ADE- Parental Rights Handbook

In the 2020 Arizona Legislative Session, the Legislature passed Senate Bill (SB) 1061 (Laws 
2020, Chapter 64) which the Governor signed on June 5, 2020. SB 1061 established ARS § 15-
249.16 which requires the Arizona Department of Education (Department) to establish and post 
a statutory handbook of parental rights. Additionally, each school district and charter school must 
prominently post a link to the statutory handbook of parental rights on a publicly accessible portion 
of their website. Per A.R.S. § 15-249.16, the handbook of parental rights must contain the 
following statutes:

• Title 1, Chapter 6 
o Section 1-601
o Section 1-602

• Title 15, Chapter 1
o Section 15-102
o Section 15-110
o Section 15-113
o Section 15-117

• Title 15, Chapter 3
o Section 15-351

• Title 15, Chapter 7
o Section 15-721
o Section 15-722
o Section 15-730

This document contains the required statutes per SB 1061 and fulfills the Department’s role in 
developing and posting the parental rights handbook pursuant to A.R.S. § 15-249.16. In addition 
to posting on the Department’s website, this document will be distributed to each public school 
for posting.