School License

Step Description Resource/Additional Information
1

Create an account in the portal.  

  • If you are a licensee and have not logged into the new portal, you will need to create an account. 
    • If your legal name has changed, but you haven’t updated it with our Board, please create the account with the name that we have on file for you. 
    • Please make sure to enter your license number when creating your account.
  • If you are not a licensee, you will need to create an individual account.

Select the 'Sign up now' link under the blue ‘Sign in’ button.  

  • Once you are in the portal, please make sure to fill out the “Contact Information” on the left-hand side.  Once you complete that step, you will be able to see all the information. 
  
2 On the left side, select 'Manage Schools.'  
3 Select the 'Create School' button at the top and fill in all of the required information. The school has now been created.  
4 Select 'Manage School.'  A new window will appear where you will select the 'New Application' button and select the type of school you will be operating.   
5 Select the blue 'Continue' link.  
6 Fill in and attach all of the requested information.  
7 Pay for the school application.

Fees Page
After Application Submittal

New school applications take a minimum of six weeks. After six weeks, you will receive a call from an Arizona Barbering & Cosmetology Board inspector to schedule the school's initial inspection. If you do not have all of the necessary information, you will receive an email from the Board.

  • Upon being licensed, you will receive an email from the portal notifying you that you have a message in the portal under the Communications Center
  • You can print your license by clicking on ‘Print License’ on the left-hand side Navigation menu. This will download your license. If you don't see your license download, please check your pop-up blockers. 
     

Apply for a School License

 

A.A.C. R4-10-301: For an ownership, name or location change, the school must submit a new application within 10 days of a change. 

School Closure Form

​A.A.C. R4-10-304.1: The Board shall consider a school to be closed if the school licensee fails for five consecutive school days to ensure instruction is provided in accordance with the schedule of operations on file with the Board.

School Closure Form

  • The school licensee shall notify all enrolled students and employees in writing of a pending closure at least five calendar days before closure of the school, unless the time of closure could not have been anticipated. A copy of the notice shall be sent to the Board at the time the notice is delivered to students and employees.
  • The licensee of a closed school shall release students’ and employees’ personal belongings, including equipment, tools, and instruments at the time of closure.
  • The licensee of a closed school shall provide students with written information regarding how to make a claim against the bond required under A.R.S. § 32-325(C)(6) or 32-551(A)(2), as applicable.
  • The licensee of a closed school shall electronically deliver or otherwise send the following student records to the Board within 10 business days after the school closes:
    • Copies of hour sheets documenting all student hours and the current time cards or time records received by the student after the last monthly report before the school closed;
    • A copy of the file of each student who was enrolled on the last school day before closure. If a teach-out was arranged with another school, the licensee of the closed school shall transfer the student’s file to that school.
    • A written statement signed by each enrolled student verifying the school licensee’s compliance with all provisions of this Section that apply to students.