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Educators seek to postpone new school funding approach, citing potential chaos
Education groups are pushing for a delay in “current-year funding,” saying a perfect storm is taking shape that could lead to chaos and disorder in the public school system.
Former Wyoming schools chief sides with Douglas in power struggle
Wyoming’s former education chief, Cindy Hill, visited with Arizona lawmakers March 7 to share her experience in a power struggle with her home-state Legislature.
Half way home
Here are highlights of the Arizona Legislature's first 50 days - Jan. 11, through Feb. 29.
Senate approves bill that would strip Douglas of key powers
The Senate voted today without any debate to pass a bill altering the power between the State Board of Education and Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Senate panel sides with Board of Education over Douglas
A state Senate committee voted 5 to 2 Thursday for a bill that Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas says strips her office of its powers and hands them to an unelected board of appointees: the State Board of Education.
Douglas fights bill to empower state Board of Education
State schools chief Diane Douglas is lashing out of a bill to confirm the power of the state Board of Education, calling it “anti-voter, anti-democracy, anti-education, anti-parents and anti-children.’’
Pulling at the heartstrings: Lawmakers face a tug of war over unfunded mandates
The scene is familiar at the Legislature’s two education committees. A lawmaker brings a well-meaning bill supported by testimony that pulls at the heart. And as with so many other well-meaning bills over the years, the education groups were there to resist.
Schools chief says she’s ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Arizona education
Arizona’s education system is at a turning point of moving towards greatness or staying in the pits, Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas said today in a speech to lawmakers.
Never a dull moment: Douglas survives a chaotic year as schools chief
Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas’s name was synonymous with trying to eliminate Common Core when she strode into office in January, but she gained attention for much more by the end of her first year.
Douglas recall effort fails
A highly publicized effort to recall state schools chief Diane Douglas is folding this morning after gathering fewer than 10 percent of the signatures realistically needed to force an election.
Record-keeping mess allows jailed teachers to retain certification
Stefanie Courson was serving a prison term for dealing drugs when the State Board of Education accepted the surrender of her teaching certificate in January.
Douglas attorney takes her case to the Court of Appeals
The attorney for state schools chief Diane Douglas is asking the Court of Appeals to do something a trial judge would not: rule that she controls the employees of the state Board of Education.
