HB 2029
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
HB 2029: internet safety instruction; public schools
Sponsor: Representative Martinez, LD 16
Committee on Education
Overview
Requires each school operated by a school district (district school) or charter school that
provides internet-connected electronic devices or internet access to students to provide
internet safety instruction in each of the 5th-12th grades. Allows a parent to opt their student
out of internet safety instruction.
History
A local education agency must adopt policies regarding the use of technology and the internet
while at school that include notifying a parent of the policies and the parent's ability to
prohibit their student from using technology and the internet while at school in which
personally identifiable information or material may be shared with an operator (A.R.S. § 15-
1046).
Approved in January 2022, the Arizona Educational Technology Standards contain seven
pillars that are designed to integrate with all academic standards to create multi-modal
pathways for all learners. Within these standards is the pillar of Digital Citizen, which is
described as the standard by which students recognize the rights, responsibilities and
opportunities of living, learning and working in an interconnected digital world, and the
students act and model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical.
Provisions
1. Mandates each district school or charter school that provides internet-connected
electronic devices or internet access to students to provide, beginning the 2026-2027
school year, internet safety instruction to all students in each of the 5th-12th grades.
2. Specifies the internet safety instruction must include best practices for:
a) protecting students from online predators;
b) avoiding internet scams;
c) protecting students' passwords and personal information; and
d) protecting students from opioids.
3. Instructs the Arizona Department of Education, by June 30, 2026, to compile age-
appropriate resources that satisfy the internet safety instruction requirement and make
these resources available to school districts and charter schools.
4. Requires a school to provide each parent with an opportunity to opt their student out of
internet safety instruction.
5. Exempts a school from providing internet safety instruction to a student who is opted out.