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AZ SB1138

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/16/2018

Primary Sponsor

David Bradley

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-third Legislature - Second Regular Session (2018)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 15-913.01 to expand county jail education program eligibility from prisoners under 18 years of age to include prisoners with disabilities up to 21 years of age.

  • Requires county jail education programs to serve all eligible prisoners who do not have a high school diploma or general equivalency diploma and lack a high school diploma or GED.

  • Maintains existing funding mechanisms for county jail education programs, including base and variable funding amounts determined by instructional days and pupil counts.

  • Allows counties to operate programs through accommodation schools at 72% of standard funding rates or through separate county jail education funds established by the county school superintendent.

  • Requires county school superintendents to develop policies for transferring educational records of prisoners transferred from juvenile detention centers or other public agencies.

Legislative Description

County jail education programs; age

Education - Title 15

Last Action

Senate ED Committee action: Do Pass, voting: (5-0-2-0)

2/15/2018

Full Bill Text

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