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       Senate Engrossed
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  State of Arizona
  Senate
  Forty-fifth
  Legislature
  Second Regular Session
  2002
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    SENATE BILL 1002
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AN ACT

AMENDING SECTION 15-351, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES; RELATING TO SCHOOL COUNCILS.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 15-351, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

15-351. School councils; duties; membership

A. The purpose of this section is to ensure that individuals who are affected by the outcome of a decision at the school site have an opportunity to provide input into the decision making process.

B. Each school shall establish a school council. A governing board may delegate to a school council the responsibility AUTHORITY to develop a curriculum and may delegate any additional powers AUTHORITY that are IS reasonably necessary to accomplish decentralization. The school council shall reflect the ethnic composition of the local community and, except as provided in section 15-352, shall consist of the following members:

1. Parents OR GUARDIANS of pupils enrolled in the school who are not employed by the school district.

2. Teachers.

3. Noncertified employees.

4. Community members.

5. Pupils, if the school is a high school.

C. Each group specified in subsection B of this section shall select its representatives and shall submit the names of its respective representatives to the principal for appointment to the school council. The initial representatives shall be selected at public meetings held at the school site, and, thereafter, representatives shall be selected by their groups in the manner determined by the school council. Schools shall give notice of the public meeting where the initial representatives of the groups shall be selected, clearly stating its purpose, time and place. The notice shall be posted in at least three different locations at the school site and in the community and shall be given to pupils for delivery to their parents OR GUARDIANS.

D. The governing board shall determine the initial number of school council members. Thereafter, the school council shall determine the number. The number of teachers and parents OR GUARDIANS of pupils enrolled at the school shall be equal. Teachers and parents OR GUARDIANS of pupils enrolled at the school shall constitute a majority of the school council members.

E. The principal shall serve as chairman of the school council unless another person is elected by a majority of the school council members.