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REFERENCE TITLE: JTEDs; adult students |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fiftieth Legislature First Regular Session 2011
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HB 2646 |
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Introduced by Representatives Gowan, Dial, Proud, Stevens, Vogt, Senator Pearce R: Representatives Arredondo, Olson, Senators Antenori, Crandall
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AN ACT
amending section 15‑782.02, 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 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. 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. 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. Career and technical education and vocational education programs run by school districts may charge tuition to offset expenses associated with serving adult students.