ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-fourth Legislature

Second Regular Session

HB 2119: schools; academic credits; transfer

Sponsor: Representative Udall, LD 25

Caucus & COW

Overview

Requires an accredited public high school to accept credits earned by a student at another accredited public high school if an in-person proctored final exam accounted for a significant portion of the student's grade.

History

Currently, statute requires charter schools and school districts to accept transfer credits earned by a student at another charter school or school district located in Arizona. District governing boards and charter governing bodies are permitted to adopt policies for the purposes of determining if a student's transfer credits will be assigned as elective or core credit (A.R.S. §§ 15-189.03, 15-701.01).

Both charter schools and school districts must provide a transfer student from a charter school, school district or Arizona online instruction with a list that indicates which transfer credits are accepted as core or elective credit. Within 10 days of receiving the list, a transfer student may request to take a test designed and evaluated by a teacher with the charter school or school district for each transfer credit that was denied for core credit. If the student receives a passing score on the test, the charter school or school district must accept the transfer credit as core credit (A.R.S. § 15-701.01(I)).

Provisions

1. Requires an accredited public high school to accept credits earned by a student at another accredited public high school if an in-person proctored final exam accounted for a significant portion of the student's grade. (Sec. 1)

2. States that an accredited public high school must assign transfer core credits as core credits and transfer elective credits as elective credits if earned by a student at another accredited public high school. (Sec. 1)

3. States that an accredited public high school may not require an eligible transfer student to take an exam to receive credits or to have credits satisfy prerequisite requirements. (Sec. 1)

4. Defines accredited public high school. (Sec. 1)

Amendments

Committee on Education

1. Stipulates that an accredited public high school must notify a student or a student's parent that credits earned by the student in a course where a proctored final exam does not count for a significant portion of the student's grade may not transfer to another school.

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