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SB1532 • 2026

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SB1532 - continuation; ASDB

Children Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Priya Sundareshan, Lela Alston, Flavio Bravo, Eva Diaz, Denise “Mitzi” Epstein, Brian Fernandez, Rosanna Gabaldón, Sally Ann Gonzales, Theresa Hatathlie, Lauren Kuby, Catherine Miranda, Analise Ortiz, Kiana Sears
Last action
2026-02-03
Official status
Senate second read
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text confirms the board continues until July 1, 2034, and laws are repealed on January 1, 2035, but provides no details on interim management or student placement after termination.

Continuation and Future Termination of ASDB Board

This bill continues the board that runs Arizona's schools for deaf and blind students but sets a date to end the board and remove related laws in the future.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes an old law about the school board from state records (Section 41-3027.06).
  • Adds a new rule stating the board ends on July 1, 2034.
  • Sets a date for January 1, 2035, to remove laws that created and run these schools.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Board of Directors of the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
  • Sensory-impaired children in Arizona

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not say what will happen to students after the board ends.
  • The text does not explain how school services will be managed between now and 2035.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Senate second read

  2. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Senate Rules: None

  3. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Senate Education: None

  4. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1532 - continuation; ASDB

Current Bill Text

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State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1532

Introduced by

Senators
Sundareshan: Alston, Bravo, Diaz, Epstein, Fernandez, Gabald�n, Gonzales,
Hatathlie, Kuby, Miranda, Ortiz, Sears

AN
ACT

repealing section 41-3027.06,
Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 41, chapter 27, article 2, Arizona
Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-3034.01; relating to the Arizona
state schools for the deaf and the blind.

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

Section 1.
Repeal

Section 41-3027.06, Arizona
Revised Statutes, is repealed.

Sec. 2. Title 41, chapter 27, article 2,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-3034.01, to read:

START_STATUTE
41-3034.01.

Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind; termination
July 1, 2034

A. The board of directors of the
Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind terminates on July 1, 2034.

B. Title 15, chapter 11 and this
section are repealed on January 1, 2035.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 3.
Purpose

Pursuant to section 41-2955,
subsection B, Arizona Revised Statutes, the legislature continues the board of
directors of the Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind to promote
and maintain educational opportunities of adequate scope and quality for
sensory-impaired children in this state.