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Educators worried about losing money under new funding approach
A provision in the state budget that changes school funding has schools and the Department of Education nervous about its implementation.
State, feds move closer to agreement on English immersion program
The state and federal government are working on the finer points of an agreement to settle a five-year-old complaint alleging the state’s program for teaching English to children who don’t speak the language is discriminatory.
Arizona tribes eye plan for flexibility under No Child Left Behind
The way Navajo Nation Council Delegate Lee Jack Sr. sees it, “God gave us different ways to speak, God gave us different ways to live.” It stands to reason, then, that we should have different ways to teach, he said.
Beneath the rhetoric: Numbers show decline in state support for education
Arizona’s policymakers often proclaim education as a priority, but a review of years of fiscal data shows that the rhetoric doesn’t match up to the reality.
State Supreme Court quells charter schools’ bid for more funding
The Arizona Supreme Court ended the nearly six-year bid by charter schools today to get funding for their students on a par with students from traditional public schools.
Ducey Land Department plan expected to bring $2.2 billion for schools
Gov. Doug Ducey wants increase the amount of money K-12 schools receive from sales of state trust land, which he expects to provide an additional $2.2 billion over 10 years without raising taxes or taking money from elsewhere in the general fund.
UofA planning layoffs
Officials at the University of Arizona are planning layoffs to help deal with budget cuts. The Arizona Daily Star reports the Arizona Board of Regents' finance committee Wednesday approved a $1.9 billion operating budget for the university and its two medical schools.
Survey says Arizona is dead last in state support for K-12
A new report by the U.S. Census Bureau affirmed public school advocates’ lament that Arizona is near or at the bottom among the states when it to comes K-12 funding.
State officials say district-sponsored charter schools have no reason to worry
Several district-sponsored charter schools were in a panic about the possibility that because lawmakers omitted a line in the state budget, they could be on the hook to repay the state millions of dollars of funding from previous years.
Douglas doubts timing of Ducey school finance overhaul plan
Arizona's top education official said Tuesday she has serious doubts about Gov. Doug Ducey's timeline for overhauling the state's complex school financing formulas.
Board of Education asks judge to dismiss Douglas lawsuit
The State Board of Education is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas, calling it an attempt by the state schools chief to convince the courts to settle a political dispute.
Proposal to cap tuition gets frosty reception
A proposal for a ballot measure to cap tuition rates at the state’s three universities got a tepid response from the Arizona Board of Regents, the Governor’s Office and the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
