HB 2373
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
Second Regular Session
HB 2373: instructional time model; posting requirement
Sponsor: Representative Diaz, LD 19
Committee on Education
Overview
Directs the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) to post all adopted instructional time
models (ITMs) on its website.
History
Laws 2021, Chapter 299 authorizes school district governing boards and charter school
governing bodies to adopt any ITM as prescribed by statute to meet statutory minimum
annual instructional time and hours requirements. An adopted ITM must ensure students
receive the minimum instructional time or hours prescribed by statute through specified
methods of instruction or learning.
Under an ITM, a school may define instructional time and hours to include in-person
instruction and remote instruction. A school may provide up to 40% of its total instructional
time in a remote setting without impact to its funding. However, if a school provides
instructional time in a remote setting beyond the 40% threshold, ADE must fund the
instructional time exceeding the threshold at 95% of the base support level that would have
been otherwise calculated for the school. ADE is required to annually submit a list of schools
that provide more than 40% of allowed instructional time in a remote setting to the State
Board of Education and the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools.
Finally, under an ITM, a school may reallocate any minimum instructional time or hours per
course to other courses on a per-student basis, as well as modify learning times and schedules
for students. A school's attendance policies must reflect the instructional time and hours
policies prescribed under its ITM (A.R.S. § 15-901.08).
Provisions
1. Directs ADE to post all ITMs adopted by schools, including each ITM's impact to a school's
funding, on its website.
2. Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1)
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