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Arizona Revised Statutes - Title 15 Education - Chapter 8 School Attendance

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  • 15-801 - School year; school month; holidays
    A. Except as may be otherwise authorized by the superintendent of public instruction to accommodate a year-round school operation, an educational program offered on the...
  • 15-802 - School instruction; exceptions; violations; classification; definitions
    A. Every child between the ages of six and sixteen years shall attend a school and shall be provided instruction in at least the subjects...
  • 15-802.01 - Homeschooled children; eligibility to participate in interscholastic activities
    A. Notwithstanding any other law, a child who resides within the attendance area of a public school and who is homeschooled shall be allowed to...
  • 15-803 - School attendance; exemptions; definitions
    A. It is unlawful for any child who is between six and sixteen years of age to fail to attend school during the hours school...
  • 15-804 - Attendance officer; appointment; salary
    A. The governing board of a school district may appoint an attendance officer for the school district. The salary of the attendance officer shall be...
  • 15-805 - Attendance officer; powers and duties
    A. The attendance officer may enforce the law relating to: 1. School attendance of children between the ages of six and sixteen years. 2. The...
  • 15-806 - Excuse from school attendance
    A. The governing board of each school district and the governing body of each charter school shall adopt a policy governing the excuse of pupils...
  • 15-807 - Absence from school; notification of parent or person having custody of pupil; immunity
    A. If a pupil in a kindergarten program or grades one through eight is absent from school without excuse as provided in this article or...
  • 15-808 - Arizona online instruction; reports; definitions
    A. Arizona online instruction shall be instituted to meet the needs of pupils in the information age. The state board of education shall select traditional...
  • 15-809 - AIMS intervention and dropout prevention program; program termination; definitions
    A. The department of education shall establish an AIMS intervention and dropout prevention program. The department of education shall develop application procedures, selection criteria and...
  • 15-816 - Definitions
    In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Nonresident pupil" means a pupil who resides in this state and who is enrolled in or...
  • 15-816.01 - Enrollment policies
    A. School district governing boards shall establish policies and shall implement an open enrollment policy without charging tuition. Tuition may be charged to nonresident pupils...
  • 15-816.02 - Desegregation provisions
    A school shall admit pupils who reside in the attendance area of a school that is under a court order of desegregation or that is...
  • 15-816.07 - District and school immunity
    A school district and its employees are immune from civil liability for decisions that concern the acceptance or rejection of a nonresident pupil for enrollment...
  • 15-821 - Admission of children; required age
    A. Unless otherwise provided by article 1.1 of this chapter or by any other law, all schools shall admit children who are between the ages...
  • 15-823 - Admission; residents of other school districts; nonresidents of this state; tuition
    A. Except as provided in subsections B, C, D, E and F of this section, children of nonresidents of this state may be admitted upon...
  • 15-824 - Admission of pupils of other school districts; homeless children; tuition charges; definitions
    A. The governing board of a school district shall admit pupils from another school district or area as follows: 1. Upon the presentation of a...
  • 15-825 - Certificate of educational convenience; issuance; effect on enrollment records
    A. A pupil who is precluded by distance or lack of adequate transportation facilities from attending a school in the school district or county of...
  • 15-825.01 - Certificates of educational convenience; pupils attending out‑of‑state schools
    15-825.01. Certificates of educational convenience; pupils attending out-of-state schools A. A school district is eligible to receive payment from state school monies for excess tuition...
  • 15-825.02 - Certificates of educational convenience; unorganized territory
    A. If the annual number of certificates of educational convenience or students attending through open enrollment into any adjacent school district from a single unorganized...
  • 15-826 - Education of children to whom school inaccessible
    The county school superintendent, with the consent of the board of supervisors, may allow on his warrant an amount not to exceed ten dollars per...
  • 15-827 - Presentation of withdrawal form
    A. A pupil who enters a school shall present to the principal of the school a properly executed withdrawal form if such pupil previously attended...
  • 15-828 - Birth certificate; school records; exception
    A. On enrollment of a pupil for the first time in a particular school district or private school offering instruction to pupils in any kindergarten...
  • 15-829 - Missing child; notification of school; flagging records; definitions
    A. When a child is reported missing by a parent or guardian, the law enforcement agency receiving the report shall notify as soon as is...
  • 15-840 - Definitions
    In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Expulsion" means the permanent withdrawal of the privilege of attending a school unless the governing board...
  • 15-841 - Responsibilities of pupils; expulsion; alternative education programs; community service; placement review committee
    A. Pupils shall comply with the rules, pursue the required course of study and submit to the authority of the teachers, the administrators and the...
  • 15-842 - Damage to school property; suspension or expulsion of pupil; liability of parent
    A. A pupil who cuts, defaces or otherwise injures any school property may be suspended or expelled. B. Upon complaint of the governing board, the...
  • 15-843 - Pupil disciplinary proceedings
    A. An action concerning discipline, suspension or expulsion of a pupil is not subject to title 38, chapter 3, article 3.1, except that the governing...
  • 15-844 - Suspension and expulsion proceedings for children with disabilities
    Notwithstanding sections 15-841 and 15-842, the suspension or expulsion of children with disabilities, as defined in section 15-761, shall be in accordance with the individuals...
  • 15-854 - Year-round school year operation; powers and duties of superintendent of public instruction
    A. The superintendent of public instruction shall: 1. Prepare and distribute all necessary forms for application by any school district for state authorization for a...
  • 15-855 - School or school district operation on a year‑round school year basis; separate budget
    15-855. School or school district operation on a year-round school year basis; separate budget A. Any school district which is qualified may operate on a...
  • 15-861 - Four day school week and alternative kindergarten programs
    A. A governing board, after at least two public hearings in the school district, may offer an educational program on the basis of a four...
  • 15-871 - Definitions
    In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Documentary proof" means written evidence that a pupil has been immunized or has laboratory evidence of...
  • 15-872 - Proof of immunization; noncompliance; notice to parents; civil immunity
    A. The director of the department of health services, in consultation with the superintendent of public instruction, shall develop by rule standards for documentary proof....
  • 15-873 - Exemptions; nonattendance during outbreak
    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...
  • 15-874 - Records; reporting requirements
    A. Each pupil's immunizations shall be recorded on the school immunization record. The school immunization record shall be a standardized form developed by the department...
  • 15-881 - Extended school year services for pupils with disabilities; eligibility and service structure; definition
    A. Each school district shall make extended school year services available to all pupils with disabilities for whom such services are necessary. Extended school year...
  • 15-891 - Arizona scholarships for pupils with disabilities program; definitions
    A. The Arizona scholarships for pupils with disabilities program is established to provide pupils with disabilities with the option of attending any public school of...
  • 15-891.01 - Obligations of school districts and department of education
    A. A school district shall timely notify the parent of each pupil with a disability of all options available pursuant to this article and offer...
  • 15-891.02 - Qualified school eligibility
    To be eligible to participate in the Arizona scholarships for pupils with disabilities program, a qualified school shall be located in this state and may...
  • 15-891.03 - Obligations of program participants
    A. Parents who apply for Arizona scholarships pursuant to this article are exercising their parental option to place their children in a qualified school. A...
  • 15-891.04 - Scholarship funding and payment; fund; liability; rules
    A. The maximum scholarship granted for a pupil with a disability shall be equivalent to the base support level prescribed in section 15-943 for that...
  • 15-891.05 - Limitation of regulation on qualified schools
    A. In any legal proceeding challenging the application of this article to a qualified school, this state bears the burden of establishing that the law...
  • 15-891.06 - Program termination
    The program established by this article ends on July 1, 2016 pursuant to section 41-3102.
  • Last modified: February 19, 2012