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Tag: Arizona School Boards Association

Board of Ed to sit on $20M earmarked for cops and counselors

Arizona schools may  have to wait another school year to hire new counselors and cops. Lawmakers this year appropriated an additional $20 million to the state’s school safety program, which...

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Agreement on school funding ends at whether more is needed

Gov. Doug Ducey announces a plan to give teachers a 20 percent raise over the next three fiscal years. (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times) Arizona’s...

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School funding increases were long overdue

  As with all legislative sessions, there are things left undone. Important decisions regarding the future of statewide assessments, teacher evaluations and English language learners were left behind in the...

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Ballot measure to tax the rich for K-12 funding launched

Mesa High School teacher Joshua Buckley explains Friday why he and David Lujan, director of the Arizona Center for Economic Progress, are proposing a large surcharge...

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Teachers union prepares to ask voters for tax hike

The Arizona Education Association is mulling a ballot measure that would ask voters to find the revenue for increased education funding in their own pockets – one way or another....

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Missing details of Ducey pay plan leave teachers skeptical

Public education advocates rally at the Arizona Capitol on March, 28, 2018, to demand higher teacher pay, among other improvements to public school funding. (Photo by...

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Ducey signs bill mandating two recess periods for students

First graders in Irene Hammerquist’s class at Bales Elementary School put together paper pumpkins decorated with fall-themed spelling words. (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times) Arizona’s...

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Ducey courts school districts with more K-12 money

Gov. Doug Ducey (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times) Looking for a scapegoat a year ago, Gov. Doug Ducey accused school officials for the woes of...

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