Bill Text: AZ HB2646 | 2011 | Fiftieth Legislature 1st Regular | Engrossed
Bill Title: JTEDs; adult students
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-04-19 - Governor Signed [HB2646 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2011-HB2646-Engrossed.html
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House Engrossed |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fiftieth Legislature First Regular Session 2011
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HOUSE BILL 2646 |
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AN ACT
amending sections 15‑782.02, 41‑619.51, 41‑1758 and 41‑1758.01, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to career and technical education and vocational education.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 15-782.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
15-782.02. Career and technical education and vocational education programs; expanded hours; tuition
A. School districts with career and technical education and vocational education programs may offer vocational educational services without regard to students' age or high school graduation status, except that vocational education services provided to persons over twenty‑two years of age shall be offered only for the purpose of skill upgrading or skill retraining and shall not be offered for college level credit. Persons over twenty‑two years of age shall not attend vocational programs in high school buildings during regular school hours, except that a person 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 by a joint technical education district pursuant to section 15‑393, subsection D, paragraph 5 if the vocational program has additional student capacity after the enrollment of persons who are twenty‑two years of age or younger.� a person 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 joint technical education district shall immediately notify in writing the parent or guardian of each pupil under eighteen years of age in a vocational program during regular school hours when a person over twenty-two years of age enrolls in the vocational program.
B. 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 joint technical education district and thirteen dollars for every day that a part‑time student attends an extended year or summer school program in a joint 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 education diploma or who has reached twenty-two years of age, whichever occurs first.
B. C. 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.
C. D. Career and technical education and vocational education programs run by school districts may charge tuition to offset expenses associated with serving adult students.
Sec. 2. Section 41-619.51, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
41-619.51. Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Agency" means the supreme court, the department of economic security, the department of education, the department of health services, the department of juvenile corrections, the department of emergency and military affairs, the state real estate department or the board of examiners of nursing care institution administrators and assisted living facility managers.
2. "Board" means the board of fingerprinting.
3. "Expedited review" means an examination, in accordance with board rule, of the documents an applicant submits by the board or its hearing officer without the applicant being present.
4. "Good cause exception" means the issuance of a fingerprint clearance card to an employee pursuant to section 41‑619.55.
5. "Person" means a person who is required to be fingerprinted pursuant to this article and any of the following:
(a) Section 8-105.
(b) Section 8‑322.
(c) Section 8-509.
(d) Section 8‑802.
(e) Section 15‑183.
(f) Section 15‑534.
(g) Section 15-782.02.
(g) (h) Section 15‑1330.
(h) (i) Section 15-1881.
(i) (j) Section 26-103.
(j) (k) Section 32‑2108.01.
(k) (l) Section 32‑2123.
(l) (m) Section 36‑411.
(m) (n) Section 36‑425.03.
(n) (o) Section 36-446.04.
(o) (p) Section 36‑594.01.
(p) (q) Section 36‑594.02.
(q) (r) Section 36‑882.
(r) (s) Section 36‑883.02.
(s) (t) Section 36‑897.01.
(t) (u) Section 36‑897.03.
(u) (v) Section 36‑3008.
(v) (w) Section 41-619.53.
(w) (x) Section 41‑1964.
(x) (y) Section 41‑1967.01.
(y) (z) Section 41‑1968.
(z) (aa) Section 41-1969.
(aa) (bb) Section 41‑2814.
(bb) (cc) Section 46‑141, subsection A.
(cc) (dd) Section 46‑321.
Sec. 3. Section 41-1758, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
41-1758. Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Agency" means the supreme court, the department of economic security, the department of education, the department of health services, the department of juvenile corrections, the department of emergency and military affairs, the state real estate department, the board of fingerprinting or the board of examiners of nursing care institution administrators and assisted living facility managers.
2. "Division" means the fingerprinting division in the department of public safety.
3. "Good cause exception" means the issuance of a fingerprint clearance card to an employee pursuant to section 41‑619.55.
4. "Person" means a person who is required to be fingerprinted pursuant to any of the following:
(a) Section 8‑105.
(b) Section 8‑322.
(c) Section 8‑509.
(d) Section 8‑802.
(e) Section 15‑183.
(f) Section 15-503.
(g) Section 15‑512.
(h) Section 15‑534.
(i) Section 15-782.02.
(i) (j) Section 15‑1330.
(j) (k) Section 15-1881.
(k) (l) Section 26-103.
(l) (m) Section 32‑2108.01.
(m) (n) Section 32‑2123.
(n) (o) Section 36-411.
(o) (p) Section 36‑425.03.
(p) (q) Section 36-446.04.
(q) (r) Section 36‑594.01.
(r) (s) Section 36‑594.02.
(s) (t) Section 36‑882.
(t) (u) Section 36‑883.02.
(u) (v) Section 36‑897.01.
(v) (w) Section 36‑897.03.
(w) (x) Section 36‑3008.
(x) (y) Section 41-619.52.
(y) (z) Section 41-619.53.
(z) (aa) Section 41‑1964.
(aa) (bb) Section 41‑1967.01.
(bb) (cc) Section 41‑1968.
(cc) (dd) Section 41-1969.
(dd) (ee) Section 41‑2814.
(ee) (ff) Section 46‑141, subsection A.
(ff) (gg) Section 46‑321.
5. "Vulnerable adult" has the same meaning prescribed in section 13‑3623.
Sec. 4. Section 41-1758.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
41-1758.01. Fingerprinting division; duties
The fingerprinting division is established in the department of public safety and shall:
1. Conduct fingerprint background checks for persons and applicants who are seeking licenses from state agencies, employment with licensees, contract providers and state agencies or employment or educational opportunities with agencies that require fingerprint background checks pursuant to sections 8‑105, 8‑322, 8-509, 8‑802, 15‑183, 15‑503, 15‑512, 15‑534, 15-782.02, 15‑1330, 15‑1881, 26-103, 32‑2108.01, 32‑2123, 36‑411, 36‑425.03, 36‑446.04, 36‑594.01, 36‑594.02, 36‑882, 36‑883.02, 36‑897.01, 36‑897.03, 36‑3008, 41‑619.52, 41‑619.53, 41‑1964, 41‑1967.01, 41‑1968, 41‑1969 and 41‑2814, section 46‑141, subsection A and section 46‑321.
2. Issue fingerprint clearance cards.� On issuance, a fingerprint clearance card becomes the personal property of the cardholder and the cardholder shall retain possession of the fingerprint clearance card.
3. On submission of an application for a fingerprint clearance card, collect the fees established by the board of fingerprinting pursuant to section 41‑619.53 and deposit, pursuant to sections 35‑146 and 35‑147, the monies collected in the board of fingerprinting fund.
4. Inform in writing each person who submits fingerprints for a fingerprint background check of the person's right to petition the board of fingerprinting for a good cause exception pursuant to sections 41‑1758.03 and 41‑1758.07.
5. Administer and enforce this article.
