Bill Text: AZ HB2158 | 2025 | Fifty-seventh Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: ADE; high school diplomas; database
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-01-27 - House read second time [HB2158 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2025-HB2158-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: ADE; high school diplomas; database |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
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HB 2158 |
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Introduced by Representatives Crews: Gutierrez, Travers;� Senator Ortiz
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An Act
amending title 15, chapter 2, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-249.08; relating to the department of education.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 15, chapter 2, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-249.08, to read:
15-249.08. Certificated electronic copies of high school diplomas; central database; fees; definition
A. The department of education shall develop and maintain a computerized database that contains certificated electronic copies of each high school diploma issued by a school district, charter school or accommodation school in this state on or after January 1, 2027.� Each copy of a high school diploma that is maintained in the database pursuant to this subsection must be convertible to a portable document format and include all information contained in the original high school diploma.
B. The department shall prescribe procedures and requirements for any individual who earned a high school diploma on or after January 1, 2027 to request a certificated electronic copy of the individual's high school diploma from the database.� The department may provide a copy of a high school diploma pursuant to this subsection only to the individual to whom the high school diploma was issued.� For the purposes of this subsection, the department shall require each individual who requests a copy of a high school diploma through the database to submit proof of the individual's identity.
C. The department may establish and collect fees for producing a certificated electronic copy of a diploma from the database pursuant to this section.
D. For the purposes of this section, "high school diploma" includes high school diplomas issued pursuant to section 15-701.01 and chapter 7, article 6 of this title.
