SB 1172 Summary

• Establishes that students who transfer into a school district or charter school are not required to be counted toward failure statistics unless they continue to fail competency requirements one year after the original failure for both third grade promotion and high school graduation.

• Modifies third grade reading retention requirements to use "sufficient reading skills" language instead of "far below grade level" and requires evidence-based interventions for struggling readers.

• Requires schools to offer more than one evidence-based intervention and remedial strategy for students with reading deficiencies, with parents and teachers collaborating to select appropriate strategies.

• Updates high school transfer credit provisions to clarify that students transferring from charter schools, other school districts, or Arizona online instruction must receive lists showing which credits are accepted as core versus elective credits.

• Adds a requirement for annual reporting by school districts and charter schools on the number of third grade students subject to retention, promoted, retained, and the interventions provided.