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AZ SB1644

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/10/2025

Primary Sponsor

Eva Diaz

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

AI Summary

  • Requires the Arizona Department of Education to post a notice on its website and include in each application packet outlining all legal rights that qualified students and parents waive by enrolling in the Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA) program.

  • Mandates the department furnish this waiver notice to applicants at the same time the department issues award letters to eligible applicants.

  • Requires the state board of education to post information about the appeals process for ESA administrative decisions in the same location as the policy handbook on the department's website.

  • Applies to the Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Accounts program established under section 15-2403, Arizona Revised Statutes, which allows eligible students to receive state funding for approved educational expenses outside traditional public schools.

Legislative Description

ESAs; parental notification; waived rights

Appeals

Last Action

Senate read second time

2/11/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules2/10/2025
Education Accountability and Reform2/10/2025

Full Bill Text

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