NMARTENS - STOP!!
The only active schools for JAA PPL in the USA are (apparently) approved through the UK CAA (though you might speak to LuftHansa or Sabena, both in Phoenix, Arizona).
The problem you may encounter is that at PPL level, the theory examinations must be done through the same national authority. At ATPL level the exams are transferrable from one state to another.
Reason is, I'm told, that the PPL air law covers national legislation - which is not necessarily JAA compliant.