Arizona HB 2033: statewide assessment; written form; requirements

Bill Text

Amendment explanation prepared by Mason Holler
04/08/2026

Bill Number: H.B. 2033
Diaz Floor Amendment
Reference to: House engrossed bill
Amendment drafted by: Mason Holler

FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION

• Specifies that a school district or charter school may administer the statewide assessment in the
form of a written test on approval by a vote of the school district governing board or charter school
governing body only for an assessment that is administered to students in grades three through
eight.

Fifty-seventh Legislature Diaz
Second Regular Session H.B. 2033

DIAZ FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2033
(Reference to House engrossed bill)

The bill as proposed to be amended is reprinted as follows: 1
Section 1. Section 15-741, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to 2
read: 3
15-741. Assessment of pupils; definition 4
A. The state board of education shall: 5
1. Adopt rules for the purposes of this article pursuant to title 6
41, chapter 6. 7
2. Adopt and implement a statewide assessment to measure pupil 8
achievement of the state board-adopted academic standards in reading, 9
writing and mathematics in at least four grades designated by the state 10
board. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION H OF THIS SECTION, the state 11
board shall determine the manner of implementation. The state board may 12
administer assessments of the academic standards in social studies and 13
science, except that a pupil shall not be required to meet or exceed the 14
social studies or science standards measured by the statewide assessment. 15
3. Ensure that the tests prescribed in this section are uniform 16
throughout this state. 17
4. Ensure that the tests prescribed in this section are able to be 18
scored in an objective manner and are not intended to advocate any 19
sectarian, partisan or denominational viewpoint. 20
5. Ensure that the tests prescribed in this article collect only 21
types of pupil nontest data that are approved by the state board at a 22
public meeting and published on the website of the state board pursuant to 23
paragraph 7 of this subsection. 24
6. Include within its budget all costs pertaining to the tests 25
prescribed in this article. If sufficient monies are appropriated, the 26
state board may provide achievement test services to school districts that 27
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Senate Amendments to H.B. 2033

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request assistance in testing pupils in grades additional to those 1
required by this section. 2
7. Survey teachers, principals and superintendents on 3
achievement-related nontest indicators, including information on 4
graduation rates by ethnicity and dropout rates by ethnicity for each 5
grade level. Before the survey, the state board shall approve at a public 6
meeting the nontest indicators on which data will be collected and shall 7
post in a prominent position on the home page of the state board's website 8
a link to the nontest indicators entitled "What nontest data does the 9
state of Arizona collect about Arizona pupils?". The linked webpage shall 10
state the types of data collected, the reasons for the collection of the 11
data and the entities with which the data is shared. In conducting the 12
survey and collecting data, the state board shall not violate the 13
provisions of the family educational rights and privacy act (P.L. 93-380), 14
as amended, or disclose personally identifiable information. 15
8. Establish a fair and consistent method and standard by which 16
test scores from schools in a district may be evaluated taking into 17
consideration demographic data. The state board shall establish 18
intervention strategies to assist schools with scores below the acceptable 19
standard. The state board shall annually review district and school 20
scores and shall offer assistance to school districts in analyzing data 21
and implementing intervention strategies. The state board shall use the 22
adopted test and methods of data evaluation for a period of at least ten 23
years. 24
9. Participate in other assessments that provide national 25
comparisons as needed. 26
10. Require in the contract for the statewide assessment pursuant 27
to this section that test scores and assessment data from the third grade 28
reading portion of the statewide assessment adopted pursuant to this 29
section be received by local education agencies on or before May 15 of 30
each academic year and that the scores and assessment data fr