Arizona HB 2896: water; rural management areas

Bill Text

HB2896 - 572R - I Ver 

 REFERENCE TITLE: ADE; tribal education liaison office

 State of Arizona

 House of Representatives

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 HB 2896

 Introduced by 

 Representative 
 Tsosie

AN 
ACT

amending section 15-231, Arizona 
Revised Statutes; relating to the department of education.

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

Section 1. Section 15-231, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE15-231. Department of education

A. There is created a department of education.

B. The department shall be administered through:

1. The state board of education, which shall be the 
policy-determining body of the department.

2. The superintendent of public instruction, in whom 
all executive, administrative and ministerial functions of the department are 
vested and who is the executive officer responsible for the execution of 
policies of the state board of education.

C. In addition to any divisions established by law, 
the superintendent of public instruction may establish such divisions as in the 
judgment of the superintendent of public instruction are necessary for the 
proper transaction of the business of the department.

D. The department shall be conducted under the 
control of the superintendent of public instruction.

E. The superintendent of public 
instruction shall establish a tribal education liaison office within the 
department of education.� The office shall:

1. To the maximum extent possible and 
subject to the requirements prescribed by the family educational rights and 
privacy act (20 United States code section 1232g), review 
all student data that is received or collected by the department and 
disaggregate the data for students who are members of a federally recognized 
Indian tribe or who identify as native american.

2. Consult with federally recognized 
Indian tribes in this state to determine policies and guidelines relating to 
the requirements prescribed by paragraph 1 of this subsection.

3. Attempt to enter into a memorandum 
of understanding with one or more federally recognized Indian tribes in this 
state relating to culturally appropriate uses of data that is disaggregated 
pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection. END_STATUTE