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REFERENCE TITLE: patriotic youth
groups; school access. |
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State of
Arizona House of
Representatives Fifty-fourth
Legislature Second Regular
Session 2020 |
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HB 2654 |
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Introduced by Representative Thorpe |
AN ACT
amending Title
15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section
15-120.01; relating to school access.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-120.01, to read:
15-120.01. Patriotic youth
groups; school access; discrimination prohibited; definition
A. The principal of a public school
may allow representatives from each patriotic youth organization a single
opportunity each academic year to address students during regular school hours
about how the patriotic youth organization supports educational interests and
civic involvement. The single
opportunity for each PATRIOTIC youth organization each academic year shall
both:
1. Occur during the first quarter of
each academic school year.
2. Not exceed ten minutes in
duration.
B. A representative of a patriotic
youth organization that intends to address students at a public school pursuant
to subsection A of this section shall submit a verbal or written request to the
principal during the first two weeks of the academic school
year. After receiving the request, the principal may provide the
representative of the patriotic youth organization with verbal or written
approval that includes the date and time that the representative may address
the students.
C. The principal shall ensure that
materials provided by a patriotic youth organization and its representatives
are distributed directly to students on school property throughout the academic
school year to encourage student participation in the patriotic youth organization. The
principal may request prior approval of the materials and may determine the
method of distributing them directly to students.
D. A public school may not deny equal
access or a fair opportunity to meet or to address students to, or discriminate
against, any of the patriotic youth organizations that wish to conduct a
meeting or to address students within that designated open forum or limited
public forum, including denying such access or opportunity or discriminating
for reasons based on the membership or leadership criteria or oath of
allegiance to God and country.
E. For the purposes of this section,
"patriotic youth organizations" means the groups or organizations
listed in each of the following chapters of the United States Code as in effect
on the effective date of this section and the state affiliates of these groups
or organizations:
1. 36 United States Code, subtitle
II, part B, chapter 301.
2. 36 United States Code, subtitle
II, part B, chapter 309.
3. 36 United States Code, subtitle
II, part B, chapter 311.
4. 36 United States Code, subtitle
II, part B, chapter 709.