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A. The state board of education shall be composed of the superintendent of public instruction, the president of a state university or a state college, four lay members, a president or chancellor of a community college district, a person who is an owner or administrator of a charter school, a superintendent of a high school district, a classroom teacher and a county school superintendent. A member who is a president of a state university or a state college shall not succeed himself.
B. The governor shall appoint each member, other than the superintendent of public instruction, pursuant to § 38–211 for a term of four years beginning on the third Monday in January.
Title 15-203 Powers and duties: A. The state board of education shall:
1. Exercise general supervision over and regulate the conduct of the public school system and adopt any rules and policies it deems necessary to accomplish this purpose.
2. Keep a record of its proceedings.
3. Make rules for its own government.
4. Determine the policy and work undertaken by it.
5. Subject to title 41, chapter 4, article 4, 1 employ staff.
6. Prescribe and supervise the duties of its employees pursuant to title 41, chapter 4, article 4, if not otherwise prescribed by statute
7. Delegate to the superintendent of public instruction the execution of board policies and rules.
8. Recommend to the legislature changes or additions to the statutes pertaining to schools.
9. Prepare, publish and distribute reports concerning the educational welfare of this state.
10. Prepare a budget for expenditures necessary for proper maintenance of the board and accomplishment of its purposes and present the budget to the legislature.
11. Aid in the enforcement of laws relating to schools.
12. Prescribe a minimum course of study in the common schools, minimum competency requirements for the promotion of pupils from the third grade and minimum course of study and competency requirements for the promotion of pupils from the eighth grade. The state board of education shall prepare a fiscal impact statement of any proposed changes to the minimum course of study or competency requirements and, on completion, shall send a copy to the director of the joint legislative budget committee and the executive director of the school facilities board. The state board of education shall not adopt any changes in the minimum course of study or competency requirements in effect on July 1, 1998 that will have a fiscal impact on school capital costs.
13. Prescribe minimum course of study and competency requirements for the graduation of pupils from high school. The state board of education shall prepare a fiscal impact statement of any proposed changes to the minimum course of study or competency requirements and, on completion, shall send a copy to the director of the joint legislative budget committee and the executive director of the school facilities board. The state board of education shall not adopt any changes in the minimum course of study or competency requirements in effect on July 1, 1998 that will have a fiscal impact on school capital costs.
14. Pursuant to § 15–501.01 , supervise and control the certification of persons engaged in instructional work directly as any classroom, laboratory or other teacher or indirectly as a supervisory teacher, speech therapist, principal or superintendent in a school district, including school district preschool programs, or any other educational institution below the community college, college or university level, and prescribe rules for certification.
15. Adopt a list of approved tests for determining special education assistance to gifted pupils as defined in and as provided in chapter 7, article 4.1 of this title. 2 The adopted tests shall provide separate scores for quantitative reasoning, verbal reasoning and nonverbal reasoning and shall be capable of providing reliable and valid scores at the highest ranges of the score distribution.
16. Adopt rules governing the methods for the administration of all proficiency examinations.
17. Adopt proficiency examinations for its use and determine the passing score for the proficiency examinations.
18. Include within its budget the cost of contracting for the purchase, distribution and scoring of the examinations as provided in paragraphs 16 and 17 of this subsection.
19. Supervise and control the qualifications of professional nonteaching school personnel and prescribe standards relating to qualifications. The standards shall not require the business manager of a school district to obtain certification from the state board of education.
20. Impose such disciplinary action, including the issuance of a letter of censure, suspension, suspension with conditions or revocation of a certificate, on a finding of immoral or unprofessional conduct.
21. Establish an assessment, data gathering and reporting system for pupil performance as prescribed in chapter 7, article 3 of this title, 3 including qualifying examinations for the college credit by examination incentive program pursuant to § 15–249.06 .
22. Adopt a rule to promote braille literacy pursuant to § 15–214 .
23. Adopt rules prescribing procedures for the investigation by the department of education of every written complaint alleging that a certificated person has engaged in immoral conduct.
24. For purposes of federal law, serve as the state board for vocational and technological education and meet at least four times each year solely to execute the powers and duties of the state board for vocational and technological education.
25. Develop and maintain a handbook for use in the schools of this state that provides guidance for the teaching of moral, civic and ethical education. The handbook shall promote existing curriculum frameworks and shall encourage school districts to recognize moral, civic and ethical values within instructional and programmatic educational development programs for the general purpose of instilling character and ethical principles in pupils in kindergarten programs and grades one through twelve.
26. Require pupils to recite the following passage from the declaration of independence for pupils in grades four through six at the commencement of the first class of the day in the schools, except that a pupil shall not be required to participate if the pupil or the pupil’s parent or guardian objects:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed․․․․
27. Adopt rules that provide for certification reciprocity pursuant to § 15–501.01 .
28. Adopt rules that provide for the presentation of an honorary high school diploma to a person who has never obtained a high school diploma and who meets both of the following requirements:
(a) Currently resides in this state.
(b) Provides documented evidence from the department of veterans’ services that the person enlisted in the armed forces of the United States and served in World War I, World War II, the Korean conflict or the Vietnam conflict.
29. Cooperate with the Arizona–Mexico commission in the governor’s office and with researchers at universities in this state to collect data and conduct projects in the United States and Mexico on issues that are within the scope of the duties of the department of education and that relate to quality of life, trade and economic development in this state in a manner that will help the Arizona–Mexico commission to assess and enhance the economic competitiveness of this state and of the Arizona–Mexico region.
30. Adopt rules to define and provide guidance to schools as to the activities that would constitute immoral or unprofessional conduct of certificated persons.
31. Adopt guidelines to encourage pupils in grades nine, ten, eleven and twelve to volunteer for twenty hours of community service before graduation from high school. A school district that complies with the guidelines adopted pursuant to this paragraph is not liable for damages resulting from a pupil’s participation in community service unless the school district is found to have demonstrated wanton or reckless disregard for the safety of the pupil and other participants in community service. For the purposes of this paragraph, “community service” may include service learning. The guidelines shall include the following:
(a) A list of the general categories in which community service may be performed.
(b) A description of the methods by which community service will be monitored.
(c) A consideration of risk assessment for community service projects.
(d) Orientation and notification procedures of community service opportunities for pupils entering grade nine, including the development of a notification form. The notification form shall be signed by the pupil and the pupil’s parent or guardian, except that a pupil shall not be required to participate in community service if the parent or guardian notifies the principal of the pupil’s school in writing that the parent or guardian does not wish the pupil to participate in community service.
(e) Procedures for a pupil in grade nine to prepare a written proposal that outlines the type of community service that the pupil would like to perform and the goals that the pupil hopes to achieve as a result of community service. The pupil’s written proposal shall be reviewed by a faculty advisor, a guidance counselor or any other school employee who is designated as the community service program coordinator for that school. The pupil may alter the written proposal at any time before performing community service.
(f) Procedures for a faculty advisor, a guidance counselor or any other school employee who is designated as the community service program coordinator to evaluate and certify the completion of community service performed by pupils.
32. To facilitate the transfer of military personnel and their dependents to and from the public schools of this state, pursue, in cooperation with the Arizona board of regents, reciprocity agreements with other states concerning the transfer credits for military personnel and their dependents. A reciprocity agreement entered into pursuant to this paragraph shall:
(a) Address procedures for each of the following:
(i) The transfer of student records.
(ii) Awarding credit for completed coursework.
(iii) Permitting a student to satisfy the graduation requirements prescribed in § 15–701.01 through the successful performance on comparable exit-level assessment instruments administered in another state.
(b) Include appropriate criteria developed by the state board of education and the Arizona board of regents.
33. Adopt guidelines that school district governing boards shall use in identifying pupils who are eligible for gifted programs and in providing gifted education programs and services. The state board of education shall adopt any other guidelines and rules that it deems necessary in order to carry out the purposes of chapter 7, article 4.1 of this title.
34. For each of the alternative textbook formats of human-voiced audio, large-print and braille, designate alternative media producers to adapt existing standard print textbooks or to provide specialized textbooks, or both, for pupils with disabilities in this state. Each alternative media producer shall be capable of producing alternative textbooks in all relevant subjects in at least one of the alternative textbook formats. The board shall post the designated list of alternative media producers on its website.
35. Adopt a list of approved professional development training providers for use by school districts as provided in § 15–107, subsection J . The professional development training providers shall meet the training curriculum requirements determined by the state board of education in at least the areas of school finance, governance, employment, staffing, inventory and human resources, internal controls and procurement.
36. Adopt rules to prohibit a person who violates the notification requirements prescribed in § 15–183, subsection C , paragraph 8 or § 15–550, subsection C from certification pursuant to this title until the person is no longer charged or is acquitted of any offenses listed in § 41–1758.03, subsection B . The state board shall also adopt rules to prohibit a person who violates the notification requirements, certification surrender requirements or fingerprint clearance card surrender requirements prescribed in § 15–183, subsection C , paragraph 9 or § 15–550, subsection D from certification pursuant to this title for at least ten years after the date of the violation.
37. Adopt rules for the alternative certification of teachers of nontraditional foreign languages that allow for the passing of a nationally accredited test to substitute for the education coursework required for certification.
38. Adopt rules to define competency-based educational pathways for college and career readiness that may be used by schools. The rules shall include the following components:
(a) The establishment of learning outcomes that will be expected for students in a particular subject.
(b) A process and criteria by which assessments may be identified or established to determine whether students have reached the desired competencies in a particular subject.
(c) A mechanism to allow pupils in grades seven through twelve who have demonstrated competency in a subject to immediately obtain credit for the mastery of that subject. The rules shall include a list of applicable subjects, including the level of competency required for each subject.
39. In consultation with the department of health services, the department of education, medical professionals, school health professionals, school administrators and an organization that represents school nurses in this state, adopt rules that prescribe the following for school districts and charter schools:
(a) Annual training in the administration of auto-injectable epinephrine for designated medical and nonmedical school personnel. The annual training prescribed in this subdivision is optional during any fiscal year in which a school does not stock epinephrine auto-injectors at the school during that fiscal year.
(b) Annual training for all school site personnel on the recognition of anaphylactic shock symptoms and the procedures to follow when anaphylactic shock occurs, following the national guidelines of the American academy of pediatrics. The annual training prescribed in this subdivision is optional during any fiscal year in which a school does not stock epinephrine auto-injectors at the school during that fiscal year.
(c) Procedures for the administration of epinephrine auto-injectors in emergency situations.
(d) Procedures for annually requesting a standing order for epinephrine auto-injectors pursuant to § 15–157 from 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 4 or a doctor of osteopathic medicine licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 17. 5
(e) Procedures for reporting the use of epinephrine auto-injectors to the department of health services.
40. In consultation with the department of education, medical professionals, school health professionals, school administrators and an organization that represents school nurses in this state, adopt rules that prescribe the following for school districts and charter schools that elect to administer inhalers:
(a) Annual training in the recognition of respiratory distress symptoms and the procedures to follow when respiratory distress occurs, in accordance with good clinical practice, and the administration of inhalers, as directed on the prescription protocol, by designated medical and nonmedical school personnel.
(b) Requirements for school districts and charter schools that elect to administer inhalers to designate at least two employees at each school to be trained in the recognition of respiratory distress symptoms and the procedures to follow when respiratory distress occurs, in accordance with good clinical practice, and at least two employees at each school to be trained in the administration of inhalers, as directed on the prescription protocol.
(c) Procedures for the administration of inhalers in emergency situations, as directed on the prescription protocol.
(d) Procedures for annually requesting a standing order for inhalers and spacers or holding chambers pursuant to § 15–158 from the chief medical officer of a county health department, a physician licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13 or 17 6 or a nurse practitioner licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 15. 7
(e) Procedures for notifying a parent once an inhaler has been administered.
41. Adopt rules for certification that allow substitute teachers who can demonstrate primary teaching responsibility in a classroom as defined by the state board of education to use the time spent in that classroom toward the required capstone experience for standard teaching certification.
42. For the purposes of Sandra Day O’Connor civics celebration day instruction under § 15–710.01 , develop a list of recommended resources relating to civics education that align with the academic standards prescribed by the state board of education in social studies pursuant to §§ 15–701 and 15–701.01 . The state board shall establish a process that allows public schools to recommend resources for addition to the list.
B. The state board of education may:
1. Contract.
2. Sue and be sued.
3. Distribute and score the tests prescribed in chapter 7, article 3 of this title.
4. Provide for an advisory committee to conduct hearings and screenings to determine whether grounds exist to impose disciplinary action against a certificated person, whether grounds exist to reinstate a revoked or surrendered certificate and whether grounds exist to approve or deny an initial application for certification or a request for renewal of a certificate. The board may delegate its responsibility to conduct hearings and screenings to its advisory committee. Hearings shall be conducted pursuant to title 41, chapter 6, article 6. 8
5. Proceed with the disposal of any complaint requesting disciplinary action or with any disciplinary action against a person holding a certificate as prescribed in subsection A, paragraph 14 of this section after the suspension or expiration of the certificate or surrender of the certificate by the holder.
6. Assess costs and reasonable attorney fees against a person who files a frivolous complaint or who files a complaint in bad faith. Costs assessed pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed the expenses incurred by the department of education in the investigation of the complaint.
The state board of education shall adopt rules prescribing procurement practices for all school districts in this state as follows:
1. The state board shall submit to the auditor general proposed rules consistent with the procurement practices prescribed in title 41, chapter 23, 1 modifying the provisions for public notice of invitation for bids, requests for proposals and requests for qualifications to allow a governing board to give public notice of the invitation for bids, requests for proposals and requests for qualifications by publication in the official newspaper of the county as prescribed in § 11–255 , modifying the provisions relating to disposal of materials to comply with § 15–342 , paragraph 18, providing for governing board delegation of procurement authority and modifying as necessary other provisions that the state board determines are not appropriate for school districts. The rules shall include provisions specifying that school districts are not required to engage in competitive bidding in order to make the decision to participate in programs pursuant to § 15–382 and that a program authorized by § 15–382 is not required to engage in competitive bidding for the services necessary to administer the program or for purchase of insurance or reinsurance. The rules shall include provisions specifying that school districts are not required to engage in competitive bidding in order to place a pupil in a private school that provides special education services if such a placement is prescribed in the pupil’s individualized education program and the private school has been approved by the department of education division of special education pursuant to § 15–765, subsection D . This placement is not subject to rules adopted by the state board of education before November 24, 2009 pursuant to this section. The rules for procurement of construction projects shall include provisions specifying that surety bonds furnished as bid security and performance and payment bonds shall be executed and furnished as required by title 34, chapter 2 or 6, 2 as applicable. The rules shall specify the total cost of a procurement that is subject to invitations for bids, requests for proposals and requests for clarification, using the aggregate dollar amount limits for procurements prescribed in § 41–2535 .
2. The state board of education shall adopt rules for procurements involving construction not exceeding $150,000, which shall be known as the simplified school construction procurement program. At a minimum, the rules for a simplified construction procurement program shall require that:
(a) Each county school superintendent maintain a list of persons who desire to receive solicitations to bid on construction projects to which additions shall be permitted throughout the year.
(b) The list of persons be available for public inspection.
(c) A performance bond and a payment bond as required by this section be provided for contracts for construction by contractors.
(d) All bids for construction be opened at a public opening and the bids shall remain confidential until the public opening.
(e) All persons desiring to submit bids be treated equitably and the information related to each project be available to all eligible persons.
(f) Competition for construction projects under the simplified school construction procurement program be encouraged to the maximum extent possible. At a minimum, a school district shall submit information on each project to all persons listed with the county school superintendent by any school district within that county.
(g) A provision, covenant, clause or understanding in, collateral to or affecting a construction contract that makes the contract subject to the laws of another state or that requires any litigation, arbitration or other dispute resolution proceeding arising from the contract to be conducted in another state is against this state’s public policy and is void and unenforceable.
3. The state board of education shall adopt rules for the procurement of goods and information services by school districts and charter schools using electronic, online bidding. The rules adopted by the state board shall include the use of reverse auctions and shall be consistent with the procurement practices prescribed in title 41, chapter 23, article 13, 3 modifying as necessary those provisions and the rules adopted pursuant to that article that the state board determines are not appropriate for school districts and charter schools. Until the rules are adopted, school districts and charter schools may procure goods and information services pursuant to title 41, chapter 23, article 13 using the rules adopted by the department of administration in implementing that article.
4. The state board shall adopt rules for the procurement by school districts of any materials, services, goods, construction or construction services that ensure maximum practicable competition as prescribed in § 41–2565 and shall require that a person:
(a) That contracts for or purchases any materials, services, goods, construction or construction services in a manner contrary to the rules adopted by the state board pursuant to this section is personally liable for the recovery of all public monies paid plus twenty percent of that amount and legal interest from the date of payment and all costs and damages arising out of the violation as prescribed in § 41–2616 .
(b) That intentionally or knowingly contracts for or purchases any materials, services, goods, construction or construction services pursuant to a scheme or artifice to avoid the rules adopted by the state board pursuant to this section is guilty of a class 4 felony as prescribed in § 41–2616 .
(c) That prepares procurement specifications may not receive any direct or indirect benefit from using those specifications.
(d) That serves on a selection committee for a procurement may not be a contractor or subcontractor under a contract awarded under the procurement or provide any specified professional services, construction, construction services, materials or other services under the contract. A person that serves on a selection committee for a procurement and that fails to disclose contact with a representative of a competing vendor or fails to provide required accurate information is subject to a civil penalty as prescribed in § 41–2616 .
5. The state board shall adopt rules requiring school districts to obtain and maintain a record of proof that a construction or construction services provider that has been awarded a contract with the school district, or school purchasing cooperative, has a valid license to practice in this state.
6. The auditor general shall review the proposed rules to determine whether the rules are consistent with the procurement practices prescribed in title 41, chapter 23 and any modifications are required to adapt the procedures for school districts.
7. If the auditor general approves the proposed rules, the auditor general shall notify the state board in writing and the state board shall adopt such rules.
8. If the auditor general objects to the proposed rules, the auditor general shall notify the state board of the objections in writing and the state board, in adopting the rules, shall conform the proposed rules to meet the objections of the auditor general or revise the proposed rules to which an objection has been made and submit the revisions to the auditor general for approval.
B. After the bids submitted in response to an invitation for bids are opened and the award is made or after the proposals or qualifications are submitted in response to a request for proposals or a request for qualifications and the award is made, the governing board shall make available for public inspection all information, all bids, proposals and qualifications submitted and all findings and other information considered in determining whose bid conforms to the invitation for bids and will be the most advantageous with respect to price, conformity to the specifications and other factors or whose proposal or qualifications are to be selected for the award, including the rationale for awarding a contract for any specified professional services, construction, construction services or materials to an entity selected from a qualified select bidders list or through a school purchasing cooperative. The invitation for bids, request for proposals or request for qualifications shall include a notice that all information and bids, proposals and qualifications submitted will be made available for public inspection. The rules adopted by the state board shall prohibit the use in connection with procurement of specifications in any way proprietary to one supplier unless the specification includes all of the following:
1. A statement of the reasons why no other specification is practicable.
2. A description of the essential characteristics of the specified product.
3. A statement specifically permitting an acceptable alternative product to be supplied.
C. A project or purchase may not be divided or sequenced into separate projects or purchases in order to avoid the limits prescribed by the state board under subsection A of this section.
D. A contract for the procurement of construction or construction services shall include a provision that provides for negotiations between the school district and the contractor for the recovery of damages related to expenses incurred by the contractor for a delay for which the school district is responsible, that is unreasonable under the circumstances and that was not within the contemplation of the parties to the contract. This subsection does not void any provision in the contract that requires notice of delays, provides for arbitration or any other procedure for settlement or provides for liquidated damages.
E. The auditor general may conduct discretionary reviews, investigations and audits of the financial and operational procurement activities of school districts, nonexempt charter schools and school purchasing cooperatives. The auditor general has final review and approval authority over all school district, nonexempt charter school and school purchasing cooperative audit contracts and any audit reports issued in accordance with this section. If the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe an employee of a school district or school purchasing cooperative, or an employee of an entity that has been awarded a contract by a school district or school purchasing cooperative, has engaged in, is engaging in or is about to engage in any practice or transaction that violates the rules adopted by the state board of education pursuant to this section, the attorney general may:
1. Require that person to file on forms prescribed by the attorney general a statement or report in writing and under oath as to all the facts and circumstances concerning a violation of the rules adopted by the state board pursuant to this section by that person and any other data and information deemed necessary by the attorney general.
2. Examine under oath any person in connection with a violation of the rules adopted by the state board pursuant to this section.
F. In addition to the requirements of §§ 15–914 and 15–914.01 , school districts, nonexempt charter schools and school purchasing cooperatives, in connection with any audit conducted by a certified public accountant, shall contract for a systematic review of purchasing practices using methodology consistent with sampling guidelines established by the auditor general. The auditor general shall consider cost when establishing guidelines pursuant to this subsection and to the extent possible shall attempt to minimize the cost of the review. The purpose of the review is to determine whether the school district, nonexempt charter school or school purchasing cooperative is in compliance with the procurement laws and applicable procurement rules of this state. A copy of the review shall be submitted on completion to the auditor general. The auditor general may conduct discretionary reviews of school districts, nonexempt charter schools and school purchasing cooperatives that are not required to contract for independent audits.
G. A school district school employee who has control over personnel actions may not take reprisal against a school district school employee for that employee’s disclosure of information that is a matter of public concern, including a violation of this section, to a public body pursuant to title 38, chapter 3, article 9. 4
H. The attorney general or county attorney has jurisdiction to enforce this section. The attorney general or county attorney may seek relief for any violation of this section through an appropriate civil or criminal action in superior court, including an action to enjoin a threatened or pending violation of this section and including an action to enforce compliance with any request for documents made by the auditor general pursuant to this section.
I. The department of education shall enact policies and procedures for the acceptance and disposition of complaints from the public regarding school procurement practices and shall forward all school procurement complaints to the attorney general. Notwithstanding rules adopted by the state board, school districts shall not be required to prepare or submit an annual report on the benefits associated with the use of construction-manager-at-risk, design-build, qualified select bidders list and job-order-contracting methods.
J. The state board of education shall adopt, and the auditor general shall review, rules authorizing school districts to procure construction services by construction-manager-at-risk, design-build, qualified select bidders list and job-order-contracting methods of project delivery. The rules shall not require school districts to obtain bid security for the construction-manager-at-risk method of project delivery.
K. A school district or charter school may evaluate United States general services administration contracts for materials and services. The governing board or governing body may authorize purchases under a current contract for materials or services without complying with the requirements of the procurement rules adopted by the state board of education if the governing board or governing body determines in writing that all of the following apply:
1. The price for materials or services is equal to or less than the contractor’s current federal supply contract price with the general services administration.
2. The contractor has indicated in writing that the contractor is willing to extend the current federal supply contract pricing, terms and conditions to the school district or charter school.
3. The purchase order adequately identifies the federal supply contract on which the order is based.
4. The purchase contract is cost effective and is in the best interests of the school district or charter school.
L. Unless otherwise provided by law, multiterm contracts for materials or services and contracts for job-order-contracting construction services may be entered into if the duration of the contract and the conditions of renewal or extension, if any, are included in the invitation for bids or the request for proposals and if monies are available for the first fiscal period at the time the contract is executed. The duration of contracts for materials or services and contracts for job-order-contracting construction services are limited to no more than five years unless the governing board determines in writing before the procurement solicitation is issued that a contract of longer duration would be advantageous to the school district. Payment and performance obligations for succeeding fiscal periods are subject to the availability and appropriation of monies.
M. Notwithstanding the rules adopted by the state board of education, the maximum dollar amount of an individual job order for job-order-contracting construction services is $1,000,000 or a higher or lower amount prescribed by the governing board in a policy adopted in a public meeting held pursuant to title 38, chapter 3, article 3.1. 5 Requirements shall not be artificially divided or fragmented in order to constitute a job order that satisfies the requirements of this subsection.
N. A person who supervises or participates in contracts, purchases, payments, claims or other financial transactions, or a person who supervises or participates in the planning, recommending, selecting or contracting for materials, services, goods, construction, or construction services of a school district or school purchasing cooperative is guilty of a class 6 felony if the person solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any personal gift or benefit with a value of $300 or more from a person or vendor that has secured or has taken steps to secure a contract, purchase, payment, claim or financial transaction with the school district or school purchasing cooperative. Soliciting, accepting or agreeing to accept any personal gift or benefit with a value of less than $300 is a class 1 misdemeanor. A gift or benefit does not include an item of nominal value such as a greeting card, t-shirt, mug or pen.
O. Any person or vendor that has secured or has taken steps to secure a contract, purchase, payment, claim or financial transaction with a school district or school purchasing cooperative that offers, confers or agrees to confer any personal gift or benefit with a value of $300 or more on a person who supervises or participates in contracts, purchases, payments, claims or other financial transactions, or on a person who supervises or participates in planning, recommending, selecting or contracting for materials, services, goods, construction or construction services of a school district or school purchasing cooperative, is guilty of a class 6 felony. Offering, conferring or agreeing to confer any personal gift or benefit with a value of less than $300 is a class 1 misdemeanor. A gift or benefit does not include an item of nominal value such as a greeting card, t-shirt, mug or pen.
P. Any person or vendor convicted under subsection O of this section may be suspended for up to six months or barred for up to three years by the director of the department of administration from doing business with school districts and school purchasing cooperatives. The director of the department of administration shall adopt rules, including administrative procedures, to suspend or bar any person from consideration for award of contracts pursuant to this section.
Q. For the purposes of this section:
1. “Gift or benefit” means a payment, distribution, expenditure, advance, deposit or donation of monies, any intangible personal property or any kind of tangible personal or real property. Gift or benefit does not include either:
(a) Food or beverage.
(b) Expenses or sponsorships relating to a special event or function to which individuals listed in subsection N of this section are invited.
2. “Nonexempt charter school” means a charter school that is not exempted from procurement laws pursuant to § 15–183, subsection E , paragraph 6.
3. “School purchasing cooperative” means an entity that is engaged in cooperative purchasing as defined in § 41–2631 .
4. “Total cost” means the cost of all materials and services, including the cost of labor performed by employees of the school district, for all construction as provided in subsection A of this section.
The governing board of a school district shall in the district name, as specified in § 15–441 , subsection B:
1. Sue and be sued.
2. Hold and convey property for the use and benefit of the district.
A. The governing board may call meetings of the qualified school electors of the school district for consultation concerning any litigation in which the district is engaged or is likely to become engaged, or concerning any other affairs of the district not otherwise provided for.
B. Upon a petition of fifteen per cent or one thousand of the qualified electors of the school district as shown by the last regular school election, the governing board shall call such meeting.
C. Meetings of electors shall be called by posting notices in three public places in the school district, including the door of the school building, for not less than ten days preceding the meeting. The notices shall specify the purpose for which the meeting is called, and no other business shall be transacted at the meeting.
D. A school district meeting shall be called to order and presided over by the president of the governing board or, in his absence, by an elector chosen by the electors present. At the meetings all voting shall be by ballot of the qualified school electors. In all matters the meeting may exercise advisory power only.
A. Any common school district and any high school district having common governing board membership and coterminous district boundaries may by resolution of each board provide for the operation of such school districts under a single administrative program.
B. Operation of school districts under a single administrative program shall be commenced on July 1 of any year. The county school superintendent and the superintendent of public instruction shall be notified at least forty-five days before the beginning of a fiscal year of intention to operate under a single administrative program.
C. For purposes of this section, “single administrative program” means that a common school district and a high school district as provided in subsection A may combine administrative functions including but not limited to land acquisition, construction of school buildings, employment of all persons engaged in the administration and operation of the common school district and the high school district, and purchase and use of equipment and services, provided such expenditures are properly prorated to the separate accounts of the common school districts and the high school districts. The proration shall also apply for budget purposes.
D. All other provisions of this title shall be complied with by each of the districts, except that for the purpose of school administration a single administrative program may be conducted.
A community college district, school district, county and city or town may either:
Authorize an existing independent board to hear and decide personnel matters brought pursuant to section 38-532.
Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, a school district governing board or a community college district governing board may hear and decide personnel matters brought pursuant to section 38-532.
If a community college district, school district, county or city or town does not establish an appropriate independent personnel board to hear and decide personnel matters brought pursuant to section 38-532, or does not authorize an existing independent board to hear and decide personnel matters brought pursuant to section 38-532, or if a school district governing board or a community college district governing board does not hear and decide personnel matters brought pursuant to section 38-532, complaints filed pursuant to this article shall be heard by the state personnel board.
However, parents’ rights are not limited to those enumerated in the statute: “[u]nless those rights have been legally waived or legally terminated, parents have inalienable rights that are more comprehensive than those listed in this section. This chapter does not prescribe all rights of parents. Unless otherwise required by law, the rights of parents of minor children shall not be limited or denied.” (A.R.S. § 1-602(D)).
The statute goes on, “[a]ny attempt to encourage or coerce a minor child to withhold information from the child’s parent shall be grounds for discipline of an employee of this state, any political subdivision of this state or any other governmental entity, except for law enforcement personnel.” (A.R.S. § 1-602(C)).
Parents also have important rights regarding the medical care and treatment of their children under Arizona law. In addition to the health care provisions in the Parents’ Bill of Rights discussed above, Arizona’s parents have specific rights found elsewhere in state law, including:
A. The department of education shall notify school districts, career technical education districts and charter schools of electronic data submission procedures and shall distribute a list of the specific student level data elements, including the statutory or regulatory reference for each data element, that school districts, career technical education districts and charter schools are required to submit. The department of education shall not make any changes to the student level data elements to be collected unless the student level data element has been reviewed and adopted by the data governance commission established by section 15-249.01.
B. Each school district, career technical education district and charter school shall submit electronic data on a school-by-school basis, including student level data, to the department of education in order for the school district, career technical education district or charter school to receive monies for the cost of educating students pursuant to this title.
C. The department of education shall grant a school district, career technical education district or charter school an extension to the deadline for the submission of student level data or may provide for an alternative method for the submission of student level data if the school district, career technical education district or charter school proves that good cause exists for the extension, and the school district, career technical education district or charter school shall continue to receive monies for the cost of educating students pursuant to this title. The request for an extension of the deadline for the submission of student level data pursuant to this subsection shall include a justification for the extension and the status of current efforts toward complying with the submission of student level data.
D. A pupil or the parent or guardian of a pupil shall not be required to submit data that does not relate to the provision of educational services or assistance to the pupil.
E. Unless otherwise prescribed, school districts, career technical education districts and charter schools shall begin to report new data elements on July 1 of the year that follows the effective date of the law that requires the collection of the data.
F. Student level data items submitted to the department of education by school districts, career technical education districts and charter schools pursuant to this section shall not be used to adjust funding levels or calculate the average daily membership for the purpose of funding school districts at any time other than the fortieth, one hundredth and two hundredth days of the school year.
G. A school district, career technical education district or charter school is not required to submit student level data to the department of education more often than once every twenty school days.
H. Notwithstanding subsection J of this section, the student level data shall include reasons for the withdrawal if reasons are provided by the withdrawing pupil or the pupil’s parent or guardian. For the purposes of this subsection, the department of education shall include in the specific student level data elements that school districts, career technical education districts and charter schools are required to submit data relating to students who withdraw from school because the student is pregnant or because the student is the biological parent of a child.
I. All student level data collected pursuant to this section is confidential and is not a public record. The data collected may be used for aggregate research and reporting and for providing access of student level data to school districts, career technical education districts, charter schools, community colleges and universities under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents.
J. For the purposes of this section, “student level data” means all data elements that are compiled and submitted for each student in this state and that are necessary for the completion of the statutory requirements of the department of education and the state board of education relating to the calculation of funding for public education, the determination of student academic progress as measured by student testing programs in this state, state and federal reporting requirements and other duties prescribed to the department of education or the state board of education by law. Student level data does not include data elements related to student behavior, discipline, criminal history, medical history, religious affiliation, personal physical descriptors or family information not authorized by the parent or guardian of the pupil or otherwise required by law.
A. Documentary proof is not required for a pupil to be admitted to school if one of the following occurs:
1. The parent or guardian of the pupil submits a signed statement to the school administrator stating that the parent or guardian has received information about immunizations provided by the department of health services and understands the risks and benefits of immunizations and the potential risks of nonimmunization and that due to personal beliefs, the parent or guardian does not consent to the immunization of the pupil.
2. The school administrator receives written certification that is signed by the parent or guardian and by a physician or a registered nurse practitioner, that states that one or more of the required immunizations may be detrimental to the pupil’s health and that indicates the specific nature and probable duration of the medical condition or circumstance that precludes immunization.
B. An exemption pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 2 is only valid during the duration of the circumstance or condition that precludes immunization.
C. Pupils who lack documentary proof of immunization shall not attend school during outbreak periods of communicable immunization-preventable diseases as determined by the department of health services or local health department. The department of health services or local health department shall transmit notice of this determination to the school administrator responsible for the exclusion of the pupils.
A. Except as prescribed pursuant to subsection I of this section, a pharmacist who is licensed pursuant to this chapter and who meets the requirements of this section may administer the following to adults without a prescription order pursuant to rules and protocols adopted by the board pursuant to this section:
1. Immunizations or vaccines recommended for adults by the United States centers for disease control and prevention.
2. Immunizations or vaccines recommended by the United States centers for disease control and prevention’s health information for international travel.
B. A pharmacist who is licensed pursuant to this chapter and who meets the requirements of this section may administer the following to minors without a prescription order pursuant to rules and protocols adopted by the board pursuant to this section:
1. Influenza immunizations or vaccines to a person who is at least three years of age.
2. Booster doses for the primary adolescent series as recommended by the United States centers for disease control and prevention.
3. Immunizations or vaccines recommended by the United States centers for disease control and prevention to a person who is at least thirteen years of age.
C. Except as prescribed in subsection B of this section, a pharmacist who is licensed pursuant to this chapter and who meets the requirements of this section may administer immunizations and vaccines, including the first dose for the primary adolescent series, to a person who is at least six years of age but under thirteen years of age only with a prescription order and pursuant to rules and protocols adopted by the board pursuant to this section.
D. A pharmacist who wishes to administer immunizations and vaccines pursuant to this section must be certified to do so by the board. The board shall issue a certificate to a pharmacist who meets board requirements for certification as prescribed by the board by rule.
E. A pharmacist who is certified to administer immunizations and vaccines pursuant to this section may administer without a prescription order:
1. Emergency medication to manage an acute allergic reaction to an immunization, vaccine or medication in accordance with the United States centers for disease control and prevention immunization guidelines.
2. Immunizations or vaccines to any person regardless of age during a public health emergency response of this state pursuant to section 36-787.
F. A pharmacist who administers an immunization, vaccine or emergency medication pursuant to this section must:
1. Report the administration to the person’s identified primary care provider or physician within forty-eight hours after administering the immunization, vaccine or emergency medication and as prescribed by the board by rule. The pharmacist shall make a reasonable effort to identify the person’s primary care provider or physician by one or more of the following methods:
(a) Checking any adult immunization information system or vaccine registry established by the department of health services.
(b) Checking pharmacy records.
(c) Requesting the information from the person or, in the case of a minor, the person’s parent or guardian.
2. Report information to any adult immunization information system or vaccine registry established by the department of health services.
3. Maintain a record of the immunization pursuant to title 12, chapter 13, article 7.1 and as prescribed by the board by rule.
4. Report to the person’s identified primary care provider or physician, within twenty-four hours of occurrence, any adverse reaction that is reported to or witnessed by the pharmacist and that is listed by the vaccine manufacturer as a contraindication to further doses of the vaccine.
5. Participate in any federal vaccine adverse event reporting system or successor database.
G. This section does not establish a cause of action against a patient’s primary care provider or physician for any adverse reaction, complication or negative outcome arising from the administration of any immunization, vaccine or emergency medication by a pharmacist to the patient pursuant to this section if it is administered without a prescription order written by the patient’s primary care provider or physician.
H. The board shall adopt rules for the administration of vaccines or immunizations pursuant to this section regarding:
1. Protocols that are based on protocols approved by the United States centers for disease control and prevention and any advisory committee appointed by the board for the purpose of recommending protocols.
2. Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
3. Requirements and qualifications for pharmacist certification pursuant to this section.
4. Vaccine information and educational materials for those requesting vaccines and immunizations.
5. The administration of emergency medication pursuant to this section.
I. The department of health services, by rule, shall establish and maintain a list of immunizations or vaccines that may be administered to adults by a pharmacist only pursuant to a prescription order. In adopting and maintaining this list, the department is exempt from the rulemaking requirements of title 41, chapter 6. The department shall adopt its initial rules within six months after receipt of the recommendations of the advisory committee appointed by the board and shall hold one public hearing before implementing the rules and any amendments to the rules. The list shall include those immunizations or vaccines listed in the United States centers for disease control and prevention’s recommended adult immunization schedule or recommended by the United States centers for disease control and prevention’s health information for international travel that have adverse reactions that could cause significant harm to a patient’s health. A pharmacist may not administer immunizations or vaccines without a prescription order pursuant to this section before the department has established the list pursuant to this subsection. The board may not authorize a pharmacist to administer new immunizations or vaccines without a prescription order pursuant to this section until the department reviews the new immunizations and vaccines to determine if they should be added to the list established pursuant to this subsection.
J. The board may appoint an advisory committee to assist the board in adopting and amending rules and developing protocols relating to the administration of immunizations, vaccines and emergency medications and certification requirements.
K. A pharmacy intern who is certified by the board to administer immunizations and vaccines pursuant to this section may do so only in the presence and under the immediate personal supervision of a pharmacist who is certified as prescribed in this section.
L. This section does not prevent a pharmacist who administers an immunization or vaccine from participating in the federal vaccines for children program.
M. A pharmacist may not administer an immunization or vaccine to a minor without the consent of the minor’s parent or guardian.
N. For the purposes of this section:
1. “Emergency medication” means emergency epinephrine and antihistamines in accordance with the United States centers for disease control and prevention immunization guidelines.
2. “Primary adolescent series” means those immunizations or vaccines recommended by the United States centers for disease control and prevention for children starting at age eleven or twelve.
A. The county school superintendent shall:
1. Distribute all laws, reports, circulars, instructions and forms that the county school superintendent may receive for the use of school officers.
2. Record all official acts.
3. Appoint governing board members of school districts to fill all vacancies, but the term of the appointment shall be until the next regular election for governing board members, at which time a successor shall be elected to serve the unexpired portion of the term. Within thirty days after notification of a vacancy, the school district governing board may submit up to three names to the county school superintendent for consideration of an appointment to fill the vacancy. The county school superintendent is not required to appoint a governing board member from the list of names submitted by the governing board. The county school superintendent, if the county school superintendent deems it in the best interest of the community, may call a special election to fill the vacancies. If an election is called, the newly elected member shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired portion of the term.
4. Make reports, when directed by the superintendent of public instruction, showing matters relating to schools in the county as may be required on the forms furnished by the superintendent of public instruction.
5. Have such powers and perform such duties as otherwise prescribed by law.
6. On or before October 1 of each year, report to the superintendent of public instruction the amount of monies received from state school funds, special school district taxes and other sources, the total expenditures for school purposes and the balance on hand to the credit of each school district at the close of the school year.
7. Contract with the board of supervisors for the board of supervisors to conduct all regular school district elections.
8. Be responsible, in cooperation with the school district governing boards and the board of supervisors, for all special school district elections.
9. Maintain teacher and administrator certification records of effective dates and expiration dates of teachers’ and administrators’ certificates in compliance with guidelines prescribed in the uniform system of financial records for those school districts for which the county school superintendent is the fiscal agent. The county school superintendent shall not draw a warrant in payment of a teacher’s, substitute teacher’s or administrator’s salary unless the teacher, substitute teacher or administrator is legally certified during the fiscal year in which the term for payment is demanded.
10. Notify a school district three years before the expiration of a revenue control limit override that the school district’s budget must be adjusted in the final two years of the override pursuant to § 15–481, subsections P and Q , if the voters do not approve another override.
11. In collaboration with the department of education and other state agencies, provide assistance to school districts, charter schools, county free library districts, municipal libraries, nonprofit and public libraries, tribal libraries, private schools and tribal schools on the use of student data, staff development, curriculum alignment and technology to improve student performance.
12. Assist schools in meeting yearly adequate progress goals as defined by criteria established by the state board of education and implemented by the department of education.
B. At the request of school districts and charter schools, the county school superintendent may provide discretionary programs in addition to the programs prescribed in subsection A of this section.
C. The county school superintendent may provide the services prescribed in subsections A and B of this section in the county or jointly with two or more counties pursuant to title 11, chapter 7, article 3.
D. Each county school superintendent may establish an advisory committee to the office of the county school superintendent.
: A. For the purpose of organization of the governing board, the board shall meet at the most convenient public facility in the school district. If a public facility is not available within the district, the governing board may meet at any available public facility that is convenient to all governing board members, regardless of the county or school district in which the facility is located. The governing board shall meet between January 1 and January 15 next following the election.
B. At the organization meeting the governing board shall elect from among the membership of the board a president.
C. For the purposes of regular meetings of the governing board, the board shall meet at the most convenient public facility in the school district. If a public facility is not available within the district, the governing board may meet at any available public facility that is convenient to all governing board members, regardless of the county or school district in which the facility is located.
D. The board shall prescribe rules for its own government. It shall hold a regular meeting at least once each month during the regular school year and may hold other meetings as often as called. If action has been taken and documents approved at a meeting, they may be signed subsequently by individual board members.
E. Business shall be conducted at regular or special meetings. Notice of a special meeting, and of the hour for a regular meeting if no hour is fixed by a rule of the board, shall be delivered personally or by telephone.
F. Notwithstanding § 1–216 , if there is a vacancy or vacancies on the governing board, a majority of the remaining members of the governing board constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except that a single member of the governing board does not constitute a quorum.
G. An order on a county school superintendent for a salary or other expense shall be signed by the governing board. An order for salary or other expense may be signed between board meetings if a resolution to that effect has been passed prior to the signing at a regular or special meeting of the governing board and the order is ratified by the board at the next regular or special meeting of the governing board.
H. This section does not apply to county school superintendents in the conduct of an accommodation school
State of Arizona, County of ______________ I, _____________________
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do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution and laws of the State of Arizona, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and defend them against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office of ______________________ (name of office) ________________________ according to the best of my ability, so help me God (or so I do affirm).
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(signature of officer or employee)
In addition to the penalty fixed by express terms for every neglect or violation of official duty on the part of public officers of the state, a county, city, town, district or township where it is not so expressly provided, such officers may, in the discretion of the court, be removed from office.
The governor, every state and judicial officer, except justices of courts not of record, shall be liable to impeachment for high crimes, misdemeanors or malfeasance in office.
Impeachment shall be instituted in the house of representatives by resolution, and shall be conducted by managers elected by the house of representatives, who shall prepare articles of impeachment, present them at the bar of the senate and prosecute them. The hearing shall be heard before the senate sitting as a court of impeachment.
In this title, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. ” Office” , ” board” or ” commission” means any office, board or commission of the state, or any political subdivision thereof, the salary or compensation of the incumbent or members of which is paid from a fund raised by taxation or by public revenue.
2. ” Public institution” means any institution maintained and paid for from a fund raised by taxation or by public revenue.
3. ” Officer” or ” public officer” means the incumbent of any office, member of any board or commission, or his deputy or assistant exercising the powers and duties of the officer, other than clerks or mere employees of the officer.
The approval of every official bond shall be endorsed thereon, signed by the officer approving the bond, and filed within the time prescribed for filing the oath in the office in which the official oath of the office is filed, except that the bonds of deputies or employees shall be filed with the officer appointing the deputy or employee. No fee shall be charged for the filing or recording thereof.
When a public officer, excepting a notary public, his deputy, assistant or employee is required by law or by a board or commission of the respective agencies of the state to give bond for the performance of the duties of his office and the surety of the bond is a corporation, the premiums for the writing of the bonds shall be a public charge of such officer and shall be paid from the expense fund of the agency, or if no expense fund exists, then by the state or county out of the general fund.
Every officer with whom bonds are filed shall record them in a book kept by him for that purpose, preserve the bond and give certified copies thereof under seal to any person upon demand and payment of the fee for a copy and certificate.
All official bonds shall be joint and several in form and made payable to the state of Arizona. The condition shall be that the principal will well, truly and faithfully perform all official duties required of him by law. The bond shall be signed by the principal and at least two sureties or a qualified surety company, and shall comply and be subject to the law governing the bond of such officer.
When the penal amount of any bond required to be given amounts to more than one thousand dollars, the sureties may become severally liable for portions of not less than five hundred dollars thereof, making in the aggregate at least two sureties for the whole penal sum. If any such bond becomes forfeited, action may be brought thereon against all or any number of the obligors and judgment entered against them, either jointly or severally as they are liable. The judgment shall not be entered against a surety severally bound for a greater amount than that for which he is specifically liable by the terms of the bond. Each surety is liable to contribution of his cosureties in proportion to the amount for which he is liable.
Every official bond executed by an officer pursuant to law is in force and obligatory upon the principal and sureties therein for any and all breaches of the conditions thereof committed during the time the officer continues to discharge any of the duties of or hold the office, whether the breaches are committed or suffered by the principal officer, his deputy or clerk. When, except in criminal prosecutions, a penalty, forfeiture or liability is imposed on any officer for nonperformance or malperformance of official duty, the liability therefor attaches to the official bond of the officer, and to the principal and sureties thereon. Every such bond is in force and obligatory upon the principal and sureties therein for the faithful discharge of all duties which may be required of the officer by any law enacted subsequently to the execution of the bond, and such condition shall be expressed therein.
Every official bond executed by any officer pursuant to law, is in force and obligatory upon the principal and sureties therein to and for the state and to and for the use and benefit of all persons who may be injured or aggrieved by the wrongful act or default of the officer in his official capacity. Any person so injured or aggrieved may bring an action on the bond in his own name without an assignment thereof
No bond is void on the first recovery of a judgment thereon, but action may afterwards be brought on the bond from time to time by the state, or by any person injured, and judgment recovered thereon until the whole penalty of the bond is exhausted.
When an official bond does not contain the substantial matter or conditions required by law, or when there are any defects in the approval or filing thereof, such defects shall not discharge the officer and his sureties, and they are bound to the state, or party injured, according to the conditions and obligations required by law to be inserted therein. The state or the injured party may in an action upon the bond, suggest the defect in the bond, approval or filing, and recover the proper and equitable demand or damages from the officer and the persons who intended to become and were included as sureties in the bond.
The new or additional bond shall be in the penalty directed by the person approving the original bond, in all respects similar to, and approved by and filed with the same officer as the original bond. When so filed it shall be of like force from the date of its execution and subject the officer and his sureties to the same liabilities as the original bond.
The original bond is not discharged or affected by the giving of new or additional bond, but remains of like force and obligation as if the new or additional bond had not been given. The officer and his sureties are liable upon either or both bonds, and an action may be brought upon either bond, or separate actions on both bonds, and the same cause of action may be alleged and judgment recovered in each action.
Any person appointed to fill a vacancy, before entering upon the duties of the office, shall give a bond as required of the officer originally elected or appointed.
No surety shall be released from liability for acts, omissions or causes existing or which arose before the making of the order discharging him, but legal proceedings may be had therefor in all respects as though no such order had been made
After an action has been commenced to recover upon any bond required to be given by a public officer, the plaintiff may file an affidavit stating either positively or on information and belief that the bond was executed by the defendant, and that the defendant has real property, designating the county or counties in which it is located. The clerk receiving the affidavit shall certify to the recorder of the county in which the real estate is located the names of the parties to the action, the name of the court in which the action is pending and the amount claimed in the complaint, with the date of the commencement of the action.
Upon receiving the certificate the county recorder shall endorse, file and record it in the same manner as notices of the pendency of an action affecting real estate. Any judgment recovered in such action is a lien upon all real estate belonging to the defendant and located in any county in which the certificate is filed for the amount that the owner thereof is or may be liable upon the judgment, from the time of filing the certificate.
If monies are apportioned to a school district pursuant to section 15-207, the state board of education shall direct the department of administration division of finance to draw a warrant for the amount apportioned, and the state treasurer shall pay the warrant upon presentation, as provided by law. The school district shall immediately deposit the monies with the county treasurer of the county in which the district is located, and the treasurer shall place it in the appropriate fund to the credit of the district. Thereafter the monies shall be disbursed by the county treasurer only on the voucher of the school district and the warrant of the county school superintendent.
(a) A public school that provides instruction to pupils in any combination of kindergarten programs and grades one through twelve.
(b) A public community college or a vocational education program that provides academic instruction or training not exceeding two years’ duration in the arts, sciences and humanities beyond the twelfth grade of the public or private high school course of study.
(c) Any public college or university that provides academic instruction beyond the twelfth grade of the public or private high school course of study and that offers any combination of baccalaureate, master’s or doctoral degrees to students that complete specified academic requirements.
(a) The act was committed in connection with an initiation into, an affiliation with or the maintenance of membership in any organization that is affiliated with an educational institution.
(b) The act contributes to a substantial risk of potential physical injury, mental harm or degradation or causes physical injury, mental harm or personal degradation.
This section is not to be construed as a statement of the department’s organization. This section is intended to be a statement of powers and duties in addition to the powers and duties granted by section 36-103. The director shall:
(a) Administrative services, which shall include at a minimum the functions of accounting, personnel, standards certification, electronic data processing, vital statistics and the development, operation and maintenance of buildings and grounds used by the department.
(b) Public health support services, which shall include at a minimum:
(i) Consumer health protection programs, consistent with paragraph 25 of this section, that include at least the functions of community water supplies, general sanitation, vector control and food and drugs.
(ii) Epidemiology and disease control programs that include at least the functions of chronic disease, accident and injury control, communicable diseases, tuberculosis, venereal disease and others.
(iii) Laboratory services programs.
(iv) Health education and training programs.
(v) Disposition of human bodies programs.
(c) Community health services, which shall include at a minimum:
(i) Medical services programs that include at least the functions of maternal and child health, preschool health screening, family planning, public health nursing, premature and newborn program, immunizations, nutrition, dental care prevention and migrant health.
(ii) Dependency health care services programs that include at least the functions of need determination, availability of health resources to medically dependent individuals, quality control, utilization control and industry monitoring.
(iii) Children with physical disabilities services programs.
(iv) Programs for the prevention and early detection of an intellectual disability.
(d) Program planning, which shall include at least the following:
(i) An organizational unit for comprehensive health planning programs.
(ii) Program coordination, evaluation and development.
(iii) Need determination programs.
(iv) Health information programs.
Nothing in this title shall authorize the department or any of its officers or representatives to impose on any person against his will any mode of treatment, provided that sanitary or preventive measures and quarantine laws are complied with by the person. Nothing in this title shall authorize the department or any of its officers or representatives to impose on any person contrary to his religious concepts any mode of treatment, provided that sanitary or preventive measures and quarantine laws are complied with by the person.
A person who violates a provision of this article, or a regulation adopted pursuant to this article, is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor for each violation. In the instance of continuing violation, each day constitutes a separate offense
The Privacy Act offers protections for personal information, which it defines as any recorded information “about an identifiable individual.”
It can include your race; national or ethnic origin; religion; age; marital status; blood type; fingerprints; medical, criminal or employment history; information on financial transactions; home address; and your Social Insurance Number, driver’s license or any other identifying number assigned to you.
Parental And Guardian Rights Are Protected Under Title 15
And The Arizona Parents’ Bill Of Rights
Overview: Parents have the right, as well as the responsibility, to direct their children’s upbringing in a manner consistent with their beliefs and with knowledge of each child’s unique needs, talents, and abilities.
The United States Supreme Court has recognized the importance of parental rights and has repeatedly held that parents possess the “fundamental right” to “direct the upbringing and education of their children.” The Court has repeatedly reaffirmed, “the child is not the mere creature of the State; those who nurture him and direct his destiny have the right, coupled with the high duty, to recognize and prepare him for additional obligations.”
The state of Arizona recognizes this fundamental right, and therefore has a robust set of laws that protect parental rights to direct a child’s upbringing, education, and health care.
Parents have the solemn right and responsibility to raise their children according to their own sincerely held convictions. Government must always recognize this right and make every effort to support parents in the choices they make while raising their children. In Arizona, citizens should be aware of the extensive parental rights in state law and their ability to exercise them freely.
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