HB 2585 Arizona House · 57th Legislature - First Regular Session

school open enrollment; tribal students

HB 2585 amends Arizona law to clarify open enrollment options for tribal students living on federally recognized tribal land. It defines "resident transfer pupil" to include tribal students who can enroll in one of the three closest school districts (based on shortest distance to district boundaries), rather than only their home district. This specifically affects tribal students residing on reservation lands who seek enrollment outside their home school district. The bill establishes a clear, distance-based mechanism for selecting eligible districts, without changing general open enrollment rules for other students.
Bill status introduced 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
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Governor
Introduced Jan 27, 2025 Last action Feb 27, 2025
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Introduced Version House Engrossed Version · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was reformatted from an introduced version to a house engrossed version, with substantive changes to the definition of 'resident transfer pupil' to explicitly include students living on tribal land. The tribal land definition was also clarified to specify it includes reservation, allotment, sovereign, and proprietary lands. These changes expand eligibility for open enrollment to tribal students residing on tribal land.
Scope change
The bill now explicitly includes tribal students living on tribal land as eligible for open enrollment, expanding the scope beyond the original version which did not specifically address tribal land residents.
ELIGIBILITY

Definition of 'resident transfer pupil' was modified to explicitly include pupils whose residence is located on tribal land and outside any school district boundaries, making them eligible to enroll in one of the three closest school districts.

DEFINITION

Definition of 'tribal land' was modified to clarify it includes reservation lands, allotment lands, sovereign lands, proprietary lands, or any other capacity held by federally recognized tribes.

TECHNICAL

Formatting and layout changes from introduced version to house engrossed version, including removal of sponsor names and addition of official bill number and session information.

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Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
DPA
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
DPA
lower
1 primary · 18 co-sponsors

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