REFERENCE TITLE: Education – American Economic System Instruction
S,B. 1262
Introduced by Douglas Holsclaw
AN ACT
RELATING TO EDUCATION; AUTHORIZING THE COMBINATION OF AMERICAN ECONOMIC INSTRUCTION WITH THAT OF RELATED STUDIES OF AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS AND IDEALS, AND AMENDING SECTION 15-1025, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 15-1025, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
15-1025. Instruction in American economic system
A. All public high schools shall give instruction on the essentials and benefits of the free enterprise system. Instruction shall be given in accordance with the course of study prescribed by the state board of education for at least one semester, EITHER SEPARATELY OR IN COMBINATION WITH INSTRUCTION IN RELATED STUDIES OF AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS AND IDEALS. The state board of education shall prescribe suitable teaching material for such instruction.
B. The costs of such instruction, except those of the state board in prescribing the course of study, shall be an expense of the school district involved.
C. As used in this section "free enterprise" means an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership or capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision rather than by state control, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined in a free manner.