HB 2832 establishes Arizona empowerment scholarship accounts (ESAs), providing state funds to parents for their children's education outside public schools. Parents can use ESA funds for tuition at private schools meeting security requirements, textbooks, educational therapies (for students with qualifying disabilities), tutoring, online learning, vocational training, and approved standardized tests. The bill requires parents to agree not to enroll children in public school districts while using ESAs and prohibits combining ESA funds with school tuition organization (STO) scholarships in the same year. It also specifies detailed allowable expenses and includes provisions for students with specific needs to access additional educational services through the accounts.
HB 2921 requires Arizona public school districts to provide daily physical education for all K-12 students, with at least 60% of that time spent in moderate activity. The bill mandates instruction including team activities (like dance), career pathways in health/fitness, and skills for lifelong physical activity. Exceptions allow excusal for students on school sports teams (with minimum weekly activity), medical reasons, chronic health conditions, IEP team decisions, or parental requests. It also prohibits outdoor activities during extreme weather, directly affecting all public school students and their districts' physical education programs.
