Arizona Laws 15-782.02. Career and technical education and vocational education programs; fingerprint clearance card; expanded hours; tuition
A. For the purposes of the career technical education district’s participation in any student financial assistance program authorized by title IV of the higher education act of 1965, as amended (20 United States Code § 1070 et seq.), career technical education districts may offer vocational education programs beyond secondary education to adult students who have either graduated from high school or obtained a general equivalency diploma with training to prepare the adults for gainful employment. These programs may not be offered for college-level credit unless authorized through a dual credit agreement with an accredited college. Secondary education students may also be enrolled in career technical education district courses that are administered at a postsecondary level for college-level credit. Such courses may also qualify secondary education students for high school credit.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 15-782.02
- Adult: means a person who has attained eighteen years of age. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Career and technical education and vocational education: means vocational and technical preparation programs for pupils in grades nine through twelve. See Arizona Laws 15-781
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- enrollment: means that a pupil is currently registered in the school district. See Arizona Laws 15-901
- Full-time student: means :
(i) For common schools, a student who is at least six years of age before January 1 of a school year, who has not graduated from the highest grade taught in the school district and who is regularly enrolled in a course of study required by the state board of education. See Arizona Laws 15-901
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Parent: means the natural or adoptive parent of a child or a person who has custody of a child. See Arizona Laws 15-101
- person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association or public or private organization of any kind. See Arizona Laws 15-101
- Subject: means a division or field of organized knowledge, such as English or mathematics, or a selection from an organized body of knowledge for a course or teaching unit, such as the English novel or elementary algebra. See Arizona Laws 15-101
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215
B. Persons who are over twenty-two years of age shall not attend vocational programs in high school buildings during regular school hours, except that a person who is over twenty-two years of age may attend vocational programs other than massage therapy programs during regular school hours on a central campus that is owned and operated or leased and operated by a career technical education district pursuant to section 15-393, subsection D, paragraph 4 if the vocational program has additional student capacity after the enrollment of persons who are twenty-two years of age or younger. A person who is over twenty-two years of age shall not be admitted to or attend a vocational program during regular school hours pursuant to this subsection unless the person has a valid fingerprint clearance card pursuant to Title 41, Chapter 12, article 3.1. The costs of the fingerprint clearance card shall be paid by the applicant. A career technical education district shall immediately notify in writing the parent or guardian of each pupil under eighteen years of age who is in a vocational program during regular school hours when a person who is over twenty-two years of age enrolls in the vocational program.
C. Any person may file a complaint with the state board of vocational education under rules adopted by the state board of education acting as the state board of vocational education regarding an alleged violation of federal or state law by a career technical education district, including any student financial assistance program authorized by title IV of the higher education act of 1965, as amended (20 United States Code § 1070 et seq.), governing adult students who enroll in a career technical education district pursuant to subsection A of this section.
D. The department of education shall distribute twenty-six dollars for every day that a full-time student attends an extended year or summer school program in a career technical education district and thirteen dollars for every day that a part-time student attends an extended year or summer school program in a career technical education district, subject to appropriation, except that the department of education shall not distribute monies pursuant to this section for any student who has either graduated from high school or obtained a general equivalency diploma or who has reached twenty-two years of age, whichever occurs first.
E. School districts with career and technical education and vocational education programs may operate those programs for more than one hundred seventy-five days per year, with expanded hours of service.
F. Career and technical education and vocational education programs run by school districts may charge tuition to offset expenses associated with serving adult students.