Title 15 — Education

A. A school having satisfactory facilities and equipment and which is fit to provide career and technical education and vocational education, such as agriculture, business and office education, health occupations, home economics, industrial education, marketing and distribution a…

A. In addition to any other current certification issued, the state board of education shall issue a specialized standard teaching certificate in STEM or career and technical education to a person who provides instruction in a career and technical education course or program or S…

A. For the purposes of the career technical education district's participation in any student financial assistance program authorized by title IV of the higher education act of 1965, as amended (20 United States Code section 1070 et seq.), career technical education districts may…

The governing board of a school district shall provide for a self-evaluation of its career and technical education and vocational education programs annually. The assessment shall be conducted in cooperation with and with assistance from business, industry or labor representative…

A. The state assents to the provisions and accepts the benefits of the vocational education act of 1917, as amended, and the Carl D. Perkins vocational education act of 1984, as amended by the Carl D. Perkins vocational and applied technological education act amendments of 1990, …

Any school district may organize schools or classes in accordance with the provisions of the federal law accepted by section 15-784 and the rules and regulations of the state board of education. The school district shall be eligible for allocations from federal funds and from the…

A. The state board of education may accept gifts or grants of monies or property from public or private sources. The state board shall place the monies in a separate account designated as the career and technical education and vocational education fund. B. If all or part of the m…

A. A school district or a district formed for the purposes of this article as prescribed by the terms of this article may be eligible for allocation of funds from the state board of education provided the district offering career and technical education and vocational education m…

A. Any building, structure, addition or alteration constructed by vocational education students shall be exempt from section 34-201 and title 41, chapter 23 and may be constructed without advertising for bids. This exemption shall not be construed to permit teaching or nonteachin…

A. The governing board of a school district may contract with any public body or with any private person for the purpose of providing career and technical education and vocational education. For the purposes of this subsection, school districts are exempt from section 15-213. B. …

A. School district governing boards have the primary responsibility for providing career exploration and entry-level career and technical education and vocational education. B. Career technical education districts have the primary responsibility for providing career and technical…

A. The Arizona agricultural youth organization special plate fund is established consisting of monies received pursuant to section 28-2436. The state board of education acting as the state board for vocational and technological education shall administer the fund. The first thirt…

The legislature declares and finds that: 1. It is in the interest of this state to greatly increase the proportion of students who enter high school and who subsequently leave those high schools with the skills needed to compete effectively in a global economy that provides world…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Approved board examination system" means a board examination system that has been approved by an interstate compact on board examination systems. 2. "Board examination system" means a complete instructional system that i…

A. The state board of education shall select and enter into a five-year agreement with a private organization to operate and administer the board examination system prescribed in this article. B. The private organization selected by the state board of education shall: 1. Identify…

A. The private organization selected pursuant to section 15-792.02 shall develop the Grand Canyon diploma to be approved and adopted by the state board of education. School districts and charter schools in this state may choose to offer a Grand Canyon diploma. A high school stude…

The legislature finds and declares that: 1. The purpose of this article is to enable all students to progress toward clearly defined learning outcomes at their own pace, allowing them to advance when they demonstrate the desired level of mastery rather than progressing based on a…

In accordance with the rules adopted by the state board of education pursuant to section 15-203, subsection A, paragraph 38, students who are eligible for a high school diploma through the fulfillment of a defined competency-based college-ready educational pathway shall have mult…

A. The governing board of a school district may contract with any public body or private person for the purpose of providing alternative education programs or alternative schools. B. On the approval of the parent or guardian of a student or of a student who is an emancipated pers…

A. School districts may count students for daily attendance as provided in section 15-901 who are not actually and physically in attendance in a recognized common or high school but who are enrolled in and actually and physically in attendance in an alternative education program …

Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, governing boards retain the responsibility for the education of the pupils under their jurisdiction.

When July 4, Veterans' Day, December 25 or Thanksgiving Day occurs within the school week, the schools shall be closed and the compensation of the teachers shall not be diminished on that account. School district governing boards may declare a recess during the Christmas holiday …

A. Every child between the ages of six and sixteen years shall attend a school and shall be provided instruction in at least the subjects of reading, grammar, mathematics, social studies and science. The person who has custody of the child shall choose a public, private or charte…

A. Notwithstanding any other law, a child who resides within the attendance area of a public school and who is homeschooled shall be allowed to try out for interscholastic activities on behalf of the public school in the same manner as a pupil who is enrolled in that public schoo…

A. It is unlawful for any child who is between six and sixteen years of age to fail to attend school during the hours school is in session, unless either: 1. The child is excused pursuant to section 15-802, subsection D or section 15-901, subsection A, paragraph 5, subdivision (c…

A. The governing board of a school district may appoint an attendance officer for the school district. The salary of the attendance officer shall be fixed by the governing board and paid from the funds of the school district. B. If in the opinion of the governing boards of two or…

A. The attendance officer may enforce the law relating to: 1. School attendance of children between the ages of six and sixteen years. 2. The provisions of section 15-802, subsection E, and section 15-803. 3. Employment of children between the ages of six and sixteen years. B. Th…

A. The governing board of each school district and the governing body of each charter school shall adopt a policy governing the excuse of pupils for religious purposes. The policy may permit a pupil to be excused from school attendance for religious purposes, including participat…

A. If a pupil in a kindergarten program or in any of grades one through eight is absent from school without excuse as provided in this article or without notice to the school in which the pupil is enrolled of authorization of the absence by the parent or other person who has cust…

A. Arizona online instruction shall be instituted to meet the needs of pupils in the information age. The state board of education shall select district public schools and state-approved charter authorizers shall sponsor charter schools to be online course providers or online sch…

1. Assigns a specific date and time to administer the assessment to participating students in a virtual setting, except as provided in subsection B of this section. 2. Administers the assessment in a synchronous session that is initiated and managed by personnel who are designate…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Nonresident pupil" means a pupil who resides in this state and who is enrolled in or is seeking enrollment in a school district other than the school district in which the pupil resides. 2. "Open enrollment" means a poli…

A. School district governing boards shall establish policies and shall implement an open enrollment policy without charging tuition. Tuition may be charged to nonresident pupils only if the tuition is authorized under section 15-764, subsection C, section 15-797, subsection C, se…

A school district and its employees are immune from civil liability for decisions that concern the acceptance or rejection of a nonresident pupil for enrollment and that are based on a good faith application of the requirements of this article and the standards adopted pursuant t…

A. Unless otherwise provided by article 1.1 of this chapter or by any other law, all schools shall admit children who are between the ages of six and twenty-one years, who reside in the school district and who meet the requirements for enrollment in one of the grades or programs …

B. The governing board shall admit children of nonresident teaching and research faculty of community college districts and state universities and children of nonresident graduate or undergraduate students of community college districts and state universities whose parent's prese…

A. Notwithstanding any other law, a pupil complies with the residency requirements for school attendance in a local education agency if the parent of the pupil is transferred to or is pending transfer to a military installation within this state while on active military duty purs…

A. The governing board of a school district shall admit pupils from another school district or area as follows: 1. On the presentation of a certificate of educational convenience issued by the county school superintendent pursuant to section 15-825. 2. For three hundred fifty or …

1. The school enrollment of a pupil who is precluded from attending a school in this state and who must attend school in another state, when certified to the county school superintendent by the official in charge of the school attended, is deemed for the purpose of determining st…

A. A school district is eligible to receive payment from state school monies for excess tuition if the following conditions are met: 1. The county school superintendent issues a certificate of educational convenience pursuant to section 15-825, subsection A for one or more pupils…

A. If the annual number of certificates of educational convenience or students attending through open enrollment into any adjacent school district from a single unorganized territory exceeds one hundred fifty, the superintendent of public instruction shall notify the county schoo…

The county school superintendent, with the consent of the board of supervisors, may allow on his warrant an amount not to exceed ten dollars per school month per pupil toward the education of children of compulsory school age living at such a distance or inaccessible place that c…

A. A pupil who enters a school shall present to the principal of the school a properly executed withdrawal form if such pupil previously attended another school in this state. B. The withdrawal form prescribed by subsection A shall be prepared and distributed by the office of the…

A. On enrollment of a pupil for the first time in a particular school district or private school offering instruction to pupils in any kindergarten programs or grades one through twelve, that school or school district shall notify the person enrolling the pupil in writing that wi…

A. When a child is reported missing by a parent or guardian, the law enforcement agency receiving the report shall notify as soon as is appropriate the school the child was attending, if any, or the county school superintendent if the child was being instructed at home. The notif…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Expulsion" means the permanent withdrawal of the privilege of attending a school unless the governing board reinstates the privilege of attending the school. 2. "Suspension" means the temporary withdrawal of the privileg…

A. Pupils shall comply with the rules, pursue the required course of study and submit to the authority of the teachers, the administrators and the governing board. A teacher may send a pupil to the principal's office in order to maintain effective discipline in the classroom. If …

A. Except as provided in section 15-843, subsection K, a pupil who cuts, defaces or otherwise injures any school property may be suspended or expelled. B. On complaint of the governing board, the parents or guardians of minors who have injured school property are liable for all d…

A. An action concerning discipline, suspension or expulsion of a pupil is not subject to title 38, chapter 3, article 3.1, except that the governing board of a school district shall post regular notice and shall take minutes of any hearing held by the governing board concerning t…

Notwithstanding sections 15-841 and 15-842, the suspension or expulsion of children with disabilities, as defined in section 15-761, shall be in accordance with the individuals with disabilities education act (20 United States Code sections 1410 through 1485) and federal regulati…