Enrollment

AZACS enrolls all eligible students in grades K-12+ who submit a timely application unless the number of applications exceeds the capacity of a program, class, grade level, or building per A.R.S. § 15-184. A lottery, which is a random selection process, will be conducted if demand exceeds capacity. The lottery will use a statistically random method to select students for available seats. All students who have submitted an application between January 1 and February 28 will be included in the lottery. The following categories of students may be exempt from the lottery: 

1. Siblings of students already admitted or attending Arizona Autism Charter Schools.
2. Children of our founders, teachers, and staff. 
3. Students attending a designated AZACS feeder school will receive enrollment priority at the receiving AZACS campus, consistent with applicable Arizona law and the school’s approved enrollment policies.

AZACS will ensure exemptions for siblings, children of founders, teachers, and staff will constitute a small percentage of our school’s total enrollment. 

Once a student has been admitted to the charter school through the appropriate process, he or she may remain in attendance through subsequent grades without reapplying. Students not selected through the lottery process are placed on a waitlist. If a space becomes available after February 28, students from the waitlist will be re-entered into a lottery to fill the spot. 

The same procedure takes place each school year. Arizona Autism Charter Schools does not limit admission based on ethnicity, national origin, gender, income level, disabling condition, proficiency in the English language, or athletic ability per ARS 15-184. Arizona Autism Charter Schools will comply with all enrollment and lottery regulations in ESEA §4303(c)(3)(A).

A charter school may refuse to admit any pupil who has been expelled from another educational institution or who is in the process of being expelled from another educational institution.

Board Approved 8.27.26