Bill Text: AZ SB1202 | 2012 | Fiftieth Legislature 2nd Regular | Engrossed
Bill Title: Technical correction; veterans; conservatorship
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-28 - Senate third reading FAILED voting: (14-16-0-0) [SB1202 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2012-SB1202-Engrossed.html
|
Senate Engrossed |
|
State of Arizona Senate Fiftieth Legislature Second Regular Session 2012
|
|
SENATE BILL 1202 |
|
|
|
|
AN ACT
amending title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15‑108; relating to unprofessional conduct in schools.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-108, to read:
15-108. Partisan instruction prohibited; unprofessional conduct; certificate revocation; withholding of state aid
A. A teacher in any school district or charter school is guilty of unprofessional conduct and the teacher's certificate shall be revoked if the teacher does any of the following:
1. During classroom instruction or extracurricular school activities, promotes any partisan doctrine or conducts any unipartisan exercises in school.
2. During classroom instruction or extracurricular school activities, encourages, entices or otherwise indoctrinates pupils to promote or adopt, or both, the teacher's partisan or political viewpoints.
3. Puts on public display a pupil's support for the teacher's political position in order to promote the teacher's position.
B. All complaints received by a school for a violation of subsection A of this section shall be investigated by the school principal before an action is taken to discipline the person mentioned in the complaint.
C. An administrator in a school district or charter school who does not actively prevent or cease a teacher's political or partisan activity in the classroom in a timely manner is guilty of unprofessional conduct, and the administrator's certificate shall be revoked.
D. If it is determined that a school district superintendent, a school district governing Board or a charter school governing body knew or should have known about a teacher's violation of subsection A of this section, and knowingly ignored it, the school district or charter school is subject to subsection F of this section.
E. If the state board of education or the superintendent of public instruction determines that a school district or charter school has not prevented or ceased a violation of subsection A of this section, the state board of education or the superintendent of public instruction shall notify the school district or charter school that it is in violation of subsection A of this section.
F. If the state board of education or the superintendent of public instruction determines that the school district or charter school has failed to prevent or cease violations of subsection A of this section within sixty days after a notice has been issued pursuant to subsection E of this section, the state board of education or the superintendent of public instruction may direct the department of education to withhold up to ten per cent of the monthly apportionment of state aid that would otherwise be due the school district or charter school. The department of education shall adjust the school district's or charter school's apportionment accordingly. When the state board of education or the superintendent of public instruction determines that the school district or charter school is in compliance with subsection A of this section, the department of education shall restore the full amount of state aid payments to the school district or charter school.
G. The department of education shall pay for all expenses of a hearing conducted pursuant to this section.
