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Department of Education

Jul 22, 2020

Pressure mounts on Ducey to use benchmarks for school openings

Pressure is building on Gov. Doug Ducey to scrap the idea of setting a firm date for students to be back in classrooms.

Feb 13, 2020

Education Department keeps children from education they deserve

It’s time to knock it off and do what the ESA program was created to do – provide each child with a real chance at educational success. It’s time to stop bullying the families who participate. And it’s time to do what’s right for our kids.

Jan 17, 2020

Hoffman to push ban on English-only learning, expects voucher fight

The Arizona schools chief expects to have the same impact for the 2020 legislative session as last year, but she’s preparing for at least one education fight she considers as a distraction to the bigger picture.

Oct 24, 2019

Ducey won’t commit to more funds for school voucher program

Gov. Doug Ducey won't commit to providing the funds that schools chief Kathy Hoffman says she needs to properly administer the state's voucher program.

Aug 26, 2019

Board of Education approves money for counselors, cops

The Arizona State Board of Education voted Monday to expedite a process that will award $20 million to schools to hire new counselors and cops.

Jul 29, 2019

AG says state required to fund schooling only for minor inmates

A new opinion from Attorney General Mark Brnovich is leaving dozens of young adults who are locked up in Pima County jail without the funding to help them complete a high school diploma.

Jul 3, 2019

Hiring school counselors can’t wait

In Arizona, help for our schools can always wait, it seems. A 903-1 student-to-counselor ratio is an emergency. The consequences of delay could be tragic. Our state's response requires more urgency than "wait until next year."

Feb 13, 2019

Republicans vote to expand voucher program, revamp oversight

Republican senators advanced a bill that would expand eligibility for Arizona’s school voucher program and strip oversight of those vouchers from the newly elected Democratic head of the Department of Education.

Feb 11, 2019

Bill strips Department of Education of voucher oversight

A Republican lawmaker wants the state to hire a private company to oversee and administer Arizona’s voucher program and wants State Treasurer Kimberly Yee, not the newly elected Democratic superintendent, to choose the vendor.

Nov 22, 2018

Put party politics aside, support teachers, students, families

Our schools need a leader who will prioritize service to our children, schools, and communities — and as state superintendent, that’s precisely what I’ll do. It will take collaboration and legislative support across party lines. However, this election showed that communities across Arizona value public education and there is bipartisan support for pro-public education policies.

Apr 16, 2018

Ducey proposes spending sweeps, reductions and rosy revenues to fund teacher raise

Gov. Doug Ducey plans on funding a 20 percent teacher raise over the next three years with rosy revenue projections and a mix of funding sweeps, lottery revenues and spending reductions.

Nov 3, 2017

AZ Board of Education violated federal law, disclosed student names, birthdays, test scores

The Arizona State Board of Education violated federal student privacy law by disclosing the names of more than 1,000 Arizona students, in some cases along with their birthdays, and their scores on the AzMERIT exams in response to a public records request filed by AZCIR.

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