House Engrossed schools; purchases; board members State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 HOUSE BILL 2407 An Act amending section 15-323, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to school district governing boards. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
House Engrossed schools; purchases; board members
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
HOUSE BILL 2407
House Engrossed
schools; purchases; board members
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
2025
HOUSE BILL 2407
An Act
amending section 15-323, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to school district governing boards.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 15-323, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE15-323. Governing board members; voting eligibility; purchases from board members A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a governing board member is eligible to vote on any budgetary, personnel or other question which that comes before the board, except: 1. It shall be is unlawful for a member to vote on a specific item which that concerns the appointment, employment or remuneration of such that member or any person related to such that member who is a spouse or a dependent as defined in section 43-1001. 2. No A member may not vote on the employment of a person who is a member of the governing board or who is the spouse of a member of the governing board and whose membership on the board and employment are prohibited by section 15-421, subsection D. B. The governing board may make purchases from a board member if the transaction does not exceed three hundred dollars $300, the total amount of purchases from any board member by the board within any twelve month twelve-month period do does not exceed one thousand dollars $1,000 and the board has by majority vote adopted within the preceding twelve month twelve-month period a policy authorizing such purchases. C. Notwithstanding subsection B of this section, the governing board of a school district having that has a student count of fewer than three thousand and that is not located, in whole or in part, in a county with a population of at least seven hundred and fifty thousand persons may make purchases from a board member in any amount as provided in this subsection and section 15-213. The governing board must approve each purchase from a board member, and the amount of the purchase or contract for purchase shall be included in the minutes of the meeting at which the governing board approves the purchase. END_STATUTE
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 15-323, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE15-323. Governing board members; voting eligibility; purchases from board members
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a governing board member is eligible to vote on any budgetary, personnel or other question which that comes before the board, except:
1. It shall be is unlawful for a member to vote on a specific item which that concerns the appointment, employment or remuneration of such that member or any person related to such that member who is a spouse or a dependent as defined in section 43-1001.
2. No A member may not vote on the employment of a person who is a member of the governing board or who is the spouse of a member of the governing board and whose membership on the board and employment are prohibited by section 15-421, subsection D.
B. The governing board may make purchases from a board member if the transaction does not exceed three hundred dollars $300, the total amount of purchases from any board member by the board within any twelve month twelve-month period do does not exceed one thousand dollars $1,000 and the board has by majority vote adopted within the preceding twelve month twelve-month period a policy authorizing such purchases.
C. Notwithstanding subsection B of this section, the governing board of a school district having that has a student count of fewer than three thousand and that is not located, in whole or in part, in a county with a population of at least seven hundred and fifty thousand persons may make purchases from a board member in any amount as provided in this subsection and section 15-213. The governing board must approve each purchase from a board member, and the amount of the purchase or contract for purchase shall be included in the minutes of the meeting at which the governing board approves the purchase. END_STATUTE