HB4120 • 2026

ADE; high school graduates; verification

HB4120 - ADE; high school graduates; verification

Education

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 official source material does not provide specific details about revenue generation or consequences of exceeding request limits.

High School Graduation Verification

This bill requires the Arizona Department of Education to verify high school graduation information submitted by schools through a student accountability system, with reporting requirements.

What This Bill Does

Requires the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) to create policies for verifying that individuals are high school graduates based on data from the Student Accountability Information System.
Allows ADE to charge fees for verification services but limits it to no more than 100 requests per year.
Requires ADE to submit an annual report by March 1st each year, detailing the number of verification requests received and processed, along with costs and revenues.

Who It Names or Affects

Arizona Department of Education
High school graduates in Arizona
Schools submitting data to the Student Accountability Information System

Terms To Know

Student Accountability Information System: A system used by schools and the ADE to track student progress and graduation information.
Verification Services: Services provided by the ADE to confirm if an individual is a high school graduate based on submitted data.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if more than 100 verification requests are made in a year.
It's unclear how much revenue will be generated from the fees for verification services.

Bill History

2026-02-12 House
House second read
2026-02-11 House
House Rules: None
2026-02-11 House
House Education: None
2026-02-11 House
House first read

Official Summary Text

HB4120 - ADE; high school graduates; verification

Current Bill Text

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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.

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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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