• Request to Wear Tribal Regalia or Objects of Cultural Significance to Graduation

    Arizona Governor Ducey signed HB 2705 (Fifty-fifth Legislature, First Regular Session, 2021) into law and filed it in the office of the Secretary of State on April 20, 2021. HB 2705 includes an emergency measure that makes it operative immediately. The entire text HB 2705 is set forth below: 

    15-348. Dress code policies; traditional tribal regalia; objects of cultural significance; graduation ceremonies; definitions

    1. A school district governing board, a charter school governing body or any public-school may not prohibit a student who is a member of a federally recognized Indian tribe or who is eligible to be enrolled as a member of a federally recognized Indian tribe from wearing traditional tribal regalia or objects of cultural significance at a graduation ceremony.
    2. For the purposes of this section, "objects of cultural significance" and "traditional tribal regalia" include an eagle feather or eagle plume.

    A petition may submitted to the Native American Education Program Coordinator for approval to wear traditional tribal regalia or objects of cultural significance at a District graduation ceremony. There is a link below to a printable or fillable PDF petition form for this purpose. Petitions should be emailed to Kimberly Daingkau-Begay, Native American Education Program Coordinator, at kbegay@amphi.comFor questions, please contact the Native American Education Program at 520-696-4088 or your school administrator.

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