15-754. Legal standing and parental
enforcement
(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 Applies)
As detailed in sections 15-752 and 15-753, all Arizona school children have the
right to be provided at their local school with an English language public education. The
parent or legal guardian of any Arizona school child shall have legal standing to sue for
enforcement of the provisions of this statute, and if successful shall be awarded normal
and customary attorney's fees and actual and compensatory damages, but not punitive or
consequential damages. Any school board member or other elected official or administrator
who willfully and repeatedly refuses to implement the terms of this statute may be held
personally liable for fees and actual and compensatory damages by the child's parents or
legal guardian, and cannot be subsequently indemnified for such assessed damages by any
public or private third party. Any individual found so liable shall be immediately
removed from office, and shall be barred from holding any position of authority anywhere
within the Arizona public school system for an additional period of five years.
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