§ 15-1401 Definitions
§ 15-1402 Community college districts; requirements; exception
§ 15-1402.01 Alternative organization for community college districts
§ 15-1403 Procedure to form a district; exception
§ 15-1404 Election to determine formation of district; notice; canvass
§ 15-1405 Presentation of plan to legislature by county board of supervisors
§ 15-1406 District board members and employees; compensation; payment of expenses for employment candidates
§ 15-1407 Formation of new district by subdivision of existing district; division of assets
§ 15-1408 Use of community college district resources or employees to influence elections; prohibition; civil penalty; definitions
§ 15-1409 Community college tuition financing districts; formation; powers and duties; issuance and sale of bonds for capital outlay
§ 15-1410 Credit and noncredit courses; definition
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Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 15 > Chapter 12 > Article 1 - General Provisions for and Establishment of Community College Districts

  • Accredited: means accredited by a regional accrediting agency recognized by the United States department of education or by the council on postsecondary accreditation. See Arizona Laws 15-1401
  • Adult: means a person who has attained eighteen years of age. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Base: means the revenue level per student count specified by the legislature. See Arizona Laws 15-901
  • Community college: means an educational institution that is operated by a district board and that provides a program of not more than four years' training in the arts, sciences and humanities beyond the twelfth grade of the public or private high school course of study or vocational education, including terminal courses of a technical and vocational nature and basic adult education courses. See Arizona Laws 15-1401
  • Community college tuition financing district: means a district that is organized pursuant to section 15-1409. See Arizona Laws 15-1401
  • 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
  • Current year: means the fiscal year in which the community college district is operating. See Arizona Laws 15-1401
  • District: means a community college district that is established pursuant to sections 15-1402 and 15-1403 or Section 15-1402. See Arizona Laws 15-1401
  • District board: means the community college district governing board. See Arizona Laws 15-1401
  • enrollment: means that a pupil is currently registered in the school district. See Arizona Laws 15-901
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fiscal year: means the year beginning July 1 and ending June 30. See Arizona Laws 15-101
  • Full-time equivalent student: means student enrollment for fifteen community college semester credit units per semester. See Arizona Laws 15-1401
  • Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association or public or private organization of any kind. See Arizona Laws 15-101
  • Population: means the population according to the most recent United States decennial census. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Provisional community college district: means a community college district that was organized pursuant to section 15-1409 and that began operations before January 1, 2015. See Arizona Laws 15-1401
  • Student count: means average daily membership as prescribed in this subsection for the fiscal year before the current year, except that for the purpose of budget preparation student count means average daily membership as prescribed in this subsection for the current year. See Arizona Laws 15-901
  • 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
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215