SB 1317 Summary

• Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 15-808 to require online course providers and online schools to report specific data annually to the Department of Education, including total courses taken, courses completed, student enrollment and non-completion rates, and end-of-course testing results.

• Requires the Department of Education to compile annual reports from all online instruction providers and submit a consolidated report to the Governor, Speaker of the House, and President of the Senate by November 15 each year.

• Replaces terminology throughout the statute by changing "pupils" to "students" and "e-mail" to "email" for updated language standards.

• Maintains existing requirements for online instruction including probationary status for new schools, daily logs tracking student instructional time, funding levels at 95% for full-time and 85% for part-time students, and state assessment testing compliance.

• Preserves provisions requiring schools to monitor academic performance decline, ensure multiple assessment measures, maintain academic integrity through proctored state testing, and prohibit charging fees for course examinations previously taken in Arizona online instruction or other public schools.