How does Proposition 300 affect adult basic education classes that are currently offered by a Maricopa community college?
The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) has for several years been obligated under A.R.S. 15-232 to make available and supervise a program of adult education in other institutions . . . of this state. Various Maricopa community colleges have, under the auspices of ADE pursuant to this law, offered adult education programs. Proposition 300, however, now mandates that ADE may provide such classes only to adults who are citizens or legal residents of the United States or are otherwise lawfully present in the United States. This change in the law would have no impact, however, on classes at a Maricopa community college that are not offered pursuant to A.R.S. 15-232.