Bill Text: AZ SB1389 | 2012 | Fiftieth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Schools; parental intervention
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 15-0)
Status: (Failed) 2012-02-13 - Senate ED Committee action: Held [SB1389 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2012-SB1389-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: schools; parental intervention |
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State of Arizona Senate Fiftieth Legislature Second Regular Session 2012
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SB 1389 |
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Introduced by Senators Klein, Melvin, Murphy; Representative Seel: Senators Antenori, Biggs, Burges, Gray, Shooter; Representatives Barton, Brophy McGee, Goodale, Harper, Mesnard, Proud
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AN ACT
amending Title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-114; AMENDING section 15‑2401, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to parental involvement in schools.
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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 15-114, to read:
15-114. Schools; parental intervention options; notification
A. For any school that has been assigned a letter grade of D or F pursuant to section 15‑241, the parents or legal guardians of pupils attending that school and parents or guardians of pupils attending a school that feeds into that school may submit a petition to the school district governing board to request that the governing board take one of the following actions:
1. Close the school.
2. Convert the school to a charter school.
3. Replace the existing school principal with a different principal who shall be allowed sufficient operational flexibility with respect to staffing, calendars and budgeting to implement a fully comprehensive approach in order to improve student achievement outcomes and increase high school graduation rates.
B. If at least one parent or guardian in more than fifty per cent of the households with children who are enrolled in that school signs the petition, the school district governing board shall take the action requested in the petition within thirty days after verifying the signatures on the petition. The signature of only one parent or guardian from each household shall be counted for the purposes of this subsection.
C. The school district governing board shall notify the Superintendent of public instruction and the state board of education on receipt of a petition pursuant to subsection A of this section.
Sec. 2. Section 15-2401, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
15-2401. Definitions
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Department" means the department of education.
2. "Eligible postsecondary institution" means a community college as defined in section 15‑1401, a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents or an accredited private postsecondary institution.
3. "Parent" means a resident of this state who is the parent or legal guardian of a qualified student.
4. "Qualified school" means a nongovernmental primary or secondary school or a preschool for handicapped students that is located in this state and that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color or national origin.
5. "Qualified student" means a resident of this state who both:
(a) Is either:
(i) Identified as having a disability under section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973 (29 United States Code section 794). ,
(ii) Identified by a school district as a child with a disability as defined in section 15‑761. or
(iii) A child with a disability who is eligible to receive services from a school district under section 15‑763.
(iv) Attending a school that has been assigned a letter grade of D or F pursuant to section 15‑241.
(b) And who Did any of the following:
(a) (i) Attended a governmental primary or secondary school as a full-time student as defined in section 15‑901 for at least the first one hundred days of the prior fiscal year and who transferred from a governmental primary or secondary school to a qualified school.
(b) (ii) Participated in the empowerment scholarship account program in the previous year and whose parent renews the agreement pursuant to section 15‑2402, subsection B D.
(c) (iii) Received a scholarship under section 43‑1505 and who continues to attend a qualified school.
6. "Treasurer" means the office of the state treasurer.
