Title 15 — Education

A. The governing board shall deposit in a separate bank account grants or gifts that are less than one thousand five hundred dollars and designated for use by a teacher for instructional purposes if the governing board does not deposit the grant or gift as prescribed in section 1…

A. If the governing board offers postemployment benefits to school district employees or to spouses and dependents of school district employees, or both, monies to fund these benefits may be deposited in an other postemployment benefits fund or an other postemployment benefits tr…

A. The governing board of a school district may establish a permanent career and technical education projects fund in an amount of not more than $100,000. The fund consists of proceeds from the sale of items produced or services provided by career and technical education programs…

A. The state board of education shall establish an academic contests fund consisting of monies appropriated by the legislature or received by the state board as provided in subsection D of this section. B. The state board of education shall prescribe rules for the distribution of…

A. The state block grant for early childhood education program is established in the state board of education. The purpose of the program is to promote improved pupil achievement by providing flexible supplemental funding for early childhood programs, including preschool programs…

A. All school districts and charter schools that are eligible for e-rate priority one funding as authorized by the telecommunications act of 1996 may apply for funding. Eligible school districts and charter schools may submit applications with assistance of the department of admi…

B. The department shall use monies in the fund to eliminate or reduce exam costs to obtain industry-recognized certificates and licenses for low-income students. To qualify for reimbursement, a student shall: 1. Successfully pass a certificate or license exam related to a career …

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Employee classifications" means one of the following: (a) Management and supervisory staff on a twelve month schedule. (b) Teachers, credentialed and noncredentialed specialists, on an academic schedule. (c) Clerical, ac…

A. There shall be Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind which provide schools and regional programs in appropriate locations in this state. B. The schools shall be for the education of sensory impaired persons, so that the persons educated there may become self-sustain…

A. The school shall be a body corporate under the name of "the Arizona state school for the deaf and the blind". B. The corporation shall: 1. Have perpetual succession. 2. Have a corporate seal. 3. Be deemed a public corporation and its property shall be exempt from all taxes and…

A. The grant of one hundred thousand acres of land for schools for the deaf and the blind made by the enabling act approved June 20, 1910, or the proceeds of such lands as are sold or otherwise disposed of, is forever reserved for the use and benefit of the school for the deaf an…

The Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind classroom site fund is established consisting of monies received from the department of education pursuant to section 15-977. The Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund ar…

1. Federal education funding received by this state. 2. State and federal accountability, including reporting requirements. 3. Providing a free and appropriate public education to pupils enrolled in a campus-based model pursuant to the individuals with disabilities education act …

A. The school for the deaf and the blind shall be governed by a board of directors. The board shall consist of the governor, as an ex officio nonvoting member, the superintendent of public instruction or the superintendent's designee, the governor shall appoint one member from th…

A. The board shall select from its membership a president, a treasurer and a secretary or a president and a secretary-treasurer. B. A meeting of the board may be called at any time by the governor, the president or the secretary. C. Five voting members shall constitute a quorum f…

A. The board may bring actions and proceedings necessary to protect the interests of the schools. Such proceedings shall be instituted in the name of the Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind. B. The board shall be trustee of all donations of lands, monies or other thi…

The board shall prepare and file: 1. An annual report to the governor with a detailed statement of the cost of maintaining the school which shows in detail every financial transaction, a complete record of the conditions and work of the school, and including reports by the superi…

A. There shall be a superintendent of the schools who shall be the executive officer. The superintendent shall be appointed by the board of directors, and the board shall issue one, two or three year contracts for the superintendent. The superintendent is eligible to receive comp…

A. The superintendent, acting on behalf of the board of directors, shall employ all personnel needed for the operation of the schools. The superintendent, with the approval of and acting on behalf of the board, may issue individual contracts for teaching positions. The board shal…

A. The board of directors may direct the superintendent to reduce salaries or eliminate permanent employee positions in the Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind in order to effectuate economies in the operation of the schools or to improve the efficient conduct and ad…

A. The board shall determine the salaries and assign an employee classification of persons it employs, except for the superintendent as provided in section 15-1325. B. All salary schedules for employees of the schools shall become operative on July 1 of each year and shall be inc…

A. The board of directors shall require the superintendent to have a valid fingerprint clearance card issued pursuant to title 41, chapter 12, article 3.1. Certificated personnel employed by the schools shall have valid fingerprint clearance cards issued pursuant to title 41, cha…

A. The board of directors shall see that all persons admitted to the school are taught and trained by methods which are to their best interests. B. The board shall ensure the careful supervision of the care, education and development of pupils to insure that the best care and edu…

A. Chapter 7, article 4 of this title governs admissions to the school except as provided in this section. The evaluation and consideration of placement in the school shall be made under the direction of the chief administrative official of the home school district within the bou…

A. A person is entitled to an education in the schools for the deaf and the blind without charge if the person is a resident of this state, age three through twenty-one years and sensory impaired to an extent that he cannot acquire an appropriate education in the school district …

A. The board of directors may enroll a child under the age of three years in the schools for the deaf and the blind without charge if the person having legal custody of the child is a resident of this state and the child is sensory impaired to an extent that the person would bene…

A. Persons older than the age specified in section 15-1343 and persons who are not residents of this state may be admitted to the school if its capacity will permit, but no person shall be received into or retained in the school to the exclusion or detriment of those for whom it …

A. It is the responsibility of parents or persons having legal custody of a pupil to provide sufficient monies for that pupil enrolled in the school to cover personal care items, including clothing, hearing aids, hearing aid repairs, eyeglasses, eyeglass repairs, medical or denta…

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Accredited" means accredited by a regional accrediting agency recognized by the United States department of education or by the council on postsecondary accreditation. 2. "Additional short-term classes" means those class…

A. Community college districts may be organized under this chapter for a single county, two or more contiguous counties or an existing community college district and contiguous counties not part of any community college district if the proposed district has a net assessed valuati…

A. A county that does not meet the requirements prescribed in section 15-1402 may organize a community college district under this chapter if all of the following requirements are met: 1. A provisional community college district that began operations before January 1, 2015 has be…

A. For the purpose of forming a district, not less than ten per cent of the qualified electors in the territory included in the proposed district, or where a district consists of more than one county not less than ten per cent of the qualified electors in each county, shall petit…

A. Upon approval of the proposed district, the county board of supervisors shall return the petition with its approval to the county school superintendent, or if the proposed district consists of more than one county, to the county school superintendent of the county with the lar…

The county board of supervisors shall present a plan to the legislature for formation and establishment of a community college district no later than January 15 subsequent to the election held as provided in section 15-1404.

A. Sections 38-608, 38-609, 38-610 and 38-613 relating to all public officers and employees apply to district board members and district officers and employees. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B, the other provisions of title 38, chapter 4 relating to public officers a…

A. If two or more contiguous counties have formed a community college district, a new district may be formed in one or more of the counties by dissolution of the existing district if each county in which a new district is formed meets the requirements prescribed in section 15-140…

A. A person acting on behalf of a community college district or a person who aids another person acting on behalf of a community college district shall not spend or use community college district, resources, including the use or expenditure of monies, accounts, credit, facilities…

A. A community college tuition financing district shall contract with an existing community college district to provide instructional and student services within the community college tuition financing district. B. The minimum assessed valuation and population requirements prescr…

1. Satisfy one or more of the following purposes: (a) Qualify students for a community college certificate or degree. (b) Be acceptable for transfer to a regionally accredited public or private college or university. (c) Prepare students with skills to seek entry-level jobs in th…

A. By December 1 of each year, each community college district shall make a report for the preceding fiscal year to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the joint legislative budget committee and shall provide a copy of this r…

A. The board of supervisors shall establish in the same manner as provided in section 16-411 five precincts in a community college district for the election of a district board member from each precinct. A precinct in a community college district shall be composed of the number o…

A. Candidates for the district board must file nominating petitions, conforming to section 16-314, with the appropriate county officer. B. Members of the district board shall be elected at the time and place, and in the manner, of general elections as provided in title 16. C. If …

A. Within twenty days after appointment of the first district board, the county school superintendent, or county school superintendents by joint action where the district consists of more than one county, shall call a meeting of the district board by giving at least ten days' not…

A. Except as otherwise provided, each district board shall: 1. Maintain each community college under its jurisdiction for a period of at least eight months in each year and, if the monies of the district are sufficient, maintain each community college for a longer period. 2. Adop…

1. All applicable regional accreditation requirements. 2. All applicable state licensure requirements. B. When determining whether to offer a baccalaureate degree program pursuant to section 15-1444, subsection B, paragraph 16 or 17, the district board shall make its determinatio…

A district board shall: 1. Adopt policies for the government of the community colleges under its jurisdiction. 2. In conjunction with other district boards, set standards for the establishment, development, administration, operation and accreditation of community colleges in the …

A. A district board may enter into lease or lease-purchase agreements for real property, including buildings and improvements to the property. B. Lease or lease-purchase agreements authorized by subsection A of this section or section 15-1444, subsection A, paragraph 11 shall not…

A. A community college district with a full-time equivalent student enrollment pursuant to section 15-1466.01 of more than five hundred students shall establish a community college district collegiate special plate fund consisting of monies received pursuant to section 28-2412. T…

A. If a district lies in two or more counties, the county attorney of the largest county in which the district lies as determined by the last federal decennial census is the attorney for the district. B. A district board may employ an attorney to represent the district if the cou…

A. The district board may adopt policies for the control of vehicles and nonpedestrian devices on property of the institutions under the district board's jurisdiction with respect to the following only: 1. Maximum speed of vehicles and nonpedestrian devices. 2. Direction of trave…