Legislature Updates

The following bills regarding A-F Letter Grades and Accountability have been passed:

HB2301: Prohibits Career and Technical Educational Districts (CTED) from being assigned a letter grade.

• The Arizona Department of Education was supportive of this bill.
• This bill passed both the House and Senate, and Governor Ducey signed the bill into law on February 18, 2021.

HB2402: Prohibits the Arizona Department of Education from assigning schools or districts letter grades for School Year 2020-2021.

• The Arizona Department of Education was supportive of this bill.
• This bill passed both the House and Senate, and Governor Ducey signed the bill into law on February 15, 2021.

In addition, the following executive order was given:

Executive Order 2021-03: Issued by Governor Ducey, this executive order directs the AZ State Board of Education to utilize AzM2 and other assessment data from this school year to draw comparisons to other years by identifying the learning that took place during the pandemic.

For questions regarding State and Federal Accountability, please contact [email protected]. For questions regarding State Assessments, please contact ADE's Assessments Team at [email protected]. 

- Accountability Team