public schools; interoperable communications; requirements

SB1315 - 572R - H Ver

House Engrossed
Senate Bill

public schools;
interoperable communications; requirements

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1315

AN
ACT

amending title 15, chapter 1, article 5,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-154.03; relating to school
safety requirements.

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

Section 1. Title 15, chapter 1, article 5,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-154.03, to read:

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15-154.03.

Schools; interoperable communications systems; affidavits; annual
readiness report; law enforcement agencies; funding

A.
If a school
district
or charter school in this state
receives monies from this state or a local law enforcement agency in
this state for interoperable communications, the school district or charter
school shall select or develop technology, a system or a method to establish
and maintain interoperable communications capabilities that include at least
the following:

1. A mechanism that enables
designated school personnel to notify local law enforcement agencies in real
time if an emergency occurs at the school.

2. A mechanism that enables the
school district or charter school to securely transmit the current map of each
school campus and floor plan of each school building to local law enforcement
agencies in a printable format.

3. A mechanism that enables
designated school personnel to communicate with local law enforcement agencies
and law enforcement officers in real time during an emergency at the school.

B. On or before July 1, 2027 and July 1 of each
year thereafter, each school district and charter school
that
estaBLISHES AND MAINTAINS INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES shall
submit to the department, in a form and manner prescribed by the department, an
affidavit attesting that the school district or charter school:

1. Is maintaining the interoperable
communications capabilities required by subsection A of this section.

2. Has transmitted the current maps
and floor plans to local law enforcement agencies through the mechanism
required by subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section.

3. Has tested each mechanism required
by subsection A of this section to ensure that the school district or charter
school is able to communicate with the local law enforcement agency in whose
jurisdiction the school district or charter school is located at least once
during the preceding year.

C. The department shall develop
guidelines and best practices to assist school districts and charter schools in
meeting the requirements prescribed by this section.

D. The department shall compile the
affidavits submitted pursuant to subsection
B of this
section and shall provide an annual statewide interoperability readiness report
to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of
representatives and shall provide a copy of the report to the secretary of
state.

E. If a local law enforcement agency
in this state has monies available to establish and maintain interoperable
communications capabilities with school districts and charter schools that are
located within the agency's jurisdiction, the agency shall Notify each school
district and charter school that is located within the agency's jurisdiction
and offer to provide monies to the school district or charter school for the
purposes of subsection A of this section.

F. If a local law enforcement agency
in this state does not have sufficient monies available to establish and
maintain interoperable communications capabilities with each school district
and charter school that is located within the agency's jurisdiction, the agency
shall do all of the following:

1. Select school districts and
charter schools for which sufficient monies are available to establish and
maintain interoperable communications capabilities.

2. Notify each school district and
charter school that is selected pursuant to paragraph 1 or 3 of this subsection
that the school district or charter school has been selected and offer to
provide monies to the school district or charter school for the purposes of
subsection A of this section.

3. If a school district or charter
school declines an offer that is made pursuant to paragraph 2 of this
subsection, select another school district or charter school that is located
within the agency's jurisdiction and for which sufficient monies are available
to establish and maintain interoperable communications capabilities.
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