Arizona Revised Statutes Title 15. Education § 15-534.01. Withdrawal of applications for administrative deficiencies;  denial of applications for substantive deficiencies;  certification time frames

A. If an application for certification is administratively incomplete, as prescribed in title 41, chapter 6, article 7.1,  1 the department of education shall issue a written notice requesting the applicant to supply missing documents or other information.  The department of education shall consider an application for certification withdrawn if, within sixty days after the date of the notice, the applicant does not supply the documentation or information requested or does not provide reasonable documented justification for the delay.  On receipt of documented justification, the department of education shall provide an additional thirty days for the requested documentation or information to be provided before considering an application withdrawn.

B. If an application for certification is substantively incomplete, as prescribed in title 41, chapter 6, article 7.1, the department of education may issue a written notice requesting the applicant to supply additional documents or other information.  The department of education shall deny an application for certification if, within sixty days after the date of the notice, the applicant does not supply the documentation or information requested.

C. If the final day of a deadline imposed by this section falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other legal holiday, the next business day is the final day of the deadline.

D. A notice of denial of an application for certification issued by the department of education pursuant to subsection B of this section shall comply with § 41-1076.

E. A person who has had an application for certification denied by the department of education pursuant to subsection B of this section may file a written request for a hearing with the state board of education within fifteen days after receiving the notice of denial.  The appeal shall be conducted in accordance with title 41, chapter 6, article 6.  2