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Arizona bill to ban school ‘social justice’ courses dies quickly
Republican Rep. Bob Thorpe’s bill to ban K-12 schools and universities from teaching “social justice” is dead for the year, according to the chairman of the committee to which it has been assigned.
Senate votes to preserve Common Core
Common Core appears to be here to stay, at least for the time being.
Douglas vs. Board: Fired administrators return, but confusion continues
It was a week of disarray at the Arizona Department of Education, and the conflict that spawned it may not be over yet.
Lawmakers move to kill Common Core standards in Arizona
State lawmakers are moving to do what schools chief Diane Douglas has so far been unable: Kill the Common Core academic standards and any tests associated with them.
State education chief to Arizona’s leaders: ‘Stop the madness’
Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas unveiled her plan today to mold the Common Core standards into more of an Arizona creation.
House panel votes down empowerment scholarship bill
Amid warnings of a potential lawsuit, the House Education Committee on Monday killed a bill designed to ensure funding for all students in the state empowerment scholarship account program.
Bill would use Clean Elections money for officials’ expenses
Two years ago, the Republican-controlled Legislature sought to get voters to kill the Citizens Clean Elections Act, claiming it is wrong for politicians to use public money for campaigns. Now, some of those same GOP lawmakers want to belly up to the bar and get handouts of public dollars for everything from sending out communications to constituents to buying tickets for special events.
Goodale at work, battling back after suffering stroke
Recovering from a stroke that limits mobility on her left side, Rep. Doris Goodale, R-Kingman, has had a lot to face. But one thing she hasn’t faced is defeat.
200-day school year measure advances, but faces obstacles
A bill that provides more money for longer school years was supported almost unanimously in the House Education Committee on Feb. 10, but faces a tough road to final passage.
Rep. Goodale expected to make full recovery, colleague says.
Rep. Doris Goodale, a Republican from Kingman who suffered a stroke Sunday, is responding to medicine administered to thin a blood clot and is expected to make a full recovery, according to her seat-mate, who has been monitoring her condition.
Hope springs eternal in the land of lagging legislation
With the committee deadline to hear bills in their chamber of origin passed, the major work of weeding out bills is done. But like weeds, bills are never really dead, and can sprout back up at any time before the session ends.
Capitol Quotes: February 1, 2013
This week's most outstanding quips, gibes and utterances from Arizona's political arena.
