COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2015
(Reference to printed bill)
Page 3, after line 13, insert:
"Sec. 3. Section 15-730, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
15-730. Access to instructional materials by parents and guardians; notification; enforcement
A. On written request, school personnel designated by the governing board shall permit allow parents or and guardians access to instructional materials currently used by or being considered for use by the school district by making available at least one copy of the instructional material for review by the parents or and guardians. Parents or and guardians may take printed textbooks, printed supplementary books and printed subject matter materials from the school district premises for a period of not more than forty‑eight hours. Parents or and guardians may review all other materials, including films, only on the school district premises.
B. If a public school or school district is required under this title to secure the permission of a pupil's parent or guardian before the pupil may participate in a certain curriculum or course of study or use certain materials, the public school or school district shall notify the parent or guardian on a written permission form of both of the following:
1. That the parent or guardian may review the curriculum, course of study or materials.
2. The time and location at which the parent or guardian may review the curriculum, course of study or materials.
C. A pupil or a pupil's parent or guardian may not initiate legal action to enforce subsection B of this section unless the pupil or the pupil's parent or guardian complies with the following:
1. The pupil or the pupil's parent or guardian submits a complaint in writing with the specific facts of the alleged violation to the principal of the school. The principal shall investigate the complaint and respond in writing, including a description of any action taken to resolve the complaint, within fifteen days after receiving the written complaint.
2. If the action taken by the principal of the school does not resolve the complaint of the pupil or the pupil's parent or guardian, the pupil or the pupil's parent or guardian submits a complaint in writing with the specific facts of the alleged violation to the superintendent or other designated administrator. The superintendent or other designated administrator shall investigate the complaint and respond in writing, including a description of any action taken to resolve the complaint, within twenty-five days after receiving the written complaint.
D. If the action taken by the superintendent or other designated administrator pursuant to subsection C of this section does not resolve the complaint of the pupil or the pupil's parent or guardian, the pupil or the pupil's parent or guardian may pursue legal action to enforce this section."
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