immunization rates; disclosure; public schools

Plain English Breakdown

The official text does not specify an effective date or when this law will begin enforcement.

SB1574: Public School Immunization Rate Disclosure

This law requires Arizona public schools and charter schools to share their latest overall vaccination rates with parents who ask, while protecting individual student privacy.

What This Bill Does

• Requires school districts and charter schools to provide immunization data when a parent asks for it.
• Mandates that schools give the most recent combined vaccination numbers for the whole school as reported to the state Department of Health Services.
• Prohibits schools from releasing any information that identifies a specific student.

Who It Names or Affects

• Parents who ask their child's public school district or charter school for immunization rates.
• Public school districts in Arizona.
• Charter schools operating within the state of Arizona.

Terms To Know

Aggregated immunization rates

The combined vaccination numbers reported for a whole school, without listing individual students.

Personally identifiable information

Any details that could be used to identify the name or identity of a specific student.

Limits and Unknowns

• Schools only have to provide this information if a parent specifically asks for it.
• The law does not require schools to share any data that identifies individual students.
• This bill adds new disclosure rules but does not change existing laws about which vaccines are required.

Official Summary Text

SB1574 - immunization rates; disclosure; public schools

Current Bill Text

SB1574 - 572R - I Ver

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immunization rates; disclosure; public schools

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1574

Introduced by

Senator
Epstein

AN
ACT

amending title 15, chapter 8, article 6,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-875; relating to school
immunization.

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

Section 1. Title 15, chapter 8, article 6,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-875, to read:

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15-875.

Immunization rates; disclosure requirements

A. On request by a pupil's parent, a
school district or charter school shall provide the most recent aggregated
immunization rates for the school, as reported to the department of health
services pursuant to section 15-874.

B. This section does not require a
school district or charter school to release the personally identifiable
information of any pupil.
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