House Engrossed

technical correction; joint school district

(now: department of education; reports; consolidation)

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2024

HOUSE BILL 2497

An Act

providing for the review of public school requirements.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Department of education; reporting requirements evaluation; recommendations; delayed repeal; definition

A. The department of education shall review each requirement prescribed by Arizona Revised Statutes for public schools in this state to report information to the department of education to identify whether:

1. The reporting requirement has expired or is otherwise obsolete.

2. Public schools are required to submit the same information for two or more reporting requirements.

B. The department of education shall review each requirement prescribed by Arizona Revised Statutes for the department to report to the legislature to identify whether:

1. The reporting requirement has expired or is otherwise obsolete.

2. The department is required to submit the same information for two or more reporting requirements.

C. On or before December 1, 2024, the department of education shall submit to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate a report that both:

1. Summarizes the evaluations required pursuant to subsections A and B of this section.

2. Recommends legislative action to consolidate, eliminate or otherwise modify the reporting requirements described in subsections A and B of this section.  For the purposes of this paragraph, the department shall recommend the repeal or consolidation of any reporting requirement that is duplicative, expired or otherwise obsolete.

D. This section is repealed from and after June 30, 2025.

E. For the purposes of this section, "report to the legislature" includes any report that must be submitted to the legislature, to the speaker of the house of representatives, to the president of the senate, to a joint committee, to a committee of the house of representatives or to a committee of the senate.