REFERENCE TITLE: underrepresented communities; instruction; public schools

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

 

 

 

SB 1182

 

Introduced by

Senator Kavanagh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 15, chapter 7, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-701.05; relating to school curricula.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 15, chapter 7, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-701.05, to read:

START_STATUTE15-701.05. Instruction on underrepresented communities; definition

A. A school district or charter school may incorporate into the school district's or charter school's minimum course of study, in the area of social studies or into one or more existing courses on civics, United States history or Arizona history, historically accurate instruction on the history, contributions and civic participation of communities that have been historically underrepresented. 

B. For the purposes of this section, "communities that have been historically underrepresented" includes Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities. END_STATUTE