SB 1707 — ESAs; grant recipients; qualified students

Fifty-fifthSenate LegislatureEngrossed AppropriationsESAs; Second Regular Session S.B.

1707grant PROPOSEDrecipients; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.B.

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41-1612.Section 1.

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rules;qualified students Notwithstanding section 15-2401, paragraph 7, Arizona Revised Statutes, beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, any student who received a grant under the COVID-19 educational recovery benefit program or the open for learning recovery benefit program on or before June 30, 2022 is deemed a qualified student for the purposes of title 15, chapter 19, Arizona Revised Statutes.

eligibility;(EMERGENCY NOT ENACTED) Sec.

requirements A.

THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR IMPRISONED WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN.

THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONTRACT WITH AN EXPERIENCED NONPROFIT ENTITY TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE A COMMUNITY TREATMENT CENTER AND MAY TRANSFER A WOMAN WHO HAS RECENTLY GIVEN BIRTH TO THE COMMUNITY TREATMENT CENTER TO LIVE WITH HER CHILD OR CHILDREN.

THE COMMUNITY TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR IMPRISONED WOMEN SHALL PROVIDE TRAUMA-INFORMED SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND A SECURE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE WOMAN AND HER CHILD OR CHILDREN.

B.

THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOPT RULES FOR THE COMMUNITY TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR IMPRISONED WOMEN, INCLUDING THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTERING THE PROGRAM AND LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY TREATMENT CENTER.

THE DEPARTMENT SHALL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT PUBLIC SAFETY AND GENERALLY ACCEPTED CORRECTIONAL PRACTICES WHEN DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING RULES REGARDING THE COMMUNITY TREATMENT PROGRAM.

C.

THE COMMUNITY TREATMENT PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO ASSIST MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN IN DEVELOPING THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO BECOME FUNCTIONING, SELF-SUFFICIENT FAMILIES, INCLUDING:

1.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT.

House Amendments to S.B.

1707 2.

WELL-BEING AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORTS.

3.

PARENTING SKILLS.

4.

EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT SKILLS.

5.

FINANCIAL LITERACY.

6.

WORKFORCE SKILLS TRAINING.

D.

THE NONPROFIT ENTITY CONTRACTED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION A OF THIS SECTION SHALL PROVIDE PEDIATRIC CARE CONSISTENT WITH MEDICAL STANDARDS AND, TO THE EXTENT FEASIBLE, SHALL BE GUIDED BY THE NEED TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING:

1.

A STABLE, CAREGIVING, STIMULATING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE CHILDREN AS DEVELOPED AND SUPERVISED BY PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE IN THE AREA OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT.

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AT- A1 MINIMUM,- THESE PROGRAMS SHALL BE GEARED TO ACCOMPLISH THE FOLLOWING:

(a) THE MOTHER'S MANAGEMENT OF IDENTIFIED SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

(b) THE MOTHER'S FAMILIARITY WITH GOOD PARENTING SKILLS.

(c) THE MOTHER'S ABILITY TO FUNCTION IN THE COMMUNITY, ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION OR RELEASE, AS A LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN.