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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ¦ REFERENCE TITLE: junior ROTC; study committee ¦ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ State of Arizona ¦ ¦ Senate ¦ ¦ Forty-sixth Legislature ¦ ¦ First Regular Session ¦ ¦ 2003 ¦ ¦ ¦ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ¦ SB 1215 ¦ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ¦ Introduced by ¦ ¦ Senators Giffords, Brotherton, Binder, Miranda; Representatives Loredo, Bradley: ¦ ¦ Senators Anderson, Arzberger, Mead, Mitchell, Waring; Representative Downing ¦ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE STUDY COMMITTEE ON JUNIOR ROTC PROGRAMS.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Joint legislative study committee on junior ROTC programs; report
A. The joint legislative study committee on junior ROTC programs is established and consists of:
1. Two members of the senate who are appointed by the president of the senate and who are not members of the same political party.
2. Two members of the house of representatives who are appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and who are not members of the same political party.
3. One employee of a high school district with a student count of ten thousand pupils or less who administers a junior reserve officer training corps program for that school district and who is appointed by the president of the senate.
4. One employee of a high school district with a student count of ten thousand pupils or more who administers a junior reserve officer training corps program for that school district and who is appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
5. One classroom teacher who is employed by a high school district with a student count of ten thousand pupils or more, who provides instruction in a junior reserve officer training corps program for that school district and who is appointed by the president of the senate.
6. One classroom teacher who is employed by a high school district with a student count of ten thousand pupils or less, who provides instruction in a junior reserve officer training corps program for that school district and who is appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
7. One employee of a unified school district with a student count of ten thousand pupils or more who administers a junior reserve officer training corps program for that school district and who is appointed by the president of the senate.
8. One classroom teacher who is employed by a unified school district with a student count of ten thousand persons or less, who provides instruction in a junior reserve officer training corps program for that school district and who is appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
9. A military recruiting officer who is appointed by the president of the senate.
10. The adjutant general or the adjutant general's designee.
11. The superintendent of public instruction or the superintendent's designee.
B. The committee shall:
1. Study the process used to establish a junior reserve officer training corps program in a school district.
2. Study the funding mechanisms available to junior reserve officer training corps programs.
3. Study the curriculum of junior reserve officer training corps programs currently taught in the schools of this state.
4. Obtain statistics on pupils who participated for two years or more in a junior reserve officer training corps program during high school and who later enlisted in the military or the military reserves.
5. Study the feasibility of including junior reserve officer training corps programs in the seventh, eighth and ninth grades in this state.
6. Study funding options for the junior reserve officer training corps program in the seventh, eighth and ninth grades in this state.
C. On or before December 1, 2003, the committee shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate and shall provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state and the director of the Arizona state library, archives and public records.
D. The committee may utilize the services of legislative staff and the staff of the department of education.
Sec. 2. Delayed repeal
This act is repealed from and after December 31, 2003.