AZ HB2421

Allows school districts and charter schools to offer distance learning courses (online or other formats) to any student in grades 6-12 in Arizona beginning in the 2022-2023 school year.

Permits students to enroll in up to two distance learning courses per year regardless of their enrollment status at the offering school.

Requires the Department of Education to establish and annually update a distance learning course catalog by July 1 of each year, with state board of education approval, prioritizing courses addressing teacher shortages, foreign languages, and high-level electives.

Allows schools offering distance learning courses to charge a reimbursement fee to the student's home school district and excludes distance-only students from the offering school's average daily membership calculations.

Generates one-eighth of average daily membership per completed distance learning course with academic credit, capped at 1.0 for full-time high school students.