Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 15 > Chapter 11 > Article 3 - Instruction and Students

• Certified teacher: means a person who is certified as a teacher pursuant to the rules adopted by the state board of education, who renders direct and personal services to schoolchildren in the form of instruction related to the school district's educational course of study and who is paid from the maintenance and operation section of the budget. See Arizona Laws 15-901
• Child with a disability: means a child with a disability as defined in section 15-761. See Arizona Laws 15-101
• 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.
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• 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
• 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