Bill
Number: S.B. 1825
Fann
Floor Amendment
Reference
to: printed bill
Amendment
drafted by: Leg Council
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Prohibits the Arizona
Board of Regents, public universities and community colleges from:
a)
requiring
students to obtain or show proof of receiving a COVID-19 vaccination; or
b)
placing
any conditions on attendance or participation in classes or academic activities,
including testing or face coverings, if the student chooses not to obtain or
disclose receiving the COVID-19 vaccination, unless otherwise required.
2. Specifies that a public
university may require testing only upon a significant COVID-19 outbreak in a
shared student housing setting that poses a risk to students or staff.
3. Requires a university
to receive approval from the Department of Health Services prior to
implementing a testing requirement.
4. Exempts students
engaged in research or testing involving the live COVID-19 virus from
vaccination and testing restrictions.
5. Allows a specified
health care institution to require a student participating in a clinical
setting to:
a)
provide
proof of receiving the COVID-19 vaccination; and
b)
be
subject to regular health screenings and testing.
6. Modifies eligibility
and retention requirements for the Arizona Promise Program to:
a)
require
students to maintain full-time status, rather than half-time status;
b)
remove
the requirement to establish financial need under the National School Lunch and
Child Nutrition Acts; and
c)
remove
the requirement that a student meet the retention and completion criteria
established by the postsecondary institution.
7.
Allows
an Arizona Promise Program award to be used for courses or units taken in
excess of the degree completion requirements.
8.
Modifies
the Community College Enrollment Incentive Program (Incentive Program)
eligibility requirements as follows:
a) requires an eligible
worker to be receiving or have filed for unemployment benefits on or before May
15, 2021, rather than May 13, 2021;
b) deems individuals
filing initial unemployment benefit claims after May 15, 2021 ineligible;
c) requires an eligible
worker to be receiving benefits for benefit week ending May 8, 2021, or May 15,
2021;
d) prohibits an eligible
worker from receiving unemployment at the time of application, rather than
requiring them to be working an average of 20 hours per week; and
e) requires an eligible
worker to demonstrate financial need, rather than meet specific income
requirements.
9. Directs the Department
of Economic Security, rather than the community colleges, to establish a
process to determine Incentive Program eligibility and a data sharing agreement
schedule.
10. Repeals session law
relating to the allocation of bond proceeds for the construction of the
University of Arizona Phoenix Biomedical Campus.
11. Makes
conforming changes.
Page 3, line
1, after the semicolon strike remainder of line insert "face covering;
testing; mandate prohibition; exceptions"
Strike lines
2 through 5, insert:
"A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the
Arizona board of regents, a public university or a community college may not
require that a student obtain a COVID-19 vaccination or show proof of
receiving a COVID-19 vaccination or place any conditions on attendance or
participation in classes or academic activities, including mandatory testing or
face covering usage, if the person chooses not to obtain a COVID-19
vaccination or disclose whether the person has been vaccinated against COVID-19,
unless the vaccination or other mandate is required by the laws of this state.
B. A
health care institution may require a student who participates in a clinical
setting at the health care institution to provide proof of COVID-19
vaccination and be subject to regular health screenings and testing as
determined by the health care institution. For the purposes of this
subsection, "health care institution" includes a hospital, a nursing
care institution, a residential care institution, an intermediate care facility
for individuals with intellectual DISABILITIES and a group home or other
medical facility licensed pursuant to title 36.
C. A
public university may require testing only if a significant COVID-19 outbreak
occurs in a shared student housing setting that poses a risk to the students or
staff. The university must receive approval from the department of health
services before implementing the testing requirement.
D. This
section does not apply to students who are engaged in research or testing that
involves a live COVID-19 virus."END_STATUTE
Page 6,
strike lines 3 through 7
Renumber to
conform
Line 16,
strike "half-time" insert "full-time"
Strike lines
21 through 23
Renumber to
conform
Line 28,
strike "half-time" insert "full-time"
Strike lines
39 through 41
Reletter to
conform
Page 8,
between lines 17 and 18, insert:
"Sec. 6. Title
15, chapter 13, article 11, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding
section 15-1781.01, to read:
START_STATUTE15-1781.01. Definition
of commission for postsecondary education
In
this article, unless the context otherwise requires, "commission for
postsecondary education" means the Arizona board of regents." END_STATUTE
Renumber to
conform
Page 9,
between lines 9 and 10, insert:
"Sec. 10. Repeal
Laws 2008,
chapter 287, section 39, as amended by Laws 2009, first special session,
chapter 6, section 3, is repealed."
Renumber to
conform
Page 10,
line 5, after "program" insert "for reimbursement of community
colleges"
Strike line
11, insert:
"1. Receiving
unemployment benefits on May 15, 2021 or has filed for unemployment benefits in
this state on or before May 15, 2021. In determining whether an individual
meets this requirement:
(a) An
individual who files an initial unemployment benefits claim after May 15, 2021
is not eligible for the scholarship reimbursement even if the person files for
weeks before the benefit week that ends on May 15, 2021.
(b) An
individual must receive benefits for the benefit week that ends May 8, 2021 or
May 15, 2021, although the individual's benefit payment may be issued in a
later week."
Page 10,
line 12, strike "Working an average of at least twenty hours per
week" insert "Not receiving unemployment benefits"
Strike line
15, insert:
"3. Able
to demonstrate financial need as determined by the free application for federal
student aid."
Strike lines
24 through 28, insert:
"D. The
department shall establish a process for community colleges to verify student
eligibility for the scholarship. The department shall allocate monies for
reimbursement of scholarships on a first-come, first-served basis."
Line 34,
after "scholarship" insert "on a schedule determined by the
department"
Page 11,
line 12, strike "Section" insert "Sections 15-1781.01
and"
Line 13,
strike "is" insert "are"
Amend title to conform