Bill
Number: S.B. 1527
Yarbrough
Floor Amendment
Reference
to: printed bill
Amendment
drafted by: Leg Council
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Prohibits a community
college under the jurisdiction of a community college district board from
offering a course that requires a student to be a member of a labor
organization, trade organization, trade guild or industry apprenticeship
program as a prerequisite to the class.
2. Removes the requirement
that a university issue a report for projects that occur on non-university
owned land, and removes the additional reporting requirements.
3. Removes the requirement
that a university's Capital Improvement Plan lease report include leases
involving a university's component units, and removes the additional reporting
requirements.
4. Reinserts the following
eligibility requirements for the foster care tuition waiver:
a) must be at least 16
years of age while either currently or previously in foster care, or when
adoption is finalized;
b) cannot be older than 23
years of age;
c) must demonstrate
continuous progress toward a degree or certificate; and
d) must complete at least
30 hours of volunteer service annually after the first academic year in in
which the waiver was received.
5. Makes technical and
conforming changes.
Page 1, between lines 1 and 2, insert:
"Section 1. Section 15-1410, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE15-1410. Credit
and noncredit courses
A. Courses
offered for credit shall satisfy at least one of the following purposes and
requirements:
1. Credit
courses shall satisfy one or more of the following purposes:
(a) Qualify
students for a community college certificate or degree.
(b) Be
acceptable for transfer to a regionally accredited public or private college or
university.
(c) Prepare
students with skills to seek entry level entry‑level
jobs in the field of specialization.
(d) Improve
the student's job skills or prepare the student for promotion in fields of
employment.
(e) Provide
skills necessary for success in other college courses.
(f) Provide
continuing education and lifelong learning.
2. A
credit course shall satisfy all of the following requirements:
(a) Have a formal course outline that defines the objectives and
content of the course shall be on file and available for
audit.
(b) Evaluate and grade students shall be evaluated
and given a grade based on their mastery of the objectives and content
of the course.
(c) Require faculty teaching the course shall to meet the standards set by the district to teach in the
subject area of the course.
(d) Base the credits awarded for completion of the course shall be based on the effort required of, and the competencies
gained by, the students in accordance with policies adopted by the district
governing board.
(e) Require students, before enrollment in the course, students shall have achieved to achieve prerequisite
competencies as defined in the syllabus or approved course guidelines.
(f) The course shall have been Be developed
using the district's formal curriculum review procedure.
(g) The course shall Have an evaluation component, . the results of this evaluation shall be
which are used for the purposes of formative and
summative evaluation by the institution.
(h) A district board may adopt policies that allow students to receive
credit through a variety of Meet other means requirements adopted pursuant to district
governing board policies, including national standardized examinations
and credit by evaluation or examination.
B. Noncredit
courses are courses that do not meet the criteria established in subsection A of this section. Noncredit courses shall be
are the financial responsibility of the district.
C. A
COMMUNITY COLLEGE UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF A COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
GOVERNING BOARD MAY NOT OFFER A COURSE WITH A PREREQUISITE FOR ENROLLMENT THAT
REQUIRES A STUDENT TO BE A MEMBER OF A LABOR ORGANIZATION, A TRADE
ORGANIZATION, OR A TRADE GUILD OR TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INDUSTRY APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAM."
END_STATUTE
Renumber to
conform
Strike pages 4 and 5
Page 6, strike lines 1 through 28
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conform
Strike lines
33 through 45
Page 7, strike lines 1 through 31, insert:
"A. The Arizona board of regents shall provide a tuition
waiver scholarship at any university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona
board of regents and each community college district shall provide a tuition
waiver scholarship at any community college in that community college district
to any person who meets all of the following conditions:
1. Resides
in this state.
2. Either:
(a) Is
currently in foster care and is at least sixteen years of age.
(b) Was
in foster care when the person was at least sixteen years of age.
(c) Was
adopted from foster care and the adoption was finalized after the person
attained sixteen years of age.
3. Is
a United States citizen or is a noncitizen who is lawfully present in this
country.
4 Has
total personal assets, not including scholarships or grants received by the
person, that are worth less than ten thousand dollars.
5. Is
under twenty‑three years of age.
6. Is
accepted into or enrolled in a degree, certificate or other accredited program
at a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents or a
community college under the jurisdiction of a community college
district. The person must demonstrate continuous progress toward a
degree or certificate to remain eligible for a tuition waiver scholarship
issued pursuant to this section.
7. Completed
and submitted to the United States department of education a free application
for federal student aid before each year in which the person receives a tuition
waiver scholarship pursuant to this section.
8. After
the first academic year in which the person receives a tuition waiver
scholarship pursuant to this section, annually completes at least thirty hours
of volunteer service during the previous academic year.
9. Remains
in good standing with the policies established by the university or community
college at which the person is enrolled.
B. A
tuition waiver scholarship provided pursuant to this section shall be reduced
by the amount of any other federal aid scholarships or public grants and any
other public aid received by that person from or through the university or
community college at which the person is enrolled, except that a tuition waiver
scholarship may not be reduced by the amount of federal grants received by the
person from the department of child safety under the Arizona education and
training voucher program.
C. If
the tuition waiver scholarship is terminated before a tuition waiver
scholarship recipient obtains an associate degree, a baccalaureate degree or a
certificate and before the recipient reaches twenty‑three years of age,
that person shall continue to be awarded a tuition waiver scholarship until the
person reaches twenty‑three years of age or obtains a baccalaureate
degree, an associate degree or a certificate, whichever occurs first, if the
person continues to meet the scholarship criteria prescribed by this section.
D. For
the purposes of this section, "tuition" means tuition and mandatory
fees charged by the university or community college."
Page 9, line 10, strike "and its
component units"
Strike lines
15 through 23
Reletter to
conform
Line 24,
strike "3." insert "5."
Line 27,
strike "third party" insert "third-party"
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