HB 2540 — statewide assessment; accommodations; written form

HouseSenate Engrossed House Bill statewide assessment;

written form State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session CHAPTER 204 HOUSE BILL 2540 AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 15-741, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES;

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IF A HIGH SCHOOL PUPIL WHO IS ENROLLED IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL PARTICIPATES IN A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ASSESSMENT THAT IS BOTH ADOPTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION A OF THIS SECTION AND ADMINISTERED BY A PERSON OTHER THAN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT - 2 - H.B.

2540 OR CHARTER SCHOOL, THE PUPIL OR PUPIL'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN MAY SUBMIT THE PUPIL'S OFFICIAL SCORE REPORT FOR THE ASSESSMENT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL.

ON RECEIPT OF AN OFFICIAL SCORE REPORT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL SHALL DO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

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RECORD THE SCORE IN THE PUPIL'S FILE.

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REPORT THE SCORE TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

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IF THE PUPIL OR PUPIL'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN SUBMITS AN OFFICIAL SCORE REPORT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL BEFORE THE DATE ON WHICH THE SCHOOL ADMINISTERS THE TESTS PRESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION A OF THIS SECTION, ALLOW THE PUPIL TO OPT OUT OF PARTICIPATION IN THE ASSESSMENT THAT IS ADMINISTERED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL.

IF A PUPIL OPTS OUT OF AN ASSESSMENT PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL SHALL USE THE DATA FROM THE PUPIL'S OFFICIAL SCORE REPORT FOR THE PUPIL'S ACHIEVEMENT TEST DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.

THIS PARAGRAPH DOES NOT REQUIRE A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL TO ALLOW A PUPIL TO OPT OUT OF THE COLLECTION OF NONTEST INDICATOR DATA OR OTHER INFORMATION THAT IS COLLECTED ABOUT PUPILS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE ASSESSMENT THAT IS ADMINISTERED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.

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IfG. a local education agency requests a raw data file of assessment data for the pupils tested at the local education agency, the - 2 - H.B.

2540If a local education agency requests a raw data file of assessment data for the pupils tested at the local education agency, the department of education shall fulfill the request in a format that is usable for assessment diagnostics within thirty days after the request.

OnH. request, A school district or charter school may administer the statewide assessment in the form of a written test PURSUANT TO AN INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM OR A SECTION 504 PLAN AS DEFINED IN SECTION 15-731 OR TO ACCOMMODATE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES.

On request, A school district or charter school may administer the statewide assessment in the form of a written test IF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING APPLIES:

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A WRITTEN TEST IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO AN INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM OR A SECTION 504 PLAN AS DEFINED IN SECTION 15-731.

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TO ACCOMMODATE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

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FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES.

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ON REQUEST BY A PUPIL'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN.

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FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED" HAS THE SAME MEANING PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 15-741.02.

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR MAY 13, 2025.

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY 13, 2025.