ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

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SB 1166: accommodation schools; high school equivalency

Sponsor: Senator Angius, LD 30

Caucus & COW

Overview

Permits a county school superintendent to offer high school equivalency (HSE) preparation instruction through an accommodation school to students in the 11th grade. Specifies a student must be at least 16 years old to receive HSE preparation instruction offered by a county school superintendent through an accommodation school.  

History

HSE preparation instruction is instruction that prepares students to pass the high school equivalency test adopted by the State Board of Education (SBE). Currently, statute allows a county school superintendent to offer HSE preparation instruction through an accommodation school to students who are enrolled in the accommodation school in the 12th grade. To provide HSE preparation instruction, the county school superintendent must obtain written consent from the student's parent or, if emancipated, the student. Each student who participates in HSE instruction offered by a county school superintendent must also be enrolled in a career and technical education course that leads to a certification, license or credential (A.R.S. § 15-305).

SBE and the Superintendent of Public Instruction must award an Arizona high school equivalency diploma to any person who is at least 16 years old and who passes a high school equivalency test adopted by SBE. SBE may establish eligibility requirements for those who wish to take a high school equivalency test, though SBE may not require the: 1) minimum age to take the equivalency test to be older than 16; or 2) completion of any high school credits (A.R.S. § 15-702) (A.A.C. § R7-2-307).

Provisions

1.   Allows a county school superintendent to offer HSE preparation instruction through an accommodation school to students in the 11th or 12th grade, rather than only the 12th grade.

2.   Stipulates a county school superintendent may offer HSE preparation instruction only to students who are at least 16 years old.

3.   Makes technical and conforming changes.

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