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New poll spurs Horne’s push for punishing schools that don’t support teachers
So why are teachers leaving the profession? Yes, there’s the perennial issue of pay. But a new survey released Tuesday by the state Department of Education of those who did […]
Court rules on law requiring gender reassignment to change birth certificate
Arizona can't refuse to amend the sex on someone's birth certificate just because the person seeking the change has not submitted to transgender surgery, a federal judge has ruled.
Toma, Petersen challenge transgender lawsuit ruling
The state's top two Republican lawmakers are asking a federal appeals court to protect them from having to explain their motives in promoting and voting to ban transgender girls from participating in girls' sports.
Mayes wants answers on school voucher rules, procedures
The Arizona Attorney general is investigating Arizona Department of Education procedures allowing school voucher funds for “supplementary materials” untethered to any curriculum or documentation justifying the purchase as an educational expense.
Legislative leaders forced to testify in transgender lawsuit
The state's top two Republican lawmakers have been ordered to answer questions, under oath, about why they voted to ban transgender girls from participating in girls' sports.
GOTV effort targets students turning 18
Saying they could affect the upcoming election, a national group is reaching out to the three out of every four Arizona high schoolers old enough to vote but who haven't bothered to register.
Bill would get state involved in student discipline
Schools whose administrators don't impose discipline at least three out of every four times requested by a teacher would lose academic standings under the terms of legislation given preliminary approval Wednesday by the state House.
New voucher rulebook delayed a year for parent input
Following backlash from parents in the Empowerment Scholarship Account program and Republican lawmakers, the State Board of Education adopted last year’s program handbook in lieu of approving a new redlined draft from the Arizona Department of Education today.
Horne backs lawsuit to end dual-language learning for non-English speakers
A parent, sought out by Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne, filed a lawsuit against Creighton Elementary School District claiming its use of dual language models to teach English Language Learners to be illegal under a 2000 ballot measure requiring public school students be taught English by being taught in English.
9th Circuit hears Arizona case on transgender athletes
Two unnamed transgender girls brought the suit against Horne last year, claiming Senate Bill 1165, signed into law by former Gov. Doug Ducey in 2022, violates the Equal Protection clause, Title IX and the Americans with Disability Act
Horne’s suit to declare dual-language learning illegal dismissed
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge today dismissed Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne’s lawsuit seeking to see dual language programs for English Language Learners declared illegal.
Mayes blames lawmakers for making voucher program ‘easy to target for fraud’
Three former Empowerment Scholarship Account employees are accused of defrauding the program of more than $600,000 by using falsified birth certificates and disability diagnoses to enroll five adults, seven children and five “ghost children.”
