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HB4120 • 2026

ADE; high school graduates; verification

HB4120 - ADE; high school graduates; verification

Education Privacy
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Quantá Crews, Cesar Aguilar, Junelle Cavero, Janeen Connolly, Sarah Liguori, Kevin Volk
Last action
2026-02-12
Official status
House second read
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date is unknown based on the provided text; only the first reporting deadline (March 1, 2027) is specified.

HB4120: Rules to Verify High School Graduation

This law requires the Arizona Department of Education to create rules for verifying high school graduation using official student records while following federal privacy laws.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the department to make policies that let it verify if an individual graduated from a state high school based on information in the Student Accountability Information System.
  • Ensures all verification steps follow the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
  • Allows the department to charge fees for providing these verification services.
  • States that the department is not required to provide more than 100 verifications per calendar year.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Arizona Department of Education
  • People who need proof that someone is a high school graduate

Terms To Know

Student Accountability Information System
The official system where schools submit student information used for verification.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
A federal law that protects the privacy of student education records.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not state how much money will be charged for verification fees.
  • It is unclear if requests over the limit of one hundred per year can still be processed or paid for separately, as the law only says the department is 'not required' to provide them.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-12 House

    House second read

  2. 2026-02-11 House

    House Rules: None

  3. 2026-02-11 House

    House Education: None

  4. 2026-02-11 House

    House first read

Official Summary Text

HB4120 - ADE; high school graduates; verification

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REFERENCE TITLE:
ADE; high school graduates; verification

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 4120

Introduced by

Representatives
Crews: Aguilar, Cavero, Connolly, Liguori, Volk

AN
ACT

amending title 15, chapter 9, article 8,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-1047; relating to the
student accountability information system.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Title 15, chapter 9, article 8,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-1047, to read:

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15-1047.

High school graduation; verification; fees; annual report

A. in addition to the disclosures
authorized by section 15-1043, the department of education shall adopt
policies and procedures to allow the department to verify that an individual is
a high school graduate according to information submitted to the student
accountability information system by a school in this state.� The policies and
procedures adopted pursuant to this subsection must ensure that any
verification pursuant to this subsection complies with the family educational
rights and privacy act (20 United States Code section 1232
g
).

B. The department may establish and
collect fees for providing verification services pursuant to this section.� The
department is not required to provide VERIFICATION SERVICES pursuant to this
section for more than one hundred requests per calendar year.

C. On or before March 1, 2027 and
each year thereafter, the department shall report to the governor, the speaker
of the HOUSE of representatives and the president of the senate, and shall
provide a copy of the report to the secretary of state, the following
information for the immediately preceding calendar year:

1. The number of verification
requests that the department received.

2. The number of requests for which
the department provided verification services.

3. The costs incurred and revenues
generated by the verification services.
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