These bills have passed through all committees and are scheduled for a floor vote. Please, contact your Legislators to vote NO on these bad bills.
SB1211, sponsored by Nancy Barto (R-15), would require public schools to post a list of every single item teachers use or discuss with students. The burden this places on already overworked, underpaid Arizona teachers cannot be overstated. After filing a written complaint, if the school board or administration fails to address the issue to a parent's “satisfaction,” the parent (or any other entity) could sue — a recipe for baseless litigation. Private schools and microschools are exempt. Contact your representatives to OPPOSE.
HB2161, sponsored by Steve Kaiser (R-15), would require public schools to give parents access to all their children's records unless the information is subject to abuse reporting law. The bill language is disturbingly broad; any parent would be allowed to sue if an issue was not resolved to their "satisfaction." This is part of a host of partisan attacks from national conservative think tanks on K-12 schools, intended to breed conflict between parents and teachers and fuel baseless lawsuits. OPPOSE
HB2439, sponsored by Beverly Pingerelli (R-21), would get Arizona into the book-banning business by requiring school boards to approve every single book purchase in advance. Cookie-cutter attempts to ban books in schools are being proposed nationwide. As one columnist points out, the push is politically motivated, based on “a nightmare vision of schools as filtered through focus groups and political messaging tests… None of this is really about improving education, of course — it’s about political power.” OPPOSE
HB2498, sponsored by Jake Hoffman (R-12), would ban state and local governments from requiring anyone to be vaccinated for COVID-19. Appears aimed at Pima County, which requires the vaccine for employees working with vulnerable populations (and recently reported a 92% vaccination rate). Unvaccinated Arizonans are 31 times more likely to die of COVID-19 than their vaccinated counterparts. Passed on party lines with an amendment to exempt government-run healthcare institutions. OPPOSE
HB2616, sponsored by Joseph Chaplik (R-23), would require public district and charter schools to obtain opt-in consent for each student in order to require mask usage. This bill is not only an untenable burden on public health, but a local issue best left to public health experts and school boards, not the state legislature. OPPOSE
SB1211, sponsored by Nancy Barto (R-15), would require public schools to post a list of every single item teachers use or discuss with students. The burden this places on already overworked, underpaid Arizona teachers cannot be overstated. After filing a written complaint, if the school board or administration fails to address the issue to a parent's “satisfaction,” the parent (or any other entity) could sue — a recipe for baseless litigation. Private schools and microschools are exempt. Contact your representatives to OPPOSE.
HB2161, sponsored by Steve Kaiser (R-15), would require public schools to give parents access to all their children's records unless the information is subject to abuse reporting law. The bill language is disturbingly broad; any parent would be allowed to sue if an issue was not resolved to their "satisfaction." This is part of a host of partisan attacks from national conservative think tanks on K-12 schools, intended to breed conflict between parents and teachers and fuel baseless lawsuits. OPPOSE
HB2439, sponsored by Beverly Pingerelli (R-21), would get Arizona into the book-banning business by requiring school boards to approve every single book purchase in advance. Cookie-cutter attempts to ban books in schools are being proposed nationwide. As one columnist points out, the push is politically motivated, based on “a nightmare vision of schools as filtered through focus groups and political messaging tests… None of this is really about improving education, of course — it’s about political power.” OPPOSE
HB2498, sponsored by Jake Hoffman (R-12), would ban state and local governments from requiring anyone to be vaccinated for COVID-19. Appears aimed at Pima County, which requires the vaccine for employees working with vulnerable populations (and recently reported a 92% vaccination rate). Unvaccinated Arizonans are 31 times more likely to die of COVID-19 than their vaccinated counterparts. Passed on party lines with an amendment to exempt government-run healthcare institutions. OPPOSE
HB2616, sponsored by Joseph Chaplik (R-23), would require public district and charter schools to obtain opt-in consent for each student in order to require mask usage. This bill is not only an untenable burden on public health, but a local issue best left to public health experts and school boards, not the state legislature. OPPOSE
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