Arizona — school discipline
- The lines the state draws
- Arizona sets the grounds and the ten-day marker, and hands the procedure to the district. The statute names the grounds for expulsion — "continued open defiance of authority, continued disruptive or disorderly behavior, violent behavior that includes use or display of a dangerous instrument or a deadly weapon as defined in section 13-105, use or possession of a gun, or excessive absenteeism" — and then declines to make that list exhaustive: "A school district may expel pupils for actions other than those listed in this subsection as the school district deems appropriate." (§ 15-841(B)) The ten-day marker appears not as a cap but as the point at which the board's own rules must supply procedure: those rules must include "A notice and hearing procedure for cases concerning the suspension of a pupil for more than ten days", "Procedures and conditions for readmitting a pupil who has been expelled or suspended for more than ten days", and "Procedures to appeal to the governing board the suspension of a pupil for more than ten days, if the decision to suspend the pupil was not made by the governing board." (§ 15-843(B)5, 6, 7) For the youngest students the statute is directive rather than delegating: a district or charter school "may suspend or expel a pupil who is enrolled in a kindergarten program, first grade, second grade, third grade or fourth grade only if all of the following apply:" the pupil "is seven years of age or older" and the conduct meets one of four stated criteria, the last of which requires documented persistent behavior, behavior "unresponsive to targeted interventions as documented through an established intervention process", and that "The pupil's parent or guardian was notified and consulted about the ongoing behavior." (§ 15-843(K))
- Offices and appeal bodies in these sources
- The governing board of the school district. It is the board that "shall prescribe rules for the discipline, suspension and expulsion of pupils", in consultation with teachers and parents. (§ 15-843(B)) In an expulsion the board must "Be notified of the intended action" and must either decide in executive session whether to hold the hearing itself or to designate hearing officers, or provide by policy that all such hearings go before a hearing officer from a board-approved list. (§ 15-843(F)1, 2) The notice period is stated: the board must "Give written notice, at least five working days before the hearing by the governing board or the hearing officer or officers designated by the governing board, to all pupils subject to expulsion and their parents or guardians of the date, time and place of the hearing." (§ 15-843(F)3) A hearing may be closed, but the parent may object: where a parent, guardian, or emancipated pupil "disagrees that the hearing should be held in executive session, the hearing shall be held in an open meeting" subject to the section's stated exceptions, and where the board decides on executive session the written notice must include "a statement of the right of the parents or guardians or an emancipated pupil who is subject to expulsion to object to the governing board's decision to have the hearing held in executive session." (§ 15-843(F)3, (G))
Whether any appeal exists beyond the board is not stated in the sources reviewed; what the statute requires is that the board's own rules contain appeal procedures. No state office, phone number, or email for parents appears in the sources reviewed. That absence is the finding. - Sources last checked
- Oct 17, 2026
Reproduced from the state's own statutes quoted below: potentially relevant official sources, not a determination of which one governs any situation.
This page assembles what Arizona publishes in statute about K-12 school discipline: who may remove a pupil and how, the notice the statute requires before a long-term exclusion, what — if anything — continues during a suspension or expulsion, the record a hearing makes and where an appeal can run, and, because the statute assigns most of the procedural detail to each district's own governing board, a map of the questions answered only in a district's own rules. The fullest single statement is Arizona Revised Statutes Title 15, Chapter 7, Article 3, captured here as §§ 15-841 through 15-844; none of the four section pages carries its own publication or amendment date, so the dates on this page are retrieval dates. The statute's own vocabulary appears throughout: pupil, governing board, expulsion, alternative education program, hearing officer, and the placement review committee. District governing board rules add procedural detail this page does not carry; the delegation map below points at exactly those questions. For a student with an IEP or Section 504 plan, the disability layer lives on this site's Arizona special education page. Confirm applicability with the district and the agencies. All dates on this page are quoted from the sources, not a deadline calculation performed for you.
The framework, as the state writes it
Removal from the classroom by a teacher (§ 15-841(A)). "A teacher may send a pupil to the principal's office in order to maintain effective discipline in the classroom." A teacher may remove a pupil from the classroom itself where "The teacher has documented that the pupil has repeatedly interfered with the teacher's ability to communicate effectively with the other pupils in the classroom or with the ability of the other pupils to learn" or where "The teacher has determined that the pupil's behavior is so unruly, disruptive or abusive that it seriously interferes with the teacher's ability to communicate effectively with the other pupils in the classroom or with the ability of the other pupils to learn." Separately, the governing board must "Delegate to the principal the authority to remove a disruptive pupil from the classroom." (§ 15-843(D)4)
Suspension authority (§ 15-843(I), (J), (M)). "In schools employing a superintendent or a principal, the authority to suspend a pupil from school is vested in the superintendent, principal or other school officials granted this power by the governing board of the school district." "In schools that do not have a superintendent or principal, a teacher may suspend a pupil from school." Every suspension is bounded by a standard rather than a specific list of grounds: "All cases of suspension shall be for good cause and shall be reported within five days to the governing board by the superintendent or the person imposing the suspension."
Property damage (§ 15-842). "Except as provided in section 15-843, subsection K, a pupil who cuts, defaces or otherwise injures any school property may be suspended or expelled." The same section reaches a pupil's parents directly: "On complaint of the governing board, the parents or guardians of minors who have injured school property are liable for all damages caused by their children or wards."
Expulsion, the general grounds (§ 15-841(B)). "A pupil may be expelled for continued open defiance of authority, continued disruptive or disorderly behavior, violent behavior that includes use or display of a dangerous instrument or a deadly weapon as defined in section 13-105, use or possession of a gun, or excessive absenteeism." "A pupil may be expelled for excessive absenteeism only if the pupil has reached the age or completed the grade after which school attendance is not required as prescribed in section 15-802." "A school district may expel pupils for actions other than those listed in this subsection as the school district deems appropriate." "Any expulsions of pupils in a kindergarten program and grades one through four must comply with section 15-843, subsection K."
Mandatory expulsion — firearms (§ 15-841(G)). "A school district or charter school shall expel from school for a period of not less than one year a pupil who is determined to have brought a firearm to a school within the jurisdiction of the school district or the charter school, except that the school district or charter school may modify this expulsion requirement for a pupil on a case-by-case basis. This subsection shall be construed consistently with the requirements of the individuals with disabilities education act (20 United States Code sections 1400 through 1420)." The subsection defines its own terms: "Expel" may include removing a pupil from a regular school setting and providing educational services in an alternative setting." "Firearm" means a firearm as defined in 18 United States Code section 921."
Mandatory expulsion — threats to an educational institution (§ 15-841(H)). "A school district or charter school shall expel from school for at least one year a pupil who is determined to have threatened an educational institution, except that the school district or charter school may modify this expulsion requirement for a pupil on a case-by-case basis if the pupil participates in mediation, community service, restitution or other programs in which the pupil takes responsibility for the results of the threat. This subsection shall be construed consistently with the requirements of the individuals with disabilities education act (20 United States Code sections 1400 through 1420)." The subsection defines what counts: "For the purpose of causing, or in reckless disregard of causing, interference with or disruption of an educational institution, threatening to cause physical injury to any employee of an educational institution or any person attending an educational institution." "Going on or remaining on the property of any educational institution for the purpose of interfering with or disrupting the lawful use of the property or in any manner as to deny or interfere with the lawful use of the property by others." "Refusing to obey a lawful order to leave the property of an educational institution."
Alternative to suspension or expulsion (§ 15-841(E), (F), (I)). "As an alternative to suspension or expulsion, the school district may reassign any pupil to an alternative education program if the pupil does not meet the requirements for participation in the alternative to suspension program prescribed in subsection I of this section and if good cause exists for expulsion or for a long-term suspension." "A school district may reassign a pupil to an alternative education program if the pupil refuses to comply with rules, refuses to pursue the required course of study or refuses to submit to the authority of teachers, administrators or the governing board." Separately, "Each school district shall establish an alternative to suspension program in consultation with local law enforcement officials or school resource officers." "Pupils who would otherwise be subject to suspension pursuant to this article and who meet the school district's requirements for participation in the alternative to suspension program shall be transferred to a location on school premises that is isolated from other pupils or transferred to a location that is not on school premises. The alternative to suspension program shall be discipline intensive and require academic work, and may require community service, groundskeeping and litter control, parent supervision, and evaluation or other appropriate activities."
Placement review committee (§ 15-841(J)). "Each school shall establish a placement review committee to determine the placement of a pupil if a teacher refuses to readmit the pupil to the teacher's class and to make recommendations to the governing board regarding the readmission of expelled pupils. The process for determining the placement of a pupil in a new class or replacement in the existing class shall not exceed three business days after the date the pupil was first removed from the existing class." "The committee shall be composed of two teachers who are employed at the school and who are selected by the faculty members of the school and one administrator who is employed by the school and who is selected by the principal."
Refusal to admit, and readmission review (§ 15-841(C), (D)). "A school district may refuse to admit any pupil who has been expelled from another educational institution or who is in the process of being expelled from another educational institution." "A school district, annually or on the request of any pupil or the parent or guardian, may review the reasons for the pupil's expulsion and consider readmission."
Kindergarten through fourth grade (§ 15-843(K), (L), (R)). A district or charter school "may suspend or expel a pupil who is enrolled in a kindergarten program, first grade, second grade, third grade or fourth grade only if all of the following apply:" the pupil "is seven years of age or older"; the conduct meets one of four stated criteria, including that it "Immediately endangers the health or safety of others" or is determined to qualify as "aggravating circumstances"; "Failing to remove the pupil from the school building would create a safety threat that cannot otherwise reasonably be addressed or qualifies as aggravating circumstances"; the district first "considers and, if feasible while maintaining the health and safety of others, in consultation with the pupil's parent or guardian to the extent possible, employs alternative behavioral and disciplinary interventions"; and the district, by policy, provides readmission procedures on appeal. (§ 15-843(K)) The restriction has two stated exceptions: "Subsection K of this section does not apply if either: 1. Expulsion is required pursuant to section 15-841, subsection G. 2. The school district or charter school is suspending the pupil for two or fewer days and the aggregate suspensions for the pupil do not exceed ten days within the school year." (§ 15-843(L)) The statute defines the term it uses: "aggravating circumstances" means persistent behavior that "Has been documented by the school.", "Prevents other students from learning or prevents the teacher from maintaining control of the classroom environment.", and "Is unresponsive to targeted interventions as documented through an established intervention process." (§ 15-843(R))
Confining pupils in an enclosed space (§ 15-843(B)9). The board's rules must include "Disciplinary policies for confining pupils who are left alone in an enclosed space." Those policies must in turn include "A process for prior written parental notification that confinement may be used for disciplinary purposes and that is included in the pupil's enrollment packet or admission form." and "A process for prior written parental consent before confinement is allowed for any pupil in the school district. The policies shall provide for an exemption to prior written parental consent if a school principal or teacher determines that the pupil poses imminent physical harm to self or others. The school principal or teacher shall make reasonable attempts to notify the pupil's parent or guardian in writing by the end of the same day that confinement was used."
Nondiscrimination (§ 15-843(N)). "Rules pertaining to the discipline, suspension and expulsion of pupils shall not be based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin or ancestry." Enforcement runs through state officers rather than a hearing for the pupil: "If the department of education, the auditor general or the attorney general determines that a school district is substantially and deliberately not in compliance with this subsection and if the school district has failed to correct the deficiency within ninety days after receiving notice from the department of education, the superintendent of public instruction may withhold the monies the school district would otherwise be entitled to receive from the date of the determination of noncompliance until the department of education determines that the school district is in compliance with this subsection."
Distribution of the rules (§ 15-843(O), (P)). "The principal of each school shall ensure that a copy of all rules pertaining to the discipline, suspension and expulsion of pupils is distributed to the parents of each pupil at the time the pupil is enrolled in the school." "The principal of each school shall ensure that all rules pertaining to the discipline, suspension and expulsion of pupils are communicated to students at the beginning of each school year, and to transfer students at the time of their enrollment in the school."
Referral to a readiness program (§ 15-843(Q)). "School districts may refer a pupil who has been subject to discipline, suspension or expulsion pursuant to this section to a career and college readiness program for at-risk students established pursuant to section 15-707."
If the pupil has a disability (§ 15-844). "Notwithstanding sections 15-841 and 15-842, the suspension or expulsion of children with disabilities, as defined in section 15-761, shall be in accordance with the individuals with disabilities education act (20 United States Code sections 1410 through 1485) and federal regulations issued pursuant to the individuals with disabilities education act."
The published process
- Notice of charges and the hearing right before long-term exclusion
- For an expulsion, the board "shall": "Be notified of the intended action." And either "Decide, in executive session, whether to hold a hearing or to designate one or more hearing officers to hold a hearing to hear the evidence, prepare a record and bring a recommendation to the board for action and whether the hearing shall be held in executive session." or "Provide by policy or vote at its annual organizational meeting that all hearings concerning the expulsion of a pupil conducted pursuant to this section will be conducted before a hearing officer selected from a list of hearing officers approved by the governing board." (§ 15-843(F)1, 2) Then: "Give written notice, at least five working days before the hearing by the governing board or the hearing officer or officers designated by the governing board, to all pupils subject to expulsion and their parents or guardians of the date, time and place of the hearing." (§ 15-843(F)3) That notice requirement runs to the hearing's date, time, and place; whether the notice must also state the reasons for the intended expulsion is not stated in the sections reviewed (§§ 15-841 through 15-844 searched). Hearings default to executive session unless the parent objects: "If the governing board decides that the hearing is to be held in executive session, the written notice shall include a statement of the right of the parents or guardians or an emancipated pupil who is subject to expulsion to object to the governing board's decision to have the hearing held in executive session." "If a parent or guardian or an emancipated pupil who is subject to expulsion disagrees that the hearing should be held in executive session, the hearing shall be held in an open meeting unless:" the section's stated exceptions for disagreement among multiple parents or multiple pupils apply. (§ 15-843(F)3, (G)) For suspension, the state requires the board's own rules to supply "A notice and hearing procedure for cases concerning the suspension of a pupil for more than ten days" (§ 15-843(B)5) — assigned to district policy by that provision. For a suspension of ten days or fewer, no notice or hearing requirement of any kind appears in the sections reviewed.
- Services during exclusion
- Not stated in the sources reviewed. §§ 15-841, 15-842, 15-843, and 15-844 were searched for a requirement that a district continue a pupil's education during a suspension or expulsion, and none states one. The closest related provision is discretionary rather than a continuity guarantee: "As an alternative to suspension or expulsion, the school district may reassign any pupil to an alternative education program" (§ 15-841(E)) — a district's option to substitute a different placement, not a stated entitlement to services during the exclusion itself.
- The record made, and the appeal route
- Every suspension "shall be reported within five days to the governing board by the superintendent or the person imposing the suspension." (§ 15-843(M)) The statute preserves the pupil's own access to what the board considers: the disciplinary proceedings do "not prevent the pupil who is subject to expulsion or suspension, and the pupil's parents or guardians and legal counsel, from attending any executive session pertaining to the proposed disciplinary action, from having access to the minutes and testimony of the executive session or from recording the session at the parent's or guardian's expense." (§ 15-843(H)) A pupil's withdrawal does not end the matter: "If a pupil withdraws from school after receiving notice of possible action concerning discipline, expulsion or suspension, the governing board may continue with the action after the withdrawal and may record the results of such action in the pupil's permanent file." (§ 15-843(E)) On appeal, the state requires only that the board's own rules include "Procedures to appeal to the governing board the suspension of a pupil for more than ten days, if the decision to suspend the pupil was not made by the governing board" and "Procedures to appeal the recommendation of the hearing officer or officers designated by the board as provided in subsection F of this section at the time the board considers the recommendation." (§ 15-843(B)7, 8) Whether any appeal exists beyond the governing board itself — to a state office, a court, or any other outside forum — is not stated in the sections reviewed.
- If the pupil has an IEP or Section 504 plan
- The disability layer — evaluation, the IEP team, manifestation determination, services during removal, and the dispute routes — lives on this site's Arizona special education page. The discipline statute itself routes the question away from these sections entirely: "Notwithstanding sections 15-841 and 15-842, the suspension or expulsion of children with disabilities, as defined in section 15-761, shall be in accordance with the individuals with disabilities education act (20 United States Code sections 1410 through 1485) and federal regulations issued pursuant to the individuals with disabilities education act." (§ 15-844)
The four rows above answer the questions an experienced advocate raises first, from the state's own statutes, or record that a question is not answered in them.
Timelines, as stated in the sources
All quoted; none calculated. From A.R.S. §§ 15-841, 15-842, 15-843, and 15-844, as retrieved Sep 2, 2026.
On notice before an expulsion hearing: "at least five working days before the hearing". (§ 15-843(F)3)
On reporting a suspension to the governing board: "within five days to the governing board by the superintendent or the person imposing the suspension." (§ 15-843(M))
On the placement review committee's determination: "shall not exceed three business days after the date the pupil was first removed from the existing class." (§ 15-841(J))
On a young pupil's suspension before a readmission appeal is available: "served at least five school days of a suspension from the school that exceeds ten school days to be considered for readmission on appeal of the pupil's parent or guardian." (§ 15-843(K)5(a))
On a young pupil's readmission appeal after expulsion or alternative reassignment: "at least twenty school days after the effective date of the expulsion or alternative reassignment." (§ 15-843(K)5(b))
On the short-suspension exception to the kindergarten-through-fourth-grade restriction: "suspending the pupil for two or fewer days and the aggregate suspensions for the pupil do not exceed ten days within the school year." (§ 15-843(L)2)
On parental notice after a confinement exemption is used: "reasonable attempts to notify the pupil's parent or guardian in writing by the end of the same day that confinement was used." (§ 15-843(B)9(b))
On a district's window to correct a nondiscrimination deficiency: "failed to correct the deficiency within ninety days after receiving notice from the department of education". (§ 15-843(N))
What any of this means for a particular situation is for the agency and its processes to determine.
District delegation map
The statute writes only a floor and expressly hands the rest to each district's governing board, mostly through the ten-item minimum § 15-843(B) requires the board's own rules to contain. Each entry below is a question a district's own rules answer, with the delegating text quoted. No district's governing board rules are captured or quoted here.
The discipline, suspension, and expulsion rules themselves. "The governing board of any school district, in consultation with the teachers and parents of the school district, shall prescribe rules for the discipline, suspension and expulsion of pupils. The rules shall be consistent with the constitutional rights of pupils and shall include at least the following:" (§ 15-843(B))
Penalties for excessive absenteeism. The board's rules must set "Penalties for excessive pupil absenteeism pursuant to section 15-803, including failure in a subject, failure to pass a grade, suspension or expulsion." (§ 15-843(B)1)
Whether corporal punishment is allowed at all, and its procedures. The board's rules must set "Procedures for using corporal punishment if allowed by the governing board." (§ 15-843(B)2) — whether it is allowed in the first place is the board's decision, not the state's.
Procedures for the reasonable use of physical force, and for pupils believed to have committed a crime. The board's rules must set "Procedures for the reasonable use of physical force by certificated or classified personnel in self-defense, defense of others and defense of property." and "Procedures for dealing with pupils who have committed or who are believed to have committed a crime." (§ 15-843(B)3, 4)
Notice, hearing, readmission, and appeal procedures for a suspension over ten days. The board's rules must set "A notice and hearing procedure for cases concerning the suspension of a pupil for more than ten days.", "Procedures and conditions for readmitting a pupil who has been expelled or suspended for more than ten days.", and "Procedures to appeal to the governing board the suspension of a pupil for more than ten days, if the decision to suspend the pupil was not made by the governing board." (§ 15-843(B)5, 6, 7)
Appeal of a hearing officer's recommendation. The board's rules must set "Procedures to appeal the recommendation of the hearing officer or officers designated by the board as provided in subsection F of this section at the time the board considers the recommendation." (§ 15-843(B)8)
Whether the board hears expulsions itself or sends them to a hearing officer. The board must "Decide, in executive session, whether to hold a hearing or to designate one or more hearing officers to hold a hearing" or instead "Provide by policy or vote at its annual organizational meeting that all hearings concerning the expulsion of a pupil conducted pursuant to this section will be conducted before a hearing officer selected from a list of hearing officers approved by the governing board." (§ 15-843(F)2)
The requirements for participation in the alternative to suspension program. "The school district governing board shall adopt policies to determine the requirements for participation in the alternative to suspension program." (§ 15-841(I))
Discipline management for a pupil sent to the principal's office. Where a teacher sends a pupil to the principal's office, "the principal shall employ appropriate discipline management techniques that are consistent with rules adopted by the school district governing board." (§ 15-841(A))
Records access, as stated in the sources
The one records provision the sections reviewed state is aggregate and non-identifying, not a parent's access to an individual pupil's file: the board's rules must require the district to annually report to the Department of Education "the number of suspensions and expulsions that involve the possession, use or sale of an illegal substance under title 13, chapter 34 and the type of illegal substance involved in each suspension or expulsion." The department "shall compile this information and annually post the information on its website." And that reporting "shall comply with the family educational rights and privacy act of 1974 (P.L. 93-380; 88 Stat. 571; 20 United States Code section 1232g), shall not include personally identifiable information and shall show the number of suspensions and expulsions associated with each illegal substance aggregated statewide and by county." (§ 15-843(B)10) Separately, the statute preserves a pupil's and parent's own access to the record of an executive-session hearing, quoted in the published process above. (§ 15-843(H)) Inspection, correction, or expungement of an individual pupil's discipline record is not stated in the sources reviewed (§§ 15-841, 15-842, 15-843, and 15-844 were searched). Federal records rights under FERPA are federal and are not restated here.
Source map
| Document | Location | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| A.R.S. § 15-843 (pupil disciplinary proceedings; definition) | azleg.gov | no publication or amendment date on the section page; retrieved Sep 2, 2026 |
| A.R.S. § 15-841 (responsibilities of pupils; expulsion; alternative education programs) | azleg.gov | no publication or amendment date on the section page; retrieved Sep 2, 2026 |
| A.R.S. § 15-842 (damage to school property; suspension or expulsion; liability of parent) | azleg.gov | no publication or amendment date on the section page; retrieved Sep 2, 2026 |
| A.R.S. § 15-844 (suspension and expulsion proceedings for children with disabilities) | azleg.gov | no publication or amendment date on the section page; retrieved Sep 2, 2026 |
| A.R.S. § 15-803 (absenteeism) and § 15-802 (attendance age), cited by §§ 15-843(B)1 and 15-841(B) | cited in the sections above | capture pending |
| A.R.S. § 15-707 (career and college readiness program), cited by § 15-843(Q) | cited in the sections above | capture pending |
| A.R.S. § 15-761 (definition of children with disabilities), cited by § 15-844 | cited in the sections above | capture pending |
| Arizona Department of Education guidance on student discipline | — | not captured; azed.gov refused the fetcher used on this project's special education pass, and no capture was attempted here |
| District governing board rules on discipline, suspension and expulsion, required by § 15-843(B) | each school district and charter school | never captured; see the delegation map |
Change log
Sep 2, 2026 · Deepened to a full page (discipline-layer deepening pass). Re-captured first-party under recipe tools/recipes/arizona-discipline.json (digest b8052515c503): A.R.S. §§ 15-843, 15-841, 15-842, and 15-844 from azleg.gov. This is the first time this packet was carried through tools/retain-packet.py's history and manifest; the tool reported "retained" rather than "unchanged" because no prior history entry existed to compare against, not because the source moved — a direct diff against the Aug 29, 2026 baseline capture (excluding the retrieval-date lines and a capture-notes format addition, the per-source artifact hash) shows the statutory text itself is byte-identical. Built sections 01–02 (the framework route by route, the four hoisted process rows, the timelines section, the district delegation map, and records access) from the same four sections captured at baseline; no additional source was needed to reach full depth. Findings recorded: (1) the expulsion hearing notice § 15-843(F)3 requires runs only to the hearing's date, time, and place — whether it must also state the grounds for the intended expulsion is not stated in the sections reviewed; (2) whether any notice or hearing applies to a suspension of ten days or fewer is not addressed by the state at all — only a suspension exceeding ten days triggers the board's-rules requirement, assigned to district policy by § 15-843(B)5; (3) whether a district must continue a pupil's education during a suspension or expulsion is not stated in the four sections reviewed — the alternative-education-program reassignment of § 15-841(E) is a discretionary substitute placement, not a stated continuity entitlement; (4) whether any appeal exists beyond the governing board itself remains not stated, now confirmed against the full text of all four sections; (5) Arizona layers two mandatory one-year expulsion categories atop the general non-exhaustive grounds — firearms and threats against an educational institution — each carrying its own case-by-case modification path and its own IDEA-construction clause; (6) § 15-843, subsection L's exceptions to the kindergarten-through-fourth-grade restriction, flagged as capture-pending on the baseline page, were already present in the captured packet and are quoted here; (7) individual discipline-record inspection, correction, or expungement is not stated in the sections reviewed — the only records provision found is the aggregate, non-identifying substance-related report § 15-843(B)10 requires to the Department of Education. Capture pending: §§ 15-802, 15-803, 15-707, and 15-761 (cited but not directly captured) and Department of Education guidance — azed.gov refused the fetcher used on this project's special education pass, and no capture from that host was attempted here, so its absence is a fact about the capture rather than a finding about the agency. District governing board rules remain uncaptured; the delegation map above points at them. Internet Archive captures: to be added. Reviewer: Carrie Schluter. Corrections on the record in this log: hello@fieldassembly.net.
Aug 29, 2026 · Baseline page created (discipline-layer breadth sprint). Captured first-party under recipe tools/recipes/arizona-discipline.json: A.R.S. §§ 15-843, 15-841, 15-842 and 15-844 from the Legislature's own site, which serves each section as a static document to a plain fetcher. Findings recorded: (1) none of the four section pages carries a publication or amendment date on its face, so this page's dates are retrieval dates and the sources' own currency is not stated — the first state in this layer where that is true of every captured source; (2) Arizona delegates more of the procedure than any state in this layer so far, requiring the governing board to prescribe the discipline rules and specifying only a ten-item minimum those rules must contain; (3) the ten-day marker appears not as a cap on exclusion but as the threshold at which the board's rules must supply a notice-and-hearing procedure, readmission conditions, and an appeal to the board; (4) the statutory grounds for expulsion are expressly non-exhaustive — a district "may expel pupils for actions other than those listed in this subsection as the school district deems appropriate" — which is the broadest delegation of substantive grounds the layer has recorded; (5) by contrast the kindergarten-through-fourth-grade restriction is directive and detailed, requiring the pupil to be seven or older and the conduct to meet one of four stated criteria, the last of which requires documented persistent behavior, unresponsiveness to targeted interventions through an established process, and parental notification and consultation; (6) discipline proceedings are exempted from the open meeting law except for notice and minutes, hearings default to executive session, and the parent's right to object to that must be stated in the written notice; (7) written notice of an expulsion hearing is due at least five working days before it; (8) a pupil's withdrawal after notice does not end the action, and the result may be recorded in the permanent file; (9) for children with disabilities the statute routes the question to the IDEA and its federal regulations rather than to these sections; (10) whether any appeal exists beyond the governing board is not stated in the sources reviewed; (11) no state office, telephone number, or email address for parents appears in any of the four sections. Not yet built, pending the deepening pass: sections 01–02 (framework, hoisted rows, timelines), the district delegation map, and records access. Capture pending: § 15-843 subsection L, §§ 15-802 and 15-803, and Department of Education guidance — azed.gov refused the fetcher used on this project's special education pass, and no capture from that host was attempted here, so its absence from this page is a fact about the capture rather than a finding about the agency. Internet Archive captures: to be added. Reviewer: Carrie Schluter. Corrections on the record in this log: hello@fieldassembly.net.