AZ HCR2029

Requires public schools with selective admissions to post on their websites by August 1, 2025, and annually thereafter all information used to evaluate student applications, including academic performance, extracurricular activities, essays, recommendations, talents, socioeconomic background, legacy status, and donations.

Prohibits public schools from considering or discriminating based on religion, race, sex, color, ethnicity, ancestry, or national origin in admissions decisions, and bans collection of such information unless required by federal law.

Bans use of facially neutral factors (such as zip codes, feeder school quotas, or geographic/socioeconomic data) that correlate with protected characteristics for discriminatory purposes, but permits traditional academic success factors even if they have disparate impact.

Allows the Attorney General and adversely affected individuals to sue for violations, with courts awarding injunctive relief, damages of $1,000 or actual damages (whichever is greater), and reasonable attorney fees and court costs; provides one-year statute of limitations with each day a violation persists counting as a new violation.

Applies identical requirements and prohibitions to public postsecondary institutions (universities under Arizona Board of Regents and community colleges with selective admissions), with reporting to the Board of Regents instead of the Department of Education.