EDUCATION
Arizona Legislature Approves K-12 Aggregate Expenditure Limit Increase
By Terri Jo Neff | Arizona lawmakers have increased the aggregate expenditure limitation (AEL) for the state’s K-12 schools, eliminating the need for those schools to make more than $1.1 billion in spending cuts with several months left in the current school year....
Flagstaff High School Threatened Maskless Student With Police, Kicked Him Off Campus
By Corinne Murdock | This week, Flagstaff Unified School District (FUSD) employees threatened to call the police on one high school senior for not wearing a mask, ultimately forcing him to leave campus without notifying his parents. The student, Cezar, described his...
ASBA Drops Its Membership In National School Board Association
By Terri Jo Neff | Earlier this week the Arizona School Board Association voted to end its relationship with the National School Board Association, a group which has been under fire by parents, school officials, and legislators for several months. In her Feb....
School Choice Scholarship Expansion Passed By Senate
By Corinne Murdock | In a party-line vote on Wednesday, the Arizona Senate approved a bill to expand the state’s K-12 school choice scholarships: the Arizona Equal Opportunity Education Act. SB1657 expands Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program...
Arizona House May Approve Concealed Carry For College Students
By Corinne Murdock | The House will soon vote on a bill to allow college faculty and students to carry and possess firearms on campus property. The bill, HB2447, would only require that faculty and students submit notification to their administration that they are...
Arizona Educators Pledged to Teach Critical Race Theory, Regardless of Law or Parental Consent
By Corinne Murdock | Over 200 Arizonans who identified themselves as educators have signed onto a pledge to teach Critical Race Theory (CRT) and all other social justice-oriented curriculum to children, regardless of the law or the wishes of parents. They conveyed a...
Lawsuits Against Schools For Violating Parental Rights Under Consideration
By Corinne Murdock | Parents and guardians may be able to sue just about anybody that violates their rights under the Arizona Parents’ Bill of Rights, according to a bill that passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. The bill, SB1049, also classifies...
Parental Right to Decide Child Masking Passes House Committee
By Corinne Murdock | On Wednesday, the House Government and Elections Committee narrowly approved a bill from State Representative Joseph Chaplik (R-Scottsdale) prohibiting government entities or schools from requiring minors to wear a mask without the express...
Democratic NFL Chaplain to Arizona Senate: School Choice Is Today’s Civil Rights Movement
NFL Alumni Association chaplain and Phoenix-based pastor Drew Anderson addressed the Senate Education Committee in favor of a bill to expand Arizona’s school choice system, SB1657, calling school choice the “civil rights movement of our era” and condemning the modern...
Three Republican Legislators Push For Testing Requirements to Access School Choice
By Corinne Murdock | Certain House Republicans have decided to shift from the defensive to the offensive concerning their opposition to school choice as proposed by the rest of their party. Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate and State Representative...
Arizona House Bans Critical Race Theory, Sexually-Explicit Materials From K-12 Schools
By Corinne Murdock | On Thursday, the Arizona House approved two separate bills cracking down on divisive and adult content in K-12 schools: a bill banning critical race theory from curriculum, HB2112, and a bill outlawing sexually-explicit materials from schools,...
Girl Scouts Troop Leader Advocates for Children’s Gender Identity, Transgenderism
By Corinne Murdock | It’s not just teachers influencing children on issues like sexuality and gender identity. Kristin Downing, a Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona troop leader in Tucson for over eight years, advocates heavily for gender identity rights for children....
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