Title 15, Education

In connection with the issuance of any bonds under this article, and in order to secure the payment of any such bonds and the interest thereon, the board shall have power for each institution: 1. To fix, maintain and collect: (a) Fees, tuitions, rentals and other charges from stu…

All acts granting authority to the board to construct or acquire any buildings, projects or facilities and to issue bonds therefor shall be kept in full force and effect but shall be supplemented by this enactment if both of the following occur: 1. Bonds remain authorized but not…

The provisions of this article and of any resolution or other proceeding authorizing the issuance of bonds shall constitute a contract with the holders of such bonds and the provisions thereof shall be enforceable either in law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other pro…

No monies derived from the sale of bonds issued under the provisions of this article or pledged or assigned to or in trust for the benefit of the holder or holders of the bonds shall be required to be paid into the state treasury but shall be invested in obligations issued by or …

The bonds bearing the signatures of officers of the board in office on the date of the signing thereof shall be valid and binding obligations, notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof and payment therefor any or all persons whose signatures appear thereon shall have cease…

Nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize the board to contract a debt on behalf of, or in any way to obligate, the state of Arizona, or to pledge, assign or encumber in any way, or to permit the pledging, assigning or encumbering in any way, of appropriations made …

All bonds issued pursuant to this article shall be obligations of the board issuing such bonds, payable only in accordance with the terms thereof, and shall not be obligations general, special or otherwise of the state of Arizona. Such bonds shall not constitute a debt, legal or …

The board may submit to the attorney general of the state of Arizona any bonds to be issued hereunder after all proceedings for the issuance of such bonds have been taken. Upon the submission of such proceedings to the attorney general, it shall be the duty of the attorney genera…

The state and all counties, cities, towns and other municipal corporations, political subdivisions and public bodies, and public officers of any thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, investment companies and …

It is hereby declared that the sections, clauses, sentences and parts of this article are severable, are not matters of mutual essential inducement and any of them may be excised by any court of competent jurisdiction if this article would otherwise be unconstitutional or ineffec…

The powers conferred by this article shall be in addition to and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law, general or special, and bonds may be issued under this article notwithstanding the provisions of any other such law and without regard to the procedure required…

A. The board has the power and is hereby authorized to issue commercial paper from time to time to provide short-term financing for any capital project or costs and expenses related to a capital project of one or more institutions or to provide for payment of commercial paper or …

A. Eligible postsecondary institutions shall implement an Arizona promise program to provide financial assistance to students who meet the criteria prescribed in this section and who are pursuing studies in this state leading to a baccalaureate degree. B. Except as otherwise prov…

A. The Arizona board of regents shall serve as the state higher education agency as identified in 20 United States Code section 1003(22) and as the state scholarship grant agency to exchange data electronically with the United States department of education in the student aid int…

A. The Arizona leveraging educational assistance program is established to provide student financial assistance in the form of need-based grants to eligible students to attend postsecondary educational institutions in this state. The Arizona board of regents shall administer the …

A. The postsecondary educational fund is established. The Arizona board of regents shall administer the fund, which consists of the following: 1. Monies appropriated by the legislature. 2. Monies received from state agencies and political subdivisions of this state. 3. Monies rec…

A. If monies are appropriated to the Arizona community colleges promise program fund established by subsection E of this section, each district in this state shall establish and administer a community college promise scholarship fund consisting of monies received pursuant to subs…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Board" means the board of medical student loans. 2. "GDP price deflator" means the average of the four implicit price deflators for the gross domestic product reported by the United States department of commerce for the …

A. The board of medical student loans is established and consists of the following members: 1. Two members who are appointed by the governor and who are knowledgeable in the problems of health care in Arizona. 2. The director of the department of health services or the director's…

A. The board may grant loans from the medical student loan fund established by section 15-1725 to defray the expenses of the medical education of those students at a public or private school of medicine in this state who intend to enter and complete a residency program approved b…

A. Each applicant who is approved for a loan by the board may be granted a loan for a period of up to five years. B. The loans shall bear interest at the rate of seven percent per year. C. Each loan shall be evidenced by a contract between the student and the board, acting on beh…

A. The medical student loan fund is established. All monies appropriated to carry out sections 15-1723 and 15-1724 shall be deposited in the fund and all payments of principal, interest and penalties received by the board shall be deposited, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Board" means the Arizona board of regents or its successor. 2. "Commission" means the western interstate commission for higher education. 3. "Compact" means the compact for western regional cooperation in higher educatio…

The governor, for and in behalf of the state, may enter into compacts for western regional cooperation in higher education with the states of Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, or any one or more of such…

A. The western interstate commission for higher education is authorized to act on behalf of this state in making arrangements for the placement of students in institutions and programs of higher learning outside the states which are parties to the compact for establishing the com…

A. The board shall, within the limitations and on the terms fixed by the commission and by this article, determine the number of students desiring to take advantage of the educational facilities afforded by the compact and, from those indicating such a desire, select a group in e…

A. Before certifying a student to the commission the board, on behalf of this state, shall enter into a written contract with the student. The contract shall set forth the methods and terms of repayment by the student to this state and shall be on terms and conditions and in a fo…

A. A collections revolving fund is established which consists of: 1. Monies repaid to the board as provided in section 15-1745. 2. Monies which the legislature appropriates. B. The board shall use monies in the collections revolving fund for payment of expenses incurred in enforc…

A. The Arizona board of regents, community college districts and the state board for private postsecondary education, through intergovernmental agreement, may enter into an interstate reciprocity agreement for the purpose of managing postsecondary distance education. B. The inter…

A. If a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents has a medical school, the medical school, consistent with any standards set by the national accrediting organization for the medical school, shall do all of the following: 1. Post admissions information on …

A. The university of Arizona school of medicine shall prepare a plan with the goal of encouraging students to enter the primary care disciplines. At least sixty per cent of the residency positions available at the university of Arizona school of medicine shall be reserved for med…

A. The three universities under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents shall select ten nurse practitioner students, fifteen medical students and four pharmacy students each year to participate in a rural health professions program. The three universities shall develop …

A public or private medical school in this state shall not prohibit a hospital from entering into an agreement to provide student clinical rotations to qualified osteopathic or allopathic medical students.

A student who is enrolled in a public or private medical program in this state and whose intended degree may make the student eligible for a United States drug enforcement administration registration shall take at least three hours of opioid-related clinical education.

This article may be cited as the revised uniform athlete agents act.

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Agency contract" means an agreement in which a student athlete authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit a professional sports services contract or an endorsement contract on behalf of the student athlete. 2. "Athlete …

A. An agency contract shall be a record that is signed or otherwise authenticated by the parties. B. An agency contract shall state or contain the following: 1. The amount and method of calculating the consideration to be paid by the student athlete for services to be provided by…

A. Within seventy-two hours after entering into an agency contract or before the next scheduled athletic event in which the student athlete may participate, whichever occurs first, the athlete agent shall give notice in a record of the existence of the contract to the athletic di…

A. A student athlete may cancel an agency contract by giving notice of the cancellation to the athlete agent in a record within fourteen days after the contract is signed. B. A student athlete may not waive the right to cancel an agency contract. C. If a student athlete cancels a…

A. An athlete agent shall retain all of the following records for a period of five years: 1. The name and address of each individual represented by the athlete agent. 2. Any agency contract entered into by the athlete agent. 3. Documentation of any direct costs incurred by the at…

A. It is unlawful for an athlete agent, with the intent to induce a student athlete to enter into an agency contract, to engage in any of the following conduct: 1. Give any materially false or misleading information or make a materially false promise or representation. 2. Furnish…

A. An educational institution may bring a cause of action against an athlete agent or a former student athlete for damages caused by a violation of this article. The court may award to the prevailing party costs and reasonable attorney fees in any action brought pursuant to this …

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Armed forces of the United States" has the same meaning prescribed in section 41-601. 2. "Continuous attendance" means enrollment at an educational institution in this state as a full-time student, as such term is define…

A. Except as otherwise provided in this article, a person having a domicile elsewhere than in this state is not eligible for classification as an in-state student for tuition purposes. B. A person is not entitled to classification as an in-state student until the person is domici…

A. Each community college district shall adopt policies regarding domicile requirements that include, at a minimum, the following: 1. Each student shall have the question of domicile determined before the time of registration and payment of fees. It is the responsibility of the s…

(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) A. An alien is entitled to classification as an in-state refugee student if the person has been granted refugee status in accordance with all applicable laws of the United States and has met all other requirements for domicile. B. Notwithstanding…