educational facilities; abortion; prohibited activities

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on enforcement mechanisms or penalties beyond withholding funding.

Prohibits Abortion-Related Activities in Educational Facilities

This bill prohibits public educational institutions from encouraging, facilitating, or allowing abortion-related activities and imposes penalties for non-compliance.

What This Bill Does

• Forbids public schools from letting abortion providers give health education classes or distribute materials within the school.
• Allows the Superintendent of Public Instruction to withhold funding if a school does not follow these rules about abortion providers.
• Defines what an 'abortion provider' includes, such as clinics and related organizations.

Who It Names or Affects

• Public schools and their employees
• Abortion providers and medical facilities

Terms To Know

abortion provider

Includes abortion clinics, entities related to clinics, and individuals representing such entities.

public educational institution

Refers to community colleges, public universities, school districts, charter schools, accommodation schools, and the Arizona State School for the Deaf and Blind.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how it will be enforced or what penalties apply beyond withholding funding.
• It is unclear if there are any exceptions to the prohibitions other than those explicitly stated in the legislation.

Official Summary Text

HB2060 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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FACT SHEET FOR
H.B. 2060

educational
facilities; abortion; prohibited activities

Purpose

Prohibits a public educational institution from encouraging or
facilitating an abortion and prohibits a public school from allowing an
abortion provider to provide health education instruction or distribute any
health education materials from the abortion provider. Allows the
Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI), if outlined circumstances are met,
to withhold a public school's apportionment of Basic State Aid for a violation
of the prescribed prohibition on allowing an abortion provider to provide health
education instruction or materials.

Background

A school district or charter school may not: 1) endorse or provide
financial or instructional program support to any program that does not present
childbirth and adoption as preferred options to elective abortion; or 2) allow
any presentation during instructional time or furnish any materials to pupils
as part of any instruction that does not give preference, encouragement and
support to childbirth and adoption as preferred options to elective abortion. A
facility that is run by or that operates on the property of a public
educational institution may not perform or provide an abortion, unless the
abortion is necessary to save the life of the woman having the abortion. A
public
educational institution
means: 1) a community college; 2) a public
university; 3) a school district, including schools within the school district;
4) a charter school; 5) an accommodation school; and 6) the Arizona State
School for the Deaf and Blind (A.R.S. �

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15-115

and
15-115.01
).

There is no anticipated fiscal impact
to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.

Provisions

1.

Prohibits
a public educational institution or an employee of a public education
institution who is acting in the employee's official capacity from encouraging
or facilitating an abortion.

2.

Prohibits
a public school from allowing an abortion provider or a medical facility or
organization that refers patients to an abortion clinic to:

a)

provide health education instruction in the school;

b)

provide health education instructional programs or curricula to the
school or school employees; or

c)

distribute or display any health education materials or media in the
school, if the materials or media are created, paid for or donated by the
abortion provider or bear an identifying mark of the abortion provider.

3.

Allows the SPI, if the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) determines
that a public school is not in compliance with the prohibition on allowing an
abortion provider to provide health education instruction or materials and, if
the public school fails to correct the noncompliance within 90 days after
receiving notice from ADE, to withhold any portion of a public school's
apportionment of Basic State Aid from the date of the determination of
noncompliance until ADE determines that the public school is complying with the
prescribed prohibition.

4.

Specifies
that an
abortion provider
includes:

a)

an abortion clinic;

b)

any entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control
with an abortion clinic;

c)

any entity that is a party to a franchising, licensing or a similar
agreement with an abortion clinic; and

d)

any
individual who is acting as an employee or representative of an abortion clinic
or an aforementioned entity.

5.

Makes technical and conforming changes.

6.

Becomes effective on the general effective date.

House Action

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Current Bill Text

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House Engrossed

educational
facilities; abortion; prohibited activities

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HOUSE BILL 2060

AN
ACT

amending section 15-115.01, Arizona
Revised Statutes; amending title 15, chapter 1, ARTICLE 1, Arizona Revised
Statutes, by adding section 15-115.02; amending section 15-1630,
Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to educational institutions.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 15-115.01, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
15-115.01.

Public educational institution facilities; employees;
prohibition; exception; definitions

A. A facility that is run by or that operates on the
property of a public educational institution may not perform or provide an
abortion, unless the abortion is necessary to save the life of the woman having
the abortion.

B. A public educational institution
may not encourage or facilitate abortions. An employee of a public educational
institution who is acting in the employee's official capacity may not encourage
or facilitate abortions.

B.

C.
For
the purposes of this section:

1. "Abortion" has the same meaning
prescribed in section 36-2151.

2. "Medical emergency" has
the same meaning prescribed in section 36-2151.

3.

2.
"Public
educational institution" means any of the following:

(a) A community college as defined in section 15-1401.

(b) A university under the jurisdiction of the
Arizona board of regents.

(c) A school district, including its schools.

(d) A charter school.

(e) An accommodation school.

(f) The Arizona state schools for the deaf and the
blind.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona
Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-115.02, to read:

START_STATUTE
15-115.02.

Health education instruction; prohibitions; withholding of state
monies; definitions

A. A PUBLIC SCHOOL MAY NOT ALLOW AN
ABORTION PROVIDER OR A MEDICAL FACILITY OR ORGANIZATION THAT REFERS PATIENTS TO
AN ABORTION clinic TO do any of the following:

1. PROVIDE HEALTH EDUCATION
INSTRUCTION IN THE SCHOOL.

2. PROVIDE HEALTH EDUCATION
INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS OR CURRICULA TO THE SCHOOL OR SCHOOL EMPLOYEES.

3. DISTRIBUTE OR DISPLAY ANY HEALTH
EDUCATION MATERIALS OR MEDIA IN THE SCHOOL IF THE MATERIALS OR MEDIA ARE
CREATED, PAID FOR OR DONATED BY THE ABORTION PROVIDER OR BEAR AN IDENTIFYING
MARK OF THE ABORTION PROVIDER.

B. IF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
DETERMINES THAT A PUBLIC SCHOOL IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUBSECTION A OF THIS
SECTION AND IF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FAILS TO CORRECT THE noncompliance WITHIN
NINETY DAYS AFTER RECEIVING NOTICE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION MAY WITHHOLD ANY PORTION OF THE PUBLIC
SCHOOL'S APPORTIONMENT OF STATE AID FROM THE DATE OF THE DETERMINATION OF
NONCOMPLIANCE UNTIL THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DETERMINES THAT THE PUBLIC
SCHOOL IS COMPLYING WITH SUBSECTION A OF THIS SECTION.

C. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:

1. "Abortion clinic" has
the same meaning prescribed in section 36-449.01.

2. "ABORTION PROVIDER"
INCLUDES:

(
a
) AN ABORTION
CLINIC.

(
b
) Any ENTITY
THAT CONTROLS, IS CONTROLLED BY OR IS UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH AN ABORTION
CLINIC.

(
c
) Any eNTITY
THAT IS A PARTY TO A FRANCHISING, LICENSING OR SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH AN
ABORTION CLINIC.

(
d
) Any
INDIVIDUAL WHO IS ACTING AS AN EMPLOYEE OR REPRESENTATIVE OF AN ENTITY
DESCRIBED IN subdivision (
a
), (
b
)
or (
c
) of this PARAGRAPH.

END_STATUTE

Sec. 3. Section 15-1630, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
15-1630.

Educational facilities; employees; prohibition; exception

A.
No

An
abortion shall
not
be performed at any
facility under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents unless
such

the
abortion is necessary to save the
life of the woman having the abortion.

B. A university under the
jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents may not encourage or facilitate
abortions. An employee of the Arizona board of regents or of a
university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents who is acting
in the employee's official capacity may not encourage or facilitate abortions.

END_STATUTE