Arizona Prohibit Political Advocacy of Teachers in the Classroom Initiative (2020)
| Arizona Prohibit Political Advocacy of Teachers in the Classroom Initiative | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Education | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Arizona Prohibit Political Advocacy of Teachers in the Classroom Initiative was not on the ballot in Arizona as an initiated state statute on November 3, 2020.
The ballot measure would have created a Classroom Code of Ethics for teachers and teaching assistants, which would have included prohibiting teachers and teaching assistants from engaging in political advocacy in the classroom. Specifically, the types of political advocacy that the ballot measure would have prohibited are:[1]
- endorsing, supporting, or opposing an elected or appointed official;
- endorsing, supporting, or opposing pending, proposed, or enacted legislation;
- endorsing, supporting, or opposing pending, proposed, or decided court case or judicial action;
- endorsing, supporting, or opposing pending, proposed, or enacted actions of the executive branch;
- introducing any partisan political issue not germane to the topic of the course or academic subject;
- endorsing, supporting, or engaging in activities that impede the lawful access of military recruiters on campus;
- endorsing, supporting, or engaging in activities that impede the actions of law enforcement;
- advocating for any side of a partisan political issue; and
- segregating students according to race or singling out one racial group in class.
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
Process in Arizona
In Arizona, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated state statute is equal to 10 percent of the votes cast for the office of governor in the most recent gubernatorial election. Petitions can be circulated for up to 24 months. Signature petitions must be submitted four months prior to the election at which the measure is to appear.
The requirements to get initiated state statutes certified for the 2020 ballot:
- Signatures: 237,645 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was July 2, 2020.
If the secretary of state certifies that enough valid signatures were submitted, the initiative is put on the next general election ballot. The secretary of state verifies the signatures through a random sampling of 5 percent of submitted signatures working in collaboration with county recorders. If the random sampling indicates that valid signatures equal to between 95 percent and 105 percent of the required number were submitted, a full check of all signatures is required. If the random sampling shows fewer signatures, the petition fails. If the random sampling shows more, the initiative is certified for the ballot.
Stages of this initiative
The committee YES for a Classroom Code of Ethics filed the ballot initiative on May 23, 2019.[1]
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