15-765. Special education in rehabilitation, corrective or other state and county supported institutions, facilities or homes
A. For the purposes of this section and section 15-764, children with disabilities who are being provided with special education in rehabilitation, corrective or other state and county supported institutions or facilities are the responsibility of that institution or facility, including children with disabilities who are not enrolled in a residential program and who are being furnished with daily transportation. Special education programs at the institution or facility shall conform to the conditions and standards prescribed by the director of the division of special education.
B. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, the department of economic security, the department of child safety or the Arizona health care cost containment system may request on behalf of a school-age child with a disability residing in a residential facility or foster home operated or supported by the department of economic security, the department of child safety or the Arizona health care cost containment system that the school district in which the facility or home is located enroll the school-age child in the district, subject to section 15-825. The school district, on the request by the department of economic security, the department of child safety or the Arizona health care cost containment system, shall enroll the child and provide any necessary special education and related services, subject to section 15-766. A school district in which a child with a disability is enrolled shall coordinate the development of an individualized education program with the development of an individual program or treatment plan. The provision of special education and related services to a child with a disability may be subject to subsection D of this section.
C. Before any placement is made in facilities described in this section, the school district of residence shall ensure that a full continuum of alternative placements is available to meet the needs of children with disabilities and that the proposed placement is the least restrictive environment in which appropriate education services can be provided to the child.
D. A school district or county school superintendent may contract with, and make payments to, other public or private schools, institutions and agencies approved by the division of special education, within or without the school district or county, for the education of and provision of services to children with disabilities if section 15-766 and the conditions and standards prescribed by the division of special education have been met and if unable to provide satisfactory education and services through its own facilities and personnel in accordance with the rules prescribed by the state board of education as provided in section 15-213. No school district may contract or make payments under the authority of this section or section 15-764 or any other provisions of law for the residential or educational costs of placement of children with disabilities in an approved private special education school, institution or agency unless the children are evaluated and placed by a school district. The following special provisions apply in order to qualify for the group B ED-P weight:
1. If the child is placed in a private special education program, the chief administrative official of the school district or county or other person designated by the school district or county as responsible for special education shall verify that the pupil is diagnosed with an emotional disability as defined in section 15-761, that no appropriate program exists within the school district or county, as applicable, and that no program can feasibly be instituted by the school district or county, as applicable.
2. If the child is placed in a special program that provides intensive services within a school district, the chief administrative official of the school district or county or other person as designated by the school district or county as responsible for special education shall verify that the pupil placed in such a program is diagnosed with an emotional disability as defined in section 15-761 and that appropriate services cannot be provided in traditional resource and self-contained special education classes.
E. When a state placing agency initially places a pupil in a private residential facility, the home school district must conduct an evaluation pursuant to section 15-766 or review the educational placement of a pupil who has previously been determined eligible for special education services. The school district shall notify the appropriate state placing agency when a child requires an evaluation for possible receipt of services provided by that agency or a residential special education placement. The school district and the state agency shall jointly evaluate the child, including consideration of relevant information from additional sources, including probation or parole officers, caseworkers, guardians ad litem and court appointed special advocates.
F. If the child is not eligible for special education or does not require residential special education placement, sections 15-1182 and 15-1183 apply.
G. If the individualized education program team determines that a residential special education placement is the least restrictive environment in which an appropriate educational program can be provided, the home school district shall submit the following documentation to the department of education:
1. A residential special education voucher application signed by designated representatives of the state placing agency, as defined in section 15-1181, and the home school district, respectively.
2. The educational reasons for recommending the residential special education placement, including an evaluation or addendum to the evaluation that describes the instructional and behavioral interventions that were previously attempted and the educational reasons for recommending the residential special education placement, including documentation that the nature or severity of the disability is such that education in a less restrictive environment is not appropriate.
3. Exit criteria as required in subsection K of this section.
4. That prior written notice for a change in the child's placement was provided.
H. If a residential special education placement is required by the child's individualized education program, the educational component of the residential facility shall be one that is approved by the department of education for the specific special education services required.
I. The residential component of the facility in which the residential special education placement is made shall be licensed by the department of economic security, the department of child safety or the department of health services, whichever is appropriate.
J. Following and in accordance with the consensus decision of the individualized education program team as prescribed in section 15-766, a residential special education placement shall be made by the school district and the appropriate state agency. The individualized education program team shall determine whether a residential special education placement is necessary. The state placing agency shall consider the recommendations of the individualized education program team in selecting the specific residential facility. The department of education shall enter into interagency services agreements with the department of economic security, the department of child safety or the Arizona health care cost containment system to establish a mechanism for resolving disputes if the school district and the department of economic security, the department of child safety or the Arizona health care cost containment system cannot mutually agree on the specific residential placement to be made. Dispute resolution procedures may not be used to deny or delay residential special education placement.
K. The individualized education program for any child who requires residential special education placement must include exit criteria that indicate when the educational placement of the child shall be reviewed to determine whether the child can be moved to a less restrictive placement.
L. All noneducational and nonmedical costs incurred by the placement of a child with a disability in a private or public school program and concurrent out-of-home care program shall be paid by the department of economic security for those children eligible to receive services through the division of developmental disabilities, by the department of child safety for the children for which it has legal responsibility and by the Arizona health care cost containment system for those children eligible to receive behavioral health or children's rehabilitation services through the Arizona health care cost containment system administration. This section does not prevent or limit the Arizona health care cost containment system, the department of child safety and the department of economic security from joint case management of any child who qualifies for services from two or more of these agencies or from sharing the noneducational costs of providing those services. The educational costs incurred by the placement of a child with a disability in an out-of-home care facility shall be paid as follows:
1. Through a residential special education placement voucher as provided in section 15-1184 if the child is determined to require a residential special education placement as defined in section 15-761.
2. Through an initial or continuing residential education voucher if a child is placed in a private residential facility by a state placing agency, as defined in section 15-1181, for care, treatment and safety reasons and the child needs educational services while in that placement.
3. Through a certificate of educational convenience if the child is attending a public school not within the child's school district of residence as provided in section 15-825.
4. By the home school district, pursuant to a contract with a public or private school as provided in subsection D of this section, if the home school district is unable to provide satisfactory education and services through its own facilities and personnel.
M. The department of economic security, the department of child safety or the Arizona health care cost containment system, whichever is appropriate, shall determine if the child placed for purposes of special education in a private or public school and concurrent out-of-home care is covered by an insurance policy that provides for inpatient or outpatient child or adolescent psychiatric treatment. The appropriate state agency may only pay charges for treatment costs that are not covered by an insurance policy. Notwithstanding any other law, the appropriate state agency may pay for placement costs of the child before the verification of applicable insurance coverage. On the depletion of insurance benefits, the appropriate state agency shall resume payment for all noneducational and nonmedical costs incurred in the treatment of the child. The appropriate state agency may request the child's family to contribute a voluntary amount toward the noneducational and nonmedical costs incurred as a result of residential placement of the child. The amount that the appropriate state agency requests the child's family to contribute shall be based on guidelines in the rules of the appropriate state agency governing the determination of contributions by parents and estates. This subsection does not require parents to incur any costs for required special education and related services or shall be construed to result in a reduction in lifetime insurance benefits available for a child with a disability.
N. If appropriate services are offered by the school district and the parent or the child chooses for the child to attend a private facility, either for day care or for twenty-four-hour care, neither the school district nor the respective agency is obligated to assume the cost of the private facility. If residential twenty-four-hour care is necessitated by factors such as the child's home condition and is not related to the special educational needs of the child, the agency responsible for the care of the child is not required to pay any additional costs of room and board and nonmedical expenses pursuant to this section.
Structure Arizona Revised Statutes
§ 15-102 - Parental involvement in the school; definition
§ 15-103 - School districts; financial mismanagement; intervention; definitions
§ 15-104 - Mental health screening; consent; form; exemption
§ 15-105 - Use of restraint and seclusion techniques; requirements; definitions
§ 15-106 - Identity verified fingerprints
§ 15-108 - Medical marijuana; school campuses; prohibition; definition
§ 15-109 - Biometric information; prohibition; definition
§ 15-110 - Rights of students at public educational institutions; limitations; definition
§ 15-111 - Declaration of policy
§ 15-112 - Prohibited courses and classes; enforcement
§ 15-113 - Rights of parents; public educational institutions; definitions
§ 15-115 - Preference for childbirth and adoption; allowable presentations
§ 15-115.01 - Public educational institution facility; prohibition; definitions
§ 15-116 - Public schools; fees; waiver; prohibition
§ 15-118 - Recess; requirements; exceptions; definition
§ 15-119 - Vacant and partially used buildings; list; sale or lease; equipment; definitions
§ 15-120.01 - Public schools; child care services; reduced fees
§ 15-120.03 - Sexually explicit materials; prohibition; exemptions; definition
§ 15-131 - Exchange teacher agreements
§ 15-132 - Certification of exchange teachers and professors
§ 15-133 - Certification required; employment
§ 15-134 - Payment of salaries of exchange teachers
§ 15-135 - Deductions for retirement; preservation of rights
§ 15-141 - Educational records; injunction; special action
§ 15-142 - Access to directory information relating to pupils and to school property; violation
§ 15-143 - Educational records; rights of parents
§ 15-151 - Eye protective devices; definition
§ 15-152 - Pest management at schools; notice
§ 15-153 - Crime reporting; policies and procedures; notification; discipline
§ 15-154.01 - Character education matching grant program
§ 15-155 - School safety program; funding
§ 15-156 - Liquid roofing systems; violation; classification; definition
§ 15-157 - Emergency administration of epinephrine auto-injectors by trained personnel; immunity
§ 15-158 - Emergency administration of inhalers by trained personnel; immunity; definitions
§ 15-159 - Use of sunscreen in schools
§ 15-160 - Student identification cards; suicide prevention; contact information required
§ 15-160.01 - Child abuse hotline; required posting
§ 15-161 - State control over private schools
§ 15-181 - Charter schools; purpose; scope
§ 15-182 - State board for charter schools; membership; terms; compensation; duties
§ 15-183.01 - New charter application processing fund
§ 15-184 - Charter schools; admissions requirements; parental classroom visits
§ 15-185 - Charter schools; financing; civil penalties; transportation; definition
§ 15-186 - Pupil disciplinary procedures; notification
§ 15-186.01 - Parental notification; immunity
§ 15-187 - Charter schools; teachers; employment benefits
§ 15-188 - Charter schools stimulus fund
§ 15-189 - Charter schools; total compensation statement
§ 15-189.01 - Charter schools; zoning; development fees
§ 15-189.02 - Charter schools; public bidding requirements
§ 15-189.03 - Academic credits; transfer
§ 15-189.04 - Policies and procedures for the emergency administration of epinephrine and inhalers
§ 15-189.05 - Charter school budgets; posting of teacher salary information; annual report
§ 15-189.06 - Charter schools; teacher performance evaluation systems; principal evaluation policies
§ 15-189.07 - Library collection; parental access; public review; exemption
§ 15-201 - State board of education; members; appointment; terms
§ 15-202 - Meetings; majority required for validation; travel expenses; immunity
§ 15-203 - Powers and duties; definition
§ 15-204 - Acceptance of gifts and grants; gifts and grants fund; use; unexpended monies
§ 15-205 - Education of Indians in state schools; contracts with department of interior
§ 15-206 - Federal grants for educational purposes; administration
§ 15-207 - Apportionment and expenditure of federal grants for educational purposes
§ 15-208 - Application by school district for apportionment of federal monies; hearing
§ 15-209 - Disbursement of apportioned federal funds
§ 15-210 - Unlawful expenditure of federal monies
§ 15-212 - Expenditure of private funds; exemption
§ 15-213.01 - Procurement practices; guaranteed energy cost savings contracts; definitions
§ 15-213.02 - Program for school energy and water use efficiency programs; definitions
§ 15-213.03 - Procurement practices; guaranteed energy production contracts; definitions
§ 15-214 - Braille literacy; definition
§ 15-215 - Petition process for regulatory exemptions; annual report
§ 15-217 - Performance measures; adult education and workforce development programs
§ 15-231 - Department of education
§ 15-231.03 - School safety survey report
§ 15-231.04 - Department of education intellectual property fund
§ 15-232 - Division of adult education; duties
§ 15-233 - Night schools for teaching English
§ 15-234 - Appropriations for adult education; eligibility; supplemental fees; definition
§ 15-236 - Special education programs; program and fiscal audits
§ 15-237 - Publications; production revolving fund
§ 15-237.01 - Department of education professional development revolving fund; exemption
§ 15-238 - Statewide student estimate
§ 15-239 - School compliance and recognition; accreditation; audits
§ 15-240 - High-quality teacher professional development program; annual report; definitions
§ 15-241.01 - School accountability; alternative operation plans
§ 15-241.02 - School improvement plans; solutions teams; withholding of state monies
§ 15-242 - Nutrition standards
§ 15-243 - Golden rule special plate fund
§ 15-244 - Office of Indian education; definition
§ 15-244.01 - Tribal college dual enrollment program fund; intergovernmental agreements
§ 15-245 - Mandatory reporting training; materials
§ 15-246 - Arizona government education fund
§ 15-247 - Reporting; school district overexpenditures
§ 15-248 - Arizona national rankings; annual report
§ 15-248.02 - Teacher certification fund
§ 15-249 - Department of education; education learning and accountability system; reports; reviews
§ 15-249.02 - Education learning and accountability fund; appropriation; subaccounts
§ 15-249.04 - Report; school district overrides
§ 15-249.05 - Federal monies; state and local monies; separate accounting
§ 15-249.07 - Broadband expansion fund; requirements; disbursements to certified applicants; reports
§ 15-249.08 - Results-based funding fund; distributions; requirements; reports
§ 15-249.09 - Early literacy program fund; report; definitions
§ 15-249.10 - Dyslexia handbook
§ 15-249.11 - Rural STEM program fund; definition
§ 15-249.12 - Computer science professional development program fund; requirements; uses; reports
§ 15-249.13 - Definition of "rural" for purpose of federal funding eligibility
§ 15-249.14 - Department of education; kindergarten survey; reading proficiency
§ 15-249.15 - Arizona industry credentials incentive program; distributions; report; fund
§ 15-249.16 - Statutory handbook of parental rights; posting
§ 15-249.17 - Code writers initiative program; grants; annual report
§ 15-249.18 - Invest in postsecondary success program; vendor; fund; rules
§ 15-252 - Powers and duties; publications; payment of claims for printing
§ 15-253 - Legal opinions relating to school matters
§ 15-255 - Annual report; contents; definition
§ 15-256 - Waivers; federal education flexibility partnership act
§ 15-257 - Employee evaluation system
§ 15-258 - State seal of biliteracy program; requirements; diploma
§ 15-259 - State seal of civics literacy program; requirements; diploma
§ 15-260 - State seal of personal finance proficiency program; requirements; diploma
§ 15-261 - State seal of arts proficiency program; requirements; diploma
§ 15-271 - Duties of auditor general for uniform financial records system; reporting requirements
§ 15-272 - Duties of department of education for uniform system of financial records
§ 15-301 - Office of county school superintendent; qualifications; travel expenses
§ 15-303 - Apportionment of funds
§ 15-304 - Warrants; limitations; definition
§ 15-308 - Providing educational services of an accommodation school
§ 15-322 - Organization of the governing board of a consolidated school district
§ 15-323 - Governing board member; voting eligibility; purchases from board member
§ 15-326 - Capacity to sue and be sued and to hold and convey property
§ 15-327 - Advisory meetings of school district electors; notice; procedure; effect
§ 15-328 - Single administrative program
§ 15-341 - General powers and duties; immunity; delegation
§ 15-341.01 - One hundred eighty day school year; definition
§ 15-342 - Discretionary powers
§ 15-342.01 - School districts; roof inspection protocol
§ 15-342.02 - Dating abuse policies
§ 15-342.03 - Other powers and duties
§ 15-342.04 - Sale or lease of vacant and partially used school buildings
§ 15-342.05 - Face coverings; vaccines; requirement prohibition
§ 15-343 - Employment of professional help
§ 15-344.01 - Diabetes management; policies and procedures; civil immunity
§ 15-345 - Chemical abuse prevention policies and procedures
§ 15-346 - Policies and procedures concerning pupils with chronic health problems; definition
§ 15-347 - Extracurricular activities; cultural tradition
§ 15-350 - Investigation of immoral or unprofessional conduct; confidentiality; definition
§ 15-351 - School councils; duties; membership
§ 15-354 - Principals; supplies and materials purchases
§ 15-361 - Establishment of evening and night schools; admission of students; tuition
§ 15-362 - Libraries; powers and duties; authority to contract
§ 15-381 - Liabilities of the governing board; payment of liabilities; immunity
§ 15-384 - Authorization for insurance coverage for students
§ 15-386 - Insurance refund fund
§ 15-392 - Formation of career technical education districts
§ 15-393 - Career technical education district governing board; report; definitions
§ 15-393.01 - Career technical education districts; annual report; performance and accountability
§ 15-394 - Preservation of years of employment
§ 15-395 - Enlarging career technical education districts
§ 15-395.01 - Reducing the size of career technical education districts
§ 15-396 - Dissolution of career technical education districts
§ 15-397 - Effect of unification or consolidation of participating school districts
§ 15-401 - Qualifications of school electors; school district registers; challenge; tally lists
§ 15-402 - Voting by early ballot
§ 15-404 - Election officers; compensation
§ 15-405 - Opening and closing of polls
§ 15-407 - School district ballot option
§ 15-421 - Governing board; members; qualifications; statement; definitions
§ 15-422 - Nominating petitions; ballots
§ 15-423 - School district precinct registers; date of preparation; contents; copies
§ 15-426 - Tally and canvass of votes; certificate of election; oath of office
§ 15-427 - Governing board of a union high school district; qualifications; terms
§ 15-428 - Election of governing board members of a union high school district
§ 15-429 - Election of governing board members of a joint common school district
§ 15-430 - Governing board members of newly consolidated district; election of members
§ 15-431 - Alternative election procedure of governing board members
§ 15-441 - School districts; designation
§ 15-442 - Record of school district boundaries; limitation on change; notice to governing board
§ 15-443 - Formation of new common school district
§ 15-444 - Formation of union high school district; petition for establishment; election; notice
§ 15-445 - Residents of unorganized territory; school district elections
§ 15-447 - Offer of instruction in high school subjects by common school districts; limitations
§ 15-447.01 - Common school districts; offer of instruction in grade nine
§ 15-448 - Formation of unified school district; board membership; budget
§ 15-448; Version 2 - Formation of unified school district; board membership; budget
§ 15-451 - Appointment of governing board for joint unified school districts
§ 15-455 - Formation of joint common school district; petition; election; notice; canvass
§ 15-460 - Change of school district boundaries
§ 15-461 - Transporting school districts; joining existing school districts; dissolution
§ 15-464 - Withdrawal of military reservation from school district; petition; hearing
§ 15-465 - Accommodation school; establishment on military reservation; expenses; abandonment
§ 15-465.01 - Accommodation school; military reservation; governing board
§ 15-466 - Transfer of accommodation schools
§ 15-467 - Change of union high school district to high school district
§ 15-481 - Override election; budget increases; informational pamphlet; notice; ballot; effect
§ 15-491 - Elections on school property; exceptions
§ 15-493 - Canvass of votes; certification of result
§ 15-502 - Employment of school district personnel; payment of wages of discharged employee
§ 15-504 - Contract days for professional association activities; prohibition
§ 15-505 - Discipline; educator information system; personnel list; definitions
§ 15-507 - Abuse of teacher or school employee in school; classification
§ 15-508 - Dismissal for failure to comply with certain laws
§ 15-510 - Authorization of leaves of absence; application; preservation of rights
§ 15-514 - Immoral or unprofessional conduct; duty to report; immunity; definition
§ 15-515 - Duty to report violations occurring on school premises
§ 15-531.01 - Certification expiration; military service; one year extension
§ 15-533 - Proficiency examination; examination reciprocity
§ 15-534 - Fingerprinting; review and disciplinary action; violation; classification
§ 15-534.03 - Service of documents; change of address notice requirement
§ 15-534.04 - Reciprocal discipline; definition
§ 15-535 - Sectarian instruction prohibited
§ 15-537.01 - Posting of best practices for teacher and principal evaluation systems
§ 15-538.01 - Offer of contract to continuing teacher; definition
§ 15-538.02 - Teachers with short-term certificates; dismissal; notice
§ 15-540 - Suspension prior to dismissal of a certificated teacher; written charges; salary
§ 15-541 - Hearing on dismissal
§ 15-542 - Hearing costs; counsel; limitations on evidence; reinstatement
§ 15-543 - Appeal from decision of board
§ 15-544 - Limitations on reduction of salaries or personnel
§ 15-545 - Resignation restrictions; unprofessional act; penalty
§ 15-546 - Rights in employment not vested
§ 15-547 - Preservation of years of employment
§ 15-549 - Compulsory leaves of absence for criminal charges; continued salary
§ 15-550 - Unprofessional conduct; penalty; definition
§ 15-551 - Confidentiality of pupil's name; disciplinary hearing; civil penalty
§ 15-552 - Alternative teacher development program; report
§ 15-701.02 - Instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides
§ 15-701.03 - Health education instruction; mental health instruction
§ 15-702 - High school equivalency diploma; fees; rules
§ 15-703 - Kindergarten programs and special departments; special teachers
§ 15-704 - Reading proficiency; dyslexia screening plan; parental notification; definitions
§ 15-705 - Extracurricular activities; requirements
§ 15-706 - Instruction in environmental education; definition
§ 15-708 - Common school pupils; mathematics proficiency; parental notification
§ 15-710.01 - Sandra Day O'Connor civics celebration day; civics instruction requirement
§ 15-710.02 - 9/11 education day; instruction requirement; policies or rules
§ 15-711.01 - Instruction; child assault awareness; abuse prevention
§ 15-712.01 - Instruction on dating abuse; definitions
§ 15-714 - Eligibility for training in use of bows or firearms
§ 15-714.01 - Arizona gun safety program course
§ 15-716 - Instruction on acquired immune deficiency syndrome; department assistance
§ 15-717 - American history and heritage
§ 15-717.01 - Bible influence; elective course; requirements; immunity
§ 15-717.02 - Prohibited instruction; disciplinary action; legal action; civil penalty
§ 15-718.01 - Instruction on cardiopulmonary resuscitation; exemptions; definition
§ 15-719 - Character education program instruction; fund
§ 15-720 - Noncurriculum related clubs for grades seven and eight; definitions
§ 15-720.02 - Instruction on personal finance in high schools
§ 15-723 - Furnishing of free textbooks; subject matter materials and supplementary books
§ 15-728 - Purchase of books by pupils or parent
§ 15-730 - Access to instructional material by parents and guardians
§ 15-732 - Powers and duties; state board of education; governing boards
§ 15-741 - Assessment of pupils
§ 15-741.01 - Goals for excellence
§ 15-741.02 - Menu of achievement assessments; requirements; rules; definition
§ 15-741.03 - Statewide assessment; contracts; JLBC review
§ 15-742 - Contract for purchase of tests
§ 15-743 - Test results; annual report; five-year cumulative summary
§ 15-745 - Homeschooled children; testing; prohibition
§ 15-746 - School report cards
§ 15-747 - School financial transparency; portal; required information; third-party contractor
§ 15-752 - English language education
§ 15-754 - Legal standing and parental enforcement
§ 15-755 - Standardized testing for monitoring education progress
§ 15-756 - Identification of English language learners
§ 15-756.03 - English language learner budget requests; requirements
§ 15-756.04 - Arizona English language learner fund; local-level funds
§ 15-756.05 - Reassessment and reclassification of English language learners
§ 15-756.07 - Office of English language acquisition services; duties; annual report
§ 15-756.08 - Monitoring; report; corrective action plan
§ 15-756.09 - Teacher training
§ 15-756.10 - Reporting requirements
§ 15-756.11 - Statewide compensatory instruction fund; reporting; definition
§ 15-756.12 - Auditor general; annual financial report; modification
§ 15-757 - Contracts with private vendors
§ 15-761.01 - Child with a disability; reclassification
§ 15-762 - Division of special education
§ 15-763 - Plan for providing special education; definition
§ 15-763.01 - Surrogate parent; notification; appointment
§ 15-764 - Powers and duties of the school district governing board or county school superintendent
§ 15-767 - Annual goals; notification
§ 15-769 - Appropriation and apportionment; approval of program
§ 15-771 - Preschool programs for children with disabilities; definition
§ 15-773 - Transfer of parental rights at age of majority
§ 15-779.01 - Powers and duties of the school district governing board
§ 15-779.02 - Gifted pupils; scope and sequence; annual financial report
§ 15-779.03 - Additional assistance for gifted programs
§ 15-779.04 - Powers and duties of the superintendent of public instruction
§ 15-781.02 - Meetings; majority required for validation; travel expenses; immunity
§ 15-782 - Career and technical education and vocational education
§ 15-782.01 - Instructors; specialized teaching certificate; qualifications; rules; definition
§ 15-783 - Evaluation of career and technical education and vocational education programs
§ 15-786 - Acceptance of gifts or grants; fund; unexpended monies
§ 15-787 - Eligibility; allocation; plan
§ 15-788 - Exemption from certain requirements; exception
§ 15-791 - Arizona agricultural youth organization special plate fund
§ 15-792 - Declaration of purpose and policy
§ 15-792.02 - Board examination system; private contractor; duties; rules
§ 15-792.03 - Grand Canyon diploma
§ 15-795 - Declaration of purpose and policy
§ 15-795.01 - Competency-based college-ready educational pathways
§ 15-796 - Alternative education programs; alternative schools; requirements; funding; definitions
§ 15-798 - Governing board responsibility
§ 15-802 - School instruction; exceptions; violations; classification; definitions
§ 15-802.01 - Homeschooled children; eligibility to participate in interscholastic activities
§ 15-803 - School attendance; exemptions; definitions
§ 15-804 - Attendance officer; appointment; salary
§ 15-805 - Attendance officer; powers and duties
§ 15-806 - Excuse from school attendance
§ 15-808 - Arizona online instruction; reports; definitions
§ 15-816.07 - District and school immunity
§ 15-821 - Admission of children; required age
§ 15-823 - Admission; residents of other school districts; nonresidents of this state; tuition
§ 15-823.01 - Admission of nonresident pupils; active military duty; definitions
§ 15-825.01 - Certificates of educational convenience; pupils attending out-of-state schools
§ 15-825.02 - Certificates of educational convenience; unorganized territory
§ 15-826 - Education of children to whom school inaccessible
§ 15-827 - Presentation of withdrawal form
§ 15-828 - Birth certificate; school records; exception
§ 15-829 - Missing child; notification of school; flagging records; definitions
§ 15-842 - Damage to school property; suspension or expulsion of pupil; liability of parent
§ 15-843 - Pupil disciplinary proceedings; definition
§ 15-844 - Suspension and expulsion proceedings for children with disabilities
§ 15-855 - School or school district operation on a year-round school year basis; separate budget
§ 15-872 - Proof of immunization; noncompliance; notice to parents; civil immunity
§ 15-873 - Exemptions; nonattendance during outbreak
§ 15-874 - Records; reporting requirements
§ 15-901.01 - Inflation adjustments
§ 15-901.02 - Voluntary full-day kindergarten instruction; requirements; academic quality
§ 15-901.03 - Transfers; review
§ 15-901.05 - Application of school finance changes
§ 15-901.07 - Concurrent coursework; calculation of average daily membership; definition
§ 15-902.01 - Student revenue loss phasedown
§ 15-902.03 - Procedures for determining average daily membership
§ 15-902.04 - Optional two hundred days of instruction
§ 15-903 - Budget format; prohibited expenditures; annual report
§ 15-904 - School district annual financial report; publication; summary
§ 15-905.01 - Truth in taxation; calculation; notice and hearing; vote on tax increase
§ 15-908 - Revenue control limit for school district after consolidation
§ 15-909 - Financial provisions for accommodation schools; definition
§ 15-910.02 - Energy and water savings accounts
§ 15-911 - Aggregate expenditure limitation; aggregate expenditures of local revenues; adjustments
§ 15-912 - Consolidation assistance
§ 15-912.01 - Unification assistance
§ 15-913 - Education programs; juvenile detention centers; fund
§ 15-913.01 - Education program; county jails
§ 15-914 - Financial and compliance audits
§ 15-914.01 - Accounting responsibility; definition
§ 15-914.02 - School district audit
§ 15-915 - Correction of state aid or budget limit errors; definition
§ 15-916 - Expenditure of state grant monies not included in budget
§ 15-920 - Performance pay; budget balance carryforward; definitions
§ 15-921 - Duties of superintendent of public instruction
§ 15-922 - Reporting duties of the school district; definition
§ 15-923 - Contracts for transportation; requirement; report
§ 15-924 - In lieu of transportation grants
§ 15-925 - School transportation; allowable vehicles
§ 15-941 - Teacher experience index; computation; definition
§ 15-943.01 - Maintenance and operation budget balance; definition
§ 15-943.01; Version 2 - Maintenance and operation budget balance; definition
§ 15-943.02 - Base support level for career technical education districts
§ 15-944 - Base revenue control limit
§ 15-944.01 - Additional expenditures exempt in whole or in part from revenue control limit
§ 15-945 - Transportation support level
§ 15-946 - Transportation revenue control limit
§ 15-949 - Small school districts; exemption from general budget limit; budget revision
§ 15-950 - Revenue control limits for new school districts
§ 15-953 - Increases in the base level
§ 15-954 - Adjustment for tuition loss
§ 15-961 - District additional assistance; growth rate
§ 15-961; Version 2 - District additional assistance; growth rate
§ 15-962.01 - District additional assistance allocation for career technical education districts
§ 15-963 - Capital transportation adjustment for small school districts
§ 15-964 - Federal impact adjustment
§ 15-965 - Schools; impact aid; teacher housing
§ 15-973 - Apportionment of funds; expenditure limitation
§ 15-973.01 - Assistance for education fund
§ 15-974 - Equalization assistance for education for accommodation schools
§ 15-974; Version 2 - Equalization assistance for education for accommodation schools
§ 15-975 - Method of determining funds payable to a joint common school district
§ 15-977 - Classroom site fund; definitions
§ 15-978 - Classroom site fund budget limit; school district
§ 15-979 - Instructional improvement fund
§ 15-980 - Uncollected property tax; property tax loss; supplemental state aid
§ 15-991.01 - Tax levy for property not located in a school district
§ 15-995 - Special district assessment for adjacent ways by school district
§ 15-996 - Duties of county treasurer relating to school district's monies
§ 15-998 - Liability of treasurer for failure to keep separate account or give notice; enforcement
§ 15-1000 - County school fund
§ 15-1001 - Special county school reserve fund
§ 15-1002 - Administration of county school reserve fund; uses
§ 15-1021 - Limit on bonded indebtedness; limit on authorization and issuance of bonds; definitions
§ 15-1023.01 - Municipal property corporation financing prohibited; definition
§ 15-1024 - Interest on bonds; sale; disposition of proceeds; definition
§ 15-1025 - Investment and reinvestment of debt service fund
§ 15-1027 - Administration of school district debt service funds by county treasurer
§ 15-1028 - Disposition of surplus tax monies
§ 15-1029 - Rights of bondholder; additional state tax
§ 15-1030 - Cancellation of unsold bonds; notice; hearing
§ 15-1032 - Capital facilities; bonded indebtedness liability for unified school districts
§ 15-1033 - Certification of school district bonds by attorney general
§ 15-1041 - Student accountability information system
§ 15-1042 - Student level data; timeline for submittal; confidentiality; definition
§ 15-1043 - Student level data; allowable disclosure; policies
§ 15-1045 - Education database; pupil privacy
§ 15-1046 - Student data privacy; definitions
§ 15-1051 - Definition of noncustodial federal monies
§ 15-1052 - Receipt of federal monies; accounting; report
§ 15-1101 - Revolving funds; purpose and manner of procuring
§ 15-1103 - Insurance proceeds fund; disposition of proceeds
§ 15-1104 - Unemployment compensation fund
§ 15-1106 - Permanent teacherage fund; uses; definition
§ 15-1107 - Litigation recovery fund; disposition of proceeds
§ 15-1108 - District services fund
§ 15-1121 - Student activities monies defined
§ 15-1123 - Record of revenues and expenditures
§ 15-1124 - Student activities revolving fund for expenses
§ 15-1125 - Auxiliary operations fund defined
§ 15-1126 - Accounting; deposit; disposition of monies
§ 15-1142 - Powers of the governing board
§ 15-1143 - Community school program fund
§ 15-1151 - Definition of school meal programs
§ 15-1152 - School meal programs; nonschool meal programs; powers of state board of education
§ 15-1153 - Federal funds; acceptance; disbursement
§ 15-1155 - Records, reports, regulations, audits and inspections by state board of education
§ 15-1157 - Inclusion of expenses in budget of superintendent of public instruction
§ 15-1158 - Agreements for meals for persons sixty years of age or older
§ 15-1172 - Arizona youth farm loan fund
§ 15-1182 - Special education fund; administration
§ 15-1183 - Placement; voucher application requirements
§ 15-1184 - Vouchers; requirements; budgets; prohibited uses
§ 15-1185 - School district responsibility; integration into a school
§ 15-1202 - Special education fund account; administration; expenditure limitation
§ 15-1203 - Placement; requirements
§ 15-1204 - Voucher; application; approval; requirements; budgets; prohibited uses; advances
§ 15-1205 - Voucher; evaluation; placement; definition
§ 15-1222 - Bank account; employee income tax; withholdings
§ 15-1223 - Bank accounts; employee insurance; interest; accounting procedures
§ 15-1224 - Grants to teachers for instruction
§ 15-1225 - Postemployment benefits; trust accounts; actuarial report
§ 15-1231 - Career and technical education projects fund; use of monies; requirements
§ 15-1251 - State block grant for early childhood education; evaluation
§ 15-1261 - E-rate application; fund
§ 15-1281 - Student support and safety fund; exemption; distribution; definitions
§ 15-1282 - Career training and workforce fund; exemption; distribution
§ 15-1283 - Career training and workforce program; grants; rules
§ 15-1284 - Separate local-level funds; annual reporting; no supplanting
§ 15-1285 - Local revenues and revenue control limitations; exemption
§ 15-1286 - State treasurer; annual reports; distributions from funds
§ 15-1302 - Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind; provision of services
§ 15-1303 - School for the deaf and the blind as public corporation; tax exemption
§ 15-1305 - Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind; classroom site fund
§ 15-1306 - Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind; local education agency
§ 15-1321 - Board of directors; members; appointment; term; compensation
§ 15-1322 - Board organization; meetings; quorum
§ 15-1323 - Board of directors; fund; powers and duties
§ 15-1324 - Reports of board of directors
§ 15-1326 - Employment and discharge of personnel; probationary status; report; hearing; policies
§ 15-1327 - Limitations on reduction of salaries or personnel; notice; reappointment
§ 15-1329 - Employee salaries and classification; definition
§ 15-1330 - Personnel; fingerprinting; immunity
§ 15-1341 - Instruction of pupils
§ 15-1343 - Persons entitled to education
§ 15-1344 - Authority for enrollment of children under three years of age; definition
§ 15-1345 - Overage and nonresident students; deposit
§ 15-1346 - Payment for personal expenses
§ 15-1373 - State education system for committed youth; classroom site fund
§ 15-1402 - Community college districts; requirements; exception
§ 15-1402.01 - Alternative organization for community college districts
§ 15-1403 - Procedure to form a district; exception
§ 15-1404 - Election to determine formation of district; notice; canvass
§ 15-1405 - Presentation of plan to legislature by county board of supervisors
§ 15-1407 - Formation of new district by subdivision of existing district; division of assets
§ 15-1410 - Credit and noncredit courses
§ 15-1441 - Selection of precincts; district board members; terms; qualifications; vacancies
§ 15-1443 - Meetings; officers; immunity
§ 15-1444 - General powers and duties of district boards
§ 15-1444.01 - Baccalaureate degree programs; reporting requirements; definitions
§ 15-1445 - Administrative powers and duties of district governing boards
§ 15-1446 - Lease-purchase agreements
§ 15-1447 - Community college district collegiate special plate funds; purpose
§ 15-1448 - Employment of legal counsel; opinions of counsel
§ 15-1450 - District board members; participation in employee benefit plan
§ 15-1451 - Optional retirement plans
§ 15-1452 - Evaluation of vocational and technological education programs
§ 15-1453 - Energy and water savings accounts
§ 15-1461 - District budget; annual estimate; computation; notice; hearing; adoption
§ 15-1461.01 - Truth in taxation notice and hearing; roll call vote on tax increase; definition
§ 15-1462 - Special tax levy for maintenance or capital outlay of district; proration of monies
§ 15-1463 - State contribution for capital outlay for initial or additional campus
§ 15-1466 - State aid; eligibility; limits
§ 15-1466.01 - Calculation of full-time equivalent student enrollment; report
§ 15-1466.02 - Record keeping requirements for full-time equivalent student enrollment
§ 15-1467 - State aid appropriations; disbursement procedure; district fund
§ 15-1468 - Equalization aid for community college districts
§ 15-1469.01 - Payment of community college nonresident state student cost
§ 15-1470 - Community college courses; intergovernmental agreement
§ 15-1471 - Expenditure limitations; overrides
§ 15-1472 - Community college district workforce development accounts; reports
§ 15-1484 - Powers to secure bonds
§ 15-1485 - Monies of institution
§ 15-1487 - Prohibitions against obligating the state of Arizona
§ 15-1488 - Bonds obligations issued for and on behalf of institutions
§ 15-1489 - Certification of bonds by attorney general
§ 15-1490 - Excision of unconstitutional or ineffective parts of article
§ 15-1491 - Supplemental nature of article; construction and purpose
§ 15-1601 - State universities; location; faculty powers; report
§ 15-1606 - Correspondence and extension courses
§ 15-1621 - Members; appointment; terms; oath; immunity
§ 15-1622 - Officers; organization; quorum
§ 15-1623 - Compensation of members
§ 15-1624 - Meetings of board advisory committees; student records; executive session
§ 15-1625 - General powers of board as body corporate
§ 15-1626 - General administrative powers and duties of board; definition
§ 15-1626.01 - Transfer of fees for student organizations; prohibition; support
§ 15-1628 - Powers and procedures pertaining to optional retirement programs
§ 15-1630 - Abortion at educational facility prohibited; exception
§ 15-1631 - State museum; fees
§ 15-1632 - University property of expelled students; classification
§ 15-1634 - Intergovernmental agreements; special assessments
§ 15-1635 - University research development purposes; product development; corporations
§ 15-1636 - Lease of real property and improvements in research park; prohibited and permitted uses
§ 15-1638 - Disclosure of records and other matters; exception; definition
§ 15-1640 - Public records exemptions; confidential information; historical records; donor records
§ 15-1641 - University collegiate special plate funds; purpose
§ 15-1642 - Financial aid trust fund; aid to students with verifiable financial need; endowment
§ 15-1643 - Arizona area health education system; centers; governing boards; duties
§ 15-1644 - Statewide commission; membership; qualifications; duties; compensation; staffing
§ 15-1645 - Health professions field scholarships; purpose; amount; repayment; definition
§ 15-1646 - Board of regents and university scholarships; notification requirements
§ 15-1648 - Technology and research initiative fund; purpose
§ 15-1649 - Fingerprinting academic and nonacademic personnel; civil immunity; definitions
§ 15-1650 - Annual financial aid report
§ 15-1650.01 - Hospitality studies scholarship fund
§ 15-1650.02 - Energy and water savings accounts
§ 15-1650.04 - Contract lobbyist; prohibition
§ 15-1650.05 - COVID-19 vaccine; face covering; testing; mandate prohibition; exceptions
§ 15-1650.06 - Arizona veterinary loan assistance program; fund; annual report; rules; definitions
§ 15-1651 - Teacher training schools
§ 15-1652 - Management and expenses
§ 15-1653 - Authority to prescribe rules governing admission and attendance
§ 15-1654 - Qualifications for admission to teacher training program
§ 15-1656 - Suicide prevention training programs; requirements
§ 15-1657 - Arizona teacher student loan program; requirements; fund; definitions
§ 15-1661 - Annual appropriation; enrollment audit; expenditure; balance; salaries
§ 15-1662 - Universities; funds and accounts
§ 15-1663 - Expenditure of land funds; eminent scholars matching grant fund
§ 15-1664 - Expenditure of monies
§ 15-1665 - Acceptance of federal and other monies
§ 15-1666 - Federal monies; deposit and expenditure
§ 15-1667 - Federal aid to experiment stations
§ 15-1668 - Deposits of universities monies to be secured; exception
§ 15-1669 - Payment of salaries; sick leave
§ 15-1682.01 - Lease-purchase agreements
§ 15-1682.02 - Indirect and third party financing; review; reporting
§ 15-1686 - Effect on bonds authorized but unissued
§ 15-1687 - Enforcement of contract
§ 15-1688 - Monies of the board
§ 15-1690 - Prohibitions against obligating state of Arizona
§ 15-1691 - Bonds; obligations of board
§ 15-1692 - Certification of bonds by attorney general
§ 15-1693 - Bonds as legal investments
§ 15-1694 - Excision of unconstitutional and ineffective parts of article
§ 15-1695 - Supplemental nature of article; construction and purpose
§ 15-1696 - Commercial paper; requirements
§ 15-1701 - Arizona promise program; eligibility requirements; award; fund; definitions
§ 15-1702 - Arizona board of regents; state higher education agency; state scholarship grant agency
§ 15-1703 - Arizona leveraging educational assistance program; grants; criteria
§ 15-1704 - Postsecondary educational fund; exemption; use of monies
§ 15-1722 - Board of medical student loans; members; terms; officers; compensation
§ 15-1723 - Medical student loans; amount; qualifications; requirements
§ 15-1724 - Medical student loans; interest; obligations; penalties; authority of attorney general
§ 15-1725 - Medical student loan fund; exemption
§ 15-1742 - Authority of governor to enter compact; terms of compact
§ 15-1744 - Processing and certification of students
§ 15-1745 - Contract with student certified by board
§ 15-1747 - Reciprocity agreement for distance education; definition
§ 15-1751 - Positions at the university of Arizona
§ 15-1753 - Primary care disciplines; definition
§ 15-1754 - Rural health professions program; definition
§ 15-1755 - Clinical rotations
§ 15-1756 - Medical programs; students; required opioid-related clinical education
§ 15-1770 - Required form of contract
§ 15-1771 - Notice to educational institution
§ 15-1772 - Student athlete's right to cancel contract
§ 15-1774 - Prohibited conduct; violation; classification
§ 15-1802 - In-state student status
§ 15-1802.01 - County residency status; community college districts
§ 15-1803 - Alien in-state student status
§ 15-1804 - Presumptions relating to student status; definition
§ 15-1805 - Student status guidelines
§ 15-1805.01 - Admissions; enrollments; community colleges
§ 15-1806 - Testimony concerning student status; designation of persons to administer oaths
§ 15-1807 - Concurrent enrollment; nonresident tuition
§ 15-1808 - Tuition waiver scholarships; eligibility; definitions
§ 15-1809.01 - Tuition waiver scholarships; persons in foster care; requirements; definition
§ 15-1811 - Individuals with disabilities; policies; documentation; dissemination
§ 15-1821 - Special admission of students under age eighteen; enrollment information; reports
§ 15-1821.01 - Dual enrollment information
§ 15-1822 - Report; academic performance of high school graduates
§ 15-1823 - Identification numbers; social security numbers
§ 15-1824 - Transfer articulation; course numbering; reports
§ 15-1825 - Prohibited financial assistance; report
§ 15-1831 - Information on persons who have completed vocational programs; definitions
§ 15-1862 - Rights of students at universities and community colleges
§ 15-1863 - Student organizations; recognition; rights
§ 15-1865 - Free speech; prohibition
§ 15-1867 - Arizona board of regents; committee on free expression; annual report
§ 15-1868 - Community college districts; committee on free expression; annual report
§ 15-1869 - Information on free expression; freshman orientation programs
§ 15-1873 - Treasurer; powers and duties; AZ529, Arizona's education savings plan trust fund
§ 15-1874 - Use of contractor as account depository and manager
§ 15-1876 - Higher education expenses; exemption from taxation
§ 15-1877 - Scholarships and financial aid provisions
§ 15-1881 - Postsecondary health sciences programs; definitions
§ 15-1891 - College course materials; information; definitions
§ 15-1892 - Student athlete compensation; definitions
§ 15-1895 - Voting information; postsecondary students
§ 15-1896 - Faculty employment decisions; religious and political beliefs; definitions
§ 15-1901 - Authority of governor to enter compact; terms of compact for education
§ 15-2301 - Hazing prevention policies; definitions
§ 15-2401; Version 2 - Definitions
§ 15-2402 - Arizona empowerment scholarship accounts; funds
§ 15-2404 - State control over nonpublic schools; prohibition; application
§ 15-2405 - Arizona empowerment scholarship accounts parent oversight committee; membership; duties