HB2281.pdf

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REFERENCE TITLE: schools; prohibited courses; discipline

State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Forty-ninth Legislature
Second Regular Session
2010

HB 2281

Introduced by
Representatives Montenegro, Gowan, Seel, Stevens: Antenori, Goodale,

Weiers JP

AN ACT

AMENDING TITLE 15, CHAPTER 1, ARTICLE 1, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING
SECTIONS 15-111 AND 15-112; AMENDING SECTION 15-843, ARIZONA REVISED
STATUTES; RELATING TO SCHOOL CURRICULUM.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: 1
Section 1. Title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, 2

is amended by adding sections 15-111 and 15-112, to read: 3
15-111. Declaration of policy 4
THE LEGISLATURE FINDS AND DECLARES THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS SHOULD BE 5

TAUGHT TO TREAT AND VALUE EACH OTHER AS INDIVIDUALS AND NOT BASED ON ETHNIC 6
BACKGROUND. 7

15-112. Prohibited courses and classes; enforcement 8
A. A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL IN THIS STATE SHALL NOT INCLUDE 9

IN ITS PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION ANY COURSES OR CLASSES THAT EITHER: 10
1. ARE DESIGNED PRIMARILY FOR PUPILS OF A PARTICULAR ETHNIC GROUP. 11
2. ADVOCATE ETHNIC SOLIDARITY INSTEAD OF THE TREATMENT OF PUPILS AS 12

INDIVIDUALS. 13
B. IF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DETERMINES THAT A 14

SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL IS IN VIOLATION OF SUBSECTION A, THE 15
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION SHALL NOTIFY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR 16
CHARTER SCHOOL THAT IT IS IN VIOLATION OF SUBSECTION A. IF THE 17
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DETERMINES THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR 18
CHARTER SCHOOL HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH SUBSECTION A WITHIN SIXTY DAYS AFTER 19
A NOTICE HAS BEEN ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF 20
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION MAY DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO WITHHOLD UP TO 21
TEN PER CENT OF THE MONTHLY APPORTIONMENT OF STATE AID THAT WOULD OTHERWISE 22
BE DUE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL. THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 23
SHALL ADJUST THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL’S APPORTIONMENT 24
ACCORDINGLY. WHEN THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DETERMINES THAT 25
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUBSECTION A, THE 26
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL RESTORE THE FULL AMOUNT OF STATE AID PAYMENTS 27
TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL. 28

C. ACTIONS TAKEN UNDER THIS SECTION ARE SUBJECT TO APPEAL PURSUANT TO 29
TITLE 41, CHAPTER 6, ARTICLE 10. 30

D. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO RESTRICT OR PROHIBIT: 31
1. COURSES OR CLASSES FOR NATIVE AMERICAN PUPILS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO 32

COMPLY WITH FEDERAL LAW. 33
2. THE GROUPING OF PUPILS ACCORDING TO ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, INCLUDING 34

CAPABILITY IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, THAT MAY RESULT IN A DISPARATE IMPACT BY 35
ETHNICITY. 36

Sec. 2. Section 15-843, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: 37
15-843. Pupil disciplinary proceedings 38
A. An action concerning discipline, suspension or expulsion of a pupil 39

is not subject to title 38, chapter 3, article 3.1, except that the governing 40
board of a school district shall post regular notice and shall take minutes 41
of any hearing held by the governing board concerning the discipline, 42
suspension or expulsion of a pupil. 43

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B. The governing board of any school district, in consultation with 1
the teachers and parents of the school district, shall prescribe rules for 2
the discipline, suspension and expulsion of pupils. The rules shall be 3
consistent with the constitutional rights of pupils and shall include at 4
least the following: 5

1. Penalties for excessive pupil absenteeism pursuant to section 6
15-803, including failure in a subject, failure to pass a grade, suspension 7
or expulsion. 8

2. Procedures for the use of corporal punishment if allowed by the 9
governing board. 10

3. Procedures for the reasonable use of physical force by certificated 11
or classified personnel in self-defense, defense of others and defense of 12
property. 13

4. Procedures for dealing with pupils who have committed or who are 14
believed to have committed a crime. 15

5. A notice and hearing procedure for cases concerning the suspension 16
of a pupil for more than ten days. 17

6. Procedures and conditions for readmission of a pupil who has been 18
expelled or suspended for more than ten days. 19

7. Procedures for appeal to the governing board of the suspension of a 20
pupil for more than ten days, if the decision to suspend the pupil was not 21
made by the governing board. 22

8. Procedures for appeal of the recommendation of the hearing officer 23
or officers designated by the board as provided in subsection F of this 24
section at the time the board considers the recommendation. 25

C. Penalties adopted pursuant to subsection B, paragraph 1 of this 26
section for excessive absenteeism shall not be applied to pupils who have 27
completed the course requirements and whose absence from school is due solely 28
to illness, disease or accident as certified by a person who is licensed 29
pursuant to title 32, chapter 7, 13, 15 or 17. 30

D. The governing board shall: 31
1. Support and assist teachers in the implementation and enforcement 32

of the rules prescribed pursuant to subsection B of this section. 33
2. Develop procedures allowing teachers and principals to recommend 34

the suspension or expulsion of pupils. 35
3. Develop procedures allowing teachers and principals to temporarily 36

remove disruptive pupils from a class. 37
4. Delegate to the principal the authority to remove a disruptive 38

pupil from the classroom. 39
E. If a pupil withdraws from school after receiving notice of possible 40

action concerning discipline, expulsion or suspension, the governing board 41
may continue with the action after the withdrawal and may record the results 42
of such action in the pupil’s permanent file. 43

F. In all action concerning the expulsion of a pupil, the governing 44
board of a school district shall: 45

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1. Be notified of the intended action. 1
2. Either: 2
(a) Decide, in executive session, whether to hold a hearing or to 3

designate one or more hearing officers to hold a hearing to hear the 4
evidence, prepare a record and bring a recommendation to the board for action 5
and whether the hearing shall be held in executive session. 6

(b) Provide by policy or vote at its annual organizational meeting 7
that all hearings concerning the expulsion of a pupil conducted pursuant to 8
this section will be conducted before a hearing officer selected from a list 9
of hearing officers approved by the governing board. 10

3. Give written notice, at least five working days before the hearing 11
by the governing board or the hearing officer or officers designated by the 12
governing board, to all pupils subject to expulsion and their parents or 13
guardians of the date, time and place of the hearing. If the governing board 14
decides that the hearing is to be held in executive session, the written 15
notice shall include a statement of the right of the parents or guardians or 16
an emancipated pupil who is subject to expulsion to object to the governing 17
board’s decision to have the hearing held in executive session. Objections 18
shall be made in writing to the governing board. 19

G. If a parent or guardian or an emancipated pupil who is subject to 20
expulsion disagrees that the hearing should be held in executive session, it 21
shall be held in an open meeting unless: 22

1. If only one pupil is subject to expulsion and disagreement exists 23
between that pupil’s parents or guardians, the governing board, after 24
consultations with the pupil’s parents or guardians or the emancipated pupil, 25
shall decide in executive session whether the hearing will be in executive 26
session. 27

2. If more than one pupil is subject to expulsion and disagreement 28
exists between the parents or guardians of different pupils, separate 29
hearings shall be held subject to this section. 30

H. This section does not prevent the pupil who is subject to expulsion 31
or suspension, and the pupil’s parents or guardians and legal counsel, from 32
attending any executive session pertaining to the proposed disciplinary 33
action, from having access to the minutes and testimony of the executive 34
session or from recording the session at the parent’s or guardian’s expense. 35

I. In schools employing a superintendent or a principal, the authority 36
to suspend a pupil from school is vested in the superintendent, principal or 37
other school officials granted this power by the governing board of the 38
school district. 39

J. In schools that do not have a superintendent or principal, a 40
teacher may suspend a pupil from school. 41

K. In all cases of suspension, it shall be for good cause and shall be 42
reported within five days to the governing board by the superintendent or the 43
person imposing the suspension. 44

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L. RULES PERTAINING TO THE DISCIPLINE, SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION OF 1
PUPILS SHALL NOT BE BASED ON RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR 2
ANCESTRY. IF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE AUDITOR GENERAL OR THE 3
ATTORNEY GENERAL DETERMINES THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT IS SUBSTANTIALLY AND 4
DELIBERATELY NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SUBSECTION AND IF THE SCHOOL 5
DISTRICT HAS FAILED TO CORRECT THE DEFICIENCY WITHIN NINETY DAYS AFTER 6
RECEIVING NOTICE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF 7
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION MAY WITHHOLD THE MONIES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD 8
OTHERWISE BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE FROM THE DATE OF THE DETERMINATION OF 9
NONCOMPLIANCE UNTIL THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DETERMINES THAT THE SCHOOL 10
DISTRICT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SUBSECTION. 11

L. M. The principal of each school shall ensure that a copy of all 12
rules pertaining to discipline, suspension and expulsion of pupils is 13
distributed to the parents of each pupil at the time the pupil is enrolled in 14
school. 15

M. N. The principal of each school shall ensure that all rules 16
pertaining to the discipline, suspension and expulsion of pupils are 17
communicated to students at the beginning of each school year, and to 18
transfer students at the time of their enrollment in the school. 19

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