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Private scholarships fill the gap for Arizona ‘Dreamers’
After the passage of Proposition 308 in 2022, students without citizenship, including so-called dreamers — those brought to the U.S. as children and granted legal status under the Deferred Action […]
Parent criticism sends new ESA handbook back to the drawing board
A motion to adopt a new draft of the Empowerment Scholarship Account handbook went without a second or a vote in a meeting of the State Board of Education Monday […]
GOP legislators want religious chaplains in public schools
State lawmakers, for the first time ever, want to allow religious chaplains to counsel students on public school campuses. Rep. Matt Gress said the legislation that gained preliminary House approval […]
State Republicans want party affiliation on ballots for school board candidates
Does the political affiliation of a school board candidate matter? Legislative Republicans think so. And now they want to make sure that voters know which party those candidates are registered […]
Report finds Arizona spends more on education, but less on teachers
More than half of the school districts in Arizona spent a smaller percentage of their total available dollars in classroom instruction in the last school year than the year before, […]
Charter school faces possible closure over failing grades
The State Board for Charter Schools served a notice of intent to revoke the charter for Primavera, or American Virtual Academy, after three consecutive years of failure to meet academic […]
Governor ousts school choice advocate from State Board of Education
Of the six board members currently serving on expired terms, only one – a top school choice advocate – was removed from her post at the State Board of Education.Â
Lawmakers face waiver of school spending limit or permanent fix
Another legislative session means another waiver on the aggregate expenditure limit, and with no end in sight, lawmakers and a school finance aficionado stress the need for a permanent fix given the perpetual limits school district budgets face.Â
House panel passes Prop 123 extension proposals – Senate committee next
A picture, or at the very least, a starting point for Proposition 123 came into focus in the House Education Committee Tuesday, though not without red flags raised by Republicans, Democrats, education, tax and business groups alike.
GOP lawmaker wants to cap university president salaries
The head of the Senate Education Committee thinks the salaries of the presidents of state's the three universities is "obscenely high.''
Legislature works on plan to save financially mismanaged school district
A school district facing a fiscal crisis may be able to pay teachers and staff, but only if the Legislature can pass a bill directing the county treasurer to disburse […]
Teacher Academy funding advances, adds private universities
If the governor wants any more money for a program covering tuition for students who agree to teach in the state, then Republicans say she has to ...
