. The office of Indian education is established in the department of education. The superintendent of public instruction shall hire appropriate personnel for the office. B. The office of Indian education shall: 1. In collaboration with Indian nations, provide technical assistanc…

A. The tribal college dual enrollment program fund is established consisting of monies deposited pursuant to section 5-568, other monies appropriated by the legislature and gifts, grants, devises and other contributions of monies or property from any lawful public or private sour…

B. The department of education shall provide resources and materials developed pursuant to this section that schools may use for the purposes of providing information on the mandatory reporting laws of this state, including section 13-3620, to parents and students. C. The departm…

A. The Arizona government education fund is established consisting of legislative appropriations, gifts, grants and donations. The department of education shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropr…

[Repealed or reserved.]

A. The department of education shall collect, evaluate and assess existing studies and findings conducted by any public or private entity on the national rankings and overall quality of schools in this state based on the following: 1. Academic productivity as measured by academic…

The teacher certification fund is established consisting of fees collected pursuant to chapter 5, article 3 of this title and legislative appropriations. The department of education shall administer the fund and shall use the monies in the fund for expenses incurred in administer…

A. Subject to the appropriation of state monies or the receipt of federal monies, private donations or grants from any lawful public or private source for this purpose, the department of education shall develop and implement the education learning and accountability system to col…