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This bill makes several changes to Arizona's Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) program, which provides public funds to eligible students to use for educational expenses outside of traditional public schools. Key provisions include clarifying that tutors and teaching service providers must be at least eighteen years old and not have a history of immoral or unprofessional conduct, and that qualified schools must ensure their staff who have unsupervised contact with students meet these same age and conduct requirements. The bill also expands the definition of "qualified student" to include children of parents who are legally blind or deaf, and it adds new safety rules for qualified schools, requiring them to comply with fire and safety codes, secure dangerous equipment, maintain pool enclosures, and prohibit illegal drugs and alcohol on premises. Additionally, the bill clarifies that the state board of education can adopt rules to ensure financial transparency for qualified schools and that parents must use ESA funds only for qualified schools and tutoring providers that meet personnel requirements.

Education

https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/85353