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SB1143 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet
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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1143
public schools; safety; reporting requirements
Purpose
Requires each public school and local education
agency (LEA) to submit to the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) the most
recent information reported for the Civil Rights Data Collection survey (CRDC).
Requires ADE, by December 15, to annually submit to outlined individuals and
post on its website a school safety report that contains specified information
reported for the CDRC.
Background
A school district governing board (governing board) and charter school
governing body must prescribe and enforce policies and procedures for school
personnel to report any: 1) suspected crime against a person or property that
is a serious offense or involves a deadly weapon, dangerous instrument or
serious physical injury; and 2) conduct that poses a threat of death or serious
physical injury to an employee, student or other person on the school property.
The policies must include a process for employees to document and report the
conduct, including specifying the employees responsible for making a report to
a local law enforcement agency (
A.R.S. � 15-153
).
A governing board must prescribe and enforce policies and procedures to
prohibit pupils from harassing, intimidating and bullying other pupils,
including: 1) a procedure for pupils, parents and school district employees to
confidentially report incidents of harassment, intimidation or bullying to
school officials; 2) a requirement that school district employees report in
writing suspected incidents of harassment, intimidation or bullying to the
appropriate school official; and 3) a formal process for documenting reported
incidents and providing for the confidentiality, maintenance and disposition of
the documentation (
A.R.S. � 15-341
).
The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) utilizes
the CRDC for administering and enforcing civil rights laws. The CRDC gathers
data, including student enrollment and student access to educational programs
and services, most of which is disaggregated by race or ethnicity, sex, English
learner status and disability (
U.S. Department of Education
).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the
state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1.
Requires each public school and LEA to:
a)
submit to ADE the most recent information that the public school or LEA
reported to the U.S. Department of Education OCR for the purposes of the CRDC;
and
b)
include
a statement in the school report card that indicates whether the public school
or LEA complies with the requirement.
2.
Requires
ADE, by December 15, to annually submit a school safety report to the Governor,
the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and
provide a copy to the Secretary of State that includes, as reported for the
CRDC:
a)
the number of school safety incidents;
b)
the number of referrals to law enforcement; and
c)
data
regarding the school climate.�
3.
Directs ADE to collect the school
safety report information from publicly available sources and the most recent
information that each public school reported to the U.S. Department of
Education OCR for the CRDC.
4.
Requires ADE to post the school safety report on ADE�s website in a
format that is accessible to the public.
5.
Becomes effective on the general
effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
January 26, 2026
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SB1143 - 572R - S Ver
Senate Engrossed
public schools;
safety; reporting requirements
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
SENATE BILL 1143
AN
ACT
amending title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona
Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-120.08; amending title 15, chapter
2, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-249.20;
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 15-120.08, to read:
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15-120.08.
United States department of education office for civil rights;
compliance reports; school report card
Each public school and each local education
agency shall:
1. Submit to the department the most
recent information that the public school or local education agency reported to
the United States department of education office for civil rights for the
purposes of the civil rights data collection survey.
2. Include a statement in the school
report card required by section 15-746 that indicates whether the school
or local education agency complied with paragraph 1 of this section.
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Sec. 2. Title 15, chapter 2, article 2, Arizona
Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-249.20, to read:
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15-249.20.
School safety report; required information; posting
A. On or before December 15 of each
year, the department of education shall submit a school safety report to the
governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of
representatives and provide a copy of the report to the secretary of state.�
The report shall contain
the following information, as
reported to the United States department of education office for civil rights
for the purposes of the civil rights data collection survey:
1. The number of school safety
incidents.
2. The number of referrals to law
enforcement.
3. Data regarding the school climate.
B. The department shall
collect information for the report required by subsection a of this
section from publicly available sources and the most recent information that
each public school reported to the United States department of education office
for civil rights and submitted to the department pursuant to section 15-120.08.
C. The department shall post the
report on the department's website in a format that is accessible to the
public.
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