Title 15, Education

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…

A. The department of education shall establish a high-quality teacher professional development program and, subject to available appropriations, may issue scholarships or grants, or both, on a competitive basis as determined by the department, to qualified applicants in order to …

A. On or before November 1 of each year, the department of education shall compile for each public school and local education agency, and shall recommend to the state board of education, an annual achievement profile that consists of an educational dashboard that reflects the ach…

A. If a school district has six or more schools and at least one-half of the schools in the district are assigned a letter grade of D or F pursuant to this section and at least one school is assigned a letter grade of F, the department of education may submit to the state board o…

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…

A. Beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, any school that participates in a federally funded or assisted meal program shall not serve, sell or allow a third party to sell ultraprocessed food on the school campus during the normal school day. This subsection does not prevent a st…

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…

A. The Arizona prosecuting attorneys' advisory council shall develop a statewide training curriculum on the mandatory reporting laws of this state, including section 13-3620, for public school personnel. Each public school shall require its personnel to complete the training deve…

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…

The department of education shall submit a report on or before December 15 of each year that lists each school district that overexpends its budget in the prior fiscal year and the amount of the overexpenditure by funding source to the governor, the president of the senate and th…

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…

A. The purple star school program is established within the department of education to identify schools in this state that provide transition support to military students and their families. The department may adopt policies and procedures to implement this section. B. Any school…

A. The education learning and accountability fund is established consisting of legislative appropriations and fees collected from universities and community college districts in support of the education learning and accountability system for public education. The department of ed…

The department of education shall prominently post on the website maintained by the department best practice examples of evidence-based reading intervention and remedial reading strategies used in school districts and charter schools in this state. The examples shall be selected …

On or before November 30 of each year, the department of education shall electronically submit to the joint legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting a report that lists the amount budgeted by individual school districts for the cu…

Monies the department receives from the federal government or from federal programs may not be commingled with state and local monies and shall be accounted for within the department in separate accounts from state and local monies.

A. The college credit by examination incentive program is established within the department of education to provide an incentive bonus to teachers, school districts and charter schools for students who obtain a passing score on a qualifying examination for college credit while in…

A. The broadband expansion fund is established consisting of legislative appropriations. The department of education shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated and shall be used to provide state matching monies for certified broadband connectivity…

A. The department of education, in collaboration with the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, shall establish a training program for law enforcement officers and security personnel who are employed by a school district or charter school in this state. The departme…

A. The early literacy program fund is established to provide support to improve reading skills, literacy and proficiency for students in kindergarten programs and grades one, two and three in addition to monies received pursuant to section 15-211. The fund shall be administered b…

The department of education, subject to approval by the state board of education, may develop and maintain a handbook for use in the schools of this state that provides guidance for pupils, parents and teachers concerning dyslexia. The handbook shall include the following: 1. Gui…

A. The rural STEM program fund is established for the purposes of supporting science, technology, engineering and math programs in rural schools. The fund consists of monies appropriated by the legislature and grants, gifts, devises and donations from any public or private source…

A. The computer science professional development program fund is established consisting of monies appropriated by the legislature and grants, gifts, devises and donations from any public or private source. The department of education shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund …

For the purpose of federal funding eligibility determinations that are made by the department of education and that involve the geographic location of a school district or charter school, "rural" means located either: 1. In a county with a population that is less than or equal to…

A. The ninth grade on-track grant program is established in the department of education. The department shall administer the grant program and may adopt rules, policies and procedures to carry out the purposes of this section. The department shall: 1. Establish procedures for eac…

A. The Arizona industry credentials incentive program is established within the department of education to provide incentive awards to school districts, charter schools and career technical education districts for high school graduates who obtain a certification, credential or li…

A. The department of education shall develop and post on its website a statutory handbook of parental rights outlining the rights of parents of children enrolled in school districts and a statutory handbook of parental rights outlining the rights of parents of children enrolled i…

A. The code writers initiative program is established within the department of education to provide grants on a competitive basis pursuant to title 41, chapter 24, article 1 for the purposes prescribed in this section. The Indian education advisory council in the department of ed…

A. The invest in postsecondary success program is established. The department of education shall administer the program. B. The invest in postsecondary success program shall contract with a vendor that is exempt from federal income taxes under section 501(c)(3) of the internal re…

A. Before the 2025-2026 school year, the department of education shall compile and make available on the department's website both of the following: 1. Information on the role of water safety education courses and swimming lessons in saving lives. 2. A list of local providers of …

A. The Arizona school fitness program is established in the department of education to recognize public schools that elect to participate in a nationally recognized physical fitness test or event. The department shall develop guidelines and identify best practices and resources f…

The superintendent of public instruction shall: 1. Superintend the schools of this state. 2. Request the auditor general to investigate when necessary the accounts of school monies kept by any state, county or district officer. 3. Subject to supervision by the state board of educ…

A. The superintendent of public instruction shall: 1. Print as needed in pamphlet form the laws relating to schools, including model forms of which the superintendent is unable to supply blanks, and supply copies of the pamphlets to school officers and teachers, school libraries …

A. The superintendent of public instruction shall: 1. Furnish copies of the attorney general opinions, including opinions of the county attorneys which have been submitted to the attorney general for review as provided in subsection B, relating to school matters to all county att…