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Arizona Revised Statutes |
Admission Requirements
15-828 - Birth certificate; school records; exception
A. On enrollment of a pupil for the first time in a particular school
district or private school offering instruction to pupils in any
kindergarten programs or grades one through twelve, that school or school
district shall notify the person enrolling the pupil in writing that
within thirty days the person must provide one of the following:
1. A certified copy of the pupil's birth certificate.
2. Other reliable proof of the pupil's identity and age, including the
pupil's baptismal certificate, an application for a social security number
or original school registration records and an affidavit explaining the
inability to provide a copy of the birth certificate.
3. A letter from the authorized representative of an agency having custody
of the pupil pursuant to title 8, chapter 2 certifying that the pupil has
been placed in the custody of the agency as prescribed by law.
B. If a child is instructed at home pursuant to section 15-802, the person
who has custody of the child shall, within thirty days after the home
instruction begins, provide to the county school superintendent of the
county in which the child resides one of the following:
1. A certified copy of the child's birth certificate.
2. Other reliable proof of the child's identity and age, including the
child's baptismal certificate, an application for a social security number
or original school registration records and an affidavit explaining the
inability to provide a copy of the birth certificate.
3. A letter from the authorized representative of an agency having custody
of the pupil pursuant to title 8, chapter 2 certifying that the pupil has
been placed in the custody of the agency as prescribed by law.
C. On presentation of a document pursuant to this section, a photocopy of
the document shall be placed in the pupil's file and the document that is
presented shall be returned.
D. On the failure of a person enrolling a pupil or instructing a child at
home to comply with subsection A or B of this section, the school, school
district or county school superintendent shall notify that person in
writing that, unless the person complies within ten days, the case shall
be referred to the local law enforcement agency for investigation. If
compliance is not obtained within the ten day period, the school, school
district or county school superintendent shall refer the case to the local
law enforcement agency.
E. The school, school district or county school superintendent shall
immediately report to the local law enforcement agency any affidavit
received pursuant to this section which appears inaccurate or suspicious
in form or content.
F. Within five school days after enrolling a transfer pupil from a private
school or another school district, a school shall request directly from
the pupil's previous school a certified copy of the pupil's record. The
requesting school shall exercise due diligence in obtaining the copy of
the record requested. Notwithstanding any financial debt owed by the
pupil, any school requested to forward a copy of a transferring pupil's
record to the new school shall comply and forward the record within ten
school days after receipt of the request unless the record has been
flagged pursuant to section 15-829. If the record has been flagged, the
requested school shall not forward the copy and shall notify the local law
enforcement agency of the request. School districts shall include in the
educational records required by this subsection data collected pursuant to
sections 15-741 and 15-766, as prescribed by the state board of education.
G. Any disclosure of educational records by the school district or charter
school shall comply with the family educational rights and privacy act of
1974 (20 United States Code section 1232g).
H. The provisions of this section do not apply to homeless pupils
as defined in section 15-824, subsection C.
Source
Title 15 - Education, CHAPTER 8 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, Article 2 -
Admission Requirements, 15-828 - Birth certificate; school records;
exception. (n.d.) Retrieved August 8, 2001, from http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ars/15/00828.htm
