This Week in Education Legislation: Preparing for Crossover Week—The Bills Left Behind
Each legislative session, several education bills fail to make it out of committee. These "dead" bills get stuck and don’t move forward for a full vote. While some may return in future sessions, many are quietly left behind, reflecting the challenges lawmakers face in prioritizing education issues. Below are the education-related bills that did not pass out of committee.
HB 2041 technical correction; air quality; parking (Kolodin)
HB 2042 threatening or intimidating; true threat (Kolodin)
HB 2078 menu of assessments; public schools (Fink)
HB 2141 Technical correction; joint school district (Bliss)
HB 2142 Technical correction; state buildings; defibrillators (Bliss)
HB 2147 Public officers; employees; disqualification; convictions (Blackman)
HB 2151 School board candidates; electronic signatures (Travers)
HB 2158 ADE; high school diplomas; database (Crews)
HB 2302 accommodation schools; building renewal grants (Biasiucci)
HB 2397 appropriation; robotics program (Blackman)
HB 2467 campaign finance; corporate contributions; registration (Stahl Hamilton)
HB 2495 Full-day kindergarten students; ADM (Sandoval)
HB 2498 school safety program; mental health (Sandoval)
HB 2507 school districts; expenditure limitation (Sandoval)
HB 2524 Education; federal funds; technical correction (Olson)
HB 2537 employees; school conferences; leave (Abeytia)
HB 2560 school mapping data; requirements; accessibility (Contreras, L)
HB 2593 preschool; children with disabilities; eligibility (Garcia)
HB 2690 team designations; biological sex; repeal (Gutierrez)
HB 2698 appropriation; road improvements; Piñon schools (Tsosie)
HB 2701 county education programs; posting; authorization (Martinez)
HB 2715 public schools; student discipline; absenteeism (Simacek)
HB 2716 school blueprints; public records; exemption (Simacek)
HB 2759 education fundraising special plates (Willoughby)
SB 2760 ESAs; qualified schools; requirements; reporting (De Los Santos)
SB 2770 board members; qualifications; training requirements (Hernandez, L)
SB 2777 expenditure limitation; school districts; repeal (Volk)
HB 2793 standardized registration forms; education; enforcement (Blackman)
HB 2796 politically engaged persons; criminal charges (Kolodin)
HB 2797 schools; sexual abuse prevention program (Gress)
HB 2811 appropriation; student success coaches (Márquez)
HB 2812 in-state student status; nonimmigrant aliens (Márquez)
HB 2851 education protection orders; definitions (Travers)
HB 2862 mental health services; public schools (Gress)
HB 2881 grant program; high schools; ADE (Hernandez, A.)
HB 2884 ESAs; teacher qualifications; fingerprinting requirements (Simacek)
HB 2885 ESAs; qualified schools; distributions; expenditures (Gutierrez)
HB 2888 ESAs; authorized expenses; special education (Abeytia)
HB 2889 ESAs; audits; transparency portal; reporting (Hernandez, L.)
HB 2897 braille literacy; certified teachers; requirements (Contreras, P.)
HB 2898 appropriation; Isaac elementary school district (Aguilar)
HB 2907 school districts; governing boards; eligibility (Abeytia)
HB 2915 insolvent school districts; student funding (Crews)
HB 2916 ESAs; enrollment; required disclosures; prohibition (Crews)
HB 2935 ESAs; waived rights; notice; posting (Garcia)
HB 2936 student discipline; complaints; investigation; training (Garcia)
HCR 2009 unlawful act; government official; challenge (Kolodin)
HCR 2030 schools; English language learners; requirements (Sandoval)
HCR 2031 land trust; distributions; common schools (Livingston)
HCR 2050 school districts; expenditure limitation (Sandoval)
HCR 2052 expenditure limitation; school districts; repeal (Volk)
HCR 2056 permanent funds; land trust; distributions (Gutierrez)
SB 1042 public entities; immunity (Kavanagh)
SB 1136 schools; noncertificated personnel; background investigations (Miranda)
SB 1138 school psychologists; school safety program (Miranda)
SB 1139 ESAs; qualified schools; personnel qualifications (Miranda)
SB 1196 school-sponsored media; student journalists (Ortiz)
SB 1259 school districts; leases; affordable housing (Ortiz)
SB 1283 school safety program; proposals (Gowan)
SB 1326 auditor general; charter schools (Epstein)
SB 1327 Arizona online instruction; cost study (Epstein)
SB 1329 charter schools; financial records (Epstein)
SB 1363 parents' rights; private action (Kavanagh)
SB 1376 state elections; contest; technical correction (Mesnard)
SB 1385 feminine hygiene products; schools; appropriation (Epstein)
SB 1386 appropriation; schools; trees (Epstein)
SB 1420 public facilities; environmental policies (Kuby)
SB 1428 bleed control kits; school districts (Gabaldón)
SB 1475 hearing evaluations; preschools (Alston)
SB 1477 appropriation; schools; community gardens (Alston)
SB 1478 schools; corporal punishment; prohibition (Alston)
SB 1479 textbooks; adverse representation; prohibition (Alston)
SB 1480 noncertificated school employees; due process (Alston)
SB 1481 biological sex; team designations; repeal (Alston)
SB 1486 employment; housing; public accommodations; antidiscrimination (Alston)
SB 1528 sexual abuse prevention program (Bolick)
SB 1596 ESAs; qualified schools; requirements; reporting (Sundareshan)
SB 1631 pilot program; STEM teachers; districts (Fernandez)
SB 1633 charter schools; meeting; reporting; audits (Diaz)
SB 1634 school blueprints; public records; exemption (Diaz)
SB 1635 expenditure limitation; school districts; repeal (Diaz)
SB 1636 school districts; aggregate expenditure limitation (Diaz)
SB 1637 students; unpaid school meal fees (Diaz)
SB 1638 Arizona online instruction; reporting (Diaz)
SB 1639 ESAs; children with disabilities; evaluations (Diaz)
SB 1641 qualified schools; fingerprinting requirements; penalties (Diaz)
SB 1643 qualified schools; audits; reporting requirements (Diaz)
SB 1647 class size limits; policies; appropriations (Diaz)
SB 1648 full-day kindergarten students; ADM (Diaz)
SB 1650 early childhood education; providers; appropriation (Fernandez)
SB 1662 group B weight; tribal students (Gonzales)
SB 1728 technical correction; instruction; deaf; blind (Werner)
SCR 1003 compensation; elective state officers; inflation (Kavanagh)
SCR 1010 technical correction; state school fund (Finchem)
SCR 1028 school bonds; sixty percent vote (Bolick)
SCR 1033 expenditure limitation; school districts; repeal (Diaz)
SCR 1034 school districts; aggregate expenditure limitation (Diaz)
SCR 1035 expenditure limitation; local revenues; exception (Diaz)
SCR 1036 permanent funds; land trust; distributions (Diaz)
SCR 1037 schools; English language learners; requirements (Diaz)