age-appropriate resources; inappropriate contact; schools

Plain English Breakdown

The official text states the bill becomes effective on the 'general effective date,' but does not provide a specific calendar day for that general date.

SB1711: Age-Appropriate Resources on Inappropriate Contact in Schools

This law requires the State Board of Education to create a list of resources about preventing and recognizing inappropriate contact, which schools must then share with students and parents.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the State Board of Education to develop a list of recommended educational resources on preventing and recognizing inappropriate forms of contact, including sexual contact.
• Establishes a process for public schools and members of the public to recommend additional resources for this list.
• Directs the Arizona Department of Education to post the resource list online and provide at least one resource per age group to public schools after consulting with the State Board of Education.
• Mandates that each public school make these specific resources available to all students and their parents from the developed list.

Who It Names or Affects

• The State Board of Education
• The Arizona Department of Education
• Public schools in the state
• Students and their parents

Terms To Know

Inappropriate forms of contact

Unsuitable interactions, including sexual contact, that students should learn to prevent and recognize.

Age-appropriate

Generally accepted as suitable for children of the same age or maturity level based on typical cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral development.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law does not specify an exact calendar date beyond stating it becomes effective on the general effective date.
• The specific content of the recommended resources is determined by the State Board of Education after this law takes effect.
• There are no details in the text about how schools will track if students or parents have accessed these resources.

Official Summary Text

SB1711 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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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

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Current Bill Text

Chapter 0188 - 572R - S Ver of SB1711

Senate Engrossed

age-appropriate
resources; inappropriate contact; schools

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

CHAPTER 188

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

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR JUNE 19, 2026.

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 22, 2026.