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2 percent solution: Jay Lawrence offers plan to put more money into classrooms
A Scottsdale Republican has introduced a bill that is in line with Gov. Doug Ducey’s proposal to direct more dollars to the classrooms of Arizona public schools.
Arizona schools rank low in administrative costs, high in support costs
Gov. Doug Ducey’s initiative to get more money into classrooms is going to meet resistance from educators. They don’t necessarily agree that more money directed to teachers and school supplies equates to better academic performance.
Judge backs off settlement order in school inflation case
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge on Wednesday put a lawsuit over inflation adjustments for public schools on hold and suggested the parties try to settle.
Panel to consider settlement of school inflation money case
Attorneys in a nearly $2 billion lawsuit over inflation funding for public schools are to meet Monday with a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals to discuss settling the case.
Final action: Huppenthal again finds TUSD in violation of ethnic studies law
Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal in the final hours of his administration today again found Tucson Unified School District in violation of a state law forbidding ethnic studies.
New state schools chief Douglas says Common Core changes will be gradual
The state’s new top education official is promising to use her position to push for more money for public schools. But Diane Douglas won’t demand that lawmakers and incoming Gov. Doug Ducey give the schools the $317 million a court has said they’re owed right now, much less than $1 billion they may be owed for the years that schools were shorted.
Lawmakers: ‘Impossible’ to repay schools money illegally shorted
Saying it’s impossible and would wreck the budget, attorneys for state lawmakers are urging a judge to reject a request by Arizona schools for more than $1 billion in inflation funding they were not given.
Schools, lawmakers argue in court over repayment of illegal budget cuts
Calling it fiscally “impossible,” an attorney for lawmakers told a judge on Monday she should reject a bid by schools to get back the money the state illegally withheld from them for years.
Brewer urges lawmakers to compensate schools for inflation
State lawmakers should stop fighting public schools in court and come up with the money they are due to compensate them for inflation, Gov. Jan Brewer said Wednesday.
Schools: State can settle lawsuit now, or pay big later
School officials are warning lawmakers that if they don’t take a deal to settle the inflation adjustment lawsuit – and soon – taxpayers could be on the hook for another $1.3 billion.
To future legislators — help keep kids in school and out of prison
Arizona is home to more than 40,000 convicted felons. The state’s prison population has grown rapidly over the past 30 years, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down.
AZ school choice program expands, but many children aren’t accepted
Nearly doubling the number of students in a program that provides public money for private schools is a bittersweet accomplishment for nonprofits that worked to increase the enrollment.
