Senate Bill 1393 Summary

• Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 15-913.01 to require county jails to provide education programs for prisoners under 21 years old without a high school diploma or general equivalency diploma.

• Authorizes counties to operate jail education programs either through accommodation schools (funded at 72% of regular accommodation school rates) or through a county jail education fund.

• Establishes funding formulas for county jail education programs based on instructional days provided (minimum 240 minutes per day) and adjusts funding for pupils with disabilities.

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

• Appropriates $114,000 from the state general fund for fiscal year 2020-2021 to the superintendent of public instruction for distribution to county school superintendents for county jail education programs.