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.