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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session |
Senate: ED DP 4-3-0-0 | Third Read 16-10-4-0House: ED DP 7-3-0-2 |
SB 1143: public schools; safety; reporting requirements
Sponsor: Senator Bolick, LD 2
Caucus & COW
Overview
Establishes annual school safety reporting requirements for public schools, local education agencies (LEAs) and the Arizona Department of Education (ADE).
History
The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) administers the mandatory biennial Civil Rights Data Collection Survey (CRDC) to public LEAs and schools that receive federal financial assistance. The CRDC collects information about student access to courses, programs, resources, instructional and other staff and school climate factors, such as student discipline and harassment. OCR uses the data to enforce civil rights statutes that prohibit discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex and disability (OCR and CRDC).
Both school district governing boards (governing boards) and charter school governing bodies are required to enforce policies and procedures for school personnel to report: 1) any suspected crime against a person or property that is a serious offense or that involves a deadly weapon, dangerous instrument or serious physical injury; and 2) any conduct that poses a threat of death or serious physical injury to a person on school property (A.R.S. § 15-153).
A governing board must enforce policies that prohibit students from harassing, intimidating and bullying other students on school property, on school buses, at school bus stops, at school-sponsored events and activities and through the use of specified electronic technology or communication. These policies must include requirements for the reporting, documenting and investigating of incidents of harassment, intimidation and bullying, as well as disciplinary procedures for students (A.R.S. § 15-341).
Provisions
1. Requires each public school and LEA to:
a. submit to ADE the most recent information the public school or LEA reported to OCR for the CRDC; and
b. include a statement in the school report card that indicates whether the public school or LEA complied with the submission requirement. (Sec. 1)
2. Instructs ADE, by December 15 annually, to submit a school safety report to specified individuals that contains the following information, as reported to OCR for the CRDC:
a. the number of school safety incidents;
b. the number of referrals to law enforcement; and
c. school climate data. (Sec. 2)
3. Instructs ADE to collect information for the school safety report from publicly available sources and the most recent information each public school reported to OCR and submitted to ADE. (Sec. 2)
4. Requires ADE to post the school safety report on its website in a format that is accessible to the public. (Sec. 2)
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