A. The grant of one hundred thousand acres of land for schools for the deaf and the blind made by the enabling act approved June 20, 1910, or the proceeds of such lands as are sold or otherwise disposed of, is forever reserved for the use and benefit of the school for the deaf and the blind.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 15-1304

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Charter school: means a public school established by contract with the state board of education, the state board for charter schools, a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents, a community college district or a group of community college districts pursuant to article 8 of this chapter to provide learning that will improve pupil achievement. See Arizona Laws 15-101
  • Hearing impairment: means hearing impairment as defined in section 15-761. See Arizona Laws 15-1301
  • School district: means a political subdivision of this state with geographic boundaries organized for the purpose of the administration, support and maintenance of the public schools or an accommodation school. See Arizona Laws 15-101
  • Schools: means the Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind and includes programs and services offered for the deaf and the blind by the schools in conjunction with other educational institutions. See Arizona Laws 15-1301
  • Sensory impairment: means the following conditions, as defined in section 15-761:

    (a) Visual impairment. See Arizona Laws 15-1301

  • Subject: means a division or field of organized knowledge, such as English or mathematics, or a selection from an organized body of knowledge for a course or teaching unit, such as the English novel or elementary algebra. See Arizona Laws 15-101
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Visual impairment: means visual impairment as defined in section 15-761. See Arizona Laws 15-1301

B. Land exchanges or sales or commercial leases in excess of ten years of land of the grant by the United States for the use and benefit of the school for the deaf and the blind shall not be disposed of except by majority approval of the voting members of the board of directors of the school.

C. The superintendent of the school shall annually report to the board on the use of monies that are the proceeds of or income from the proceeds of land of the grant by the United States for the use and benefit of the school.

D. The schools for the deaf and the blind fund is established consisting of monies from expendable earnings of the grant in subsection A of this section, monies from the department of education for special educational vouchers for deaf and blind students pursuant to section 15-1202, except for monies dedicated to regional school cooperatives, which shall instead be deposited in the cooperative services fund pursuant to subsection E of this section, and overage and nonresident student monies collected pursuant to section 15-1345. Monies in the fund are subject to legislative appropriation and are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.

E. The cooperative services fund is established consisting of monies from the department of education for special education institutional vouchers for deaf and blind students pursuant to section 15-1202 who are enrolled in regional school cooperatives, membership fees paid by school districts and charter schools participating in regional school cooperatives and fee-for-service payments made by school districts and charter schools on behalf of students enrolled in regional school cooperatives for whom the schools do not receive a special education institutional voucher pursuant to section 15-1202. The Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are subject to legislative appropriation and are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.

F. For the purposes of this section, "regional school cooperatives" means regional programs and services offered by the schools in conjunction with other school districts and charter schools for students with a hearing impairment, sensory impairment or visual impairment who attend a school operated by a school district or a charter school in this state.

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