dropout recovery programs; repeal

HB2658 - 572R - I Ver

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dropout recovery programs; repeal

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2658

Introduced by

Representative
Way

AN
ACT

amending section 15-808.01, Arizona
Revised Statutes; repealing section 15-901.06, Arizona Revised Statutes;
relating to dropout recovery programs.

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

Section 1. Section 15-808.01, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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15-808.01.

Virtual schools; proctored assessments; virtual setting;
exemptions; definitions

A. Except as provided in subsection C of this
section, each virtual school may administer any assessment that complies with
section 15-741 in a virtual setting, if the virtual school does all of
the following:

1. Assigns a specific date and time to administer
the assessment to participating students in a virtual setting, except as
provided in subsection B of this section.

2. Administers the assessment in a synchronous
session that is initiated and managed by personnel who are designated by the
virtual school.

3. Provides at least one proctor for every ten
participating students to monitor the participating students through
synchronous video for the entire testing session.� For the purposes of this
paragraph, if the testing platform does not allow integrated camera proctoring,
the virtual

school shall require each
participating student to use a second device to provide the proctor with
synchronous video that shows the student and the area immediately surrounding
the student for the entire testing session.

4. Requires each participating student to remain in
the virtual setting until the student is instructed to exit the testing
platform by the student's assigned proctor.

5. Verifies each assessment that is submitted by a
participating student in a virtual setting pursuant to this subsection.

B. A virtual school that administers an assessment
pursuant to subsection A of this section may also administer the assessment in
person to any specific student or group of students at a date and time assigned
by the virtual school if the virtual school identifies an exception to the
virtual setting that is necessary or appropriate, including an exception for a
student who has one or more testing accommodations in the student's
individualized education program as defined in section 15-761 or section
504 plan as defined in section 15-731 or for an English learner as
defined in section 15-751 who needs an in-person assessment.

C. A virtual

school
may not administer any of the following pursuant to subsection A of this
section unless the assessment is available to be proctored in a virtual
setting:

1. A college readiness or workforce assessment
provided by a national college and career readiness assessment provider.

2. An advanced placement examination.

3. An international baccalaureate examination.

4. An alternate assessment as indicated in a
student's individualized education program as defined in section 15-761.

5. An English language proficiency assessment
administered pursuant to section 15-756.

D. When sufficient monies are available, the
department of education shall include a provision for testing in a virtual
setting pursuant to subsection A of this section in each contract that the
department executes or extends with a third-party vendor for the
provision of any assessment that is not listed in subsection C of this
section.� Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, a virtual school may
not begin administering an assessment pursuant to subsection A of this section
until the first school year after the school year in which the department
executes or extends a contract or executes a contract amendment for the
assessment that includes the provision prescribed by this subsection.

E. This section does not require a virtual school to
administer any assessment, including the assessments listed in subsection C of
this section, in a virtual setting.

F. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Assessment" means a formal assessment,
test or examination that a public school in this state is required by state or
federal law to administer to students who are enrolled in the school.

2. "Virtual school" includes
:

(a)
a school that participates
in Arizona online instruction pursuant to section 15-808.

(b) A dropout recovery program that is
provided online pursuant to section 15-901.06.

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Sec. 2.
Repeal

Section 15-901.06, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is repealed.