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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session
appropriation; school safety program
Purpose
Background
The Program supports, promotes and enhances safe and effective learning environments for all students by supporting the costs of placing school resource officers (SROs), juvenile probation officers (JPOs), school safety officers (SSOs), school counselors and school social workers on school campuses. A school district or charter school may apply to participate in the Program for up to three fiscal years by submitting a Program proposal that contains specified information to ADE. ADE must review and administer the Program proposals and, subject to review and approval by the State Board of Education (SBE), distribute monies to the school districts and charter schools that comply with Program requirements. ADE may prioritize Program proposals for SRO, JPO and SSO grants to schools that have agreements to share the cost of the SRO, JPO or SSO with a law enforcement agency or the courts. If the SBE approves a school district's or charter school's Program proposal and the school district or charter school cannot place one or more of the SROs, JPOs, SSOs, school counselors or social workers included in the approved Program proposal, the school district or charter school may submit an alternate Program proposal as outlined for supporting the costs of purchasing safety technology, safety training and infrastructure improvements for its school campuses (A.R.S. § 15-154).
S.B. 1582 appropriates $3,200,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to ADE.
Provisions
1. Appropriates $3,200,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to ADE for the Program.
2. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 9, 2026
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