technical correction; school district boards

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not provide specific details about how remote instruction is defined or measured.

Prohibits Teacher Strikes and Reduces Funding Based on Remote Instruction

This bill prohibits Arizona school district and charter school teachers from striking, imposes penalties for violating this rule, and reduces funding based on remote instruction during strikes.

What This Bill Does

• Forbids any teacher in a public or charter school from going on strike against the school.
• If a teacher violates this rule, they lose certain job-related benefits like reemployment rights and civil service protections.
• Requires the Arizona Department of Education to calculate how many students use online instruction before and during strikes.
• The department must also measure increases in remote learning during strikes compared to normal times.
• Reduces funding for schools based on these calculations, affecting both public and charter schools.

Who It Names or Affects

• Teachers in Arizona's public and charter schools
• School districts and charter schools in Arizona

Terms To Know

Base Support Level (BSL)

The amount of funding a school district or charter school receives from the state.

Remote Instruction

Learning that takes place online instead of in person.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify how schools can appeal funding reductions.
• The bill does not provide details on how remote instruction is defined or measured.

Official Summary Text

HB2313 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

FACT SHEET FOR
H.B. 2313

technical
correction; school district boards

(
NOW:
teachers; strikes; prohibition; remote instruction
)

Purpose

Prohibits any
school district or charter school teacher from striking or engaging in an
organized work stoppage against the school district or charter school. Requires
the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) to reduce the Base Support Level
(BSL) of a school district or charter school if a teacher's strike or organized
work stoppage occurs in violation of the prohibition.

Background

A school
district governing board or a charter school governing body may adopt any
instructional time model (ITM) to meet the minimum annual instruction time and
hour requirements and to determine average daily membership, daily attendance
and student count. A school may deliver the annual required instructional time
or hours to students through a combination of direct instruction, project-based
learning, independent learning and mastery-based learning. Additionally, a
school may define instructional time and hours to include a combination of
in-person instruction and remote instruction, except that a school may provide
only 40 percent of its total instructional time in a remote setting without any
impact to the school's funding (
A.R.S.
� 15-901.08
).

The State Board
of Education (SBE) must select school district schools, and approved charter
authorizers must sponsor charter schools, to participate in Arizona Online
Instruction (AOI) and be online course providers or online schools. Each AOI
school must ensure that a daily log is maintained for each participating
student. A daily log must describe the amount of time spent in AOI on academic
tasks and be used to qualify participating students in the AOI school's average
daily attendance calculations. A student who is enrolled full-time in AOI is
funded at 95 percent of the BSL that would be calculated if the student was
enrolled full-time in a school district or charter school that does not
participate in AOI (
A.R.S.
� 15-808
).

The school
finance formula entitles school districts to funding from local revenues and
Basic State Aid (BSA) in an amount known as the equalization base. The
equalization base is equal to the sum of the BSL, transportation support level
and district additional assistance. A charter school's equalization base is
equal to the sum of the BSL and charter additional assistance and is funded
only by the state General Fund. A school district's BSL is the product of the
school district's weighted student count (WSC), Base Level Amount (BLA) and
Teacher Experience Index. A charter school's BSL is the product of the charter
school's WSC and BLA (A.R.S. ��
15-901

and
15-943
).

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

Provisions

1.

Prohibits any school district or charter school teacher from striking or
engaging in an organized work stoppage against the school district or charter
school.

2.

Determines
that a teacher who violates the prohibition on striking or engaging in an
organized work stoppage forfeits:

a)

all civil service rights;

b)

all reemployment rights; and

c)

any
other rights, benefits or privileges that accrue as a result of employment.

3.

Specifies that the prohibition on striking or engaging in an organized
work stoppage does not restrict a teacher's right to stop work if the teacher
is not acting in concert with one or more other individuals in a strike or
organized work stoppage.

4.

Requires,
if a teacher strike or organized work stoppage occurs in violation of the
outlined prohibition, ADE to calculate the following for each school district
and charter school affected:

a)

the percentage of the school district's or charter school's student
count before the strike or organized work stoppage that is attributable to
students who:

i.

participate in AOI; and

ii.

are
educated pursuant to an ITM;

b)

the percentage of the school district's or charter school's student
count during the strike or organized work stoppage that is attributable to
students who:

i.

participate in AOI; and

ii.

are
educated pursuant to an ITM; and

c)

any
increase in the percentage calculated for students who participate in AOI or
are educated pursuant to an ITM during a strike or organized work stoppage over
the percentage calculated for students who participate in AOI and are educated
pursuant to an ITM before the strike or organized work stoppage.

5.

Requires,
if a teacher strike or organized work stoppage occurs in violation of the
outlined prohibition, ADE to calculate for students who are educated pursuant
to an ITM:

a)

the percentage of instruction that is provided in a remote setting
before the strike or organized work stoppage;

b)

the percentage of instruction that is provided in a remote setting
during the strike or organized work stoppage; and

c)

any
increase in the percentage calculated for instruction provided in a remote
setting during the strike or organized work stoppage over the percentage
calculated for instruction provided in a remote setting before the strike or
organized work stoppage.

6.

Requires,
if a teacher strike or organized work stoppage occurs in violation of the
outlined prohibition, ADE to reduce the BSL of the school district or charter
school by:

a)

the percentage calculated for the increase of students who participate
in AOI or are educated pursuant to an ITM during the strike or organized work
stoppage over students who participate in AOI or are educated pursuant to an
ITM before the strike or organized work stoppage; or

b)

an
amount equal to the percentage calculated for the increase of the instruction
provided in a remote setting during the strike or organized work stoppage over
the instruction provided in a remote setting before the strike or organized
work stoppage, multiplied by the percentage of the school district's or charter
school's student count before the strike or organized work stoppage that is
attributable to students who are educated pursuant to an ITM.

7.

Allows a school district or charter school to appeal any funding
reduction to the SBE.

8.

Defines

organized work stoppage
as any collective action by two or more teachers
to:

a)

fail to report for duty;

b)

fail to perform the teachers' assigned responsibilities; or

c)

interfere
with the performance of assigned responsibilities by one or more other
employees.

9.

Becomes effective on the general effective date.

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Current Bill Text

HB2313 - 572R - H Ver

House Engrossed

technical
correction; school district boards

(now:� teachers;
strikes; prohibition; remote instruction)

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HOUSE BILL 2313

AN
ACT

amending title 15, chapter 5, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-504.01; relating to school
employees.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section
1.
Title
15, chapter 5, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding
section 15-504.01, to read:

START_STATUTE
15-504.01.

Strikes and
organized work stoppages; prohibition; remote instruction; funding; appeal;
definition

A. Notwithstanding
any other law, any teacher who is employed by a school district or charter
school in this state may not strike or engage in an organized work stoppage
against the school district or charter school. A teacher who
violates this subsection forfeits all civil service rights, all reemployment
rights and any other rights, benefits or privileges that accrue as a result of
employment by a school district or charter school in this state.

B. Subsection
A of this section does not restrict a teacher's right to stop work if the
teacher is not acting in concert with one or more other individuals in a strike
or an organized work stoppage.

C. If a
teacher strike or organized work stoppage against a school district or charter
school occurs in violation of subsection A of this section, the department of
education shall calculate the following for each school district and charter school
that is affected:

1. the
percentage of the school district's or charter school's student count before
the strike or organized work stoppage that is attributable to either:

(
a
) Students
who participate in online instruction pursuant to section 15-808.

(
b
) Students
who are educated pursuant to an instructional time model that is adopted
pursuant to section 15-901.08.

2. The
percentage of the school district's or charter school's student count during
the strike or organized work stoppage that is attributable to either:

(
a
) Students
who participate in online instruction pursuant to section 15-808.

(
b
) Students
who are educated pursuant to an instructional time model that is adopted
pursuant to section 15-901.08.

3. The
increase, if any, of the percentage calculated pursuant to paragraph 2 of this
subsection over the percentage calculated pursuant to paragraph 1 of this
subsection.

4. For
students who are educated pursuant to an instructional time model that is
adopted pursuant to section 15-901.08, both of the following:

(
a
) The
percentage of instruction that is provided in a remote setting before the
strike or organized work stoppage.

(
b
) The
percentage of instruction that is provided in a remote setting during the
strike or organized work stoppage.

(
c
) The
increase, if any, of the percentage calculated pursuant to subdivision (
b
) of this paragraph over the percentage calculated pursuant to
subdivision (
a
) of this paragraph.

D. Notwithstanding
any other law, If a teacher strike or organized work stoppage against a school
district or charter school occurs in violation of subsection A of this section,
the department of education shall reduce the base support level of the school
district or charter school as follows:

1. By
the percentage calculated pursuant to subsection C, paragraph 3 of this
section.

2. By an
amount equal to the percentage calculated pursuant to subsection C, paragraph
4, subdivision (
c
) of this section multiplied by the percentage that is calculated
pursuant to subsection C, paragraph 1, subdivision (
b
) of
this section.

E. A
school district or charter school may appeal any funding reduction pursuant to
subsection D of this section to the state board of education.

F. For
the purposes of this section, "organized work stoppage" means any
collective action by two or more teachers to do at least one of the following:

1. Fail
to report for duty.

2. Fail
to perform the teachers' assigned responsibilities.

3. Interfere
with the performance of assigned responsibilities by one or more other
employees.
END_STATUTE