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Classrooms First Council wants K-12 formula overhaul, but details are scarce
Gov. Doug Ducey’s Classrooms First Council, which is charged with overhauling the formulas used to fund public schools, ended its grand unveiling of its finding with more questions than answers. But its members did agree on several broad priorities, including somehow finding a way to equalize the funding formulas between district and charter schools.
State money spent on empowerment scholarships nearly doubles
There will be almost double the number of students from last year starting the new school year in a program that provides public money for private schools.
Republicans join with Dems to reject school choice bill
Eight Republicans helped to reject a bill Thursday that would have sharply expanded a program that uses public money to send students to private schools.
