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Open for comment: Lawmaker lets people talk, and they have plenty to say
Hours after the experts had their say – the budget analysts, representatives from the Arizona Board of Regents, and the presidents of the Grand Canyon State’s public universities – the public had a chance to testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Jan. 27. Senators got more than they bargained for.
School choice should be an everyday mission
Near the spot where he took the oath of office last year, Gov. Doug Ducey celebrated National School Choice Week with students and their families from across Arizona. Organizing the event are the same groups that, over the past decade and before, disagreed over issues such as school funding and academic standards and in some instances even sued Arizona over how to provide a quality education for e[...]
Approve Prop. 123 and then make Arizona’s K-12 system shine
The Grand Canyon Institute agrees with Governor Ducey and the educational community. Prop. 123 needs to be approved by voters on May 17. Prop. 123 is an important start, but restoring funding of legal minimums is not a substitute for substantive discussion on real investments in K-12 education, and how investments can be leveraged to improve outcomes. Arizona’s support for K-12 education has fal[...]
Ducey is open to suggestions on JTED funding
As consensus quickly builds at the Capitol to restore funding for JTEDs, the governor’s proposal to create a $30 million, three-year competitive grant program looks more and more isolated. Shooter’s... […]
Lawmakers rally to restore JTED funds
State lawmakers are lining up en masse to block plans by Gov. Doug Ducey to sharply slash funding to career and technical education programs.
Lawmaker proposes sex education beginning in kindergarten
Arizona youngsters from kindergarten through high school would be taught sex education unless their parents specifically object under the terms of proposed legislation.
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.
GOP lawmaker wants cap on private school tax credits
An effort by some Republicans at the Arizona Legislature to roll back an annual 20 percent boost in the amount of corporate tax credits available for contributions to private school tuition organizations has returned again this session.
Ducey unveils state spending plan
The bleeding is over and spending is inching back up under Gov. Doug Ducey’s proposed budget plan, but those who took steep budget cuts last year shouldn’t expect to get much of it back.
Lawmakers are introducing bills aimed at more than 1,000 things they want to change
The Legislature is back in session, and lawmakers have already filed more than 350 bills. That number will swell to more than 1,000 in the coming weeks, as members of the House and Senate begin the rush to push their bills through both chambers, and up to the governor’s desk.
Cuts endangering JTEDs make no sense, need to be reversed
Last year, the state budget cut CTE programs at students’ home campuses and specialized career campuses known as JTEDS, or joint technical education districts.
Here’s how to translate Ducey’s State of the State ‘spin’
There was so much hallucinogenic political spin in Governor Doug Ducey’s “State of the State” speech that it should have been labeled: “WARNING: This speech is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent much of anything.”
