Arizona online instruction; reporting

SB 1638 establishes standards for Arizona public and charter schools offering online instruction. It requires new online schools to operate on probation for up to three years, demonstrating improved student academic performance before becoming permanent. The bill mandates annual reporting on key metrics like course completions, end-of-course test participation, pass rates in English and math, and student enrollment patterns. Additionally, participating schools must maintain daily logs tracking students' time spent on academic tasks for attendance calculations. These provisions directly affect Arizona online schools, their students, and school districts managing these programs.