§ 15-756.12 – Auditor general; annual financial report; modification
15-756.12. Auditor general; annual financial report; modification The auditor general shall modify the annual financial report prescribed in section 15-904 in order to carry out this article.
§ 15-756.13 – School district and charter schools; responsibility to comply with state and federal law
15-756.13. School district and charter schools; responsibility to comply with state and federal law Nothing in sections 15-756 and 15-756.01 through 15-756.12 relieves a school district or charter school of its responsibility to comply with all state and federal laws.
§ 15-757 – Contracts with private vendors
15-757. Contracts with private vendors School districts and charter schools may enter into contracts with private vendors that provide literacy services that are designed to make participating pupils who begin receiving the services in kindergarten successful at reading, writing and speaking English at the third grade level by the end of the third grade.
§ 15-756.10 – Reporting requirements
15-756.10. Reporting requirements The office of English language acquisition services in the department of education shall: 1. Require each school district and charter school to annually submit a report to the department that includes the following information identified by grade level and by school: (a) The total number of pupils who are classified as English […]
§ 15-756.11 – Statewide compensatory instruction fund; reporting; definition
15-756.11. Statewide compensatory instruction fund; reporting; definition A. The statewide compensatory instruction fund is established. The department of education shall administer the fund. B. To be eligible for monies appropriated pursuant to this section, a school district or charter school must demonstrate to the department of education that it has established a satisfactory compensatory instruction […]
§ 15-751 – Definitions
15-751. Definitions (Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 Applies) In this article, 1. " Bilingual education/native language instruction" means a language acquisition process for students in which much or all instruction, textbooks, or teaching materials are in the child’s native language other than English. 2. " English language classroom" means a classroom in which English is the […]
§ 15-752 – English language education
15-752. English language education (Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 Applies) Subject to the exceptions provided in section 15-753, all children in Arizona public schools shall be taught English by being taught in English and all children shall be placed in English language classrooms. Children who are English learners shall be educated through sheltered English immersion during […]
§ 15-753 – Parental waivers
15-753. Parental waivers (Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 Applies) A. The requirements of section 15-752 may be waived with the prior written informed consent, to be provided annually, of the child’s parents or legal guardian under the circumstances specified in this section. Such informed consent shall require that said parents or legal guardian personally visit the […]
§ 15-754 – Legal standing and parental enforcement
15-754. Legal standing and parental enforcement (Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 Applies) As detailed in sections 15-752 and 15-753, all Arizona school children have the right to be provided at their local school with an English language public education. The parent or legal guardian of any Arizona school child shall have legal standing to sue for […]
§ 15-755 – Standardized testing for monitoring education progress
15-755. Standardized testing for monitoring education progress (Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) In order to ensure that the educational progress of all Arizona students in academic subjects and in learning English is properly monitored, a standardized, nationally-normed written test of academic subject matter given in English shall be administered at least once each year to […]