The State Board of Education must create a list of recommended age-appropriate resources on preventing and recognizing inappropriate contact, including sexual contact, and each public school must make resources from that list available to all students and their parents.
Official title: age-appropriate resources; inappropriate contact; schools
- September 12, 2026
What changes
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NowThe State Board of Education must develop a list of recommended resources for age-appropriate education on preventing and recognizing inappropriate forms of contact, including sexual contact.
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NowThe State Board must set up a process that lets public schools and members of the public recommend resources to add to the list.
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NowThe Department of Education must post the list on its website and make at least 1 resource from the list available to public schools for each age group. The department decides the age groups after consulting the State Board.
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NowEach public school must make resources from the list available to all students and their parents.
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Now"Age-appropriate" is defined as generally accepted as suitable for children of the same age or maturity level, based on typical cognitive, emotional, physical and behavioral development for that age or age group.
Who it affects
- Public school students
- Parents of public school students
- Members of the public who want to recommend resources
- Public schools
- Arizona State Board of Education
- Arizona Department of Education
What you need to do
Nothing.
What the law doesn't answer
- The deadline for the State Board to create the list or for schools to make resources available
- How schools must make the resources available, such as in print, online or in class
- Whether students are required to use or receive instruction from the resources, or whether parents can opt out
- What age groups the department will use
- Which specific resources will be on the list
- Whether any funding is provided
- How the requirement will be enforced
- Whether charter schools are included in "public school"
This summary describes the law as enacted. Later laws, court rulings or referendum petitions can change the picture. Check the official text for the current wording.