HB 2456
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
First Regular Session
House: ED DP 10-0-0-0 | 3rd Read 60-0-0-0
Senate: GOV DPA 8-0-0-0 | 3rd Read 27-1-2-0
HB 2456: ASDB; continuation
Sponsor: Representative Pingerelli, LD 28
Senate Engrossed
Overview
Continues the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (ASDB) for eight years.
History
The state Constitution requires the Legislature to provide for the education and care of pupils who
are hearing and vision impaired (Ariz. Const. art. 11, sec. 1). In 1912, the First Legislature
established ASDB (Laws 1912, Chapter 36).
ASDB serves children who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing or deafblind. ASDB
maintains two campuses, the Phoenix Day School for the Deaf and the Tucson campus, that offer
educational and support services to students. Additionally, ASDB operates the Early Childhood
and Family Education Program to provide intervention services to children from birth to three
years old. Finally, ASDB provides itinerant services to children attending school districts and
charter schools through five regional cooperatives (A.R.S. Title 15, Chapter 11).
The ASDB Board of Directors consists of: 1) the Governor; 2) the Superintendent of Public
Instruction (or designee); 3) one member from the Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of
Hearing; 4) one member from the Governor's Council on Blindness and Visual Impairment; and
5) six other appointive members. Of the six appointive members, one member must be a school
district employee who works with the school district's program for sensory impaired individuals
and, for three of the five remaining appointive members, preference must be given to those with
experience of and knowledge in sensory impaired education. All members (except the Governor
and the Superintendent of Public Instruction) are appointed by the Governor (A.R.S. § 15-1321).
ASDB is set to terminate on July 1, 2023 (A.R.S. § 41.3023.03).
Both the House of Representatives and Senate Education Committees of Reference
recommended that ASDB be continued for eight years.
Provisions
1. Continues, retroactive to July 1, 2023, ASDB until July 1, 2031. (Sec. 2, 4)
2. Repeals ASDB on January 1, 2032. (Sec. 1)
3. Contains a purpose statement. (Sec. 1)
Senate Amendments
1. Reduces the continuation of ASBD from eight years to four years.
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note