SB 1255 Summary

• Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 15-808 to establish standards for Arizona online instruction programs administered by traditional public schools and charter schools.

• Requires daily logs tracking instructional time for online students and limits combined average daily membership between traditional enrollment and online instruction to 1.0 for funding purposes.

• Establishes funding levels at 95% of base support for full-time online students and 85% of base support for part-time online students, with reduced rates compared to traditional school enrollment.

• Mandates that high school students taking online courses while enrolled in traditional schools be notified that online courses may not count toward their school district's or charter school's graduation requirements.

• Requires probationary status for new online schools and mandates their removal from the program if they fail to demonstrate academic improvement within three years.