Bill Text: AZ SB1350 | 2019 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Teachers; administrators; civics education training
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-05 - Senate read second time [SB1350 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2019-SB1350-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: teachers; administrators; civics education training |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fourth Legislature First Regular Session 2019
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SB 1350 |
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Introduced by Senator Livingston
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AN ACT
amending Title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-119; relating to school employees.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-119, to read:
15-119. Teachers; administrators; civics education training; exception
A. Each certificated teacher and administrator who is employed by a school district or charter school shall complete civics education training. As a condition of certification, teachers and administrators are required by August 1, 2020 to correctly answer at least sixty of the one hundred questions listed on a test that is identical to the civics portion of the naturalization test used by the United States citizenship and immigration services. The state board of education may enter into intergovernmental agreements or contracts pursuant to title 11, chapter 7, article 3 for the administration and evaluation of a test that is identical to the civics portion of the naturalization test used by the United States citizenship and immigration services. Notwithstanding section 15-531, the intergovernmental agreement or contract shall specify the fee for the administration and evaluation of the examination and may provide for the retention of all or part of the monies by the contractor administering and evaluating the examination.
B. This section does not apply to noncertificated employees.
