HB 2015 — schools; supplemental materials; approval

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schools;  PROPOSED HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B.

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approval"Sec. 3.  Section  15-730,       State of Arizona HouseRevised ofStatutes, Representativesis Fifty-fourthamended Legislatureto Secondread: Regular Session     HB 2015   Introduced by Representatives Fillmore:

CarrollSTART_STATUTE15-730.  Access  to  instructional ANmaterials ACTby  parents amending sections 15-721 and 15-722,guardians; Arizona Revised Statutes;

relatingnotification; to courses of study and textbooks.

 enforcement  A.  On (TEXTwritten OFrequest, BILLschool BEGINSpersonnel ONdesignated NEXTby PAGE)the  governing Beboard itshall enactedpermit allow parents or and guardians access to instructional materials currently used by or being considered for use by the Legislatureschool district by making available at least one copy of the Stateinstructional 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 Arizona:not more than forty‑eight hours.  Parents or and guardians may review all other materials, including films, only on the school district premises.

Section 1.  SectionB.  If 15-721,a Arizonapublic Revisedschool Statutes,or school district is amendedrequired under this title to read: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:

START_STATUTE15-721.  Common1.  That schools;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;study or materials.

textbooks;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:

approval;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.

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C.  IfHN any  course includes a basic textbook and uses supplemental books, the governing board may shall approve all supplemental books and teaching aids, including instructional computer software, that are used in the course prior to approval of before approving the course.

D.  If the course includes a basic textbook and uses supplemental books that have not been approved by the governing board at the time of approval of the course, a teacher may not use the supplemental books at any time during the school year.  Use of the supplemental books shall be brought to the attention of until the governing board during the school year in which they are added for ratification approves the supplemental books.

E.  Notwithstanding any other law, subsections B and C of this section do not apply to supplemental books used in courses or programs instituted pursuant to article 4 of this chapter.

F.  The governing board shall:

1.  Enforce the course of study and select all textbooks used in the common schools and purchase the textbooks from the publishers.  The governing board may budget and spend district school funds may be budgeted and expended by the governing board monies for teaching aids, including instructional computer software.  For courses that do not require that each student have a textbook other than for classroom instruction, the school district need only purchase one textbook for each student in the largest group that would be receiving classroom instruction at any one time.

2.  Require that all meetings of committees authorized for the purposes of textbook review and selection approval be open to the public as prescribed in title 38, chapter 3, article 3.1.

3.  Make available at the school district office for review by the public, for a period of sixty days prior to before formal selection approval of the textbooks, a copy of each textbook that is being considered for selection approval.

G.  For the purposes of this section, "textbook" means printed instructional materials or digital content, or both, and related printed or nonprinted instructional materials, that are written and published primarily for use in school instruction and that are required by a state educational agency or a local educational education agency for use by pupils in the classroom, including materials that require the availability of electronic equipment in order to be used as a learning resource.

END_STATUTE Sec. 2.  Section 15-722, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE15-722.  High schools;

course of study;

textbooks;

approval;

definition A.  The governing board shall approve for high schools the course of study and all units that are recommended for credit under each general subject title before implementing the course.

B.  The governing board shall approve for high schools the basic textbook for each course and may purchase the textbooks from the publishers if approved by the governing board.  Before the approval of approving any basic textbook for high schools, the governing board shall do all of the following:

1.  Provide information on the school district's website, if the school district maintains a website, on the basic textbooks that are proposed for approval.

2.  Require that all meetings of committees authorized for the purposes of textbook review and selection approval be open to the public pursuant to title 38, chapter 3, article 3.1.

3.  Provide an opportunity for public comment for at least sixty days.  Public comment may include written comments, oral comments and comments submitted through e‑mail email.

4.  Make available at the school district office for review by the public, for a period of at least sixty days prior to before the formal selection approval of the textbooks, a copy of each textbook that is being considered for selection approval.

C.  If any course does not include a basic textbook, the governing board shall approve all supplemental books that are used in the course before usage.

D.  If any course includes a basic textbook and uses supplemental books or instructional computer software, the governing board may shall approve all supplemental books and instructional computer software that are used in the course before usage.

E.  If the course includes a basic textbook and uses supplemental books that have not been approved by the governing board at the time of approval of the course, a teacher may not use the supplemental books at any time during the school year.  Use of the supplemental books shall be brought to the attention of until the governing board during the school year in which they are added for ratification approves the supplemental books.

F.  The governing board shall prescribe up to five textbooks for each course, and the teacher, with the consent of the governing board, may use any one of the prescribed textbooks for the purposes of the teacher's course.

G.  For the purposes of this section, "textbook" means printed instructional materials or digital content, or both, and related printed or nonprinted instructional materials, that are written and published primarily for use in school instruction and that are required by a state educational agency or a local educational education agency for use by pupils in the classroom, including materials that require the availability of electronic equipment in order to be used as a learning resource.

END_STATUTE