Arizona Laws 15-796. Alternative education programs; alternative schools; requirements; funding; definitions
A. The governing board of a school district may contract with any public body or private person for the purpose of providing alternative education programs or alternative schools.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 15-796
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Course: means organized subject matter in which instruction is offered within a given period of time and for which credit toward promotion, graduation or certification is usually given. See Arizona Laws 15-101
- Course of study: means a list of required and optional subjects to be taught in the schools. See Arizona Laws 15-101
- enrollment: means that a pupil is currently registered in the school district. See Arizona Laws 15-901
- Governing board: means a body organized for the government and management of the schools within a school district or a county school superintendent in the conduct of an accommodation school. See Arizona Laws 15-101
- 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
- instructional time: means hours or time spent pursuant to an instructional time model adopted under Section 15-901. See Arizona Laws 15-901
- 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
- School district: means a political subdivision of this state with geographic boundaries organized for the purpose of the administration, support and maintenance of the public schools or an accommodation school. See Arizona Laws 15-101
B. On the approval of the parent or guardian of a student or of a student who is an emancipated person, the superintendent of a school district may recommend to the governing board the placement of the student in an alternative education program or alternative school as provided in this article.
C. An alternative education program or alternative school may deliver the annual required instructional time or instructional hours prescribed in section 15-797, subsection D or any other section to students on any day of the week.
D. An alternative education program or alternative school may enroll and begin to receive funding for a student without a withdrawal form from the student’s previous school if the withdrawal has been verified in the student accountability information system and the alternative education program or alternative school retains electronic documentation validating the withdrawal.
E. Notwithstanding any other law, if the previous school of a student who is enrolled in an alternative education program or alternative school incorrectly codes the student as a graduate in the student accountability information system, the alternative education program or alternative school in which the student is currently enrolled may continue to enroll the student. On notification that a student who has been incorrectly coded as a graduate is enrolled in an alternative education program or alternative school, the department of education shall allocate funding for the student beginning on the date of the student’s enrollment in the alternative education program or alternative school.
F. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Alternative education" means the modification of the school course of study and adoption of teaching methods, materials and techniques, including using any instructional time models pursuant to Section 15-901.08, to provide educationally for students in grades six through twelve who are unable to profit from the regular school course of study and environment.
2. "Student accountability information system" means the student accountability information system established by section 15-1041.