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Ariz. judge won’t order expanded inflation funding
A judge is refusing to order Arizona legislators to expand the current state budget's inflation adjustment for funding for K-12 public schools.
Border region school district forced to ‘disenroll’ legitimate U.S. citizens
The state Department of Education in May 2010 released an audit, charging that 105 students, some of whom are U.S. citizens, are attending schools in Ajo but are actually living across the border in Mexico and not entitled to a free education in Arizona schools. The state fined the Ajo Unified $1.2 million, the amount the state claims was spent to educate those students.
Huppenthal: Emulating Florida could improve Arizona’s schools
If Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal has his way, Arizona will look a lot like Florida – at least in the classroom.
State lawmakers push for laws against bullying in schools
A state lawmaker is pushing for a law requiring school employees to report and document bullying.
Campaign to highlight mandate to support education
A public-awareness campaign has been launched to draw attention to Arizona's constitutional mandate to support education.
On the Brink: School districts fear largest ever payment deferral will mean financial ruin
As they grapple with an unrelenting fiscal crisis for the third year in a row, Arizona’s policymakers have increasingly turned to an accounting maneuver to stave off crippling cuts to education.
SB1070 & Education: Enrollment figures show drop, but link to immigration law unclear
In his campaign last summer to represent Arizona’s predominantly Hispanic 16th Legislative District, freshman Democrat Ruben Gallego spent a significant portion of his time talking to parents and meeting with school officials. The No. 1 concern he heard from parents, he says, was the effect of SB1070.
Education bills filed in legislature
Of the 841 bills filed by lawmakers as of 5 p.m. Jan. 26, more than 10 percent deal in some way with education-related issues. A total of 97 education bills have been filed in the two chambers. For a listing and status of all the bills filed so far in the First Regular Session of the 50th Legislature, see our bill summaries in Section B. Bill titles courtesy of Arizona Capitol Reports.
Judge sets deadline in Arizona English language learning case
A federal judge has set a March deadline for filing of briefs that represent the next stage in a decades-old court fight over adequacy of the state's instruction of students learning the English language.
Tuitions likely to rise as university funding sinks
With the state facing a $1.15 billion deficit next year, the “higher” in the phrase higher education almost certainly applies to tuition.
Bills filed for 2011
The guns-on-campus bill is back. And John Kavanagh has a new plan to stop an education association from using taxpayer money to influence elections.
Both proposals were among the 20 bills that lawmakers had filed as of Dec. 22 in anticipation of the upcoming legislative session, which will kick off Jan. 10.
Brewer, First Things First discussing budget solutions
Proposition 302 is history and a loan is off the table, but First Things First and the Governor's Office are looking for "creative" solutions the agency can offer for the state's budget crunch.
