Title 15, Education

A. A school may permit the use of restraint or seclusion techniques on any pupil if both of the following apply: 1. The pupil's behavior presents an imminent danger of bodily harm to the pupil or others. 2. Less restrictive interventions appear insufficient to mitigate the immine…

An applicant who applies for a new teaching certificate in order to teach in a school district, a participant in field experience or student teaching in this state, an applicant who applies for a renewal of an existing teaching certificate in order to continue teaching in a schoo…

A. A county school superintendent, within two business days, shall provide written notice to the department of education, if, in the county school superintendent's judgment, a school district has committed an overexpenditure under this section. If the department of education, wit…

(Subsection A was added with a 1998 Prop. 105 clause pursuant to L12, Ch. 159) A. In addition to the limitations prescribed in section 36-2802, subsection B, a person, including a cardholder as defined in section 36-2801, may not lawfully possess or use marijuana on the campus of…

A. A school in a school district or a charter school shall not collect biometric information from a pupil unless the pupil's parent or guardian gives written permission to collect biometric information from the pupil. B. At least thirty days before a school in a school district o…

A. A public educational institution shall not discriminate against students or parents on the basis of a religious viewpoint or religious expression. B. If an assignment requires a student's viewpoint to be expressed in coursework, artwork or other written or oral assignments, a …

The legislature finds and declares that public school pupils should be taught to treat and value each other as individuals and not be taught to resent or hate other races or classes of people.

A. A school district or charter school in this state shall not include in its program of instruction any courses or classes that include any of the following: 1. Promote the overthrow of the United States government. 2. Promote resentment toward a race or class of people. 3. Are …

A. A parent of a student in a public educational institution has the right to review learning materials and activities in advance. A parent who objects to any learning material or activity on the basis that the material or activity is harmful may request to withdraw that parent's…

A. A school, charter school or school district shall not display any achievement, classification or ranking that was assigned by a public or private entity after the achievement, classification or ranking is no longer current unless the year of issuance of the achievement, classi…

A. In view of the state's strong interest in promoting childbirth and adoption over elective abortion, no school district or charter school in this state may endorse or provide financial or instructional program support to any program that does not present childbirth and adoption…

A. A facility that is run by or that operates on the property of a public educational institution may not perform or provide an abortion, unless the abortion is necessary to save the life of the woman having the abortion. B. For the purposes of this section: 1. "Abortion" has the…

A. A school district governing board or charter school governing body that authorizes the assessment of fees pursuant to this title shall ensure that all fees contain a provision that allows the fees to be waived in the event of economic hardship to the pupil. B. The nonpayment o…

A. Notwithstanding any other law, each school district and charter school shall obtain written informed consent from the parent of a pupil before administering any survey that solicits personal information about the pupil regarding any of the following: 1. Critical appraisals of …

A. Each school district and charter school shall provide at least two recess periods during the school day for pupils in kindergarten programs and grades one through three. From and after August 1, 2019 each school district and charter school shall provide at least two recess per…

A. The division of school facilities within the department of administration shall annually publish a list of vacant buildings and partially used buildings that are owned by this state or by school districts in this state and that may be suitable for the operation of a school. Th…

A. Beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, school districts and charter schools shall provide training in suicide awareness and prevention for school guidance counselors, teachers, principals and other school personnel who work with pupils in grades six through twelve. Each perso…

A public school that provides or contracts for child care services may reduce the fee a public school employee pays for the child care services if the cost the public school pays for those services is not grossly disproportionate to the total consideration received from the emplo…

A. Each interscholastic or intramural athletic team or sport that is sponsored by a public school or a private school whose students or teams compete against a public school shall be expressly designated as one of the following based on the biological sex of the students who part…

A. Except as prescribed in section 15-711, a public school in this state may not refer students to or use any sexually explicit material in any manner. B. Materials may be exempted from the provisions of subsection A if all of the following requirements are met: 1. The exempted m…

Notwithstanding any other law: 1. A school district, a school that is operated by a school district or a charter school may satisfy any statutory requirement to post, prominently display, make accessible or otherwise include specified information on its website by making a link t…

A. Each school district governing board and charter school governing body shall prescribe and enforce policies and procedures that both: 1. Govern student access to the internet as provided by the school, including policies that restrict student access to social media platforms. …

A. Each school district or charter school that employs one or more officers on one or more school campuses, including indirect employment through the school safety program pursuant to section 15-154, shall train each officer how to recognize and effectively interact with children…

A. Beginning August 1, 2027, each school district and charter school in this state shall ensure that there is at least one employee at each school campus during regular school hours who has successfully completed the following: 1. A training course in cardiopulmonary resuscitatio…

A. During the first quarter of each academic school year, the principal of a public school may allow representatives from any patriotic youth group to address students, as determined by the principal, during regular school hours about how the patriotic youth group supports educat…

A. Employees of school districts, accommodation school employees, employees of the community college districts, employees of the universities and all other certificated and noncertificated employees of the schools of this state, including those located at state institutions, may …

A. The governing board of any school district in this state or the Arizona board of regents may enter into agreements with any foreign country, state, territory or possession of the United States or other school district within the state for the exchange and employment of teacher…

The state board of education shall issue temporary certificates to exchange teachers and professors of foreign countries and other states whose training and background comply with the rules promulgated by the board for certification and are equivalent to those of the local teache…

An international teacher or professor may not be employed in this state unless the international teacher or professor has been issued proper certification.

During the exchange teaching provided for in this article, the salaries of the exchange teachers or professors may be paid by either the school districts or universities or colleges by which they are regularly employed, or by the school districts or universities or colleges in wh…

A. All regular deductions for retirement as required by law shall be made from the salary of the local teacher or professor participating in exchange teaching pursuant to this article. B. No such teacher or professor shall lose any right of certification, retirement, salary statu…

A. The right to inspect and review educational records and the release of or access to these records, other information or instructional materials is governed by federal law in the family educational rights and privacy act of 1974 (20 United States Code sections 1232g, 1232h and …

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, a school may disclose directory information relating to students in accordance with state and federal law if the school first notifies the parent or eligible student of all of the following: 1. The types of information that t…

A. In accordance with the rights secured under section 1-602, subsection A, paragraph 2, a parent shall have access to all written and electronic records of a school district or charter school or a school district or charter school employee concerning the parent's child and to al…

A. Every student, teacher and visitor in public and private schools, community colleges, colleges and universities shall wear appropriate eye protective ware while participating in or when observing vocational, technical, industrial arts, art or laboratory science activities invo…

A. The governing board of each school district shall develop and adopt a policy to provide pupils and employees with at least forty-eight hours' notice before pesticides are applied on school property. The policy shall include at least the following: 1. Procedures for oral notifi…

A. Each school district governing board and charter school governing body shall prescribe and enforce policies and procedures for school personnel to report any suspected crime against a person or property that is a serious offense as defined in section 13-706 or that involves a …

A. The school safety program is established within the department of education to support, promote and enhance safe and effective learning environments for all students by supporting the costs of placing school resource officers, juvenile probation officers, school safety officer…

A. Any public or charter school that teaches a character education curriculum pursuant to section 15-719 is eligible for a state matching grant. The school shall provide matching monies from any lawful source, except that the school shall not use resources obtained from a federal…

A. Each school district and charter school that receives monies pursuant to section 15-154 for an approved school safety program shall do both of the following: 1. Develop an emergency response plan pursuant to section 15-341, subsection A, paragraph 31 or section 15-183, subsect…

A. The department of education shall cooperate with the county school superintendent, the county sheriff and the local chief of police to allow a law enforcement agency, with the consent of the school, to assign a peace officer, a full-authority reserve peace officer who is certi…

A. A person shall not knowingly apply or allow to be applied a liquid roofing system that the person knows or with the exercise of reasonable care should know contains at least one-tenth of one per cent by weight or volume of any diisocyanate on a building that is owned or operat…

Pursuant to a standing order issued by the chief medical officer of the department of health services, the chief medical officer of a county health department, a doctor of medicine licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13, a doctor of naturopathic medicine licensed pursuant to t…

A. Pursuant to a standing order issued by the chief medical officer of a county health department, a physician licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13 or 17 or a nurse practitioner licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 15, a nurse who is under contract with a school district o…

A pupil who attends any public school in this state may possess and use a topical sunscreen product while on school property or at a school-sponsored event without a note or prescription from a licensed health care professional.

A. Beginning July 1, 2021, if a school district governing board or charter school governing body issues identification cards to students in grades nine through twelve, the school district governing board or charter school governing body shall include at least one of the following…