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Jan Brewer signs bill easing scholarship rules
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill that would remove a key requirement for students who want to participate in the state's scholarship tuition organization program.
Report: Arizona had steepest higher-ed cuts, highest tuition increases
Arizona had the nation’s steepest per-student cuts in state aid to higher education and the highest rates of tuition increase from pre-recession funding levels until today, according to a new report.
Innovative scholarships plagued by antiquated equipment
Arizona’s empowerment scholarship account program is a modern era idea administered in a stone-age fashion.
Schools chief increases voucher payments, lawsuit likely
Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal decided today that all students in a program that provides taxpayer dollars for private education will be funded at higher levels than traditional public school kids.
Brewer signs school voucher bill
Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill that would help expedite the approval process for parents of some students in the state school voucher program.
Board to review Arizona universities’ student fees
The board that oversees Arizona's state university system plans to take a look at fees that students pay in addition to tuition. Those fees can add up.
Fears of minority flight from Arizona’s universities unfounded
WASHINGTON – Critics worried that the Supreme Court’s decision this week, upholding Michigan’s ban on race as a factor in university admissions, could hurt minority enrollment in other states with similar bans... […]
New numbers show $1.5 million remains unspent in ESA program
A corrected Arizona Department of Education spreadsheet shows parents in a program that provides public money for private schools have left $1.5 million unspent, about $1 million less than initially reported.
Passage of empowerment scholarship bill raises new questions
The funding level for students in a program that provides public money for private schools is in question after lawmakers gutted a controversial portion of a Senate bill that passed April 24.
Attorney argues Brewer lacks sway over community colleges
The governor’s reach in enforcing laws doesn’t extend to community colleges or other political subdivisions, said an attorney defending Maricopa County Community College District’s policy of providing in-state tuition to illegal immigrants.
New numbers show $1.5 million remains unspent in ESA program
A corrected Arizona Department of Education spreadsheet shows parents in a program that provides public money for private schools have left $1.5 million unspent, about $1 million less than initially reported.
Educators hope to find $5M needed for student achievement test
State education leaders will scrounge to find $5 million to make up the difference between the estimated cost of a new achievement test and the dollars the Legislature appropriated for it.
