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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.
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.
Work in progress: teacher pay raise plan gets initial OK
Republican lawmakers’ plan to increase teacher pay by extending Proposition 123, which uses state land trust funds, passed out of a Senate committee Wednesday.
3 women indicted in alleged scheme to defraud state’s voucher, Medicaid programs
A state grand jury indicted three women last year for allegedly funneling more than $100,000 from the Empowerment Scholarship Account program and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System into private school and caretaking companies.
Horne vouches vouchers no drain on budget
Arizona’s education budget is set to see a $28.5 million surplus by the end of the year, according to the latest report from the Arizona Department of Education.
ABOR clarifies UA budget shortfall, says athletics responsible for $35 million of $140 million deficit
Although the University of Arizona’s budget shortfall is closer to $140 million than the $240 million previously reported, the school is prepared to undergo sweeping changes in budget and oversight, including addressing the $35 million shortfall tied to the athletic department.
Bill to make school board elections partisan advances
A bill to make school district elections explicitly partisan passed the Senate Education Committee on party lines, though the sponsor already noted the need to strike a provision requiring board members to run in partisan primaries.
Yee pans Hobbs Prop 123 extension proposal
Gov. Katie Hobbs announced her plan to extend Proposition 123 and increase the percentage allocated from the state’s land trust to 8.9% to fund schools, raise teacher and school staff pay, and invest in school safety.
Panel forwards ideas to strengthen free speech on state campuses
Five Republicans and a lone Democrat offered broad recommendations to strengthen free speech protections on university campuses at the final meeting of a joint committee convened to cover a conflict over a conservative speaking engagement at ASU last year.
State agency spends millions marketing vouchers
The Arizona Department of Education is on track to spend about $2.5 million on advertising for the Empowerment Scholarship Account program, or school vouchers, through the end of the year.
Task force wants law changes to put more cops in schools
A special task force wants to expand state laws that fund school resource officers to also let districts spend grant dollars on safety hardware, including artificial intelligence to spot would-be shooters.
School boards association, embattled director part ways
Devin Del Palacio, the executive director of the Arizona School Board Association embroiled in controversy for allegedly falsifying his resume, announced his resignation today.
