Arizona SCR 1006: Assyrian Genocide; remembrance day.

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SCR1006 - 572R - S Ver 

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 schools; biological 
 sex; requirements

 State of Arizona

 Senate

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
 1006

A 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

enacting 
and ordering the submission to the people of a measure relating to public 
schools.

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Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Arizona, the House 
of Representatives concurring:

1. Under the power of the referendum, as vested in 
the Legislature, the following measure, relating to public schools, is enacted 
to become valid as a law if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the 
Governor:

AN 
ACT

AMENDING TITLE 15, CHAPTER 1, 
ARTICLE 1, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 15-120.08; 
AMENDING TITLE 15, CHAPTER 5, ARTICLE 1, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING 
SECTION 15-517; RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 15, chapter 1, article 1, 
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-120.08, to read:

START_STATUTE15-120.08. Public schools; reasonable accommodations; restrooms; changing 
facilities; sleeping quarters; cause of action; definitions

A. A public school shall provide a 
reasonable accommodation to any person if all of the following apply:

1. The person, for any reason, is 
unwilling or unable to use a multioccupancy restroom or changing facility that 
is designated for the person's sex and that is located in a public school 
building or in multioccupancy sleeping quarters while the person attends a 
public school-sponsored activity.

2. The person Requests in writing a 
reasonable accommodation from the public school.

3. the person submits satisfactory 
evidence of the person's sex to the public school.

B. A reasonable accommodation may 
include either of the following:

1. Access to a single-occupancy 
restroom or changing facility.

2. Use of an employee restroom or 
changing facility.

C. A reasonable accommodation does 
not include access to a restroom or changing facility that is designated for 
use by persons of the opposite sex while persons of the opposite sex are 
present.

D. Public schools may adopt 
policies to implement this section, which may include:

1. Provisions necessary to 
accommodate persons protected under the Americans with disabilities act of 1990 
(P.L. 101-336; 104 Stat. 327) or young children who need physical 
assistance when using restrooms or changing facilities that are located in 
public schools.

2. provisions authorizing a person to enter a 
multioccupancy restroom, a MULTIOCCUPANCY changing facility or MULTIOCCUPANCY 
sleeping quarters that are designated for use by persons of the opposite sex if 
the person enters the multioccupancy restroom, changing facility or sleeping 
quarters for one of the following purposes:

(a) To 
perform custodial or maintenance services while the multioccupancy restroom, 
changing facility or sleeping quarters are unoccupied.

(b) To 
provide emergency medical assistance.

(c) To 
maintain order or address a serious threat to student safety during an 
emergency situation, including a natural disaster.

E. Any person whose written request 
for a reasonable accommodation under this section is denied by a public school, 
an administrator of a public school or an employee of a public school has a 
private cause of action against the public school unless the public school can 
demonstrate that the accommodation would cause an undue hardship.

F. Except as provided in subsection 
G of this section, a person has a private cause of action against the public 
school if both of the following are met:

1. The person either:

(a) While in 
a multioccupancy restroom or changing facility that is designated for the 
person's sex and located in a public school building, encounters someone of the 
opposite sex.

(b) Is 
required by the public school to share sleeping quarters with someone of the 
opposite sex who is not a member of the person's family. For the purposes of 
this subdivision, "family" means a person's spouse, parent or 
guardian, child, sibling or grandparent.

2. the public school, an 
administrator of the public school or an employee of the public school gave the 
person of the opposite sex permission to use the restroom, changing facility or 
sleeping quarters.

G. A person does not have a private 
cause of action under subsection F of this section if either of the following 
applies:

1. The person of the opposite sex 
is a young child who is accompanied by an adult who is not a person of the 
opposite sex.

2. The person of the opposite sex 
is present in the multioccupancy restroom, multioccupancy changing facility or 
multioccupancy sleeping quarters consistent with the policies adopted pursuant 
to subsection D of this section.

h. Any claims arising under this 
section must be brought in superior court in the county where either the 
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