During the 2020 Arizona Legislative Session, the Governor signed Senate Bill 1061 establishing A.R.S. § 15-249.16, which requires the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) to develop and post statutory handbooks of parental rights. Additionally, each school district and charter school must prominently post a link to the statutory handbook of parental rights on a publicly accessible portion of its website. Per A.R.S. § 15-249.16, the handbook of parental rights must contain the following statutes:
- Title 1, Chapter 6
- Section 15-102
- Section 15-110
- Section 15-113
- Section 15-117
- Section 15-351
- Section 15-721
- Section 15-722
- Section 15-730
In the 2022 Arizona Legislative Session, the Legislature passed several bills that amended one or more of the sections required to be included in the statutory handbook of parental rights. The Arizona Department of Education has revised the handbooks to accurately reflect the current versions of the statute and is distributing the revised parental rights handbooks to each public school for posting on its website. Click below.