Bill Text: AZ HB2724 | 2025 | Fifty-seventh Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Patriotic youth groups; school access
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (N/A) - [HB2724 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2025-HB2724-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: patriotic youth groups; school access |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
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HB 2724 |
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Introduced by Representatives Rivero: Gress, Olson, Peņa, Taylor, Weninger; Senator Mesnard
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AN ACT
Amending Title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-120.05; relating to school access.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-120.05, to read:
15-120.05. Patriotic youth groups; school access; discrimination prohibited; definition
A. During the first quarter of each academic school year, the principal of a public school may allow representatives from any patriotic youth group to address students for up to ten minutes during regular school hours about how the patriotic youth group supports educational interests and civic involvement. A representative of the patriotic youth group that intends to address students at a public school shall submit a verbal or written request to the principal during the first two weeks of the academic school year. After receiving the request, the principal may provide the patriotic youth group with verbal or written approval that includes the date and time the representative of the patriotic youth group may address the students.
B. The principal of a public school shall ensure that any materials provided by a patriotic youth group and its representatives are distributed directly to students on school property throughout the academic school year to encourage student participation in the patriotic youth group. The principal may request prior access to the materials for approval and may determine the method of distribution directly to students.
C. A public school may not deny equal access or a fair opportunity to meet to, or discriminate against, any patriotic youth group that wishes to conduct a meeting within that designated open forum or limited public forum, including denying such access or opportunity or discriminating for reasons based on the patriotic youth group's membership or leadership criteria or oath of allegiance to God and country.
D. For the purposes of this section, "patriotic youth group" means any group or organization that is intended to serve youth and that is listed in 36 United States Code, subtitle II, part B as a patriotic society, or any of the group's or organization's affiliates.
