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May 27, 2024

Trial over school funding begins Tuesday

But Arizona schools are finally going to get their day in court – well, more like a month – in their bid to convince a judge the state is not living up to its constitutional obligation to adequately fund education.

Apr 2, 2024

UA offers new degrees in response to job market

New degrees added to the University of Arizona reflect a more creative, problem solving focused professional environment with new areas of study pertaining to consumer retail and innovation.

Mar 29, 2024

Most Arizonans agree post-secondary education a must

Found in an Education Forward survey, 90% of voters on both sides of the aisle agree that post-secondary education improves quality of life.

Mar 28, 2024

Bill would get state involved in student discipline

Schools whose administrators don't impose discipline at least three out of every four times requested by a teacher would lose academic standings under the terms of legislation given preliminary approval Wednesday by the state House. 

school vouchers written on a chalkboard
Mar 26, 2024

New voucher rulebook delayed a year for parent input

Following backlash from parents in the Empowerment Scholarship Account program and Republican lawmakers,  the State Board of Education adopted last year’s program handbook in lieu of approving a new redlined draft from the Arizona Department of Education today.  

Mar 20, 2024

Horne backs lawsuit to end dual-language learning for non-English speakers

A parent, sought out by Superintendent of  Public Instruction Tom Horne, filed a lawsuit against Creighton Elementary School District claiming its use of dual language models to teach English Language Learners to be illegal under a 2000 ballot measure requiring public school students be taught English by being taught in English.  

Mar 15, 2024

9th Circuit hears Arizona case on transgender athletes

Two unnamed transgender girls brought the suit against Horne last year, claiming Senate Bill 1165, signed into law by former Gov. Doug Ducey in 2022, violates the Equal Protection clause, Title IX and the Americans with Disability Act

Mar 7, 2024

Open enrollment closed to students with disabilities

Students with disabilities who try to enroll in a school outside their district through the state’s open enrollment program are often met with denials based on a lack of capacity in special education programs.  

Kris Mayes at podium to explain indictment of former Department of Education employees in connection with defrauding the state's voucher program
Mar 1, 2024

Mayes blames lawmakers for making voucher program ‘easy to target for fraud’

Three former Empowerment Scholarship Account employees are accused of defrauding the program of more than $600,000 by using falsified birth certificates and disability diagnoses to enroll five adults, seven children and five “ghost children.”  

Feb 20, 2024

Arizona public schools struggle to fill teaching positions as leaders brainstorm school staffing solutions

Public school educators say they are some of the most underpaid and overworked employees in the country. 

school vouchers written on a chalkboard
Feb 15, 2024

Senate panel kills one Hobbs voucher bill, moves another

A Senate committee killed a measure to require private schools to lay out and provide services for students with disabilities Wednesday and narrowly advanced a bill to require updated Empowerment Scholarship Account cost projections from the Arizona Department of Education. 

Feb 13, 2024

Arizona could become latest state to ban attendance-related suspensions

An Arizona lawmaker is again trying to bar schools from using out-of-school suspensions to punish students who miss class, arguing the strategy is not only ineffective but harmful.

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