AZ HB2362

Transfers curriculum prescription authority from school district governing boards to county school superintendents for common schools and high schools, affecting grades K-12 promotion and graduation requirements.

Modifies third-grade reading retention exemption authority from school district governing boards to county school superintendents, including authority to promote students who don't meet reading proficiency standards under specified conditions.

Removes requirement that governing boards prescribe promotion and graduation criteria, instead vesting this authority exclusively in county school superintendents under state board of education guidelines.

Transfers authority for reviewing teacher decisions on student promotion or retention from governing boards to county school superintendents.

Requires Native American history instruction to be incorporated into appropriate existing curricula as a duty of county school superintendents rather than governing boards.