schools; clubs; organizations; parental consent

Plain English Breakdown

The official status indicates the bill was vetoed; it is unclear from the provided metadata whether this veto was overridden.

HB2600: Parental Consent for Middle School Clubs

This bill would require public schools to get written permission from parents before students in grades six through eight can join school clubs or organizations.

What This Bill Does

• Requires public schools to obtain written parental consent before a student in grades six, seven, or eight joins any club or organization.
• Mandates that the request for permission includes details about the group's purpose, activities, and supporters.
• Defines 'student club or organization' as groups affiliated with the school where most members are students from that same school.
• Includes athletic teams, associations, societies, corps, cooperatives, and other similar student groups under this rule.

Who It Names or Affects

• Public schools in Arizona
• Students enrolled in grades six through eight
• Parents or guardians of students in those grades

Terms To Know

Student club or organization

Any group like a sports team, society, or cooperative that is connected to the school and mostly made up of its own students.

Written permission

A signed document from a parent giving approval for their child to join a specific group.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill was vetoed by the governor on April 13, 2026, so it did not become law unless lawmakers later overrode that decision.
• The text does not explain what happens if a school fails to get permission or how schools must handle requests.

Official Summary Text

HB2600 - schools; clubs; organizations; parental consent

Current Bill Text

HB2600 - 572R - H Ver

House Engrossed

schools; clubs;
organizations; parental consent

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HOUSE BILL 2600

AN
ACT

amending title 15, chapter 1, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-102.01; relating to public
schools.

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

Section 1. Title 15, chapter 1, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-102.01, to read:

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15-102.01.

Parental permission; student clubs and organizations; grades six
through eight; definition

A. A public school may not allow any
student who is enrolled in any of grades six, seven or eight to participate in
or join a student club or organization without first obtaining written
permission from the student's parent.� When requesting permission from a
student's parent for the purposes of this subsection, the public school shall
include in the communication a description of the purpose, activities and
supporters of the student club or organization.

B. For the purposes of this section,
"student club or organization":

1. Means any athletic team,
association, order, society, corps, cooperative, club or other similar group
that is affiliated with a public school and whose membership consists primarily
of students enrolled at that public school.

2. includes any Club or activity
described in section 15-102, subsection A, paragraph 7.
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