A. A school having satisfactory facilities and equipment and which is fit to provide career and technical education and vocational education, such as agriculture, business and office education, health occupations, home economics, industrial education, marketing and distribution and public and personal services, shall, upon application made by the governing board to the state board of education, be designated to maintain a department consisting of such career and technical education and vocational education programs and program improvement services for pupils in grades seven through twelve.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 15-782

  • Career and technical education and vocational education: means vocational and technical preparation programs for pupils in grades nine through twelve. See Arizona Laws 15-781
  • Governing board: means a body organized for the government and management of the schools within a school district or a county school superintendent in the conduct of an accommodation school. See Arizona Laws 15-101
  • Program improvement services: means those activities, services and functions carried out to develop, support and improve the quality of career and technical education and vocational education programs, including teacher education, curriculum, guidance and administration. See Arizona Laws 15-781

B. Instruction in the department shall be of a practical character.

C. The governing board shall employ trained instructors with qualifications fixed by the state board of education, shall provide suitable classrooms and laboratory facilities for such instruction according to rules established by the state board of education and may provide a tract of land, together with buildings, machinery, tools, equipment and appliances, suitable for field work in agriculture.