HB 4120
ADE; high school graduates; verification
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Bill overview
This bill requires the Arizona Department of Education to establish a system for verifying that an individual is a high school graduate. The department can use information from the Student Accountability Information System to confirm graduation status. Fees may be charged for these verification services, and the department will report annually on the number of requests received and provided, along with associated costs and revenues.
Key provisions
- The Department of Education will verify high school graduation status using data from the Student Accountability Information System.
- The department must comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) when verifying graduation.
- The department can charge fees for providing verification services.
- The department is limited to processing no more than 100 verification requests per year.
- The department must submit an annual report to the governor, legislative leaders, and the Secretary of State detailing verification activity.
Who is affected
- Individuals seeking to verify their high school graduation status
- The Arizona Department of Education
- High schools in Arizona
Notable changes
- Establishes a formal process for verifying high school graduation using existing student data.
- Authorizes the Department of Education to charge fees for verification services.
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| REFERENCE TITLE: ADE; high school graduates; verification |
| State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session 2026 |
| HB 4120 |
| Introduced by Representatives Crews: Aguilar, Cavero, Connolly, Liguori, Volk |
AN ACT
amending title 15, chapter 9, article 8, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-1047; relating to the student accountability information system.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 15, chapter 9, article 8, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-1047, to read:
START_STATUTE15-1047. High school graduation; verification; fees; annual report
A. in addition to the disclosures authorized by section 15-1043, the department of education shall adopt policies and procedures to allow the department to verify that an individual is a high school graduate according to information submitted to the student accountability information system by a school in this state.� The policies and procedures adopted pursuant to this subsection must ensure that any verification pursuant to this subsection complies with the family educational rights and privacy act (20 United States Code section 1232g).
B. The department may establish and collect fees for providing verification services pursuant to this section.� The department is not required to provide VERIFICATION SERVICES pursuant to this section for more than one hundred requests per calendar year.
C. On or before March 1, 2027 and each year thereafter, the department shall report to the governor, the speaker of the HOUSE of representatives and the president of the senate, and shall provide a copy of the report to the secretary of state, the following information for the immediately preceding calendar year:
1. The number of verification requests that the department received.
2. The number of requests for which the department provided verification services.
3. The costs incurred and revenues generated by the verification services. END_STATUTE