15-252

15-252. Powers and duties; publications;
payment of claims for printing

A. The superintendent of public instruction shall:

1. Print as needed in pamphlet form the laws relating to schools, including model
forms of which the superintendent is unable to supply blanks, and supply copies of the
pamphlets to school officers and teachers, school libraries and the Arizona state
library, archives and public records.

2. Prepare, print and distribute pamphlets on subjects the state board of education
directs, including school sanitation, school architecture and an enumeration of the
school holidays established by law.

3. Prepare, print and distribute through the county school superintendents blank
forms and school registers, with instructions and rules as to their use, to teachers and
officers charged with administration of laws pertaining to schools.

4. Print and distribute the courses of study prescribed by the state board of
education.

5. Prepare and print blank forms for teachers' certificates.

B. The superintendent of public instruction may Prepare and publish on the web site
maintained by the department of education a list of the top elementary schools in this
state, the top junior high or middle schools in this state, the top high schools in this
state and the top charter schools in this state based on the school's academic gains
according to measures selected by the department of education. The number of top schools
determined by the department of education in the 2007-2008 school year shall be limited
to the top fifty schools in each category prescribed in this subsection. After the
2007-2008 school year, the department of education may include more than fifty schools in
any category prescribed in this subsection if more than fifty schools in that category
meet the selection criteria established for the top fifty schools in that category in the
2007-2008 school year. Academic gains shall be expressed in terms of percentile ranking
in percentile points and shall be appropriately weighted for scientific validity. The
superintendent of public instruction may make technical adjustments to the information
prescribed in this subsection that are necessary for purposes of comparability of data,
and the superintendent shall post an explanation of these technical adjustments on the
department's web site. The superintendent may measure and post the following information
with respect to the top fifty schools in each category prescribed in this subsection:

1. If the school provides instruction in kindergarten programs and grades one and
two, a separate measurement of the school's academic gains in kindergarten programs and
in grades one and two.

2. The percentage of parents of pupils who are enrolled at the school who
categorize the school as excellent on a survey of parental satisfaction with the school.

3. The percentage of pupils who are enrolled at the school and who categorize the
school as excellent on a survey of pupil satisfaction with the school.

4. The percentage of teachers who are employed at the school and who categorize the
school as excellent on a survey of teacher satisfaction with the school.

C. Claims for the printing of laws and reports of the superintendent shall be
approved by the superintendent and paid as other claims against the state are paid from
appropriations for the state board of education.