ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

Senate: ED DPA 6-0-1-0 |3rd Read 25-4-1-0

SB1225: grade levels; 9/11 instruction

Sponsor: Senator Mesnard, LD 13

Committee on Education

Overview

An emergency measure that narrows the requirement to provide instruction on the 9/11 terrorist attacks on 9/11 Education Day to public schools that instruct students in the 7th-12th grades.

History

Laws 2022, Chapter 244 establishes September 11 of each year as 9/11 Education Day. On this day, each public school must dedicate a portion of the school day to age-appropriate education on the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. 9/11 Education Day is not a legal holiday. If it falls on a day when a public school is not in session, it must be observed on the preceding or following day. Statute tasks the State Board of Education (SBE) with developing a list of recommended resources relating to age-appropriate education on the terrorist attacks of 9/11 that align with the SBE-prescribed academic standards. SBE may establish a process that allows public schools to recommend additional resources to the list (A.R.S. §§ 1-321, 15-203 and 15-710.02) (9/11 Remembrance Day Resources).

Provisions

1. Modifies instructional requirements for 9/11 Education Day by:

a) applying the requirement to provide age-appropriate instruction on the 9/11 terrorist attacks to public schools that provide instruction to students in the 7th-12th grades, rather than all public schools; and

b) specifying a public school must provide age-appropriate instruction, rather than dedicate a portion of the school day to provide age-appropriate education, on the 9/11 terrorist attacks. (Sec. 1)

2. Contains an emergency clause. (Sec. 2)

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