Senate Bill 1266 introduces new fingerprinting requirements for school personnel at schools enrolling students who benefit from empowerment scholarship accounts (ESAs). It mandates criminal background checks as a condition of employment and allows schools to require fingerprint clearance cards. The bill also establishes a complaint process for ESA statute violations, with penalties including reimbursement of ESA funds and a prohibition on charging tuition to recoup these funds. Additionally, it permits the sharing of fingerprint information between schools and the use of expired fingerprint clearance cards under specific conditions.

The bill amends the Arizona Revised Statutes by updating the section numbers related to fingerprint background checks and adding new procedures for these checks. It also outlines the administrative process for handling complaints against schools that violate ESA regulations, including the requirement for schools to reimburse scholarship monies if violations are not corrected within 60 days. The State Board of Education is responsible for adopting rules for the investigation of complaints, and actions taken can be appealed.

Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 15-106, 15-2406, 15-2407, 23-1361, 41-619.51, 41-1758, 41-1758.01, 41-1758.08, 15-183, 15-512, 15-2404, 41-1750, 92-544, 15-2401, 41-619.57, 8-804, 41-619.55, 3-314, 8-105, 8-322, 8-463, 8-509, 8-802, 15-503, 15-534, 15-763.01, 15-782.02, 15-1330, 15-1881, 17-215, 28-3228, 28-3413, 32-122.02, 32-122.05, 32-122.06, 32-823, 32-1232, 32-1276.01, 32-1284, 32-1297.01, 32-1904, 32-1941, 32-1982, 32-2022, 32-2063, 32-2108.01, 32-2123, 32-2371, 32-3430, 32-3620, 32-3668, 32-3669, 32-3922, 32-3924, 32-4222, 32-4128, 36-113, 36-207, 36-411, 36-425.03, 36-446.04, 36-594.01, 36-594.02, 36-766.01, 36-882, 36-883.02, 36-897.01, 36-897.03, 36-3008, 41-619.53, 41-1964, 41-1967.01, 41-1968, 41-1969, 41-2814, 41-4025, 46-141, 46-321, 41-619.52, 13-3623, 35-146, 35-147, 41-1758.03, 41-1758.04, 41-1758.07