HB 2609 — advanced mathematics courses; student enrollment

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HBstudent enrollment State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session HOUSE BILL 2609 GressAN FloorACT AmendmentAMENDING 1.SECTION 15-708, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES;

ConditionsRELATING theTO enrollmentSCHOOL ofCURRICULA. an eligible 6th-8th grade student in an advanced math course upon the availability of such a course.

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Requires2609 eachBe eligibleit schoolenacted districtby andthe charterLegislature schoolof to annually report the numberState of studentsArizona: who demonstrated proficiency in math as specified and who did not enroll in an advanced math course because an advanced math course was not available.

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Houser Phone Number x3213 ls 3/10/2025 Fifty-seventh Legislature Gress First Regular Session H.B.

2609 GRESS FLOOR AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B.

2609 (Reference to printed bill) Amendment instruction key:

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The bill as proposed to be amended is reprinted as follows:

EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CHARTER SCHOOL SHALL ENROLL A STUDENT WHO IS IN SIXTH, SEVENTH OR EIGHTH GRADE IN AN ADVANCED MATHEMATICS COURSE[,COURSE, IF AVAILABLE,]AVAILABLE, FOR THE NEXT MATHEMATICS COURSE IN WHICH THE STUDENT ENROLLS IF THE STUDENT'S PARENT DOES NOT OBJECT AND THE STUDENT MEETS AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

DEMONSTRATES THE HIGHEST PROFICIENCY IN GRADE-LEVEL MATHEMATICS ON AN END-OF-COURSE EXAM OR A BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT THAT IS ADMINISTERED BY HouseTHE AmendmentsSCHOOL toDISTRICT H.B.OR CHARTER SCHOOL OR BY THE SCHOOL IN WHICH THE STUDENT WAS ENROLLED IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SCHOOL YEAR.

2609 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL OR BY THE SCHOOL IN WHICH THE STUDENT WAS ENROLLED IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SCHOOL YEAR.

(i)- ENROLLED1 IN- ANH.B. ADVANCED MATHEMATICS COURSE IN THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.

2609 (i) ENROLLED IN AN ADVANCED MATHEMATICS COURSE IN THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.

[(iii)(iii) DID NOT ENROLL IN AN ADVANCED MATHEMATICS COURSE IN THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE AN ADVANCED MATHEMATICS COURSE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.]AVAILABLE. 2.

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