AZ HB2228

Requires the State Board of Education and Department of Education to annually present academic growth awards to public high schools demonstrating the highest student academic growth within each classification.

Awards must be presented in the form of trophies resembling those given for athletic accomplishments, with each award named for its respective classification.

State Board of Education shall adopt rules to establish the method for identifying public high schools with the highest rate of student longitudinal growth in one or more school years.

Department of Education may use up to $1,000 annually from appropriated or other received monies to fund the trophy awards.

"Classification" is defined as a grouping of schools corresponding to the classification system established by a statewide interscholastic association in Arizona.