Bill Text: AZ SB1457 | 2024 | Fifty-sixth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Online instruction; virtual setting; assessments

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-06-21 - Chapter 239 [SB1457 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2024-SB1457-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: online instruction; virtual setting; assessments

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2024

 

 

 

SB 1457

 

Introduced by

Senator Bennett

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Act

 

amending title 15, chapter 8, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-808.01; relating to Arizona online instruction.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 15, chapter 8, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-808.01, to read:

START_STATUTE15-808.01. Arizona online instruction; proctored assessments; virtual setting

Each school that participates in Arizona online instruction pursuant to section 15-808 may administer any assessment or test required pursuant to section 15-808, subsection B or H or chapter 7, article 3 of this title in a virtual setting, if the school does all of the following:

1. Assigns a specific date and time to administer the assessment or test to participating students.

2. Administers the assessment or test in a synchronous session that is Initiated and managed by personnel who are designated by the school.

3. Provides at least one proctor for every ten participating students to monitor the participating students through synchronous video for the entire assessment or testing session.  For the purposes of this paragraph, if the assessment or testing platform does not allow integrated camera proctoring, the school shall require each participating student to use a second device to provide the proctor with synchronous video that shows the student and the area immediately surrounding the student for the entire assessment or testing session.

4. Requires each participating student to remain in the virtual setting until the student is instructed to exit the assessment or testing platform by the student's assigned proctor.

5. Verifies each assessment or test that is submitted by a participating student in a virtual setting pursuant to this section. END_STATUTE