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HB2600 - 572R - H Ver
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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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