0.9 Arizona school law review: chapter 7  (Page 7/9)

Ars†15-720 non-curriculum related clubs for grades seven and eight (2001)

Does the district recognize that it is unlawful for any public school that offers instruction in grades seven and eight to deny equal access to pupils, to deny a fair opportunity to pupils or to discriminate against pupils who wish to conduct a meeting within a limited open forum on the basis of religious content, political content, philosophical content or the content of speech at these meetings? Fair opportunity is defined as: meetings are voluntary and initiated by pupils, meetings are not sponsored by the school, district, federal government, or any of the state political subdivisions, employees are present only as non-participants, persons who are not officials or employees of the school shall not direct, conduct control or regularly attend the meetings. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the school to maintain order and discipline, protect the safety of pupils or faculty and allow a school officer or employee to be present at such a meeting or to ensure the attendance of pupils at the meeting is voluntary.

[ ] Yes [ ]No

Ars†15-721 common schools; course of study; textbooks

Does the Governing Board approve for common schools the course of study, the basic textbook for each course and all units recommended for credit under each general subject title prior to implementation of such course?

[ ] Yes [ ]No

If any course does not include a basic textbook, does the Governing Board approve all supplemental books used in such course prior to approval of the course? (Does not apply to special education programs/courses.)

[ ] Yes [ ]No

If the course includes a basic text and uses supplemental books, which have not been approved by the Governing Board at the time of approval of the course, a teacher may use such supplemental books at any time during the school year. Does the district assure that such use of supplemental books is brought to the attention of the Governing Board during the school year they are added, for ratification?

[ ] Yes [ ]No

For courses which do not require that each student have a book other than for classroom instruction, does the district provide a minimum of one textbook for each student in the largest group which would be receiving classroom instruction at any time?

[ ] Yes [ ]No

Does the Governing Board enforce the curse of study and select all textbooks used in the common schools and require all meetings of committees authorized for the purposes of textbook review and selection to be open to the public as prescribed in Title 38, Chapter 3, Article 3.2?

[ ] Yes [ ]No

Does the Board make available at the school district office for review by the public for a period of 60 days prior to formal selection of textbooks, a copy of each textbook being considered for selection?

[ ] Yes [ ]No

Ars1†5-722 high schools' course of study; textbooks

Does the Governing Board approve each course of study, the basic textbook for each course and all units recommended for credit under each general subject title prior to implementation of such course? If a course does not include a basic textbook, does the Board approve all supplemental books used in such course prior to usage?