Arizona Revised Statutes

Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 15-531 (2026)

Fees

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A. The state board of education may fix and collect fees for:

1. The issuance and evaluation, singly or both, of any provisional, basic or standard teaching certificate, any administrative, specialized service, nurse, career and technical education, vocational education or substitute certificate, special subject endorsements including guidance counselor, art, music, physical education, industrial arts, librarian or driver training, and one-year and multiyear certificates including adult education, emergency or intern certificates, not less than twenty dollars and not more than thirty dollars.

2. The renewal and evaluation, singly or both, of any certificate, name changes, duplicates or changes of coding to existing files or certificates, not less than ten dollars and not more than twenty dollars.

3. The administration and evaluation of the examination on the Constitutions of the United States and Arizona. Fees for the examination on the Constitutions of the United States and Arizona shall not exceed the fees assessed by the test publisher.

4. The administration and evaluation of the proficiency examination for applicants for teaching certificates. Fees for the proficiency examination shall not exceed the fees assessed by the test publisher.

B. The department of education, in collecting the fees authorized by this section, may impose a convenience fee for transactions conducted using a credit or debit card or other means of electronic payment. The convenience fee shall be assessed on a per transaction basis. Pursuant to section 35-142, subsections K and R, the department shall continue to accept methods of payment that are not subject to a convenience fee.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1982–2010 · leading case: Caviness v. Horizon Cmty. Learning Ctr., Inc., 590 F.3d 806 (9th Cir. 2010).

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Caviness v. Horizon Cmty. Learning Ctr., Inc., 590 F.3d 806 (9th Cir. 2010). “See Ariz.Rev.Stat. § 15-531 et seq. 7 *817 This argument is erroneous and appears to be based on a misreading of section 15-187(A), which provides those rights only to a school district teacher who was previously a charter school teacher “on th[at] teacher’s return to the school…”

Fulton v. Dysart Unified Sch. Dist. No. 89, 651 P.2d 369 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “A.R.S. § 15-531, et seq. Once a continuing teacher has been informed of the board’s intention to dismiss him at the expiration of thirty days from the date of service of notice, the proper procedure Is for the teacher to file a written request for a hearing.”

Neary v. Frantz, 685 P.2d 1323 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “1 See A.R.S. §§ 15-531 et seq. The determination of whether a teacher has become tenured is based solely upon the individual falling within the definition of a “continuing teacher” set forth in A.”

Britt v. Red Mesa Unified Sch. Dist. No. 27, 748 P.2d 1195 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 2× “First, we note that Britt was a continuing teacher and Parido was a probationary teacher in the Chinle District during the 1982-83 school year.”

Caviness v. Horizon Cmty. (9th Cir. 2010). · cites it 2× “See Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 15-531 et seq.7 This argument is 7 For the first time on appeal, Caviness alleges that he was a tenured cer- tified teacher entitled to the due process rights set forth in Arizona’s stat- utes.”

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