15-1601. State universities; location; faculty powers; report

A. The Arizona board of regents shall maintain state universities at Flagstaff in Coconino county, at Tempe in Maricopa county and at Tucson in Pima county, and the universities are respectively designated northern Arizona university, Arizona state university and the university of Arizona. The board shall maintain an Arizona state university campus in western Maricopa county designated as Arizona state university west campus and an Arizona state university campus in eastern Maricopa county designated as Arizona state university east campus. The board may establish and maintain other colleges and universities subject to legislative authority. Subject to review by the joint committee on capital review, the board may establish new campuses that are separate from any location in existence on July 1, 2007. The Arizona state university campus at Tempe shall provide administrative support for the Arizona state university campuses in western Maricopa county and in eastern Maricopa county.

B. The universities shall have colleges, schools and departments and give courses of study and academic degrees as the board approves. Subject to the responsibilities and powers of the board and the university presidents, the faculty members of the universities, through their elected faculty representatives, shall share responsibility for academic and educational activities and matters related to faculty personnel. The faculty members of each university, through their elected faculty representatives, shall participate in the governance of their respective universities and shall actively participate in the development of university policy.

C. On or before November 15 of each year, Arizona state university shall report to the joint legislative budget committee, the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting, the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate for each of its separate campuses all of the following:

1. The capital expenditure history made to each campus for each of the two previous fiscal years.

2. The actual number of full-time equivalent students at each campus of Arizona state university as of the twenty-first day after classes begin for the fall semester and the total headcount enrollment at each campus.

3. Any revenues or allocations made to each campus of Arizona state university that are available to report.

4. Any long-term capital or expansion plans for each campus.