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House panel declines to require audit of TUSD desegregation expenses
Saying an outside review is necessary, a House committee refused late on March 25 to require a “forensic audit” of the $64 million a year Tucson Unified School District is spending on desegregation expenses.
House votes to scrap Common Core academic standards
On a 34-23 margin, the state House voted Wednesday to scrap the Common Core academic standards and essentially force the state Board of Education to start over again from scratch.
House to vote on ditching Common Core standards
The Arizona House is set to debate a proposal that would ditch the state's new Common Core school standards and strip the state Board of Education's power to adopt new standards.
Coalitions block GOP bills to repeal Common Core, boost school choice
After campaigning on an education platform of increasing school choice and doing away with Common Core, many conservative Republicans in the Legislature are frustrated to find that they can’t make good on their promises to constituents.
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.
Conservatives rolling to victory in LD11 races
A game of musical chairs in Legislative District 11 left three open seats at the Capitol.
