age-appropriate resources; inappropriate contact; schools

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not specify when the resources must be available or the costs involved in creating and distributing them.

Age-Appropriate Resources for Preventing Inappropriate Contact in Schools

This bill requires the State Board of Education to develop a list of recommended resources on preventing and recognizing inappropriate contact, including sexual contact, which must be made available by public schools to students and parents.

What This Bill Does

• The State Board of Education (SBE) must create a list of age-appropriate educational materials on the prevention and recognition of inappropriate forms of contact, including sexual contact.
• ADE will post this list online and provide at least one resource from each age group to public schools.
• Each public school must make these resources available to students and their parents.

Who It Names or Affects

• State Board of Education
• Arizona Department of Education
• Public Schools in Arizona

Terms To Know

Age-Appropriate

Generally accepted as suitable for children based on their age or maturity level.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify when the resources must be available to schools and parents.
• There is no information about how much it will cost to create and distribute these resources.

Official Summary Text

SB1711 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

Assigned to
ED���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� FOR
COMMITTEE

ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1711

age-appropriate
resources; inappropriate contact; schools

Purpose

Requires the
State Board of Education (SBE) to develop a list of recommended resources
relating to age-appropriate education on the prevention and recognition of
inappropriate forms of contact and the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) to
post the list on its website and make the list available to public schools as
outlined. Requires a public school to make resources available to students and
parents relating to age-appropriate education on the inappropriate forms of
contact using the list developed by the SBE.

Background

The SBE
exercises general supervision over and regulates the conduct of the public
school system. Statute outlines the SBE's powers and duties, including
requirements to: 1) supervise and control the certification of persons engaged
in instructional work; 2) prepare, publish and distribute reports concerning
the educational welfare of Arizona; 3) recommend to the Legislature changes or
additions to the statutes pertaining to schools; and 4) aid in the enforcement
of laws relating to schools (
A.R.S.
� 15-203
).

There is no
anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.

Provisions

1.

Requires
the SBE to:

a)

develop a list of recommended resources relating to age-appropriate
education on the prevention and recognition of inappropriate forms of contact,
including sexual contact; and

b)

establish
a process that allows public schools and members of the public to recommend
additional resources for the list.

2.

Requires ADE to post the list on ADE's website and make at least one
resource from the list available to public schools for each age group as
determined by ADE after consultation with the SBE.

3.

Requires each public school to make available to all students and
students' parents resources relating to age-appropriate education on the
prevention and recognition of inappropriate forms of contact, including sexual
contact, from the list developed by the SBE.

4.

Defines
age-appropriate
as generally accepted as suitable for
children of the same age or maturity level based on the development of
cognitive, emotional, physical and behavioral capacity that is typical or an
age or age group.

5.

Becomes effective on the general effective date.

Prepared by Senate Research

February 13, 2026

MH/SM/hk

Current Bill Text

SB1711 - 572R - S Ver

Senate Engrossed

age-appropriate
resources; inappropriate contact; schools

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1711

AN
ACT

amending title 15, chapter 1, article 5,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-160.05; RELATING to school
safety requirements.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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 15-160.05, to read:

START_STATUTE
15-160.05.

Prevention and recognition of inappropriate contact; age-appropriate
educational resources; definition

A. The state board of education
shall:

1. develop a list of recommended
resources relating to age-appropriate education on the prevention and
recognition of inappropriate forms of contact, including sexual contact.�

2. establish a process that allows
public schools and members of the public to recommend resources for addition to
the list developed pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection.

b. The department of education shall
POST THE LIST THAT IS DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION a OF THIS SECTION ON THE
DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE AND SHALL Make at least one resource from the list
AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THIS STATE for each age group, as determined by
the department after consultation with the state board of education.

c. Each public school in this state
shall make AVAILABLE to ALL students and students' parents resources relating
to age-appropriate education on the prevention and recognition of
inappropriate forms of contact, including sexual contact, from the list that is
DEVELOPED pursuant to subsection A of this section.�

d. For the purposes of this SECTION,
"age-appropriate" means generally accepted as suitable for
children of the same age or maturity level based on the development of
cognitive, emotional, physical and behavioral capacity that is typical for an
age or age group.�
END_STATUTE