A. The governing board and the state board of education shall keep confidential the name of a pupil involved in a hearing before either board regarding the dismissal or discipline of a school district employee or an action on a certificate. The board shall not disclose the pupil’s name without the consent of the pupil’s parent or guardian except by order of the superior court. This section does not prevent either board from disclosing the pupil’s name to any party to the hearing.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 15-551

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
  • Governing board: means the governing board of a school district or a county school superintendent in the case of accommodation schools located in such a county. See Arizona Laws 15-501
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Parent: means the natural or adoptive parent of a child or a person who has custody of a child. See Arizona Laws 15-101
  • person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association or public or private organization of any kind. See Arizona Laws 15-101
  • 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
  • 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
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.

B. The board shall take a pupil’s testimony in executive session. The pupil shall be referred to by a fictitious name during any public portions of the hearing. The pupil’s name and testimony are not subject to inspection pursuant to Title 39, Chapter 1, Article 2.

C. A person who participates in a hearing described in subsection A shall keep confidential the name of any pupil involved in the hearing. The county attorney may enforce a civil penalty of five hundred dollars against a person who violates this subsection.

D. The state board shall adopt rules for the implementation of this section.

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