Bill > HB2700

This bill amends Arizona's high school graduation requirements by adding geography to the state's social studies academic standards. Specifically, the bill requires that the state board of education include geography instruction as part of social studies curriculum, with a particular emphasis on including instruction about the "gulf of America" (likely referring to the Gulf of Mexico). The bill maintains existing requirements for social studies education, which already include personal finance, American civics education, and a comparative discussion of political ideologies that conflict with principles of freedom and democracy. The implementation of the geography instruction is flexible, as the state board is not required to immediately update its standards and can instead wait until the next scheduled update of social studies standards. The bill continues to enforce existing requirements related to civics testing, such as students needing to correctly answer a certain number of questions from the U.S. citizenship naturalization test to graduate, and maintains the state board's authority to prescribe minimum course study and competency requirements for high school graduation.

Education

https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/82724