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Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

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SB 1233: school safety; proposals; assessments; plans.

S/E: charter schools; emergency response plans

Sponsor: Senator Payne, LD 27

Committee on Education

Summary of the Strike-Everything Amendment to SB 1233

Overview

Mandates a charter school develop an emergency response plan for each school. Exempts a charter school that provides only Arizona online instruction (AOI) from emergency response plan requirements.

History

A school district governing board must develop, in conjunction with local law enforcement and emergency response agencies, an emergency response plan for each school in accordance with the minimum standards developed by the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) and the Division of Emergency Management within the Department of Emergency and Military Affairs (DEMA). Any emergency response plan must address how the school and emergency responders will communicate with and assist students with disabilities (A.R.S. § 15-341).

ADE provides both emergency operations plan (EOP) development guidance and templates for schools to use when developing an EOP. In 2024, ADE and DEMA published an edition of the Arizona Minimum Requirements for School EOPs that all local education agencies must comply with beginning the 2026-2027 school year (ADE, Arizona Minimum Requirements for EOPs).

To provide AOI, a school must be sponsored by a state-approved charter authorizer to be an online course provider or online school. State-approved charter authorizers must develop standards for the approval of online course providers and online schools based on prescribed criteria (A.R.S. § 15-808).

Provisions

1.   Requires a charter school, in conjunction with local law enforcement and emergency response agencies, to develop an emergency response plan for each school in accordance with ADE and DEMA minimum standards. (Sec. 1)

2.   Stipulates any emergency response plan developed by a charter school must address how the school and emergency responders will communicate with and assist students with disabilities. (Sec. 1)

3.   Excludes a charter school that provides only AOI from emergency response plan requirements. (Sec. 1)

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