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  • 15-501 - Definitions
    In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Administrator" means any school district administrator except a school principal devoting not less than fifty per...
  • 15-502 - Employment of school district personnel; payment of wages of discharged employee
    A. The governing board at any time may employ and fix the salaries and benefits of employees necessary for the succeeding year. The contracts of...
  • 15-503 - Superintendents, principals, head teachers and school psychologists; term of employment; evaluation; contract delivery; nonretention notice
    A. The governing board may: 1. Employ a superintendent or principal, or both. If the governing board employs a superintendent, the governing board shall determine...
  • 15-504 - Contract days for professional association activities; prohibition
    School district employment contracts shall not include compensated days for professional association activities. For the purposes of this section, professional association activities do not include...
  • 15-505 - Examination of persons displaying symptoms of pulmonary disease
    A school district employee shall not be required to submit to annual or other regular periodic examinations for tuberculosis, except that in instances where such...
  • 15-506 - Flag, Constitution and the Bill of Rights display; recitation of the pledge of allegiance; exemption
    A. School districts and charter schools shall: 1. Acquire United States flags that are manufactured in the United States and that are at least two...
  • 15-507 - Abuse of teacher or school employee in school; classification
    A person who knowingly abuses a teacher or other school employee on school grounds or while the teacher or employee is engaged in the performance...
  • 15-508 - Dismissal for failure to comply with certain laws
    Wilful neglect or failure on the part of a school superintendent, principal, teacher or other officer of a school to observe and carry out the...
  • 15-510 - Authorization of leaves of absence; application; preservation of rights
    A. The governing board may authorize leaves of absence for school district personnel when it deems such leaves of absence to be reasonable and for...
  • 15-511 - Use of school district or charter school resources or employees to influence elections; prohibition; civil penalty; definition
    A. A person acting on behalf of a school district or a person who aids another person acting on behalf of a school district shall...
  • 15-512 - Noncertificated personnel; fingerprinting personnel; background investigations; affidavit; civil immunity; violation; classification; definition
    A. Noncertificated personnel and personnel who are not paid employees of the school district and who are not either the parent or the guardian of...
  • 15-513 - Transportation employees; chemical abuse education; drug tests; costs; termination from employment; appeal; definition
    A. Beginning on January 1, 1991, a transportation employee shall submit to drug and alcohol testing if the supervisor of the employee, or the supervisor's...
  • 15-514 - Reports of immoral or unprofessional conduct; immunity
    A. Any certificated person or governing board member who reasonably suspects or receives a reasonable allegation that a person certificated by the state board of...
  • 15-515 - Duty to report violations occurring on school premises
    All school personnel who observe a violation of section 13-3102, subsection A, paragraph 12 or section 13-3111 on school premises shall immediately report the violation...
  • 15-516 - Teacher immunity
    A full-time teacher who is employed by a school district or a charter school is immune from personal liability for all acts done and actions...
  • 15-521 - Duties of teachers
    Every teacher shall: 1. Hold pupils to strict account for disorderly conduct. 2. Take and maintain daily classroom attendance. 3. Make the decision to promote...
  • 15-531 - Fees
    The state board of education may fix and collect fees for: 1. Issuance and evaluation, singly or both, including provisional, basic or standard teaching certificate,...
  • 15-531.01 - Certification expiration; military service; one year extension
    A. A certificate issued pursuant to this article to any member of the Arizona national guard or the United States armed forces reserves shall not...
  • 15-532 - Examination on state and United States constitutions; exemption; intergovernmental agreement or contract for administration and evaluation
    A. A person applying for a certificate authorizing the person to become superintendent, principal or teacher in a school, in addition to fingerprinting and other...
  • 15-533 - Reciprocity; proficiency examination
    A. To qualify for either a basic or standard teaching certificate, or equivalent certificate later adopted by the state board of education, a person must...
  • 15-534 - Fingerprinting; review and disciplinary action; violation; classification
    A. A person who applies for a certificate as prescribed in section 15-203 shall have a valid fingerprint clearance card that is issued pursuant to...
  • 15-534.01 - Withdrawal of applications for administrative deficiencies; denial of applications for substantive deficiencies; certification time frames
    A. If an application for certification is administratively incomplete, as prescribed in title 41, chapter 6, article 7.1, the department of education or the state...
  • 15-534.02 - Restrictions on applications for certification after the surrender, revocation or denial of certificate
    A. A person shall not submit an application for certification with the state board of education for a period of five years if any of...
  • 15-534.03 - Service of documents; change of address notice requirement
    A. Every notice or decision issued by the state board of education pertaining to the denial of an application for initial certification or renewal of...
  • 15-535 - Sectarian instruction prohibited
    A teacher who uses sectarian or denominational books or teaches any sectarian doctrine or conducts any religious exercises in school is guilty of unprofessional conduct...
  • 15-536 - Offer of contract to certificated teacher who has not been employed more than three consecutive school years; acceptance; notice to teacher of intention not to reemploy
    A. Subject to sections 15-539, 15-540, 15-541, 15-544 and 15-549, the governing board shall offer a teaching contract for the next ensuing school year to...
  • 15-537 - Performance of certificated teachers; evaluation system
    A. The governing board of a school district shall establish a system for the evaluation of the performance of certificated teachers in the school district....
  • 15-538 - Preliminary notice of inadequacy of classroom performance
    A. The governing board of any school district shall give any certificated teacher who has not been employed by the school district for more than...
  • 15-538.01 - Offer of contract to certificated teacher employed more than three consecutive school years
    A. Subject to sections 15-539, 15-540, 15-541, 15-544 and 15-549, the governing board shall offer to each certificated teacher who has been employed by the...
  • 15-539 - Dismissal of certificated teacher; due process; written charges; notice; hearing on request
    A. On a written statement of charges presented by the superintendent, charging that there exists cause for the suspension without pay for a period of...
  • 15-540 - Suspension prior to dismissal of a certificated teacher; written charges; salary
    A. Upon a written statement of charges adopted by the governing board charging a certificated teacher of the school district with cause for suspension without...
  • 15-541 - Hearing on dismissal
    A. The governing board shall decide whether to hold a hearing on the dismissal or suspension without pay for a period of time longer than...
  • 15-542 - Hearing costs; counsel; limitations on evidence; reinstatement
    A. The governing board shall pay all expenses of the hearing. The certificated teacher and the governing board shall pay their own attorney and witness...
  • 15-543 - Appeal from decision of board
    A. The decision of the governing board is final unless the certificated teacher files, within thirty days after the date of the decision, an appeal...
  • 15-544 - Limitations on reduction of salaries or personnel
    A. A governing board may reduce salaries or eliminate certificated teachers in a school district in order to effectuate economies in the operation of the...
  • 15-545 - Resignation restrictions; unprofessional act; penalty
    A certificated teacher shall not resign after signing and returning his contract, unless the resignation is first approved by the governing board. A teacher who...
  • 15-546 - Rights in employment not vested
    The provisions of this article may be modified, amended or repealed at any time and no person shall be deemed to have acquired any vested...
  • 15-547 - Preservation of years of employment
    The years of employment of a certificated teacher who has been employed by a school district for more than the major portion of three consecutive...
  • 15-549 - Compulsory leaves of absence for criminal charges; continued salary
    A. If any certificated teacher is charged by criminal complaint, information or indictment with any criminal offense which would be deemed cause for dismissal, the...
  • 15-550 - Unprofessional conduct; penalty
    A. A teacher who has been convicted of a dangerous crime against children as defined in section 13-705 or has been convicted of a violation...
  • 15-551 - Confidentiality of pupil's name; disciplinary hearing; civil penalty
    A. The governing board and the state board of education shall keep confidential the name of a pupil involved in a hearing before either board...
  • 15-552 - Alternative teacher development program; report; program termination
    A. The state board of education shall establish an alternative teacher development program for the purpose of accelerating the process of identifying, training and placing...
  • Last modified: February 19, 2012